MANILA, Philippines - Life UneXpected is the latest series to premiere on Hallmark Channel starting June 17 at 10 p.m.. The light-hearted drama is often thought of as a TV series that embodies complex family relationship issues, similar to that of the popular coming-of-age movie Juno and TV series Gilmore Girls. More than its rich plotline, Life UneXpected brings to the small screen a one-of-its-kind, witty and heartwarming drama about life and the twisty road it sometimes takes.
Life UneXpected revolves around three most unlikely individuals put together to form a family. Britt Robertson stars as 16-year-old orphan, Lux, who sets out to find the parents she never knew to gain emancipation from them. Her father, Nathaniel “Baze” Bazile, a bar owner, is still an overgrown teenager in an adult’s body. Her mother, Cate Cassidy is a successful but commitment-phobic radio DJ, who has a secret fiancé in her co-host, Ryan Thomas.
Their lives intertwine as a judge grants temporary custody of Lux to parents Cate and Baze. It becomes an emotionally-engaging journey of love, life, hope and uncertainty, as Lux is steeped deep in family life together with her emotional scars of being an orphan. At the same time, her young, untrained parents are trying to provide their best for a 16 year old amidst their own problems. Cate not only has to juggle her work and personal relationship with Ryan, but her ambiguous relationship with Baze, and of course, learning to become the mother she never was, with Lux.
Life UneXpected pulls away from the norm to give viewers a refreshing, insightful look at the unwanted child in question, 16 years later.