13 Reasons Why (stylized onscreen as TH1RTEEN R3ASONS WHY) is an American teen drama web television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey, based on the 2007 novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen and the aftermath of high school student Hannah Baker’s suicide [4] leaving behind a box of cassette tapes in which she details why she chose to end her life.
Through its various storylines, the show explores and depicts a wide range of social issues affecting modern youth, including suicide, sexual assault, bullying, racism, jock culture, mental health, drug addiction, alcoholism, domestic violence, homophobia, deportation, police brutality, steroid use, homelessness, HIV, abortion and school shootings.
The series is produced by July Moon Productions, Kicked to the Curb Productions, Anonymous Content and Paramount Television, with Yorkey and Diana Son serving as showrunners.
Dylan Minnette stars as Clay Jensen, while Katherine Langford plays Hannah Baker. Alisha Boe, Brandon Flynn, Miles Heizer, Christian Navarro, Ross Butler, Devin Druid, Justin Prentice, Amy Hargreaves, Derek Luke, Kate Walsh, Brian d'Arcy James, Timothy Granaderos, Grace Saif, Brenda Strong, Mark Pellegrino, Tyler Barnhardt, Dekan Bluman, Jan Luis Castellanos and Gary Sinise also star. A film from Universal Pictures based on Thirteen Reasons Why began development in February 2011, with Selena Gomez
set to star as Hannah, before being shelved in favor of a television
series and Netflix ordering an adaptation as a limited series in October
2015, with Gomez instead serving as an executive producer.[5]
The first season was released on Netflix on March 31, 2017. It
received positive reviews from critics and audiences, who praised its
subject matter and acting, particularly the performances of Minnette and
Langford. For her performance, Langford received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Television Series Drama.[6]
However, its graphic depiction of issues such as suicide and rape
(along with other mature content) prompted concerns from mental health
professionals. In response, Netflix added a warning card and from March
2018 on, a video that plays at the start of each season warning viewers
about its themes.[7] In July 2019, Netflix edited out the suicide scene in the first season's final episode.[8]
In May 2017, Netflix renewed 13 Reasons Why for a second season due to the success of the initial 13 episodes;[9]
the second season was released on May 18, 2018, and received mixed to
negative reviews from audiences. Coinciding with the release of the
second season, Netflix released a video with the cast that cautioned
viewers on some of the topics covered in the show and provided a support
website with crisis numbers for people affected by depression, anxiety
and other mental health issues.[10]
A third season was ordered in June 2018 and was released on August 23,
2019. In August 2019, the series was renewed for a fourth and final
season, which premiered on June 5, 2020
The series revolves around the lives of teenagers at the fictional
Liberty High School. At the onset of the series, Clay Jensen, a junior
at Liberty, receives a set of seven tapes recorded by Hannah Baker,
his friend and crush who committed suicide. On the tapes, Hannah
unfolds an intensely emotional audio diary, detailing the 13 reasons why
she killed herself, with each person being represented on a tape
(except for Justin Foley, Hannah's first boyfriend, who appears twice).
The second season revolves around the lawsuit Hannah's parents
launch against Liberty, with more information being revealed as each
individual on the tapes is called to trial. It concluded with a highly
graphic and controversial assault scene involving Liberty student Tyler
Down, upon which he decides to massacre the school at the Spring Fling
before being talked out of it by Clay.[13]
Season three is set eight months after the end of season two.
Clay and his friends are struggling to cope with the cover-up of Tyler's
attempted massacre at the Spring Fling, while helping him towards
recovery. However, acrimonious tensions reach a boiling point during
Liberty High's Homecoming game, which results in the murder of former
Liberty High School student Bryce Walker, of which Clay is the main
suspect. The students of Liberty High are once again forced under the
microscope as the investigation into Bryce's death threatens to expose
their darkest secrets. [14]
Season four is pivoted around Clay's mental health, which has
deteriorated severely due to the accumulated events of previous seasons.
Tensions are high once again as the football team torments Clay and
seeks to discover the reality behind Bryce's death. Liberty also enacts
tighter security measures at campus which causes racial profiling on
students of color. The administration conducts a highly triggering
active shooter drill which causes the students to have a nervous
breakdown and later causes a violent confrontation between the police
and Liberty students. It concluded with the untimely death of one of the
characters and the main crew's graduation from Liberty.
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