"I think the ramifications of the kind of failed attempt to protest what's going on at school — everyone being in the aftermath of that failed attempt — that's certainly a point of entry for me, because how many times have we rallied together to fight something and we’re still in the same place we were yesterday?" Simien told Entertainment Weekly back in May . "How do you keep on going after you've gone to the Women's March and this dude is still in office? That pervasive feeling of, What is it all for, is certainly one that I think the characters are going to be dealing with in season 2."