The second season of ABC Family drama television series Switched at Birth was commissioned on August 17, 2012.
[4] The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who discover they were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments.
[4] Life is shaken up once again for the Kennish-Vasquez family when a woman from Angelo's past surfaces, claiming to be pregnant with his baby.
Bay enrolls in an experimental immersion program at Carlton for hearing students who have been learning sign language.
Elsewhere, Toby embarks on a romance with Nikki, but pulls back after Emmett shows him a distasteful picture of her on the Internet.
Toby brings Lana to the Kennish house for dinner and she lets something slip to an immigration enforcement agent about carrying Angelo's baby.
Bay hosts an anti-Valentine's Day party and invites her hearing and deaf friends, leading Noah and Travis to get into a heated argument.
Lana goes into labor; Toby makes a surprise announcement; and John's campaign for office ends unexpectedly.
Toby and Travis both seek a managerial position at John's car wash. Kathryn and Daphne have a hard time coming to terms with Bay's desire to stay with Regina.
Daphne Kennish is given a cochlear implant and 13 years later has turned into a typical "Buckner brat" with a C average who is best friends with Simone Sinclair, sleeps with college frat men, and steals her parents' credit card; while Bay has become an adopted, motivated, A-student wallflower.
Daphne and Bay meet Adrianna and find out that Regina has died on their birthday, then angrily confront John.
The dream ends with John again collapsing in the kitchen with a heart attack; he wakes up in the hospital, grateful to Regina for helping save his life.
When Daphne and Jace uncover Senator Coto's corruption and shameless philandering, they must decide what to do with the confidential information.
Meanwhile, Nikki discovers that Toby and Simone have been in touch; and Emmett and Travis try to set Melody up on a blind date.
Bay decides to put on Deaf Day at Maui to bring in more customers, since the park has been losing business.
Red flags are raised about Jace after he tries to steal a credit card and tells Jeff's fiancé the truth.
Daphne worries that Senator Coto is on to her and her frustration with Jace comes to a head when Parker shares some upsetting news.
Meanwhile, John continues to find ways to pay back Regina for saving his life; and Ty and Bay go camping as Emmett's father gets a cochlear implant.
Meanwhile, Kathryn is surprised at Jennice's extravagant wedding requests; and a change in living situation leads Angelo and Regina to reevaluate their relationship.
It's an exciting, visual, empowering story of kids who are different fighting back, and it allows our audience to experience the world as our deaf characters do.