Summary
16-year-old Lux was given up for adoption at birth but never adopted. When she is put back into the custody of her estranged-since-high-school birth parents, Cate and Baze, the three form an unlikely family.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 74Audiences 77GoodWatch 75
Tomatometer78%
Metascore69
Audience score81%
User score7.6
IMDb7.5
Time to watch it all
18 h
26 episodes, about 42 min each
An episode a night: about 4 weeks.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries, rent or buy in 3 more
First aired
2010
January 18, 2010
Ended 2011
Genre
DramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- TV-PGUnited States
Yes: it's rated TV-PG in the United States for strong language and sexual content, and the viewing guide lists it for family nights.
What's in it
- ViolenceLittle or none
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityMild
- Dark themesMild
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsDate NightFamily Movie NightFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyComfort WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids.
and 89 more109 people
- Britt RobertsonLux Cassidy26 episodes
- Shiri ApplebyCatherine "Cate" Cassidy26 episodes
- Kristoffer PolahaNathaniel 'Baze' Bazile26 episodes
- Austin BasisMatthew 'Math' Rogers26 episodes
- Kerr SmithRyan Thomas26 episodes
Ksenia SoloNatasha "Tasha" Siviac13 episodes
Shaun SiposEric Daniels12 episodes
Emma Caulfield FordEmma Bradshaw11 episodes
Austin ButlerJones Mager10 episodes
Reggie AustinJamie9 episodes- Rafi GavronBobby "Bug" Guthrie8 episodes
Erin KarplukAlice8 episodes
Lucia WaltersFern Redmund8 episodes
Robin ThomasJack Bazile8 episodes
Arielle KebbelPaige Thomas7 episodes- Cynthia StevensonLaverne Cassidy5 episodes
Alexandra BreckenridgeAbby Cassidy5 episodes
Gharrett Patrick PaonBen5 episodes
Amy Price-FrancisKelly Campbell5 episodes- CAChristopher AttadiaChris4 episodes
- CLChevy Lamont CofieldJeff4 episodes
Landon LiboironSam Bradshaw4 episodes
Shannon Chan-KentBrynn Bukowski3 episodes
Rhys WilliamsGavin3 episodes
Directing · 11
- Jerry Levine Director
- Nick Marck Director
- Michael Katleman Director
- David Paymer Director
- Allan Arkush Director
- Rick Bota Director, Director of Photography
Production · 17
- Liz Tigelaar Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- Gary Fleder Executive Producer, Director
- Adele Lim Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer, Writer
- Janet Leahy Executive Producer, Writer
- Emily Whitesell Consulting Producer, Writer
- Rose Lam Producer
Camera · 2
- David Geddes Director of Photography
- Barry Donlevy Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Jonathan P. Shaw Editor
Sound · 4
- Walter Newman Supervising Sound Editor
- Todd Grace Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Ed Carr Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Wendy Levy Music Supervisor
Art · 6
- Rachel O'Toole Production Design
- Don MacAulay Production Design
- Ian D. Thomas Production Design
- Nigel Evans Art Direction
- Ross Dempster Art Direction
- Cheryl Marion Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Katia Stano Costume Design
- Terry Hanson Key Hair Stylist
- Linda Dowds Key Makeup Artist
- Joann Fowler Key Makeup Artist
- Marie Melanson Costume Supervisor
- Ian C. Ballard Key Hair Stylist
Other crew · 2
- David Baerwald Music
- Rain Perry Theme Song Performance
Tropes
Life Unexpected episodes
2 seasons · 26 episodes
Episodes
- S1 E1 Pilot, 7.9
- S1 E2 Home Inspected, 7.4
- S1 E3 Rent Uncollected, 7.9
- S1 E4 Bong Intercepted, 7.6
- S1 E5 Turtle Undefeated, 7.5
- S1 E6 Truth Unrevealed, 7.8
- S1 E7 Crisis Unaverted, 7.5
- S1 E8 Bride Unbridled, 8.1
- S1 E9 Formal Reformed, 7.6
- S1 E10 Family Therapized, 7.7
- S1 E11 Storm Weathered, 8.3
- S1 E12 Father Unfigured, 8.1
- S1 E13 Love Unexpected, 7.8
- S2 E1 Ocean Uncharted, 7.9
- S2 E2 Parents Unemployed, 8.0
- S2 E3 Criminal Incriminated, 8.1
- S2 E4 Team Rebounded, 7.9
- S2 E5 Music Faced, 8.0
- S2 E6 Honeymoon Interrupted, 7.8
- S2 E7 Camp Grounded, 8.2
- S2 E8 Plumber Cracked, 7.7
- S2 E9 Homecoming Crashed, 8.1
- S2 E10 Thanks Ungiven, 8.2
- S2 E11 Stand Taken, 8.3
- S2 E12 Teacher Schooled, 8.1
- S2 E13 Affair Remembered, 8.1
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