Life Unexpected - Suddenly family
| Television series | |
|---|---|
| German title | Life Unexpected - Suddenly family |
| Original title | Life Unexpected |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Year (s) | 2010-2011 |
| length | approx. 42 minutes |
| Episodes | 26 in 2 seasons |
| genre | drama |
| Theme music | "Beautiful Tree" - Rain Perry |
| idea | Liz Tigelaar |
| production | Liz Tigelaar, Gary Fleder, Janet Leahy |
| music | David Baerwald |
| First broadcast | January 18, 2010 (USA) on The CW |
| German-language first broadcast |
January 4th, 2011 on sixx |
| main actor | |
| supporting cast | |
Life Unexpected is an American drama series that aired in two seasons on The CW from 2010 to 2011 . Like the station, the series is aimed at a young audience between 18 and 34 years of age.
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The series is about the 16-year-old Lux, who has spent her entire life in foster families. She was never adopted because of childhood heart problems. At the age of 15 she decides to visit her birth parents to get their signatures so that she can live alone as a minor. When she finds her biological father, Nathaniel "Baze" Bazile, the owner of a bar, Lux only tells him that he has a daughter. He brings her to Catherine "Cate" Cassidy, with whom he had a one-night stand at the winter ball . Cate is the birth mother of Lux and part of the presenter duo "Cate & Ryan" on the morning show of a well-known Portland radio station. Ryan is also her fiancé. Cate became pregnant at the age of 16 after the one night stand with Baze and put Lux up for adoption because she believed that Lux would be better off with a foster family. Cate quickly develops feelings for Lux and Baze also wants to take care of Lux. The court decides that Cate and Baze receive provisional, joint custody, whereby Lux is allowed to live with Cate due to the better living conditions. However, Lux has trouble forgiving Cate for giving away her baby and so it can be difficult for them both. In addition, Cate is unsure of how she feels about Ryan and Baze. This makes Ryan jealous, believing Cate is still in love with Baze. When Baze realizes that he still loves Cate, he wants to storm their wedding, but he comes too late and watches as Cate chooses Ryan.
In the second season, Lux breaks up with her boyfriend and spends a great day with Eric, who, as it later turns out, is her new English teacher. The two fall in love without knowing who they are dealing with. The otherwise harmonious couple Ryan and Cate are in a crisis because Cate loses her job as co-host on the joint show. In addition, Ryan's ex-girlfriend appears, who, as it later turns out, is pregnant by Ryan. Lux and Eric struggle against their feelings, which proves difficult as Lux has an English weakness and Eric is their mentor. The two end up having a secret relationship. "Tash", Lux's best friend, gets from Ryan and Cate - who agree to become their guardians - their own apartment, in which the secret meetings between Eric and Lux take place. However, Baze and Cate find out about their relationship and forbid Lux to see Eric again. This leaves the city. Tash also hooks up with Jones, a boy who was into Lux in season one. When Ryan's sister comes to visit, Baze sleeps with her without knowing who he is facing, whereupon the bar burns down by mistake. Baze, who has no money to rebuild the bar, looks for a new job in his father's company. There he falls in love with his boss, with whom he later meets. He also begins coaching the school's basketball team, where Lux and Tash play. In the final episode, there is a jump in time of two years. Here you can see Lux delivering the closing speech. Ryan's ex and baby are seen sitting down with Cate, Ryan, Baze, Math and Cates' pregnant best friend. Tash and Jones are also sitting next to each other. When Lux finishes her speech and everyone has their degrees, she runs up to Jones and kisses him. Then she hugs Tash and everyone congratulates her. Lux then asks about her 'mom' and her 'dad'. Only at the end it turns out that Cate and Baze have finally found each other, while Ryan is back with his ex-girlfriend.
Cast and dubbing
main actor
| role | actor | Season | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lux Cassidy | Britt Robertson | 1-2 | Yvonne Greitzke |
| Catherine "Cate" Cassidy | Shiri Appleby | 1-2 | Manja Doering |
| Nathaniel "Baze" Bazile | Kristoffer Polaha | 1-2 | Peter Lontzek |
| Matthew "Math" Rogers | Austin base | 1-2 | Bernhard Völger |
| Ryan Thomas | Kerr Smith | 1-2 | Nico Sablik |
supporting cast
| role | actor | Season | Voice actor |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Lean | Austin Butler | 1-2 | Till Völger |
| Alice | Erin Karpluk | 1-2 | Judith Brandt |
| Jamie | Reggie Austin | 1-2 | Christoph Banks |
| Natasha "Tash" Siviac | Ksenia Solo | 1-2 | Giovanna Winterfeldt |
| Eric Daniels | Shaun Sipos | 2 | Daniel Montoya |
| Emma Bradshaw | Emma Caulfield | 2 | Dascha Lehmann |
| Paige Thomas | Arielle Kebbel | 2 | Uschi Hugo |
| Valerie Gilbert | Sarah-Jane Redmond | 2 | Sabine Jaeger |
| Julia | Jaime Ray Newman | 2 | Nadine pasta |
| Haley James-Scott | Bethany Joy Lenz | 2 | Magdalena Turba |
| Mia Catalano | Kate Voegele | 2 | Josephine Schmidt |
| Sam Bradshaw | Landon Liboiron | 2 | Julius Jellinek |
background
The series, which is set mainly in Portland , was shot in Vancouver , Canada , for cost and organizational reasons .
