Daphne bonds with an injured pre-med student while serving probation at a free clinic; Bay takes a college art class and is inspired by her teacher; Toby coaches Carlton's girls field hockey team; Kathryn befriends a tap dancer.

Switched at Birth tells the story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a poor neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.