Melody helps Regina overcome her worries regarding getting close to Bay. Kathryn gets Regina a job at her friend's hair salon, and rumors fly regarding the Kennish-Vasquez living situation. John also meets Melody ( Marlee Matlin), who is Emmett's mother and one of Regina's closest friends. Daphne loves this at first, as she has never had any 'father daughter moments' with her 'deadbeat adopted father,' but quickly becomes annoyed with John when he takes his coaching too seriously. Regina insists that "the best thing that guy ever did was leave." Daphne and John bond over their love of basketball.
Title reference: From the 1930 painting American Gothic by Grant Wood.īay begins asking questions about her biological father, which her grandmother and Regina refuse to answer. Meanwhile, Regina opens up to Bay about her past drinking problems. Emmett comes to pick up Daphne, and he forgives her for bailing on him. However, they later run into two of Liam's friends who begin making jokes about Deafness. Daphne and Liam go on a date to a music store, and they hit it off. When Liam (Bay's ex) visits Daphne at Carlton, Emmett becomes protective of her. Regina considers joining them but decides against it. John and Kathryn also decide that they want to sue the hospital. They take the issue up with Regina, who feels threatened. John and Kathryn disapprove of Daphne getting rides from her best friend Emmett on his motorcycle. Title reference: From the 1928–1929 painting The Treachery of Images by René Magritte, which has the caption "Ceci n'est pas une pipe", French for "This is not a pipe."
The Kennishes and Vasquezes must then learn to get along, while trying to get to know each other. After learning that Regina is in financial trouble, the Kennishes invite her and Daphne to move into their guest house. Bay discovers that she and her biological mother Regina have a lot in common, and the Kennishes have their first experiences with Deafness and Deaf Culture. After taking a DNA test, the Kennishes learn that she was in fact switched at birth with Daphne Vasquez, an athletic Deaf teen living with her single mother Regina and grandmother Adrianna on the other side of town. Through a school experiment, she discovers that her blood type is different from her family's.
Main article: List of Switched at Birth episodes No.Īrtistic and troubled Bay Kennish has grown up with her wealthy parents John and Kathryn and older brother Toby. Meredith Baxter as Bonnie Tamblyn-Dixon.Austin Butler as James "Wilke" Wilkerson III.
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