Season 2 of Unexpected premiered on August 5, 2018, and it did something no later season ever quite managed: it added three brand-new couples to the two returning originals, then watched all three of them vanish from the show almost as quickly as they arrived. Chloe Mendoza and Max Schenzel, Laura Barron and Tylor Strawmyer, and Emiley Noack and Diego Reyes were supposed to be the future of the franchise. Instead, they became its forgotten season. Eight years on, here is where the three couples actually ended up.
Chloe Mendoza and Max Schenzel: The Escape That Became a Graduation Story
Chloe was 16 and Max was 18 when cameras caught them expecting their daughter, Ava. Her mom and stepdad never warmed to Max, and the relationship buckled under his substance abuse struggles. Chloe has said publicly that she eventually obtained a restraining order against Max and walked away for good.
That decision changed everything. Chloe went on to Arizona State University, and according to reports she is now an ASU alum with more than 220,000 Instagram followers — though she rarely trades on her reality TV past, posting mostly about Ava and her friends instead.
Max’s road has been far rockier. After a felony theft conviction in 2018 and stints in rehab, he was arrested again in July 2025 on theft and drug possession charges, according to reports. Then came a genuine tragedy: in May 2026, Max announced on Instagram that his father, Todd, had died at 61 after a battle with stage 4 glioblastoma.
Laura Barron and Tylor Strawmyer: The “Perfect Couple” Who Proved the Show Wrong
Laura and Tylor were the couple everyone bet on. They secretly married on July 28, 2018, welcomed sons Lucas and Leo, and survived Tylor’s Navy boot camp and a move to San Diego. Laura later revealed she was the only Season 2 mom not asked back for Season 3 — her own theory was that her story simply did not have enough drama.
The drama arrived anyway. After a third pregnancy ended in miscarriage in June 2020, the couple separated, and their divorce was finalized on March 1, 2022, according to Indiana court records reported by Starcasm. Laura now shares 50/50 custody of her two boys with Tylor, and in her own update video she called the divorce “one of the best decisions I’ve made in my life.” She moved back in with her parents, worked full-time at a grocery store, and planned to start college.
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Emiley and Diego’s season was defined by arguments, and their daughter, Aria, was born on Valentine’s Day 2019. The couple did not last — and what happened next split them into total opposites. Emiley moved on, first into RV life with a new boyfriend, Hunter, then — after deleting her Instagram in 2022 — into a much more private life in Texas, where according to her own TikTok posts she is now a homeowner and single mom. Diego, meanwhile, married Shannon in 2022, served in the Army according to reports, and welcomed a baby boy, Ace Jack, with his wife.
The Verdict: Which Season 2 Story Aged Best?
Here is the twist nobody saw coming in 2018: the couple fans worried about most produced the most clear-cut success story, just not as a couple. Chloe got out, got her degree, and built a stable life for Ava. Laura got out too, and says she has never been happier. And Emiley got out of the spotlight entirely, which might be the smartest move of all. So tell us: which Season 2 couple deserved a second season most — TEAM CHLOE, TEAM LAURA, or TEAM EMILEY?
