The ninth episode of the season, entitled " Uprising", made television history by becoming the first episode of a national mainstream television series to be told almost entirely in American Sign Language. While balancing school, jobs, and their unconventional family, the girls, along with their friends and family, experience deaf culture, relationships, classism, racism, audism, and other social issues. The one-hour scripted drama revolves around two teenagers who discover they were switched at birth and grew up in very different environments. The season is produced by ABC Family, Pirates' Cove Entertainment and Suzy B Productions, with Paul Stupin, Becky Hartman Edwards, John Ziffren, and series creator Lizzy Weiss serving as executive producers. It premiered on Januin the United States and consisted of 21 episodes. Nadia does kind of break time so that's pretty destructive.The second season of ABC Family drama television series Switched at Birth was commissioned on August 17, 2012. The number two is duality – in this instance the split between the present and the past – and when imbalanced can also be destructive.
The number three has been known to represent mind, body, and spirit and birth, life, and death – all themes brought up in this season. We don't mean to bang the symbolism drum again but let's get numerological. They can't find the train at the station, but who is there to shepherd them towards it? Horse.įor the first time (in Horse's presence) Nadia mentions the make and model of the train: R32 66 22. Horse later appears at the end when a frazzled Nadia and Alan attempt to return baby Nadia whom adult Nadia kidnapped after giving birth to… well… herself. Not so coincidentally she steps into the '80s in the body of her mother. His maniacal laugh sounds right as the trippy time-travel music plays but if you listen carefully (and the Netflix subtitles are to be believed) Horse calls Nadia by her mother Nora's name. We first see Horse at the subway right before Nadia gets on the train and wormholes her way to the 1980s. This was always the path for Nadia after the death cycle of season one, and was foreshadowed when he accepted the Krugerrand.Īs mentioned before, Horse doesn't appear a lot in the second season but he is purposefully placed. Horse is trying to lighten her mental and spiritual load. The whole premise of season two is to get Nadia to let go of the past and to accept that things unfolded the way they were always meant to. It is then that she is hit by a car and dies, triggering the first loop as Oatmeal slinks off into the park.
No more occurs in that particular scene but later on in the episode Nadia spots her missing cat Oatmeal outside of the same park and rushes over to get to him. Nadia is convinced she knows him and they stare at each other pensively from across the street in some sort of eerie silent exchange.
The first time Nadia sees Horse in season one he is standing outside a park. The clues have been there from season one and carry right the way through to the end of season two. Is it possible – and stay with us on this one – that Horse is responsible for these freak supernatural occurrences happening to Nadia and Alan?Ī very intriguing Reddit theory by TJ_Fox has resurfaced and we can't help but think they may have a point.įox believes that Horse is a shaman helping lost souls navigate their loops, but what if he's more than that? What if he's the one creating the loops he steers them through? If you've watched both seasons you'll have figured out that Horse is always just lingering around at the most interesting of moments and we can't help but think that this is no mere accident. Albeit in a more pared-back role, but his presence is still very much felt. The homeless dude with no shoes from season one is back again.