EPISODE
SEASON
Switched at Birth - Season 1
The series follows Bay Kennish, a teenager in a wealthy family and Daphne Vasquez, a fellow teen in a working-class neighborhood. Their lives are turned upside down when they find out they were switched at birth.
10 June 1990, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
October1990
24 October 1955, Los Angeles, California, USA
20 January 1986, Pasadena, California, USA
15 December 1948, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
17 May 1942, Houston, Texas, USA
10 July 1977, Singapore
5 November 1976, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, USA
12 July 1985, Van Nuys, California, USA
June 13, 2011
Katie Leclerc is instantly, sunnily appealing as Daphne, a hearing-impaired girl who learns she was sent home from the hospital with the wrong mom. Vanessa Marano is fine as the other misplaced kid, except she's a sulker and sort of a drag.
September 11, 2013
Switched at Birth isn't the most innovative summer show of the season or the most sexy summer show on even its own network, but it might be the one with the most potential for broad appeal.
September 11, 2013
Switched at Birth is actually just a good teen drama.
September 11, 2013
Although the story centers on a unique (and improbable) challenge that two families face, its messages resonate with a much broader audience.
June 06, 2011
If the situation of Switched at Birth often seems surreal and at times contrived, the performances keep the story grounded as yet another alternative American family blooms under the California sun.
September 11, 2013
I watched those scenes [between Daphne and Emmett] and felt like they were something I'd rarely seen before on television, often wishing that everything else could be similarly fresh.
