Switched at Birth

‫( rock music playing )

‫Woman: ‫ FROM THE COLOR OF OUR EYES ‫ TO THE COLOR OF OUR HAIR,

‫HOW YOUR PINKY BENDS ‫OR WHETHER WE CAN ROLL ‫OUR TONGUES--

‫WHO WE ARE ‫IS DETERMINED BY ‫GENES PASSED DOWN TO US

‫FROM OUR MOTHERS ‫ AND FATHERS.

‫EXCELLENT TONGUE ‫CONTROL, LIAM.

‫IT'S GOOD TO KNOW ‫FOR OUR FUTURE.

‫- WATCH IT, BAY. ‫- YEAH, BAY, WATCH IT.

‫Teacher: ‫ OKAY, LET'S BEGIN ‫ OUR BLOOD TYPE TEST.

‫USE THE NEEDLE ‫ TO PRICK A DROP OF BLOOD

‫ONTO THE FOUR FIELDS ‫ ON YOUR TEST CARDS.

‫AAH!

‫Bay: ‫ APPARENTLY ‫ IT'S EXTREMELY RARE.

‫ONLY 1% ‫OF THE POPULATION ‫IS A-B.

‫I HAVE LACROSSE ‫PRACTICE TOMORROW, ‫SO I CAN'T DRIVE BAY.

‫HONEY, YOU CAN'T BE A-B ‫BECAUSE YOUR MOTHER ‫AND I ARE BOTH A,

‫WHICH MEANS YOU HAVE ‫TO BE EITHER A OR O.

‫WELL, IT SAID A-B, ‫AND BLOOD DON'T LIE.

‫I'M TAKING THE MERCEDES ‫TOMORROW, OKAY?

‫I'M TELLING YOU ‫IT'S GENETICALLY ‫IMPOSSIBLE.

‫WELL, MAYBE I'M SOME ‫SUPER-HUMAN MUTANT FREAK ‫FROM ANOTHER PLANET.

‫- OR A VAMPIRE. ‫- OH, HOW AWESOME ‫ WOULD THAT BE?

‫TOBY, YOU MAY HAVE ‫A POINT THERE.

‫YOUR MOTHER ONCE HAD ‫A DEEP FASCINATION

‫WITH A MAIL CARRIER ‫WITH SNAGGLY TEETH.

‫I DO NOT HAVE ‫SNAGGLY TEETH.

‫- YOU DO HAVE THAT ONE. ‫- HA.

‫TOBY WAS BARELY TWO ‫WHEN I GOT PREGNANT ‫WITH BAY.

‫I WAS FAR TOO EXHAUSTED ‫TO HAVE AN AFFAIR.

‫AND BESIDES, ‫MY GRANDMOTHER ‫WAS ITALIAN.

‫- THAT'S WHERE BAY GETS ‫ HER BEAUTIFUL COLORING FROM. ‫- BEAUTIFUL.

‫IT HAS TO BE ‫A MISTAKE, SWEETIE.

‫* I SHOULD BE ‫ FEELIN' MORE *

‫* I SHOULD BE ‫ WRITING WORDS... *

‫- LOOK, ANOTHER ONE. ‫- * I SHOULD BE ‫ CRYING TEARS... *

‫Bay: ‫ I WISH I KNEW ‫ WHO WAS DOING IT.

‫- I KNOW YOU THINK ‫ THAT'S ART. ‫- IT IS ART.

‫IT'S GRAFFITI.

‫WHAT IF WE ALL RAN AROUND ‫WITH SPRAY CANS?

‫- BUT OBVIOUSLY ‫ THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. ‫- GOOD THING.

‫( laughs )

‫WHY DO YOU THINK WE SEE ‫THINGS DIFFERENTLY ‫ALL THE TIME?

‫WELL, YOU'RE A TEENAGER.

‫IT'S YOUR JOB ‫TO DISAGREE WITH ME.

‫BUT WE'VE ALWAYS ‫BEEN DIFFERENT, ‫REALLY DIFFERENT.

‫I DON'T THINK ‫THAT'S TRUE, BABY.

‫MOM, WE LOOK NOTHING ALIKE. ‫LOOK AT OUR HAIR.

‫LOOK AT OUR HANDS. ‫ LOOK AT OUR BODIES.

‫- WAS I ADOPTED OR SOMETHING? ‫- YOU WERE NOT ADOPTED.

‫PEOPLE ASK ME THAT-- ‫A LOT OF PEOPLE.

‫WHO? ‫I'LL SHOW THEM ‫MY STRETCH MARKS.

‫IF I WANTED YOU ‫TO DO SOMETHING,

‫EVEN IF YOU THOUGHT ‫IT WAS CRAZY...

‫WOULD YOU?

‫* HOW COULD ‫ I LOVE YOU? *

‫WE'VE DONE EXTENSIVE

‫12-MARKER TESTING ‫ON ALL THREE OF YOU.

‫IT IS 99.9% CERTAIN

‫THAT BAY IS NOT ‫RELATED TO YOU.

‫- I KNEW IT. ‫- THE HOSPITAL BELIEVES ‫ THERE WAS A MIX-UP.

