Switched at Birth

Switched at Birth is an america teen drama series which premiered, June 6 2011 on ABC Family. The one hour drama tells the story of two teen girls who discover that they were accidentally switched at birth. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing as a child due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a poor neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls. As the series moves forward, the girls start to learn more about eachother and they become the best of friends. The mothers Kathryn (Who is Daphne's biological mother and Bay's legal mother) and Regina (Bay's biological mother and Daphne's legal mother) learn to bond with their biological daughters, which sometimes angers their legal daughters. Throughout the series, Bay and Daphne leanr to deal with eachother's differences and similarities, and learn to deal with issues such as, heartnreaks, drugs, alcohol and many more. 

Switched at Birth was not even close to what i expected it to be. The ways these two girls grew up in two very different environnemts, it shows how they act as a person. Also, I really liked how they have more then one deaf, mute annd hard of hearing characters as series regulars. I was not expecting Switched at Birth to be a long running series (Season 4 will premiere on January 6, 2015). I expected it to end after atleast a second season. It is one of my favourite chose because of the intensity of the plotline and storyline. The way the show pans out us also very interesting to watch. 

The Fosters

The Fosters is an american teen drama series that premiered on June 3rd 2013 on ABC Family inthe United States and ABC Spark in Canada.

The series stars Maia Mitchell as Callie Quinn Jacobs who is a 16 year old foster child, after her and younger brother Jude Jacobs get out of an abusive foster home, they are then put into the foster home of Stef and Lena Foster, a lesbian couple with adopted and biological children,  fraternal  twins Mariana and Jesus, are the first kids they adopted, afther their drug addictive mother abandonned them. The second child is 16 year old Brandon Foster who is the biological son of Stef from a previous marriage. After Callie and Jude arrive to the home, Callie and Brandon fall for eachother, but it is forbidden because of the foster rule that is you are not aloud to fall for a foster brother or sister as they are considered family. Throughout the series the Fosters family will have to learn to deal with many different issues, such as: heart breaks, hook ups, romances and important life lessons.

In my opinion, The Fosters is a really great show, at first I thought that it wasnt gonna be interesting enough for my liking, After watching the pilot episode, I knew that I made the right choice of starting to watch it, I cant say much about the show because it will give away alot of the mind blowing twists and revelations. Many of the storylines are really exciting to watch and see how they play out at the end. I feel like the Fosters is also a very passionate show because of the introduction of a lesbian couple, and the very likely introduction of the first gay male character, especially because most of the audience are guys and girls in their pre-teenage and teenage years, they're still trying to find themselves, their true identity, their sexual oreientation and its pretty great that exploring that.

The cast of The Fosters on set from left to right: Brandon Foster (David Lamber), Stef Foster (Teri Polo), Lena Adams Foster ( Sherri Saum), Jesus Foster (Jake T. Austin), Mariana Foster (Cierra Ramirez) and Callie Jacobs (Maia Mitchell)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fosters_%282013_TV_series%29

Finding Carter

Finding Carter is an american teen drama television series which premiered on July 8 2014 on MTV.

The series follows the life of Carter Stevens, a teenage girl who has a great life with her single mother Lori. One night, when Carter was out with her friends, they broke into a closed carnival and were busted by the cops, they were all taken to the station where they're picked up by their parents. Lori, however does not come pick up Carter and Carter learns that Lori is not her biological mother but her kidnapper, who kidnapped her when she was only three years old. Carter also learns that her real name is Lyndon, but Lori changed her name after the kidnapping, she is then reunited with her biological family consisting of her detective mother Elizabeth, who is having an affair with her partner, her father David, an author who wrote a book about Carter's kidnapping called "Losing Lyndon" and is working on a sequel that talks about Carter's return, much to her dismay, her twin sister Taylor who is the goody goody in the family and tries to be the best she can to impress their mother and finally her younger brother Grant who feels like he is invisible in the family and believes himself to be the replacement child.

In the first few episodes, Carter's relationship the members of her family is explored as she gets along well with her siblings and father, but has a hard time getting along with Elizabeth as Elizabeth is alot more strict then Lori. Also, She tries running away from home and reuniting with Lori as she is convinced that Lori is her real mother, but Elizabeth is always once step ahead. Carter also starts school with her sister and she meets her friend Gabe who she develops a crush on, only to find out that Taylor also likes him, she also learns to deal with betrayal, heartbreak and lies.

In my opinion, Finding Carter is one of the most intriguing, mysterious and twistful shows created. Their are many reasons to watch the show such as the twists that you dont see coming, they happen and I always stop and think for a second "Wow, what just hapenned." Also their are the shocking revelations that you dont expect, there's really not one time when I think about the season finale and dont get goosebumps or excited for what's to come in season two.

I recommend Finding Carter for anyone who likes mysteries and dramas. The romance in the show is very low and is sometimes never a story in an episode. The show focuses more on the mystery aspect then romance so its really for anyone between the ages of 14-16.  I give the show itself a 5 star rating if it was up to me.

The cast of Finding Carter from left to right: Kathryn Prescott (Carter Stevens) Cynthia Watros (Elizabeth Wilson) Anna Jacoby-Heron (Taylor Wilson), Zac Pullam (Grant Wilson) and Alexis Denisof (David Wilson)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Carter