10 of Freeform's Most Complicated Relationships
Switched At Birth: Bay and Daphne
It is not that Bay and Daphne have a complicated relationship for Switched At Birth's entire run. In fact, once they grow accustomed to each other, Daphne and Bay's friendship is one of the easiest and best parts of the show. But, nothing is necessarily easy about finding out that you were switched at birth and having to meet your biological family.
When Bay and Daphne discover the truth about themselves and their families, they initially struggle to determine how they fit in and how to bond with these new people. Daphne is deaf, and her biological family does not initially know American Sign Language, an aspect that is one of the most important and integral parts of Switched At Birth. Over time, they all eventually learn how to sign, which helps Daphne feel better with them.
But, things are a bit more complicated for Bay. The Kennish family is quick and excited to get to know Daphne, but Bay's biological mother Regina is more interested in keeping an eye on Daphne than she is in getting to know Bay.
Although the language barrier is something that Bay begins to break first of the Kennish family, upon getting to know Daphne and spending time with Emmett, Bay certainly takes on a few extra emotional hits that may have made her more resentful of Daphne.
With Daphne moving onto her home property and showing interest in Bay's ex-boyfriend, in addition to Bay potentially worrying she is being replaced, things are certainly rocky between the girls at first, especially when adding Daphne's perspective into account, as well as the brief love triangle that exists between Bay, Daphne, and Emmett.
Still, by the show's conclusion, for as complicated as it may have started, there is no relationship stronger than the bond between Daphne and Bay when the final credits roll.