Switched at Birth: Volume One

I loved this show from the first day. I have learned so much sign language from this show and refreshed my skills! I'm so disappointed they took it off the air. I love the characters.

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I love seeing a show that shows that teens are teens. No matter if deaf or hearing. It shows what it is like for deaf to deal with hearing and hearing to learn to accept deaf. Love it!

This was really good. I enjoyed it a lot. I liked how the families end up working together after the drama of finding out they were switched

What do I enjoy about Switched at Birth: it's well-written(except for one character), well-executed, an intriguing hook, across the board good to great acting, and it moves along at a good pace. The secrets don't stay secret forever, and characters take action instead of letting things fester.What do I not enjoy: Bay. The actress does a good job of conveying believability and dedication to the character. My problem stems from how she's written. Early on in the series, Bay displays a great deal of selfish, obnoxious behavior that didn't endear her to me as a viewer. Yes, Bay is 16 and trying to understand why she feels different or something is off. Totally understand, having been a 16 year old girl myself. However, Bay is so constantly about me, me, me, I, I, I, that she comes off more like a person who needs to have a reality check happen. Her decisions and questions become the impetus for the story, but she has no consideration for what she's doing/done to other people. Instead of trying to understand how she feels, I'm often left wanting Bay to be dragged to a therapist's office, preferably with the rest of her family to try and straighten things out.

The program, called "Switched at Birth" does a fantastic job of explaining the differences between hearing and Deaf cultures, as well as the differences between the cultures of the Rich and the more humble life styles. I was very impressed. The acting is superb. Bay does a nice job playing the rebellious heart-broken teenager who just found out her life, her mom, and dad, are not her real parents, and that her life as she knows it is not the true biz life she thought. I love Daphne's description at the end when her boyfriend asked who is that girl, meaning "Bay". Daphne, who thoughout the movie, portrays a very happy teenager who accepts life at it comes, thought about it for a moment--Bay is not her sister, but how does she explain who Bay is? She finally stated, "she? that girl? She is me from a previous life. We switched." It was beautiful. I highly recommend this show to hearing and Deaf--I have to applaud ABC for putting out a family friendly show that is heart-wrenching at times, funny at times, and over all an excellent depiction of true life struggles.

LOVE the show, hate the garbage dvd quality.I'm glad that that ONLY the first 10 of 30 episodes(Season1) is out on dvd.If there had been a complete box set of all of them I would have bought it...AND been really, really ticked off!

I loved everything about the entire episode from the first until the last…. I loved that it had ASL throughout every episode and series. I wish there were more shows like this

I'm rating this 5 stars because it was exactly as I ordered, however I wish I had read it before ordering! This is the first volume and thus NOT THE FULL SEASON! I was upset when I realized it was only volume 1, so 10 episodes, and not the entire season. I do blame myself however, because it was in a great condition and it came in decent time!

Wasn't very happy with this purchase. I wish it explained in the description that this is only the first 10 episodes of the season.

I was disappointed that it wasn't the full first season as I love this show. I haven't been able to find the second half to this season? Has anyone?

We had seen a couple of the shows on TV and then they stopped being aired. So when I saw it online I was glad as my family and I really enjoyed this first season and will be looking to purchase season two when available.

Not full season. Waste of money.