In the show’s third season, Price Peterson-a former recapper of The Vampire Diaries and current television writer who had recently joined Legacies -was helping to oversee the production of his first episode when he struck up a conversation with Kaylee Bryant, who played Josie Saltzman (and who left the series last December ). In addition to discussing the romantic potential of Josie and Finch (Courtney Bandeko), Bryant informed Peterson that Ben Levin, who plays Jed Tien, had expressed his willingness to play a queer character in an homage to several members of his family who are part of the LGBTQ+ community. As they began to map out the fourth season, the writers-who have become famous for balancing the absurd (think leprechauns, banshees, killer clowns ) with classic adolescent angst-found an opening to flesh out Jed’s backstory. In the “Was This the Monster You Saw?” episode, which aired on March 31, Jed-who was first introduced as an insecure, hot-headed bully-revealed that he had killed his own abusive father instead of fighting his childhood friend (and first crush) Trey to the death. In the process, Jed activated his curse as a werewolf and eventually found himself at a school where supernatural beings can learn to control their natural abilities and impulses.
