The Fosters
2013 · TV Series · TV-14 · 42 min · ★ 7.5 · 83% critics
A devoted police officer and her partner, a school vice principal, are raising a blended family when they take in two siblings from the foster system. What begins as a short-term arrangement quickly tests their routines, relationships, and sense of stability as the family works to build trust and a true home together.
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Details
- Years
- 2013–2018
- Release date
- 2013-06-03
- Network
- ABC Family, Freeform
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 42 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 83/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.5/10 (330 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an emotional, issue-driven family drama about foster care, identity, and belonging with plenty of ups and downs; Not for you if you dislike heavy social topics or teen-soap intensity like Switched at Birth.
Pros: heartfelt family drama; diverse, inclusive stories; relatable flawed characters | Cons: uneven later seasons; occasional far-fetched plots; some dull stretches
Themes
- family relationships
- foster family
- gay parent
- foster child
- teen drama
- blended family
Cast & crew
Teri Polo
as Stef Foster
Sherri Saum
as Lena Adams
Jake T. Austin
as Jesus Foster
Hayden Byerly
as Jude Jacob
Noah Centineo
as Jesus Foster
David Lambert
as Brandon Foster
Maia Mitchell
as Callie Adams Foster
Danny Nucci
as Mike Foster
Cierra Ramirez
as Mariana Foster
Bianca A. Santos
as Lexi Rivera
Directed by Danny Nucci, Kelli Williams, Rob Morrow +25 more
Episodes5 seasons · 104 episodes
Season 121 episodes
- S1E1Pilot42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E2Consequently42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E3Hostile Acts42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E4Quinceanera42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E5The Morning After42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E6Saturday42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E7The Fallout42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E8Clean42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E9Vigil42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E10I Do42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E11The Honeymoon42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E12House and Home42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E13Things Unsaid42mHulu
- S1E14Family Day42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E15Padre42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E16Us Against the World42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E17Kids in the Hall42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E18Escapes and Reversals42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E19Don't Let Go42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E20Metropolis42mDisney+Hulu
- S1E21Adoption Day42mDisney+Hulu
Season 221 episodes
- S2E1Things Unknown42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E2Take Me Out42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E3Play42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E4Say Something42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E5Truth Be Told42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E6Mother42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E7The Longest Day42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E8Girls Reunited42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E9Leaky Faucets42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E10Someone's Little Sister42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E11Christmas Past42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E12Over/Under42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E13Stay42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E14Mother Nature42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E15Light of Day42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E16If You Only Knew42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E17The Silence She Keeps42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E18Now Hear This42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E19Justify The Means42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E20Not That Kind of Girl42mDisney+Hulu
- S2E21The End of the Beginning42mDisney+Hulu
Season 320 episodes
- S3E1Wreckage42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E2Father's Day42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E3Déjà Vu42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E4More Than Words42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E5Going South42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E6It's My Party42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E7Faith, Hope, Love42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E8Daughters42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E9Idyllwild42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E10Lucky42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E11First Impressions42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E12Mixed Messages42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E13If And When42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E14Under Water42mHulu
- S3E15Minor Offenses42mHulu
- S3E16EQ42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E17Sixteen42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E18Rehearsal42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E19The Show42mDisney+Hulu
- S3E20Kingdom Come42mHulu
Season 420 episodes
- S4E1Potential Energy42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E2Safe42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E3Trust42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E4Now for Then42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E5Forty42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E6Justify42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E7Highs & Lows42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E8Girl Code42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E9New York42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E10Collateral Damage42mHulu
- S4E11Insult to Injury42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E12Dream a Little Dream42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E13Cruel and Unusual42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E14Doors and Windows42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E15Sex Ed42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E16The Long Haul42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E17Diamond in the Rough42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E18Dirty Laundry42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E19Who Knows42mDisney+Hulu
- S4E20Until Tomorrow42mDisney+Hulu
Season 522 episodes
- S5E1Resist42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E2Exterminate Her42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E3Contact42mHulu
- S5E4Too Fast, Too Furious42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E5Telling42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E6Welcome to the Jungler42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E7Chasing Waterfalls42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E8Engaged42mHulu
- S5E9Prom42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E10Sanctuary42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E11Invisible42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E12#IWasMadeInAmerica42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E13Line in the Sand42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E14Scars42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E15Mother's Day42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E16Giving Up the Ghost42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E17Makeover42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E18Just Say Yes42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E19Many Roads42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E20Meet The Fosters42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E21Turks & Caicos42mDisney+Hulu
- S5E22Where the Heart Is42mDisney+Hulu