DAPHNE BONDS WITH HER BOSS ON A NEW EPISODE OF "SWITCHED AT BIRTH," MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 AT 8:00 ET/PT ON ABC FAMILY

Burbank, CA (August 29, 2012) - After a disaster in the kitchen at work, Daphne begins to bond with her new boss, on an all-new episode of "Switched at Birth" on ABC Family, airing Monday, September 17 at 8:00PM ET/PT.

In "The Shock of Being Seen," Daphne feels like she's a minute away from being fired after she causes a major accident at the restaurant. But things take a turn when her new boss, handsome Chef Jeff (guest star Justin Bruening, "Ringer"), asks her to stay late one night.

Meanwhile, Bay uses Angelo as her excuse to get around John's rules. And Kathryn is upset when Regina gets all of the attention in her interview for the new book.

"Switched at Birth" is executive-produced by Lizzy Weiss ("Blue Crush"), Paul Stupin ("Make It or Break It"), Becky Hartman Edwards ("Parenthood") and John Ziffren ("Melissa & Joey," "Make It or Break It"). The series stars Katie Leclerc as Daphne Vasquez; Vanessa Marano ("Gilmore Girls") as Bay Kennish; Constance Marie ("George Lopez") as Regina Vasquez; D.W. Moffett ("Friday Night Lights") as John Kennish; Lea Thompson ("Back to the Future," "Caroline in the City") as Kathryn Kennish; Lucas Grabeel ("High School Musical") as Toby Kennish; and Sean Berdy as Emmett Bledsoe with guest star Gilles Marini ("Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars") as Angelo Sorrento.

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