EPISODE
SEASON
Life Unexpected - Season 1
After completing all 15 years of jumping from one incubator family to another in Portland, Oregon, Lux decided it was time to take control of her life and become a free minor. She leads her journey through the legal system of Lux to her biological parents, local radio personality Kate Cassidy and 30-year-old Bazeile, who stood in the middle of a night in high school. Although they have not seen each other for 15 years, Cate and Baze do not fall for a long time in the same controversial relationship they had in their teens.
2 April 1978, Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA
17 October 1978, Jasper, Alberta, Canada
16 January 1979, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
16 September 1975, England, UK
29 May 1981, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
5 April 1982, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
9 March 1972, Exton, Pennsylvania, USA
January 18, 2010
The lead characters in Life Unexpected are so likable, and the interactions between them feel so natural, that you find yourself willing to give the show lots of slack.
January 15, 2010
It feels real -- and that realism, reflected in the characters and their actions, is Life Unexpected's best quality.
January 18, 2010
As someone who spent a lot of time in the last decade watching the adventures of Buffy and Lorelai and Angel and Rory and the rest, I couldn't help but smile at the introduction of Lux.
January 16, 2010
The most winning character is the product of the tryst, Lux, played charmingly by Brittany Robertson. Enchanting, like Juno without the self-righteousness, Lux is resilient without being spiky, wise beyond her years yet sweetly hopeful and naive.
January 15, 2010
Sometimes it's like she's [Lux] the parent and they're the kids! The CW succumbs to that old cliche, but it makes up for it with an attractive, likable cast who draw you into the characters' emotional lives.
February 11, 2010
It is the first series that can invite comparison to the best dramas produced by the WB and the first ray of hope that the CW may be maturing into a more interesting network.
January 18, 2010
Life Unexpected throws that whole family-of-choice trope for a small, pleasing loop.
January 17, 2010
Finally there is a rare breed, the self-aware young thinkers, glimpsed in occasional intelligent hours that give voice to teen angst beyond lust. Life Unexpected offers intelligent family drama while the glitzier Gossip Girl is on hiatus.
January 18, 2010
Life Unexpected overall is just too dumb to take into your homes.
January 18, 2010
The cast has major potential, but Life Unexpected still needs to find an original and compelling voice.