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Life Unexpected

TV · 2010–2011 · 2 seasons

A gentle, heartfelt teen drama that coasts on warm family feelings and small emotional crises rather than big shocks.

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American drama series
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TV
Year
2010–2011
Seasons
2
Episodes
26
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • found family
  • coming-of-age
  • parenthood
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • school
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight6

Details

Genres
drama
Created by
Liz Tigelaar
Starring
Austin Butler, Britt Robertson, Emma Caulfield, Arielle Kebbel, Shiri Appleby, Kerr Smith, Ksenia Solo, Kristoffer Polaha
Music
David Baerwald
Length
2 seasons, 26 episodes, 42 min each
Network
The CW
Country
United States
Languages
English

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