Bay's criminal record may prevent her from having her art on display; Daphne challenges the dorm prankster to a triathlon; Regina is drawn to a coffeehouse owner; John ponders the future; Emmett's new friend gets him a job on a film production.

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.