Life Unexpected
By Marshall Fine
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Monday, Jan. 18, 9PM, CW
Lux (Britt Robertson) is a 15-year-old in Portland, Ore., who hopes to escape lifelong foster care by becoming an "emancipated" teen. To do so, she must track down her birth parents: Kate (Shiri Appleby, "Roswell"), a popular radio talk-show host with commitment issues; and Baze (Kristoffer Polaha), a Peter Pan-like bar owner who knocked Kate up on prom night 15 years earlier and hasn't seen her since. It's actually an intriguing idea - the parents' unexpected high-school reunion, the daughter who's never had a permanent home. Toss in renewed chemistry between Kate and Baze - and the fact that Kate has a fiancé (Kerr Smith, "Dawson's Creek") who's also her on-air partner - and this series could generate some heat.
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