that she came up with the idea for this story of "hope and revolution" after organizing marches against family separation. "I was feeling a mixture of empowerment and fear," Mendoza says. "I was inspired by the hundreds of thousands of people that took the streets to stop family separation. But I was also afraid of what could happen to undocumented immigrants if this administration was re-elected. I allowed myself to imagine the worst possible future for our country. I then asked myself how do we stop this from happening? My answer was clear: young people." A stale recording came on at the other end of the phone: Think about it; after seven years of playing best friends on screen, it only makes sense that they'd develop a bond with one another – as well as the characters that they portrayed. The second item, "Jessica's story will continue as she tries to recover and return to normal life," alludes to the harrowing way Bryce raped Jessica in the show. Throughout season 1, Jessicadenied that anything had happened to her,