The Fosters
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The Fosters is an American drama series on ABC Family that premiered on June 3, 2013. Produced by Jennifer Lopez and her production company Nuyorican Productions, the series follows the lives of the Foster family, a couple who are raising their children together.
Cast of The Fosters
Maia Mitchell as Callie Jacob.
Callie Jacob
Callie, 16, is one of the newly fostered children of the Foster family and is shown to be quite head strong and deeply loving of her younger brother, Jude. She and Brandon worked together to get Jude out of an abusive house from their foster father; he had beaten Jude for wearing one of his ex-wives dresses, forcing Callie to grab a baseball bat and use it to destroy his car. She was sent to juvenile detention after her foster "father" lied to the police about the incident, and Jude was left alone with him. Stoic and silent, she has walls up that only Brandon has seen fall. Due to her somewhat violent past and new found closeness of the Foster family, she is shown and hinted at to be the target for several people around her brothers and sisters, one of them being Talya, Brandon's ex-girlfriend. Talya is shown to have great dislike for Callie, to which she quickly covers up to hide her jealously in front of Brandon and others, and Callie initially appears to take little notice of her hatred as she tries to be friendly to her until Talya outright threatens her. Callie is shown to love music, specifically the guitar, to which her and Brandon immediately connect over. Their love for music extends further when Brandon gives her his old guitar and invites her to play with him while he plays background on his keyboard. Her body is heavily bruised and lean, a result from dealing with her juvenile detention cell mates; they had beaten her when getting jealous of Callie's release. She is roommates with Mariana.
Cierra Ramirez as Mariana Foster.
Mariana Foster
Mariana is Jesus's 15 year old twin sister and was taken in as a toddler along with him by Lena and Stef, and later formally adopted by them. She is very smart and girly, and cares about her appearence very much. She's popular and social, but also very naive when it comes to certain topics. Such as, reconnecting with the mother who abandoned her and Jesus at a very young age, and stealing Jesus's pills and selling them to earn money that Mariana can give to her mother. After Mariana's drug trafficking begins to unravel, one of her friends is caught sniffing up the sold drugs and, to defend Mariana, blames the trafficking business on Callie. Mariana let's Callie take the blame but soon her guilt builds up and she decides to tell her mothers. Before she can, though, Jesus takes full blame and responsibility for all the actions with his pills, clearing Callie's names and protecting Mariana at the same time. She speaks Spanish fluently and likes to gossip.
Jake T. Austin as Jesus Foster.
Jesus Foster
Jesus is one of the twins that were taken in as a toddler and adopted by Lena and Stef. He is 15 years of age and somewhat of the laid-back sibling of the twins. He has attention deficit disorder, and, to help his disorder, he takes prescription pills. His sister Mariana has been taking and selling his pills as drugs to friends and students at school, to which Jesus is angered by but quickly ready to take the fall for his sister when her actions are caught by their mothers and are being blamed on Callie. If his pills are not taken, he is shown to be a bit agitated and quicker to anger; such are the effects of ADD on most children. He appears to have a hard time when it comes to the topic of his mother, although his sister has brought it up repeatedly. His original last name was Gutierrez, which he switched to the last name Foster when he was adopted. He speaks Spanish fluently and excels at sports. His relationship with Brandon seems quite brotherly, as he gives advice to him on Talya's jealousy of Callie and confides with him about how he took the blame for Mariana. He started dating his sister's best friend Lexi, (much to Mariana's dislike) after he saved her from an angered ex-boyfriend. They have been seen to text one another and they kiss although they try to hide their relationship from Mariana despite knowing it would hurt her. Mariana discovers their secret relationship during her Quinceañera, and becomes very upset at them, and even ends her friendship with Lexi.
David Lambert as Brandon Foster.
Brandon Foster
Brandon is the 16 year old biological son of Stef and her ex-husband Mike. He is very talented musically and has the ability to write piano pieces and present them for chances at scholarships. He can also play guitar, which he helped Callie learn and remember. He is very kind and caring to all of his siblings, new and old even going so far as to help Callie get her brother back from an abusive house, which resulted in him almost getting shot by Callie and Jude's foster father. Brandon has a very sweet nature, but is also seen as a bit oblivious to some things going on in his life, such as his ex-girlfriend's near immediate dislike of Callie and his sister's drug trafficking at school. He also seems to have a soft spot for Callie, much to his ex-girlfriend Talya's dislike. Also after admitting his true feelings to Callie, she runs off leaving Brandon in a tough place when Callie brings home a new "friend" Wyatt. He gets jealous that Callie is going on a date with Wyatt and in that process getting angry but when Callie calls him to pick her and Wyatt up. Brandon tells Callie he doesn't want her to date anyone (hinting that he wants to date her). After turning him down Callie tells Brandon that her former foster brother had made advances to her and then said that she came on to him when they get caught, That led to her and Jude getting kicked out.
