I think the downfall began to happen around the second half of season 1. In itself, that was a flaw, but not one we could really fault her for. She seemed to want to play peacemaker, doing anything to please her new family. She seemed torn down the middle between staying true to her East Riverside roots and getting to be exposed to the lifestyle she was meant to have: daughter of a former baseball player growing up in Mission Hills.

Unlike her mother and Bay, she was adapting to the switch, getting to know her family. Bay came off as a spoiled brat who didn’t want to share her turf or her ex-boyfriend, yet seemed to have no problem going after two close friends of Daphne (Ty and Emmett). She grew up in a poor area, never had a father and on top of all of it, was deaf. In the first few episodes, viewers were made to feel bad for Daphne. Regina knowing about the switch seemed to be her breaking point, so it was more than likely to happen at one point. I think she would’ve turned out like this one way or another. I don’t blame the Kennishes for her attitude. But that’s another transformation for another review.

But then we have Bay who has grown up as a Kennish…and seems relatively down to Earth. Oh Daphne, what happened to you? How did you go from the show’s sweetheart to a spoiled little brat? The easy answer would be, you’re exposed to Kennish. If you are not caught up and want to be surprised…don’t read! The following review contains spoilers from all 3 seasons of Switched At Birth.

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