EPISODE
SEASON
Life Unexpected - Season 1
The series centers on fifteen year-old Lux who has spent her life going from foster family to foster family since her birth. Wishing to become emancipated, Lux is instead given in to their custody.
8 December 1986, Bay Village, Ohio, USA
8 October 1969, Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
28 January 1968, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
2 April 1978, Farmington Hills, Michigan, USA
30 October 1981, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
October1987, Latvian SSR, USSR [now Latvia]
28 August 1973, Jasper, Alberta, Canada
25 July 1974, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1983, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
10 November 1984, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
9 March 1991, Brampton, Ontario, Canada
3 December 1971, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
5 April 1971, Ventura, California, USA
31 March 1982, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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 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
It feels real -- and that realism, reflected in the characters and their actions, is Life Unexpected's best quality.January 18, 2010
The cast has major potential, but Life Unexpected still needs to find an original and compelling voice.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 18, 2010
Life Unexpected overall is just too dumb to take into your homes.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 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 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.