«We are very excited for the opportunity to extend the style ofthe show to our fans,»

«[You can also expect fewer titillating twists, like the girl-girl kiss (and subsequent romance) between Marissa and Alex (played by Mischa Barton and Olivia Wilde ).] That was a double-edged sword for us, ... because we were asked to pull back [on the duration of the kiss] while at the same time it was very heavily hyped. It was like some sort of game. But while everybody thought the kiss would be the start and end of it for them, for us it was really about doing a real relationship and showing how, after it ended, Marissa would be at a place of greater maturity.»

«This year is senior year [for the teen characters] and with senior year comes all that sort of angst and anxiety, all that sort of epic teen drama -- who am I, where am I going, what's gonna happen to us,»

«[- Kirsten Cohen (Kelly Rowan): At her posh rehab center, Kirsten meets a mysterious woman named Charlotte (Jeri Ryan). Schwartz says that despite the coverage of Marissa's lesbian flirtation last season, Kirsten and Charlotte will not kiss.] We did a lot of that last year, ... Where that story line is going is not what people are expecting.»

«She came in and she was just not what you expected in that part,»

«Finally, in the episode with the Tijuana road trip, we watched a scene between her and Seth in the diner and knew: This girl is amazing. Let's make her a series regular.»

«Rachel had three lines in the pilot,»

«It's going to call everyone's identity into question and throw the show back on the family.»

«this sort of steaming, young Newpsie-in-training socialite who's been toiling in Marissa's shadow all these years.»

«Summer goes toe-to-toe with her as a sort of symbolic gesture to keep the Marissa flame alive at Harbor.»