‫DID THEY ACTUALLY USE ‫THAT WORD-- MIX-UP?

‫SOMEONE WASN'T CAREFUL ‫MATCHING THE I.D. ANKLETS.

‫IT'S EXTREMELY RARE, ‫BUT IT HAPPENS.

‫YOU TOOK HOME ‫SOMEONE ELSE'S BABY

‫AND ANOTHER FAMILY ‫ TOOK HOME YOURS.

‫- IT'S A LOT ‫ TO TAKE IN, I KNOW. ‫- YES, IT IS A LOT TO TAKE IN.

‫WOULD YOU JUST TELL US ‫WHAT THE PROCEDURE IS ‫GOING FORWARD?

‫YOU FIND YOUR REAL DAUGHTER, ‫I FIND MY REAL PARENTS.

‫WE SAY "BIOLOGICAL," ‫NOT "REAL."

‫WHO COULD THESE PEOPLE BE?

‫- AND WHAT WOULD ‫ THEY EXPECT FROM US? ‫- Bay: YEAH, WHO ARE THEY?

‫- WHERE DO I COME FROM? ‫- Dad: JUST HOLD ON ‫ ONE SECOND.

‫DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE ‫THIS OTHER CHILD MIGHT BE?

‫( kettle whistling )

‫( phone ringing )

‫( whistling continues )

‫( ringing continues )

‫HELLO?

‫Woman: ‫ JOHN AND KATHRYN KENNISH, ‫ REGINA VASQUEZ.

‫- HELLO. ‫- JOHN KENNISH. ‫ NICE TO MEET YOU.

‫NICE TO MEET YOU.

‫HI.

‫DAPHNE, THIS IS BAY.

‫BAY, DAPHNE.

‫IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU.

‫WHAT WAS HE AGAIN?

‫A PITCHER? ‫FIRST BASEMAN?

‫THIRD BASE FOR THE ROYALS.

‫NOW HE OWNS LIKE ‫SEVEN CAR WASHES.

‫Regina: ‫ROUGH LIFE.

‫PUT YOUR NAME ON A SIGN

‫AND SIT AROUND ‫AND COLLECT DOUGH.

‫I'M SO GLAD ‫YOU FOUND IT.

‫( shouting ) ‫DAPHNE, THIS IS TOBY.

‫- HEY. ‫- NICE TO MEET YOU.

‫YOU TWO SURE LOOK ALIKE.

‫NOW MATTER HOW LOUD YOU YELL, ‫SHE STILL CAN'T HEAR YOU.

‫RIGHT, OF COURSE.

‫JUST FACE HER ‫AND TALK NORMALLY--

‫NOT TOO FAST, ‫NOT TOO SLOW.

‫IT'S OKAY. ‫EVERYONE DOES IT.

‫I GOTTA GO. ‫HEY, SORRY. HI.

‫WE'RE OPENING UP ‫TWO NEW CAR WASHES ‫AND IT'S JUST BEEN CRAZY.

‫I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU OWN ‫KENNISH CAR WASH.

‫- WE USED TO GO THERE. ‫- John: OH.

‫- I CAN'T UNDERSTAND HER. ‫- Daphne: MY FRIEND EMMETT ‫ IS DYING TO MEET YOU.

‫- HE'S A HUGE ROYALS FAN. ‫- WELL, LET'S GO TO A GAME.

‫- SO, SHALL WE GO HAVE LUNCH? ‫- YES, LET'S-- LET'S GO IN.

‫BE NICE.

‫I MADE CHICKEN ENCHILADAS, ‫SO SAVE ROOM, OKAY?

‫OH, ACTUALLY ‫I'M A VEGETARIAN.

‫BUT IT'S OKAY. ‫I ALWAYS FIND SOMETHING.

‫OH, I'M SORRY. ‫I DIDN'T KNOW.

‫WHEN DAPHNE WAS 11, ‫I DATED A GUY

‫WHO MANAGED ‫ A CHICKEN PLANT

‫AND THE STORIES ‫WE HEARD WERE...

‫( growling )

‫( imitates machinery )

‫- ( choking ) ‫- ( parents laughing )

‫WELL, I THINK EATING ‫VEGETARIAN IS GREAT.

‫YOU HUNT.

‫WELL, THERE WAS THAT ONE TIME ‫WITH THE GUYS FROM THE TEAM.

‫RIGHT, THAT ONE TIME.

‫SO, DAPHNE, ARE YOU ‫ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING?

‫- TOBY AND I BOTH BREAK OUT ‫ INTO HIVES WHENEVER WE EAT-- ‫- KIWI.

‫YES! ‫ISN'T THAT AMAZING?

‫BAY ISN'T ALLERGIC ‫TO ANYTHING, BUT PICKY.

‫AS A BABY SHE WENT ‫NOTHING BUT CARROTS--

‫- ORANGE POO. ‫- THANKS, MOM.

‫THAT'S CLASSY.

‫SHE WAS SUCH ‫A CUTE BABY.

‫I BET YOU WERE ‫ A CUTE BABY TOO.

‫SO, UM, YOU ALL LIVE ‫IN EAST RIVERSIDE?

