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LIFE UNEXPECTED:COMPLETE FIRST SEASON

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I watched the first episode of Life Unexpected back in January because the critic in the Philadelphia Inquirer insisted it was a family drama parents would not be embarrassed to watch with their teens.

Always on the lookout for something to do with my daughter that does not include using my credit card, I took his advice. I'm glad I did. Life Unexpected not only has a most intriguing premise, it also has great characters, smart dialogue and the cutest outfits on prime time television.

As for the story, this is how it goes:

On prom night, Baze (Kristoffer Polaha), (the most popular guy in high school) seduces Cate (Shiri Appleby) (a shy A student) only to ignore her the following Monday. When Cate tells Baze she is pregnant, he refuses to take responsibility for the baby. Without anybody to support her (her mother is an alcoholic, she doesn't even have her father's address), Cate gives her baby girl up for adoption. They will find the perfect family for her, they tell Cate, and she believes them.

Now sixteen years later, the girl, Lux (Britt Robertson), who was never adopted, is tired of living in foster care and wants to get emancipated. To do that she needs her birth parents to sign the papers.

So you see where this is going. Cate and Baze are about to receive the visit of their long stranded daughter. A visit that will make them confront a past and a relationship they thought long gone.

As the story starts Cate is a local celebrity in Portland (Oregon) where she host a radio talk show with her fiancé Ryan (Kerr Smith), while Baze lives with two friends as a perpetual teenager over the bar he rents from his father. To take responsibility for a teenage daughter is not in their agenda. But when the judge instead of granting Lux the emancipation she seeks gives her biological parents temporary custody, Cate and Baze are forced into sudden adulthood. And they are not ready.

Although the show is not perfect (predictable and unrealistic, my daughter says) I love the characters and their drama. I love the fact that Cate and Baze, although they are the parents, are more immature in many ways than their daughter. I like Lux's resourcefulness, her independence and her vulnerability. And I love Ryan, the most understanding boyfriend ever.

So if you have not seen Life Unexpected yet, please buy the DVD when it comes out. Because, as of today, it has been renewed for another season.

Since the program has been cancelled by the CW, they are going to release a "Complete Series" set rather than just season one. Look for it later in 2011.

lif unexpected should be the new show everyones talking about, it brings everything to the table and has a great cast to pull it off. the chemistry between this gang is amazing! the show is both simple and complicated, and just down right enjoyable. it has the perfect combination of wit and humour.

so what is it about? family. and well how life can be unexpected but you ahve to roll with the punches. Lux, a witty teen has pretty much raised herself, she's only really ever had herself to depend on and after nearly 16 years in the foster care system she wants out so she has control on her life. to do that first her birth parents have to sign the papers that were scewed up way back when, in her bid to get emancipated lux tracks down her birth father. Baze was the popular charming jock in high school and he never quite grew up, he lives above the bar he owns and relies mostly on his wealthy family, then the daughter he didn't know had been born knocks on his door. which leads to them finding cate. Cate was the smart loner in high school but now is a narotic, commitmentphobic radio dj who is in a relationship with her co host ryan, she has issues and lots of them. not too surprising she's not a baze fan after he got her pregnant and then refused to take responsibility for it, isntead of having an abortion cate gives her daughter up for adoption believing lux will be adopted to an amazing family that wants children. so cate is both thrilled and pretty peeved when lux comes back into her life.

a twist of fate leads lux back into the custody of her biological parents and together cate, baze, lux and ryan must discover how to work as a family. and what an adventure it is.

This is such a great show. Great character development, great acting, great everything! Love it! I can't wait for the discs to come out!

I happend to catch a commerical for this show on another network and it quickly caught my attention. It reminded me of Gilmore Girls which happened to be one of my favorite shows growing up as a teen! Now that I'm a bit older I wasn't sure how I would perceive this new family drama but decided to give it a shot! It hooked me from the very first episode! Life Unexpected is one of those shows that can make you laugh and cry all in one episode. It's a story about two people whose lives are quickly changed when the daughter they gave up at birth comes back into their lives 16 years later. Unfortunately Lux (Britt Robertson) has never been adopted and is now seeking emancipation so she can be on her own. But in order to do so she needs to seek out her biological parents to have them sign a form releasing her from foster care. However this story takes an UNEXPECTED twist when the judge decides to not grant her emancipation but instead put her back into the custody of her birth parents Cate (Shiri Appleby) and Baze (Kristoffer Polaha). Both having chosen different career paths, one successful as a host of her own radio morning show and secretly engaged to her co-host Ryan (Kerr Smith) and the other a bar owner whose life revolves around drinking and partying until the sun comes up are both suddenly thrown into parenthood! They are now forced to make decisions they have never made before which soon forces the two of them to have to grow up and become the parents they never had a chance to be! There are some twist and turns in the story but no matter what the show always ends on a positive note and never leaves the audience without a smile. Life Unexpected is a show that has laughs and tears but most of all it has a lot of heart!

