
Life Unexpected(2010)
16-year-old Lux was given up for adoption at birth but never adopted. When she is put back into the custody of her estranged-since-high-school birth parents, Cate and Baze, the three form an unlikely family.


A teenager finds out she was abducted as a toddler and returns to her biological family.

Kathryn Prescott
Carter Stevens

Cynthia Watros
Elizabeth Wilson

Alexis Denisof
David Wilson

Anna Jacoby-Heron
Taylor Wilson

Zac Pullam
Grant Wilson

Alex Saxon
Max
Finding Carter is a drama series that first aired in 2014 exploring themes of kidnapping, dysfunctional family, teen anger, teen drama, biological parents. it stars Kathryn Prescott, Cynthia Watros, Alexis Denisof. A teenager finds out she was abducted as a toddler and returns to her biological family.
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