‫YES. IT'S NEAR ‫A LAKE AND A PARK

‫AND IT'S VERY DIVERSE, ‫WHICH I THINK IS IMPORTANT.

‫- DEFINITELY DEFINITELY. ‫- YES, OF COURSE.

‫ARE YOU MEXICAN?

‫PUERTO RICAN... ‫ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE.

‫SHE NAMED HER, ACTUALLY.

‫DAPHNE PALOMA, ‫AFTER MY FATHER DANIEL.

‫DAPHNE PALOMA VASQUEZ-- ‫YEAH, THAT DEFINITELY FITS

‫BETTER THAN ‫BAY MADELEINE KENNISH.

‫I THINK BAY ‫IS A BEAUTIFUL NAME.

‫- OF COURSE YOU DO. ‫- WE THOUGHT SO TOO.

‫- CAN I USE THE RESTROOM? ‫ MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME.

‫IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, ‫PRETEND IT'S YOUR HOUSE.

‫BECAUSE TECHNICALLY IT IS.

‫- SWEETIE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? ‫- TAKING THE CHICKEN OUT.

‫YOU CAN'T TAKE CHICKEN ‫OUT OF CHICKEN ENCHILADAS.

‫THAT'S OUR DAUGHTER ‫OUT THERE.

‫- I KNOW. ‫- THAT GIRL.

‫I KNOW. ‫IT'S CRAZY.

‫SOME NURSE SPACES OUT ‫AND SUDDENLY OUR LIVES

‫ARE JUST TOSSED UP ‫IN THE AIR.

‫THEY SHUFFLED THEM. ‫KIND OF MISTAKE?HAT

‫- WE'RE GONNA FIX THAT. ‫- YEAH? WELL, HOW?

‫YOU THINK THAT WOMAN'S ‫JUST GONNA HAND HER OVER?

‫AND WHAT ABOUT OUR BAY?

‫WHAT IF SHE TRIES ‫TO GET HER BACK FROM US?

‫- SHE'S NOT GONNA TRY ‫- CAN I HELP?ACK FROM--

‫- UH, NO. ‫- NO.

‫WE'RE JUST TAKING ‫THE CHICKEN OUT--

‫HI. I-- I JUST--

‫MOM, I'M OUT OF HERE.

‫WOULD YOU SHOW DAPHNE AROUND? ‫SEE IF SHE NEEDS ANYTHING?

‫I DON'T NEED ANYTHING.

‫SHE DOESN'T NEED ‫ANYTHING.

‫I THINK ‫IT WOULD BE NICE.

‫OKAY THEN.

‫LET'S TAKE A TOUR.

‫TENNIS COURTS, ‫GAZEBO,

‫CONCRETE DOGS-- ‫EVERY HOUSE NEEDS THEM.

‫GUEST HOUSE, ‫BASKETBALL COURT,

‫GARAGE BAY USES ‫FOR HER "ART."

‫- ONE ON ONE? ‫- OKAY.

‫YOU CAN TALK ‫AS MUCH TRASH ‫AS YOU WANT--

‫I CAN'T SEE YOUR LIPS, ‫I CAN'T HEAR YOU.

‫WHOO!

‫MAGIC.

‫SO, UM, HOW DID-- ‫HOW DID DAPHNE GO...

‫- IT'S OKAY. ‫- ...DEAF?

‫IT'S NOT A BAD WORD.

‫SHE GOT MENINGITIS ‫WHEN SHE WAS THREE.

‫- AND THE HEARING AID? ‫- SHE CAN HEAR SOME ‫ AMBIENT NOISE.

‫IT HELPS HER KNOW ‫WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND HER, ‫BUT IT CAN'T MAKE HER HEAR.

‫SHE NEEDS TO SEE YOUR LIPS ‫TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

‫AND HOW DID SHE GET ‫THE MENINGITIS?

‫IT'S A BACTERIA. ‫SHE CAUGHT IT.

‫- AND SHE GOES TO SCHOOL ‫ AND EVERYTHING? ‫- YES.

‫IT'S JUST HER EARS ‫THAT DON'T WORK, ‫NOT HER BRAIN.

‫- RIGHT. ‫- BAY GOES TO BUCKNER HALL. ‫ IT'S A WONDERFUL SCHOOL.

‫NOT THAT SCHOOL ‫IS BAY'S THING.

‫YEAH, WELL-- ‫BUT SHE LOVES ‫PHOTOGRAPHY AND ART.

‫- ( hard rock music playing ) ‫- MUSIC-- SHE LOVES MUSIC.

‫YEAH, EXCUSE ME. ‫UM, AHEM.

‫BAY, BAY, ‫TURN IT DOWN! ‫THANK YOU!

‫EVER SINCE SHE FOUND OUT, ‫IT'S JUST BEEN HARD ON HER.

‫LOOK, WE-- YOU KNOW, ‫WE JUST WANT TO GET ‫TO KNOW DAPHNE.

‫I'M SURE YOU WANT ‫TO GET TO KNOW BAY, SO...

‫I DON'T KNOW-- WE COULD ‫HAVE WEEKLY LUNCHES