Switched at Birth | 1x8
Added 2024-12-26 11:00:09 +0000 UTCno spoilers in comments pls :)
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i don’t blame Regina for her decision initially but i think after she got herself together and stayed on that path for a while she probably should have reached out but i also get with John being who he is, he probably would’ve fought and won custody of both girls.
Skylizzels
2025-01-18 06:10:13 +0000 UTCOh yeah this is definitely one of those situations where everyone has a very very valid point. everyone is understandably upset. I absolutely feel where regina was coming from, she was fearful of losing her child to this wealthy ass double parented home. which let’s be real knowing john and knowing the justice system, he absolutely would’ve done that and they would’ve gotten custody. so i get where she’s coming from. I get kathryn’s hurt and anger because she thought they were in this together and getting closer through this “shared experience” of being completely in the dark the entire time- so i’m sure she’s feeling duped and humiliated in way that’s like, “wow this is another person who kept my biological daughter from me” type shit. and even in that scene her giving regina the tissue really shows her character, she’s a sweet woman. and bay and daphne’s feelings are soo understandable like they’re teenagers so they feel everything to the utmost. and they’re feeling cheated out of family and a whole side of themselves. and they kind of were honestly. ugh it’s just all so fucked up and that’s why it’s even taken me a while to finish this reaction with you, like the last 18 minutes or so are so hard to watch😭😭 and then there john goes kinda proving regina’s fear, by the very first action him wanting to take being: “oh we’re getting custody of both our daughters” yikes all around
Alicia Cue
2025-01-05 23:19:10 +0000 UTCliterally that scene with Emmett?? it was so childlike and raw my heart broke for her😭
Alicia Cue
2025-01-05 23:09:00 +0000 UTCJust like you said in an earlier reaction— she’s dealing with 2 wealthy parents who probably make her feel ganged up on. And given she was barely sober, her daughter was in the hospital for weeks + became deaf and the father left her after accusing her of infidelity for years…….I definitely understand why Regina thought her decision was best at the time. Was it the best decision? Maybe or maybe not but given how the dad is reacting…..given Regina’s circumstances they probably would’ve sued for custody of both girls. I’m definitely on her side even tho I don’t agree with her lying. It was wrong but this is something that they should try to sympathize with. Especially given the fact that they’ve been enabling their son…..and Bay….well….she needs to learn to look at other peoples point of views. She is very self centered and even that scene with Emmett at the end pissed me off even tho it was meant to be cute. And Daphne is also self centered & self righteous in different ways. But they’re both teenagers so it’s understandable to see them react the way they do.
NeneSays
2024-12-30 16:45:33 +0000 UTCHonest to God, almost nobody makes me feel more than Vanessa Marano (Bay) when she cries🥺😭
Jaci
2024-12-29 19:46:23 +0000 UTCYeah of course they are allowed to be pissed. Everyone's feelings are valid and they definately are allowed to be pissed. She should have done something. I Just understand that she was in a really tough place and did what she thought was right in the moment. Even if it was wrong.
ingrid vedeld
2024-12-27 16:36:36 +0000 UTCI mean...not for nothing, she made that happen. That was a self-fulfilling prophecy on her part. Idk I see everyone's perspective, but Regina made a choice for EVERYONE'S life, not just her own and they're allowed to be beyond pissed about it. If you found out someone knew they had your biological kid and didn't tell you and then MOVED INTO YOUR GUEST HOUSE and still didn't have the decency to come clean that they knew the whole time, you'd feel really fuckin weird about it too. I get *why* Regina did what she did, but what she did was shitty and it was not her place to make that decision for everyone.
