Life Unexpected is an American television drama created by Liz Tigelaar. The first season consisted of 13 episodes, premiered on The CW on January 18, 2010 and concluded April 12, 2010, averaging just under 2 million viewers per episode. The CW renewed Life Unexpected on May 18, 2010 with an order for a second season of 13 episodes.[1] The second season premiered on September 14, 2010. On October 14, 2010, The CW ordered 2 additional scripts.[2] On November 2, 2010, The CW announced that the second season would remain at 13 episodes.[3]
A total of 26 original episodes of Life Unexpected aired over two seasons ending on January 18, 2011.
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| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | DVD release dates | |||||||
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| Season premiere | Season finale | Region 1 | Region 2 | Region 4 | ||||||
| 1 | 13 | January 18, 2010 | April 12, 2010 | April 5, 2011[4] | N/A | 2011[5] | ||||
| 2 | 13 | September 14, 2010 | January 18, 2011 | N/A | ||||||
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Pilot" | Gary Fleder | Liz Tigelaar | January 18, 2010 | N/A |
| After going from foster home to foster home her whole life, fifteen year old Lux applies for emancipation from the foster care system. The paperwork requires the signatures of both of her birth parents, neither of whom she has met. Lux tracks down Baze, her father, to the bar he owns and lives above with his friends, and he tells her her mother is local radio personality Cate Cassidy. At the hearing the next day the judge rejects Lux's petition and places her instead in the temporary joint custody of Cate and Baze, to everyone's surprise. After breaking up with her fiance, Ryan, Cate unexpectedly sleeps with Baze. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Home Inspected" | Gary Fleder | Liz Tigelaar | January 25, 2010 | N/A |
| Lux temporarily moves in with Cate, who is very worried about what Child Protective Services will think of her and Baze as parents. At work Cate is asked to read a statement over the radio denying she had a baby in high school, which a hurt Lux hears over the radio. After realizing how much she has hurt Lux, Cate sets the record straight on the radio the next day. Cate and Baze impress Fern, the CPS worker, who grants them permanent custody of Lux. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "Rent Uncollected" | Gary Fleder | Liz Tigelaar | February 1, 2010 | N/A |
| Cate reluctantly attends a dinner for Lux at Baze’s parents' house, and the situation becomes complicated when Cate’s mother and sister Abby arrive unexpectedly. Meanwhile, worried about Lux's safety at her school, Cate arranges for her to transfer to Westmonte High, where Cate and Baze graduated. When Baze's father threatens to take away the bar because Baze can't pay the rent, Lux uses her own money to pay Baze's rent. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "Bong Intercepted" | Jeff Melman | Emily Whitesell | February 8, 2010 | N/A |
| After Lux is suspended from school, Cate desperately tries to get Lux’s principal to drop the suspension. To get the principal's sympathy for Lux, Cate brings Lux's foster care file to the meeting with the principal, and another student manages to photocopy the file. Lux is distraught when photocopies of from the file are stuck to her locker the next day for everyone to see. Meanwhile, Baze is upset when he discovers Cate and Ryan will host a radio station event at a competing bar. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Turtle Undefeated" | Allan Arkush | Adele Lim | February 15, 2010 | N/A |
| Lux volunteers to host a classmate's party at Baze's loft, hoping to become more accepted by the students at her new school. Cate sees that Lux and Baze have made a great connection and she worries that she will never have a similar relationship with Lux. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "Truth Unrevealed" | Nick Marck | Janet Leahy | February 22, 2010 | N/A |
| Baze joins Ryan and Cate on "Morning Madness" because of pressure from the station management, but the show does not go as expected. Worried about her boyfriend, Lux must convince Jones Mager, the high school quarterback to not press charges against him. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "Crisis Unaverted" | Jerry Levine | Taylor Hamra | March 1, 2010 | N/A |
| After learning that Tasha may have to move three hours away to a new foster home, Lux decides to help her find her mother who is still in Portland. Baze and Ryan compete in a radio station contest as Cate worries about whether she should tell Ryan the whole truth about sleeping with Baze. After Tasha's mother rejects her, Lux asks Cate to take Tasha in, but she refuses. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Bride Unbridled" | David Paymer | Sallie Patrick | March 8, 2010 | N/A |
| Recently broken-up Cate and Ryan must host a wedding expo pretending to be an engaged couple, and things become even more awkward when Baze and Math show up to the same event. Meanwhile, Baze organizes for Jones to take Lux out to cheer her up after Tasha leaves and she moves out of Cate's. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Formal Reformed" | J. Miller Tobin | Liz Tigelaar | March 15, 2010 | N/A |
