Teen Mom 2
Teen Mom 2 | |
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File:Teen Mom 2 Card.jpg | |
Genre | Reality |
Created by | Concept by: Lauren Dolgen |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 2 |
No. of episodes | 24 (after second season) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Morgan J. Freeman Dia Sokol Savage Liz Gateley Lauren Dolgen |
Producer | Kendra Greenwood |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | 11th Street Productions |
Original release | |
Network | MTV |
Release | January 11, 2011 | -present
Related | |
16 and Pregnant Teen Mom |
Teen Mom 2 is an American reality television show which chronicles the lives of four girls from the second season of 16 and Pregnant as they navigate their first year of motherhood. In addition to being a mother, the series focuses on the themes of their changing relationships between family, friends, and boys, while highlighting the struggles teenage mothers have to go through to raise their children.
Cast
Cast Member | Current age | Hometown | Biography |
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Jenelle Evans[1] | 20[1] | Oak Island, North Carolina[1][2] | Jenelle continues to reconcile the responsibilities of motherhood with her love of partying. With the birth father of her son Jace out of the picture, Jenelle relies heavily on her mother Barbara. The two have an explosive relationship, which is amplified by the fact that Barbara has temporary custody of Jace.
Through it all, Jenelle struggles to prove herself as a mom and responsible adult, but her party girl ways—and her trouble-maker boyfriend, Kieffer—keep leading her down the wrong path. When Jenelle and Keiffer get arrested, she must choose between changing her ways or continuing on a downward spiral that could quickly hit rock bottom. |
Chelsea Houska[1] | 20[1] | Vermillion, South Dakota[1][3] | Since giving birth to Aubree, Chelsea’s life has been consumed with taking care of her daughter and trying (in vain) to make her tumultuous relationship with Aubree’s father, Adam, succeed. She still hasn’t graduated from high school, but Chelsea luckily has a strong network of support from friends and family to help her on the road to independence.
As her emotional tug-of-war with Adam escalates, she finally gets the strength to call it quits, trying to move forward and focus on what’s best for her and her daughter. Her friends and family just hope she can stay away from Adam for good this time. |
Kailyn Lowry[1] | 19[1] | Nazareth, Pennsylvania[1][4] | Always a motivated young woman and focused mom, Kailyn is the mom of baby Isaac. Kailyn and Isaac’s father Jo’s relationship crumbled under the stress of balancing their lives and raising their child, and Kailyn moved out amidst their constant fighting. A romance with coworker Jordan begins to get more serious as she turns to him for emotional support during a bitter custody battle with Jo.
Through it all, Kailyn keeps two jobs and goes to school full time, determined to better her situation for her son while navigating her complicated relationship with Jo and struggling to finally move out on her own. |
Leah Messer[1][5] | 19[1] | Elkview, West Virginia[1][6] | Former cheerleader Leah is the teen mother of twins Aliannah and Aleeah. From a small town outside of Charlestown, West Virignia, Leah sacrificed everything her senior year in order to graduate, take care of her babies and try to make things work with her daughters' father, Corey. However, because Leah cheated on him with her ex-boyfriend, the two broke up and have a turbulent relationship.
