The second season of ABC Family drama television series Switched at Birth was commissioned on August 17, 2012. It premiered on January 7, 2013, in the United States and consisted of 21 episodes. The season is produced by ABC Family, Pirates' Cove Entertainment and Suzy B Productions, with Paul Stupin, Becky Hartman Edwards, John Ziffren, and series creator Lizzy Weiss serving as executive producers.
The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who discover they were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments. While balancing school, jobs, and their unconventional family, the girls, along with their friends and family, experience deaf culture, relationships, classism, racism, audism, and other social issues.
The ninth episode of the season, entitled "Uprising", made television history by becoming the first episode of a national mainstream television series to be told almost entirely in American Sign Language.
Cast
Main Sean Berdy as Emmett Bledsoe Lucas Grabeel as Toby Kennish Katie Leclerc as Daphne Paloma Vasquez Vanessa Marano as Bay Madeleine Kennish Constance Marie as Regina Vasquez Gilles Marini as Angelo Sorrento D. W. Moffett as John Kennish Lea Thompson as Kathryn Kennish
Recurring
Ryan Lane as Travis Barnes Cassi Thomson as Nikki Papagus Marlee Matlin as Melody Bledsoe Blair Redford as Tyler "Ty" Mendoza Stephanie Nogueras as Natalie Pierce Matt Kane as Jace Max Lloyd-Jones as Noah Matthew Risch as Chip Coto Ivonne Coll as Adrianna Vasquez Daniel Durant as Matthew B.K. Cannon as Mary Beth Tucker Annie Ilonzeh as Lana Morgan Krantz as Mac Brandon J. Sornberger as Mark Kari Coleman as Whitney Todd Williams as Zane Robert Curtis Brown as Ivan Ronan Brian Gutierrez as Cody Danielle Rayne as Patricia Sawyer Jerry Ferris as Coach Lubin Anthony Natale as Cameron Bledsoe Joey Lauren Adams as Jennice Papagus Laura Spencer as Parker Robinsan Carlease Burke as Ms. Rose Maiara Walsh as Simone Sinclair Justin Bruening as Jeff Reycraft Allison Scagliotti as Aida Adams Stephen Lunsford as Teo Hanahan Zoey Deutch as Elisa Sawyer Charlene Amoia as Diana Coto William Lucking as Bill Kennish Kim Rhodes as Tria Meeghan Holaway as Amanda Burke Karla Gutierrez as Amy Suanne Spoke as Karen Barnes Cass Kroener as Jane Larry Sullivan as Leo Laura Brown as Debbie
Episodes
Production "Uprising", the season's ninth episode, was the first episode of a national mainstream scripted television series to be told almost entirely in American Sign Language (ASL), with open captions for hearing viewers. Series creator Lizzy Weiss described the innovative concept, stating:
Reception
U.S. ratings No. Episode Original air date Timeslot(EST) Viewers(million) Adults 18-49rating Cable rank (18–49) Note Timeslot Night 1 "The Door to Freedom" Monday 8:00PM 1.70 0.7 #6 #31 2 "The Awakening Conscience" 1.65 0.7 #4 #22 3 "Duel of Two Women" 1.74 0.7 #5 #37 4 "Dressing for the Charade" 1.76 0.8 #4 #23 5 "The Acquired Inability to Escape" 1.79 0.8 #3 #18 6 "Human/Need/Desire" 1.65 0.7 #3 #22 7 "Drive in the Knife" 1.52 0.6 #6 #37 8 "Tight Rope Walker" 1.69 0.8 #4 #23 9 "Uprising" 1.63 0.7 #4 #30 10 "Introducing the Miracle" 1.75 0.8 #3 #22 11 "Mother and Child Divided" 1.66 0.7 #3 #25 12 "Distorted House" 1.62 0.7 #4 #19 13 "The Good Samaritan" 1.76 0.7 #5 #23 14 "He Did What He Wanted" 1.61 0.7 #3 #17 15 "Ecce Mono" 2.02 0.9 #3 #15 16 "The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living" 1.75 0.8 #5 #19 17 "Prudence, Avarice, Lust, Justice, Anger" 1.76 0.8 #3 #23 18 "As The Shadows Deepened" 1.76 0.7 #4 #22 19 "What Goes Up Must Come Down" 1.68 0.7 #4 #34 20 "Family Secrets in Plain View" 1.60 0.7 #4 #27 21 "Departure of Summer" 1.96 0.8 #5 #29
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