She says that the setting is nostalgic for the viewers who have been following the TV series since its first season.
Weiss also revealed that the next season shall feature the sensitive subject of racial discrimination, particularly on campus. Apparently, the show will feature a white college student partying while wearing a Lil Wayne costume, which the colored people would really find offensive.
She said that “Switched at Birth” has done its best to be honest and accurate on both sides of the issue Weiss explained that in the white student’s defense, he was just celebrating by dressing up as his favorite artist and he had no intentions of mocking the black race with it.
The series creator also pointed out that the series aims to give a different perspective to the viewers and they will present the episodes from the point of view of their black characters.
There was a 10-month time jump during the finale episode of Season 4 of “Switched at Birth.” From their home in Kansas, Bay Kennish and Daphne Vasquez traveled to China to put their lives together again despite leaving so much back home.
The cliffhanger during Season 4 was the call that they received from their home that shall force them to go back to Kansas.