Leah is a country girl who wears her heart on her sleeve and when she discovers that Aliannah is developing at a slower rate than her sister, she reaches out to Corey. Now that one of their daughters is sick, the two strengthen their bond, reconciling to be there and committing to one another. As they grow closer, the continue to move fast, with a whirlwind proposal and a wedding looming in the near future. Messer filed for divorce in April 2011, six months after getting married[7][8] to Corey Simms, the father of her twins. The divorce was finalized on June 21, 2011[9][10] and she then began dating Jeremy Calvert in August 2011. The two became engaged in December 2011 and confirmed that they was expecting a child a month later.[11] However, Messer announced that she had miscarried on January 24th, 2012[12]. |
Series overview
Season | Episodes | Season Premiere | Season Finale | |
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1 | 12 | January 11, 2011 | March 29, 2011 | |
2 | 12 | December 6, 2011 | February 14, 2012 | |
3 | TBA | Fall 2012 | TBA |
Episode list
Season 1: 2011
Episode # | Title | Viewers (Millions) | Air Date | |
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1 | "Nothing Stays the Same" | 3.570[13] | January 11, 2011 | |
Jenelle's mom serves her papers to take away custody of baby Jace, while Leah attempts to win back Corey. Chelsea moves out her of dad's house and Kailyn is heartbroken when Jo breaks up with her. | ||||
2 | "So Much to Lose" | 3.656[14] | January 18, 2011 | |
Leah turns to Corey for comfort after a visit to the doctor reveals that something is wrong with one of the twins. Chelsea starts hanging out with her ex-boyfriend Adam again, much to her friends' dismay. Kailyn starts dating Jordan but things go haywire when Jo and his family find out about it. Jenelle convinces her mom to let her come home when she realizes how much she misses Jace. | ||||
3 | "Change of Heart" | 4.048[15] | January 25, 2011 | |
Kailyn reluctantly breaks up with Jordan after Jo's parents tell her she will not be permitted to live in their home while she's seeing him. Jenelle agrees to sign custody of Jace over to her mom after realizing she cannot afford a lawyer. Leah goes out with Corey and after a successful evening, they agree to get back together. Chelsea tells Megan she's giving Adam another chance. | ||||
4 | "Moving In, Moving On" | 3.795[16] | February 1, 2011 | |
Kailyn is forced to borrow money from Jo to pay for her tuition at college. Chelsea breaks the news to her roommate Megan that she's going to let Adam move in with them so Aubree can have a normal family. Jenelle meets a new guy and stays out all night with him when she was supposed to watch Jace the following morning. Leah and Corey decide to move in together and find their own place. | ||||
5 | "Too Much, Too Fast" | 3.443[17] | February 8, 2011 | |
While Jenelle is trying to figure out how to pay for school, she breaks Barbara's rules again. Things get tough for Corey and Leah once she's stuck at home watching the girls full time. Adam moves in and Chelsea tries to keep it from her dad, Randy. Kailyn starts school but has to figure out where she and Isaac should stay when Jo's parents kick him out. | ||||
6 | "Taking Sides" | 3.702[18] | February 15, 2011 | |
Things between Adam and Megan reach a boiling point and he forces her to move out, with Chelsea torn between them. Barbara helps Jenelle get her financial aid and invites her to attend Jace's first birthday. Things improve between Leah and Corey and their romance heats up. Kailyn moves back in with Jo's parents and tells everyone that she doesn't want to be with Jo. | ||||
7 | "Switching Gears" | 4.006[19] | February 22, 2011 | |
Corey surprises Leah with a marriage proposal, but things get hard when an eye doctor tells her Ali's development problems may originate in the brain. Chelsea tries to shift her focus back to school. Kailyn gets a second job so she can move out on her own, much to Jo's fury. Jenelle and her boyfriend Kieffer wear out their welcome at a friend's house and have to find a place to live while Jenelle begins college. | ||||
8 | "Pushing the Limit" | 3.434[20] | March 1, 2011 | |
Jenelle and Kieffer are forced to ask Barbara if they can move in with her. Chelsea's dad continues to put pressure on Adam to find a job. Kailyn starts dating Jordan again without telling Jo. Leah and Corey put wedding planning on hold as the try to get some answers by bringing Ali in for an MRI. | ||||
9 | "Slippery Slope" | 3.710[21] | March 8, 2011 | |
Jo confronts Kailyn about dating Jordan behind his back and she moves in with her mom. Leah and Corey continue planning for their wedding and get some good news regarding Ali's health. Jenelle and Kieffer run off to New Jersey to visit his brother, taking Barbara's credit cards with them. Things between Chelsea and Adam continue to go downhill, and they break up. | ||||