Lina D
2024-12-27 15:04:14 +0000 UTCNah she hid who Daphne was from her for YEARS because she loved her, and that's selfish. It's a fucking awful thing to do to someone and Daphne is allowed to be mad at that. Yes, Regina loves Daphne but that doesn't make it okay to keep such a huge secret from her and not allow her to have her bio family in her life. It's not about Daphne not understanding or caring about Regina loving her, it's about the fact that she lied to her and kept her from knowing about herself because she was so scared to lose her. That's shitty. Daphne's allowed to be mad, and she is allowed to have an over-the-top reaction for a bit. She's a TEENAGER behaving like a teenager. And the Kennishes are DEFINITELY allowed to be mad that their child was kept from them no matter how much they love Bay.
Lina D
2024-12-27 14:58:51 +0000 UTCSee I never understood the... amount of anger they all had for Regina. Like to a certain extent, yes, she knew and didn't tell anyone about it. But with the writing I'd be like... So what you'd trade the life you had with the parents who raised you? All those memories and love just vanish because what? Bay basically saying I would lose my two loving well off parents and my brother and that's all okay. And Daphne being like "yeah I'd rather have had the life of rich parents and a brother and lose my mom and grandmother who were there for me and learned sign and nurtured me to be as smart and driven as I am. The Kennishes being like yeah we would have gladly taken Daphne over Bay or taken them both and leave you with nothing. I think Regina did do what she thought was best. She found out, Daphne was deaf, she looked into the Life Bay had which was happy, fulfilled and caring with 2 loving parents and a brother whom she knew could support her the rest of her life. And decided instead of potentially losing Daphne and disrupting a happy family with young kids of their own she made the choice to clean herself up and give Daphne all she could while also keeping an eye and Bay and seeing her happy and thriving as years went on probably solidified that she made the best choice. And Daphne my god does it make me angry when she just disregards the fact the Regina raised her and loved her as if she was her own even with knowing the truth. Like her love didn't diminish knowing Daphne wasn't hers. But all Daphne cares about is "well their my blood, their genes are what made me who I am" No no no, your mom made you who you were.
Artemis Delphinia
2024-12-27 06:23:56 +0000 UTCYeah definitely another powerful episode. You hit on some more of the things that I think are so great about this series. They really show that dialectic of how 2 opposing things can both be true like you said, and how that makes it so difficult to come to a conclusion about how to assess or resolve something. Although most of us haven’t had to deal with these specific circumstances, so much of what we’re faced with in life does not fall neatly into right or wrong, good or bad, and that’s often hard for us to deal with. I love seeing stories that highlight these complexities. Also I agree with you about how intensely we’re able to feel these characters’ emotions. A combo of the actors’ performances and the writing, editing, music, etc.
scarr
2024-12-26 23:26:01 +0000 UTCWe shall
Kristina Fagan
2024-12-26 16:03:44 +0000 UTCYeah I don’t blame Regina for her decision, however I get why everyone is feeling betrayed and hurt. I get why she did it, but I also get why that decision is hurting them all. They never got to see their child grow up, bay was the child that she actually knew about but didn’t want to meet (in bays eyes). The whole situation just sucks. Get her decision, but get their hurt. It’s a damned if you do damned if you don’t. Like you said, everyone’s feelings are valid and both things can be true!!!
Serenity La’sandra
2024-12-26 13:26:59 +0000 UTCI don't blame Regina at all for what she did. It was an incredibly tough decicion, and she was scared of losing both daughters. John kind of proved her right when he said he was going to get custody of both daughters. He annoys me sometimes.
ingrid vedeld
2024-12-26 12:20:17 +0000 UTCI don’t blame Regina at all for what she did. Like that is a really tough situation to be in and when she explained everything, she made so many good points. Bay was already John and Kathryn’s daughter by then and Daphne was her daughter by then and she is right that the Kennishes definitely would’ve taken Bay and Daphne from her had she told years ago because they didn’t know each other back then and if you go back to the start of the show, they tried to make so many decisions about Daphne without including Regina like with the whole riding with Emmett thing and enrolling her into Buckner etc. I feel bad for Bay but I understand why Regina did what she did
Juy Ahmad
2024-12-26 11:44:24 +0000 UTC