| Jones asks Lux to the Winter Formal, but things become complicated with Bug returns to town. Recalling that the night of his Winter Formal was the night he and Cate conceived Lux, Baze decides to enlist Cate's therapist sister Abby to help him give Lux a sex talk. However, when Baze finds a condom in Lux's room later that night, he decides to go to the formal to check up, worrying that Lux hadn't listened. Cate is also at the formal, having volunteered to chaperon so she can see Lux in her dress. A fragile Baze sleeps with Abby after the formal. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Family Therapized" | Michael Katleman | Deidre Shaw | March 22, 2010 | N/A |
| Fern, Lux's social worker meets with Cate and Baze after Bug and Lux are picked up by the police. Cate tries to get Bug a job at the radio station, but her boss will not hire him as he wasn't as experienced as he needed to be. She becomes enraged after finding out Baze hires Bug, accusing him of undermining her attempts to make things right with Lux, since Lux became greatly upset that Cate said she could get him a job, but didn't. | ||||||
| 11 | 11 | "Storm Weathered" | Rick Bota | Michael Kramer | March 29, 2010 | N/A |
| Cate discovers Abby and Baze have been sleeping together. Despite rejecting Jones at a party, Lux is hurt when later that same night she sees him kissing another girl. When a storm hits Portland, Cate becomes stranded at Baze's along with Abby and things get heated between the two sisters. Meanwhile, Lux and Ryan bond when they are forced to stay at the radio station during the storm. The storm ruins Cate and Ryan's plans to elope. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Father Unfigured" | Elizabeth Allen | Adele Lim | April 5, 2010 | N/A |
| As Cate's wedding approaches, she decides to find her father who abandoned her as a child against the advisory of her mother. People from Bug's past trash Baze's bar when Bug can't pay them the money he owes them, forcing Lux to get Baze away from the bar for a few days so Bug can clean it up. Lux pleads with Cate to allow Baze to go on the trip to meet Cate's father, and the three of them go on a family roadtrip. Cate's father hurts her when she realises he does not want to be a father to her, and she and Baze bond on the trip. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Love Unexpected" | Jerry Levine | Liz Tigelaar | April 12, 2010 | N/A |
| Cate's quickly approaching wedding forces her to deal with her feelings for both Ryan and Baze. Feeling he is not good enough for Cate, Baze denies he has feelings for her and Cate resolves to marry Ryan. Lux desperately tries to convince both Cate and Baze to admit their feelings, but a conversation with Ryan makes her think Cate and Baze together can never be more than a fantasy. After a heart-felt conversation with his father, Baze rushes to the church to tell Cate he loves her, although he was stuck in traffic that delayed him to bursting in through the doors, after as the priest marries them. Even after seeing Baze, Cate kisses Ryan showing she chooses him and not Baze and it disappoints him that he did not admit his feelings earlier when he had the chance. | ||||||
The series was renewed by The CW for a second season on May 20, 2010. It was also moved to Tuesday nights at 9:00 p.m.[6]
| № | # | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | U.S. viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 1 | "Ocean Uncharted" | Gary Fleder | Liz Tigelaar & Sallie Patrick | September 14, 2010 | 1.65[7] |
| Cate and Ryan return from their honeymoon only to discover that major changes have been made at the radio station while they were gone. Lux meets Eric, a newcomer to Portland who comes into the bar while the place is closed. Baze struggles with his feelings for Cate, and ends up sleeping with the new bartender, Paige. Lux and Bug find themselves at major crossroads in their relationship after he asks her to marry him. Paige accidentally sets the bar on fire after leaving a lit cigarette in the bin. | ||||||
| 15 | 2 | "Parents Unemployed" | Jerry Levine | Patti Carr & Lara Olsen | September 21, 2010 | 1.57[8] |
| After being summoned to the principal's office, Cate and Baze learn that Lux is failing and must make big improvements in her grades, which results to Lux cheating on tests. Meanwhile, Cate starts the difficult process of finding another job and Baze decides to interview for a position at his father's firm to help pay for his burnt down bar, in which he meets Emma. | ||||||
| 16 | 3 | "Criminal Incriminated" | Nick Marck | Taylor Hamra | September 28, 2010 | 1.51[9] |
| Worried that she may not pass an important exam, Lux contemplates cheating and buys the answers off one of her classmates when she hears him talking about how he and his friends were going to cheat. Cate accidentally eats some banana bread that has been laced with pot by Paige and ends up having a very interesting day at work. Meanwhile, when a large sum of money goes missing from Cate's wallet, she and Ryan argue over whether or not, Ryan's slacking sister who was crashing at their house, had taken the money, as she owed Baze for destroying his bar. | ||||||
| 17 | 4 | "Team Rebounded" | Elizabeth Allen | Adele Lim | October 5, 2010 | 1.51[10] |
| Cate attempts to bond with Ryan's new on-air partner, Kelly Campbell, after their work relationship turns bitter. But the plan backfires for Cate when Kelly accidentally reveals a secret to Ryan the next day, one Cate has been hiding from him. Tasha returns to Portland and tells Lux that she is now living with a new foster family, although Lux seemed to be quite familiar with Tasha's new foster parent. Also, Baze tries to convince a smitten Math to ask Paige out on a date. | ||||||