10 | "Two Steps Forward" | 4.52[22] | March 15, 2011 | |
Things between Leah and Corey turn ugly when she starts having second thoughts about the wedding. Chelsea and her friends decide to celebrate both her birthday and her breakup with Adam by taking a road trip to a Lady Gaga show. Jenelle and Kieffer enjoy themselves in New Jersey until Jenelle's mother discovers her credit cards are missing; she calls Jenelle and tells her not to come back to her house. Kailyn settles into life at her mom's house but can't get her belongings back from Jo because she owes him money he lent her to pay for school. | ||||
11 | "One Step Back" | 4.39[23] | March 22, 2011 | |
Chelsea is busy studying for her GED, but is too distracted by Aubree. Jenelle has to face the music about stealing her mom's credit cards. Kailyn tries to focus on college and files for an official custody agreement with Jo. Leah and Corey get closer when told they have to take Ali to another doctor just days before their wedding. | ||||
12 | "Judgement Day" | 4.59[24] | March 29, 2011 | |
As Chelsea prepares for Aubree's first birthday party, her dad does what he can to keep Adam permanently out of the picture. Jenelle is arrested for breaking and entering and realizes Kieffer is a bad influence, but ends up bailing him out of jail anyway because she misses him. Kailyn goes to court to sign a joint custody agreement. Leah and Corey get married. |
Season 2: 2011-2012
Episode # | Title | Viewers (Millions) | Air Date | |
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1 | "Best Laid Plans" | 4.154 million[25] | December 6, 2011 | |
Jenelle is back with Keiffer after bailing him out of jail, but everthying hits the fan when Barbarea finds out that she's been lying about Kieffer and kicks her out. Meanwhile Leah's setting into her role as a stay-at-home mom, but feeling isolated she decides she wants to get a job. She gets lucky when she is hired as a dental assistant at her mom's office, but has t deal with Corey's trust issues around her working. Adam wants to get back together with Chelsea, but she struggles with whether to fiver him another chance. Kailyn and Jordan are getting more serious and she takes him trick or treating with her and Isaac for Halloween. | ||||
2 | "Curveball" | 3.416 million[26] | December 13, 2011 | |
Leah is devastated when she finds out Ali has a small opti nerve and needs to be sedated again for an MRI of her brain. After getting kicked out of her mom's Jenelle is living in her car with Keiffer but things get intense when they get into a blow out fight about him drinking. Chelsea decides to give Adam another chance, re-tears her ACL and finds out she will have to have surgery. After finding a nasty note from her mom's boyfriend, Kailyn wants to move ou but needs to find a way o afford living on her own. | ||||
3 | "Intensive Care" | 3.295 million[27] | December 20, 2011 | |
Kailyn finds an apartment though a nonprofit organizaion and moves out without telling her mom. After a huge fight with Keiffer Jenelle decides to file domestic charges against him and tries to convince her mom to let her come back home. Chelsea has knee surgery and has to rely on Adam to take care of Aubree while she's recovering. Corey and Leak take Ali to get her brain MRI. | ||||
4 | "No Looking Back" | 3.424 million[28] | December 27, 2011 | |
Leah gets the results of Ali's brain MRI. Jenelle is spending time with Jace and finally at peace with her mom, but Kieffer calls and she agrees to take him to turn himself in for the domestic charges she filed against him. Kailyn and Jordan are having sex so she decides to try a new form of birth control, but struggles to have an adult conversation with Jordan about it. The day after her knee surgery Chelsea and Adam get into a huge fight. | ||||
5 | "Home for Christmas" | 3.165 million | January 3, 2012 | |
Kailyn adjusts to sharing Isaac for the holidays and being alone on Christmas and makes a gesture to amend her relaionship with Jo's mom Janet. Jenelle spends Christmas with Jace and her mom but as the day goes on things get tense when she starts to regret filling hcarges against Keiffer that put him in jail. The twins' frst birthday and Christmas are in the same week, so Leah is working extra hard to make the holidays special since the twins spend thri first Christmas in intensive care. Chelsea tries to enjoy Christmas activities with Adam and Aubree despite Randy banning him for his holiday celebrations. | ||||
6 | "Lean on Me" | 3.115 million | January 10, 2012 | |