The series has a crossover with One Tree Hill in the episode The Music Festival , which aired in the US on October 12, 2010 . The actors Kate Voegele and Bethany Joy Lenz appear in their roles from One Tree Hill , Mia Catalano and Haley James-Scott in Life Unexpected at a music festival in Portland.
- Broadcasting in the United States
The first season, which was broadcast in the USA from January 18 to April 12, 2010 on The CW , was followed by an average of about two million viewers. The second season was broadcast from September 14, 2010 to January 18, 2011 on the station. It was followed by around 1.5 million viewers.
On November 4, 2010, The CW announced that it would no longer order any further episodes.
- Broadcast in Germany
In Germany, the first season of the series was broadcast between January 4, 2011 and March 29, 2011 on sixx . The second season was broadcast between April 23, 2012 and July 23, 2012.
Episode list
|
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title | First broadcast (CW) |
First broadcast (sixx) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 01 | pilot | Suddenly family | January 18, 2010 | January 4, 2011 |
| 02 | 02 | Home Inspected | Home call | January 25, 2010 | January 11, 2011 |
| 03 | 03 | Rent uncollected | Family dinner | February 1, 2010 | January 18, 2011 |
| 04 | 04 | Bong intercepted | The wish list | February 8, 2010 | January 25, 2011 |
| 05 | 05 | Turtle Undefeated | Turtle race | February 15, 2010 | February 1, 2011 |
| 06 | 06 | Truth Unrevealed | Half truths | February 22, 2010 | February 8, 2011 |
| 07 | 07 | Crisis Unaverted | The crisis is inevitable | March 1, 2010 | February 15, 2011 |
| 08 | 08 | Bride Unbridled | The bride show | March 8, 2010 | February 22, 2011 |
| 09 | 09 | Formally Reformed | Old enemies, new friends | March 15, 2010 | March 1, 2011 |
| 10 | 10 | Family Therapized | Family therapy | March 22, 2010 | March 8, 2011 |
| 11 | 11 | Storm Weathered | Stormy night | March 29, 2010 | March 15, 2011 |
| 12 | 12 | Father Unfigured | Father figure | April 5, 2010 | March 22, 2011 |
| 13 | 13 | Love Unexpected | Sudden love | April 12, 2010 | March 29, 2011 |
|
Number (total) |
Number (season) |
Original title | German title | First broadcast (CW) |
First broadcast (sixx) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14th | 01 | Ocean Uncharted | Trip to the sea | September 14, 2010 | April 23, 2012 |
| 15th | 02 | Parent's Unemployed | Great expectations | September 21, 2010 | April 30, 2012 |
| 16 | 03 | Criminal Incriminated | Suspicions | September 28, 2010 | May 7, 2012 |
| 17th | 04 | Team rebounded | team spirit | October 5, 2010 | May 14, 2012 |
| 18th | 05 | Music Faced | The music festival | October 12, 2010 | May 21, 2012 |
| 19th | 06 | Honeymoon Interrupted | The end of the honeymoon | October 19, 2010 | 4th June 2012 |
| 20th | 07 | Camp Grounded | The camping trip | November 2, 2010 | June 11, 2012 |
| 21st | 08 | Plumber Cracked | Honesty exercise | November 9, 2010 | June 18, 2012 |
| 22nd | 09 | Homecoming Crashed | lies over lies | November 16, 2010 | June 25, 2012 |
| 23 | 10 | Thanks ungiven | play with the fire | November 30, 2010 | 2nd July 2012 |
| 24 | 11 | Stand Taken | the truth comes out | December 7, 2010 | July 9, 2012 |
| 25th | 12 | Teacher Schooled | Blown | January 18, 2011 | July 16, 2012 |
| 26th | 13 | Affair Remembered | Old wounds, new ways | January 18, 2011 | July 23, 2012 |
DVD release
The first two seasons produced should appear on April 5th, 2011 on a DVD box called "Life Unexpected: The Complete Series". The production studio changed this plan on December 24, 2010 and renamed it "Life Unexpected: The Complete First & Second Seasons". On December 2, 2011, the first season of the series was also released on DVD in Germany and Austria.
Web links
- Life Unexpected - Suddenly family in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website of The CW
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Life Unexpected. In: synchronkartei.de. German synchronous index , accessed on June 30, 2012 .
- ^ "One Tree Hill" and "Life Unexpected" with cross-over . Serienjunkies.de . August 10, 2010. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
- ↑ Final 2009-10 Broadcast Primetime Show Average Viewership . TV By the Numbers. Retrieved August 10, 2010.
- ↑ Bill Gorman: 2010-11 Season Broadcast Primetime Show Viewership Averages . In: TV by the Numbers . June 1, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
- ^ Robert Seidman: There Will Be No Back Order for Life Unexpected . TV By the Numbers . November 2, 2010. Retrieved November 4, 2010.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Life Unexpected: German premiere in January at SIXX . Serial junkies . November 19, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ↑ Bernd Michael Krannich: Life Unexpected: Season 2 at Sixx from April . Serienjunkies.de . March 27, 2012. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
- ↑ David Lambert: Life Unexpected - Warner Announces 'The Complete Series': Date, Cost, Extras, Early Box Art . TV shows on DVD . December 2, 2010. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
- ↑ David Lambert: Life Unexpected - This Might Not Mean Anything, but Warner's Changed the Name of the DVD Set! . TV shows on DVD . December 24, 2010. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
- ↑ Life Unexpected - The complete first season . Amazon.de . Retrieved December 17, 2011.