Teri Polo as Stef Foster.
Stef Foster
Stef is a police officer and the biological mother of Brandon and the ex-wife of Mike, and current wife of Lena. Stef is very strong and tough. Callie doesn't feel all that comfortable around her due to her position as a cop.
Sherri Saum as Lena Adams.
Lena Adams
Lena is Stef's wife, step-mother of Brandon and the adoptive and foster mother of the other children. She is the vice principal of the charter school the kids attend. She's the one who first took Callie in after she got out of the juvenile detention center. Lena is darker in color, with curly hair and a thin body. She is very aware of the people around her and takes on the role of caring mother not only to Brandon but to all of the foster kids as well.
Hayden Byerly as Jude Jacob.
Jude Jacob
Jude is Callie's younger brother, whom she rescues from their abusive foster fathers house the first chance she gets after leaving juvie. He resembles Callie, with dark hair and eyes. He is a quiet child with slightly sheltered views on foster homes due to moving house to house, which has been hard on him and his elder sister. Once he is moved into the Foster family, he quickly begins to adjust to the new lifestyle and is shown to be more talkative and energetic around everyone and around school he is said to have made new friends and is enjoying the presence of many of them. Lena and Stef will be moving him into Jesus' room to make him feel more comfortable. He is also finally starting to express who he really is and to express himself he wore nail polish to school and was almost attacked by two bullies in front of the guy he liked. Later on the next day the guy he likes wears nail polish too, sending a signal that he likes and supports him.
Danny Nucci as Mike Foster.
Mike Foster
Mike is a San Diego police sergeant, Stef's ex-husband, and Stef's current police patrol partner. Mike requested to partner with Stef because he felt he had more police experience and could keep Stef safer than other partners. Mike and Stef discuss their family issues during their work shifts. Mike misses being more involved with his son Brandon's life, and would like for Brandon to move in with him, but Brandon refuses due to feeling bad about leaving his mother and other siblings as well.
Recurring
Recurring Characters
Madisen Beaty as Talya:
Brandon's ex-girlfriend and at one point Callie's enemy. Talya was almost instantly jealous and loathing of Callie and Brandon's friendship with her, and invades Callie's privacy to blackmail her. When Brandon finds out about Talya's threats and hostility towards Callie he breaks up with her. Afterwards when Talya sees Callie dating Wyatt, she accepts that Callie wasn't after Brandon and acts more friendly towards her. Callie then quickly accepts this change and reciprocates the friendliness despite their history.
Bianca A. Santos as Lexi Rivera: Mariana's ex-best friend and Jesus' girlfriend
Alex Saxon as Wyatt: Callie's current love interest
Jay Ali as Timothy: Callie, Wyatt, and Talya's literature teacher.
Anna Akana as one of Talya's best friends/confidants.
Justina Machado as Sofia Rivera: Lexi's protective mother
Brandon W. Jones as Liam Olmstead:
A boy from one of Callie's previous foster homes whom she had some kind of relationship with. Callie learns that Sarah, a girl in her foster child therapy session is currently staying with Liam, and after inquiring about Liam he ends up tracking her down aggressively. She also used him as the topic in her essay about guilt, and is very upset when Talya reads what she wrote about him. It is said that he raped Callie and is currently raping Sarah, the new foster child staying with his family.
Anne Winters as Kelsey: Mariana's friend who bought Jesus' pills from Mariana and used them to get high. She stereotypes Callie based on her past in juvie, and when Lena catches her with Jesus' pills she lies and says that Callie gave them to her. She was eventually taken to rehab.
Mary Mouser as Sarah: A foster child in Callie's foster child therapy session who is currently staying with Liam.
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Episode Listing (Season 1)
1. "Pilot" - June 3, 2013
2. Consequently - June 10, 2013
3. Hostile Acts - June 17, 2013
4. Quinceañera - June 24, 2013
5. The Morning After - July 1, 2013
6. Saturday - July 8, 2013
7. The Fallout - July 15, 2013
8. Clean - July 22, 2013
9. Vigil - July 29, 2013
Season finale - August 5, 2013
This is the skeleton frame at the moment. Will add more if some of you think there's something to be added, tell me what it is and I will. Secondly, there was a thread on this already but it actually expired awhile back. Okay, let the discussions begin.
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