Leah and Corey take Ali to the geneticist and get some toubling news. Jenelle and Kieffer reunite ater he is bailed out of jail but tension build when they have to face court for their breaking and entering charges. Chelsea takes steps towards being more independent and gets some surprising news that one of her frinds is pregnant. Jo agrees to let Kailyn take Isaac for a few hours on his birthday so she can throw him a party, but Kailyn get annoyed because she feels Jo isn't spending his time with Isaac. | ||||
7 | "Breaking Point" | 3.443 million | January 10, 2012 | |
Kieffer gets upset that Jenelle hung out with an old boyfriend while he was in jail. Leah gets the results of Ali's genetic testing. Chelase finds a new apartment and moves in; but her relationship with Adam get tenuous as he starts to slip back into his old ways. Kailyn gets into a car accident and has to buy a new car. She debates whether she should file for child support because she feels like Jo isn't helping her out enough. | ||||
8 | "Making Moves" | 3.355 million | January 17, 2012 | |
Jenelle and Barb start fighting again and she decides to move in with her friend Tori. Kieffer reenters the pictre and they decide to give it anoher shot. Chelsea searches for a new job to help pay rent and become independent, but her relationship with Adam is going downhill fast. Corey wants a new job and Leah is exited to move into a bigger house away from his parents. However, after thingking Ali was okay, hey get an alarming letter that says she still may have some unknown genetic problem. Jo confronts Kailyn about filing child support and they get into a big argument about who is more respnsible parent. | ||||
9 | "The Beginning of the End" | 3.904 million | January 24, 2012 | |
Jenelle's downward spiral continues as she gets into a blow out fight with both Kieffer and her roommate Tori. Adam breaks up with Chelsea and she struggles to deal with it on her first day of work at a tanning salon. Corey decides he doesn't want to move and Leah is livid when he tells her he wants to buy a truck instead. Jo appeals Kailyn's child support request and Jordan steps up to help take care of Isaac while Kailyn is in school. | ||||
10 | "Love Comes and Goes" | TBA | January 31, 2012 | |
Kailyn's hearing is postponed; Jenelle is sentenced; Chelsea works to get over Adam; Corey learns of Leah's infidelity. | ||||
11 | "Falling" | TBA | February 7, 2012 | |
Jenelle decides to go to rehab; Chelsea pursues her GED; Leah files for divorce; Jo visits Issac; Kailyn cheats with Jo. | ||||
12 | "TBA" | TBA | February 14, 2012 |
Specials
Ep # | Title | Viewers | Airdate | |
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S1–01 | "Catching Up With 16 and Pregnant: The Girls of Teen Mom 2" | N/A | December 28, 2010 | |
Before Jenelle, Chelsea, Leah, and Kailyn return as teenage mothers, the audience is presented with a look at the most significant moments from 16 and Pregnant. | ||||
S1–02 | "Finale Special: Check Up with Dr. Drew" | 3.64[29] | April 5, 2011 | |
In this 2 hour special, Jenelle, Chelsea, Kailyn and Leah reflect on their first year of motherhood in the season finale, hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky. | ||||
S1–03 | "Unseen Moments" | 1.74[30] | April 12, 2011 | |
Dr. Drew Pinsky hosts this look at previously unseen moments of Season 1. |
Controversy
Evans' legal problems
Jenelle Evans and her boyfriend Kieffer Delp, were arrested on October 15, 2010 for breaking and entering and drug possession. According to police, they were found on a vacant property in their hometown of Oak Island, North Carolina.[31] She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 12 months of supervised probation and a monthly drug and alcohol test. Prosecutors dropped the drug-possession and breaking-and-entering charges, and on May 6 dropped the paraphernalia charge after Evans had completed 24 hours of community service.[32]
Evans was arrested again on March 28, 2011 for assault after a video surfaced of her in an altercation with another teen named Brittany Truett. She was booked into Brunswick County Detention Center in North Carolina and released on bond.[33] In May 2011, Evans checked herself into a rehab center in Malibu, California.[34] She was again arrested on August 8, 2011, for violation of her parole. According to her lawyer, Evans had a meeting with her parole officer and tested positive for marijuana and opiates. [35]
Evans was arrested for a fourth time on January 10, 2012 for allegedly making harassing phone calls and communicating threats to former roommate, Hannah Inman. She was released after posting $1,000 bail.[36] Evans would be taken back into police custody six days later on January 16, 2012 for violating a domestic violence protection order.[37] She is due back in court on February 6, 2012.
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