| 18 | 5 | "Music Faced" | Jerry Levine | Deidre Shaw | October 12, 2010 | 1.59[11] |
| In a very special episode, Ryan hosts a music festival sponsored by the radio station and features One Tree Hill's Haley James Scott (Bethany Joy Galeotti) and Mia Catalano (Kate Voegele). Haley and Cate meet at the concert and discover that they have very similar backgrounds and when a secret of Cate's comes out, Cate turns to Haley for advice. Lux finds out that Eric is dating Paige. Meanwhile, Jones becomes interested in Tasha and Baze and Emma become a little closer when Baze's plan to take Emma backstage for an interview doesn't go as he thought. | ||||||
| 19 | 6 | "Honeymoon Interrupted" | Sanaa Hamri | Christopher Fife | October 19, 2010 | 1.48[12] |
| To make up for the fact that they never had a proper honeymoon, Cate and Ryan go on a stay-cation at local hotel. But unfortunately for them, Baze's work retreat is at the same exact place. Cate begins to discover more and more about Ryan's old ex-girlfriend, Julia (Jaime Ray Newman), who was in one of their pictures in their wedding photo album. Baze attempts to trade rooms with Ryan and Cate to be in the room with a connecting door to Emma's room, as he tries to get closer to her. | ||||||
| 20 | 7 | "Camp Grounded" | Bobby Roth | Liz Tigelaar & Sallie Patrick | November 2, 2010 | 1.50[13] |
| Lux and her classmates go on a school field-trip, with Math, Cate, Ryan, Baze, Emma, and Eric as chaperones. Ryan and Cate's cheating situation worsens when he doesn't show up at a couple's counseling session. Thinking that Ryan wasn't going to come because of his and Cate's problem, Baze invites Emma, and they bond when he prepares a special dinner on the school bus for them. Eric finally gives in to seeing Lux, but Tasha ends up seeing them together, kissing. | ||||||
| 21 | 8 | "Plumber Cracked" | Jerry Levine | Lara Olsen & Patti Carr | November 9, 2010 | 1.48[14] |
| Cate takes Paige out in a fail attempt to get her drunk in the hopes of finding out more about Ryan's past, including information about the mysterious Julia. Meanwhile, Ryan decides to join Baze, Math and Jamie for a guys night, ditching Paige, making her be stuck with Cate. Emma reveals to Baze that she has a son when Baze does too much snooping around thinking Emma was cheating on him. Lux and Eric spend a day away from Portland, where they wouldn't have to keep their relationship a secret from everyone, but end up having to stay a night in a hotel room when they miss the last boat home. | ||||||
| 22 | 9 | "Homecoming Crashed" | Elizabeth Allen | Sallie Patrick | November 16, 2010 | 1.33[15] |
| Baze and Emma attempt to sign Candy (Krista Allen), a high-profile client, who seems to only have eyes for Baze. Meanwhile, Lux goes to her homecoming dance in hopes of seeing Eric but the evening takes an ugly turn. | ||||||
| 23 | 10 | "Thanks Ungiven" | Cherie Nowlan | Patti Carr & Lara Olsen | November 30, 2010 | 1.52[16] |
| It doesn't take long for secrets to start coming out when everyone ends up at Baze's for Thanksgiving. Lux worries that her parents will discover she's been seeing her teacher, Eric. Baze worries his father, Jack, will find out he has been having a relationship with his boss, Emma. Tasha worries a deep, dark secret from the past will be discovered and Cate worries if she tells Ryan the truth, it will complicate their relationship further. Emma's son, Sam, also joins everyone for Thanksgiving. | ||||||
| 24 | 11 | "Stand Taken" | Gary Fleder | Adele Lim | December 7, 2010 | 1.73[18] |
| Lux and Tasha's friendship is put to the test when they are forced to deal with the fallout of their recent actions and the outcome could change both of their lives. As a result, Lux feels she can't hide her past from Cate and Baze anymore and reveals what happened when she lived with Trey and Valerie. Lux discovers Emma and Jack were seeing each other before Baze started dating her. [17] | ||||||
| 25 | 12 | "Teacher Schooled" | Howie Deutch | Liz Tigelaar & Taylor Hamra | January 18, 2011 | 1.54[19] |
| Baze decides to buy a house and wants Emma and Sam to live with him. Eric confesses that he and Lux had a relationship. Baze comes to terms with the fact that his father cheated on his mother with Emma prior to their relationship. Cate and Baze threaten to go to the Police if Eric doesn't leave town. | ||||||
| 26 | 13 | "Affair Remembered" | Rick Bota | Michael Kramer | January 18, 2011 | 1.48[19] |
| Cate and Ryan come to terms when she loses the baby and is told she can't have anymore children. Ellen, Baze's mom, has a 60th Birthday party for Jack at Baze's Bar, much to his discomfort. Lux and Jones cut school to go visit Tasha in Juvy. Lux tells Jones that she and Eric had a relationship. Ryan gets Cate back on the air after Kelly is fired. Alice returns to town and her job at the radio station. Cate finds out that Julia (Jaime Ray Newman) is still pregnant and tells Ryan. Two Years Later. Lux gives a speech at her graduation. She and Jones are back together. Tasha is also graduating and will attend college with Lux. Ryan and Julia have a son. Alice and Math are expecting their first child. Cate and Baze are back together and share a kiss. Lux, for the first time since she found out about and met them two years previous, calls Cate and Baze Mom and Dad; and Julia takes a photo of everybody at the graduation as the episode closes. | ||||||