Bethany Joy Lenz | Life Unexpected

• Genre: Teen drama
• Created by: Liz Tigelaar
• Starring: Britt Robertson, Shiri Appleby, Kristoffer Polaha, Austin Basis, Kerr Smith, Arielle Kebbel
• Opening theme: "Beautiful Tree" by Rain Perry
• Composer: David Baerwald, Pieter A. Schlosser
• No. of seasons: 2
• No. of episodes: 26
• Executive producers: Liz Tigelaar, Gary Fleder, Janet Leahy
• Production locations: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
• Running time: 42 minutes
• Production companies: Best Day Ever Productions, Mojo Films, Warner Bros. Television, CBS Productions
• Network: The CW

Release: January 18, 2010 – January 18, 2011

15-year-old foster-care vet Lux has finally decided to become an emancipated minor. During her journey through the legal maze, she finds her biological father, 32-year-old Nate "Baze" Bazile, who lives above a bar and is astonished to learn that he has a daughter, and finally her biological mother, Cate Cassidy, a local-radio star with a fiancé, Ryan Thomas. A judge decides to grant temporary custody of Lux to Baze and Cate instead of emancipating her.

"Music Faced"

In a very special episode, Ryan hosts a music festival sponsored by the radio station and features One Tree Hill's Haley James Scott (Bethany Joy Galeotti) and Mia Catalano (Kate Voegele). Haley and Cate meet at the concert and discover that they have very similar backgrounds and when a secret of Cate's comes out, Cate turns to Haley for advice. Lux finds out that Eric is dating Paige. Meanwhile, Jones becomes interested in Tasha and Baze and Emma become a little closer when Baze's plan to take Emma backstage for an interview doesn't go as he thought. Cate and her mother confront one another about their pasts, after the latter loses Lux, while she was supposed to watch her; but when Lux needs comfort from Cate, she is there to give it to her.