This is my favorite show ever which says a lot since I have a lot of them but rarely do I get hooked from the first episode!! I have seen every episodes and some 2 or 3 times I love it everytime and itakes me on this amazing rollercoaster ride eveytime!! The acting and writting is beyond great!! I was soooooo excited that it got renewed for a second season I was checking weekly to see where it stood and everyone I told to watch it is hooked as well!!! Can't wait to but it on DVD and have an Life Unexpected party with the friends!!! All that when it just comes down to this watch it so u don't miss out on the amazingness of it lol!!

I tend to avoid anything remotely related to The CW (My own mother calls it the garbage channel), but I saw the promo for this show and I just couldn't stay away. So I decided to give it a chance, and it's quickly become one of my favorite new shows. I am ridiculously happy that it's renewed for a second season, and I can't wait for the dvds to come out. The show is both well written and acted. Life Unexpected is amazing!

This show is so addictive i wish it was out now. I watch every week. There are not very many quality shows on T.V. right now so im glad that this is on for people who want to see a series with heart.

I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE CW HAS DROPPED THE BALL AND SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES FOR CANCULING SUCH A GREAT SHOW. THEY'D RATHER SELL TNA AS OPPOSED TO HAVING LIFE UNEXPECTED KEEP GOING. I FOR ONE AM A BIG FAN OF THIS SHOW, IT SHOWS THEE UNAMERICANA FAMILY, THERE ARE NO APPLE PIES LEAVE IT TO BEAVER LIVES HERE. IT SHOWS TWO PARENTS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO WITH THIS CHILD, TWO UNMARRIED PARENTS AT THAT. WE LIVE IN A NEW TIME AND NEW FAMILY VALUES. I FOR ONE AM WONDERING WHY THE CW CANCULED THIS SHOW. OWE I KNOW IT WASN'T LINING THERE ALREADY FAT POCKETS. ARE YOU KIDDING ME ALL THEY WANT TO DO IS SELL THE T N A, THAT LINES THERE POCKET, I FOR ONE DON'T THINK GOSSIP GIRL IS ANY GOOD, WHY NOT CANCUL THAT. I KNOW ONE TREE IS ON IT'S WAY OUT, BUT I LIKE THAT SHOW, OR AT LEAST SO FAR...SEEING THAT I AM BARELY ON SEASON TWO. ANYHOWS I WOULD SO MUCH LOVE FOR THE CW TO RECONSIDER AND GIVE US BACK THE UNEXPECTED. I GOT DEPLOYED LAST YEAR WHEN THE SHOW WAS BARELY ON IT'S SIXTH EPISODE SO I HAD TO WAIT A WHOLE YEAR, AND SOME CHANGE FOR IT SO FINALLY COME OUT ON DVD, SO I AM CURRENTLY WATCHING IT AND I TELL YOU THAT IT TUGS AT ONE'S EMOTIONAL STRINGS. I LOVE SHIRI SHE CAN MAKE ACT LIKE NOBODIES BIDNESS...LUX UPSETS ME BUT THEN AGAIN SHE IS A TEEN, AND BAZE COME ONE WHO FUNNY...AS FOR RYAN, EHHH. I AM CURRENTLY ON EPISODE NINE OF SEASON ON SOO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES BUT COME ON, WHO'S WITH ME, LETS GET LIFE UNEXPECTED BACK ON. IF I HAD MY OWN CHANNEL, BEST BELIEVE I'D HAVE IT RETURN...OR IF I HAD FAT POCKETS THAT BE A SHOW I'D TAKE ON. ANYHOWS, SHAME ON YOU CW...SHAME ON YOU...

I will purchase the complete series when it comes out on DVD this Spring 2011. It is very sad that the CW is cancelling the series and I vow to never watch another CW show. Sorry Hellcats, I'll miss you too. :-(

Maybe Life Unexpected will get picked up elsewhere... though I heard one of the actors will be on another show.