13 Reasons Why

Tommy Dorfman on Transitioning After "13 Reasons Why": "It Delayed Some of My Growth"

08/16/2022

Tommy Dorfman on Transitioning After "13 Reasons Why": "It Delayed Some of My Growth"

One year after publicly reintroducing herself to the world as a trans woman, Tommy Dorfman is reflecting on the impact her Hollywood career has had on her gender identity.

13 Reasons Why: What We Can Learn From the Way the Series Portrays Trauma

07/31/2020

13 Reasons Why: What We Can Learn From the Way the Series Portrays Trauma

With the release of the fourth and final season of 13 Reasons Why, I've had some time to reflect on the series; its exploration of trauma resulting from sexual assault, domestic abuse, and bullying; and what the show gets right and wrong about the experience of surviving it.

5 Things 13 Reasons Why Gets Right About the Struggle of Young Sobriety

06/13/2020

5 Things 13 Reasons Why Gets Right About the Struggle of Young Sobriety

13 Reasons Why packs a lot into its final season, and while not all of it makes total sense, there's one story line that I found heartbreakingly relatable: Justin Foley's struggle to stay clean.

13 Reasons Why: These Are the Season 4 Scenes to Skip If You Worry About Being Triggered

06/12/2020

13 Reasons Why: These Are the Season 4 Scenes to Skip If You Worry About Being Triggered

The final season of 13 Reasons Why is just as graphic and intense as the first three seasons of the show, covering many of the same topics, including sexual assault, death, and substance abuse.

13 Reasons Why: Here's What All the Talk About Gordon Lightfoot Means

06/10/2020

13 Reasons Why: Here's What All the Talk About Gordon Lightfoot Means

13 Reasons Why's fourth and final season on Netflix gave us a lot of answers to questions from seasons past but also opened up new questions.

Hot Take: 13 Reasons Why Should Have Ended (Forever) After Its First Season

06/09/2020

Hot Take: 13 Reasons Why Should Have Ended (Forever) After Its First Season

I read Jay Asher's 13 Reasons Why not long after it was originally published in 2007.

13 Reasons Why: Yes, Beecher Is a Real Character, but You Probably Missed Him

06/09/2020

13 Reasons Why: Yes, Beecher Is a Real Character, but You Probably Missed Him

A couple times during the fourth and final season of 13 Reasons Why, the football team mentions someone named Beecher in passing.

13 Reasons Why: The Student Behind the Graffiti at Liberty High Is Not Who We Expected

06/09/2020

13 Reasons Why: The Student Behind the Graffiti at Liberty High Is Not Who We Expected

Right off the bat in season four of 13 Reasons Why, Jessica Davis and Clay Jensen keep thinking they're seeing their dead classmates.

13 Reasons Why's Final Season Escalates — Then Finally Addresses — Clay's Mental Health Issues

06/09/2020

13 Reasons Why's Final Season Escalates — Then Finally Addresses — Clay's Mental Health Issues

13 Reasons Why takes on a number of major issues in its final season, but one of the topics is a continuation of a storyline we've been following since season one: Clay's declining mental health.

This 13 Reasons Why Callback to Season 1 Just Made My Heart Hurt a Little

06/09/2020

This 13 Reasons Why Callback to Season 1 Just Made My Heart Hurt a Little

13 Reasons Why's remarkable first season centers on the suicide of Hannah Baker, but if you forgot about the other untimely death — that of Jeff Atkins — you missed a major callback in season four.

13 Reasons Why: Here's Where the Emotional Series Finale Leaves Everyone

06/09/2020

13 Reasons Why: Here's Where the Emotional Series Finale Leaves Everyone

The fourth season of 13 Reasons Why is a huge departure from where the show starts back in season one.

13 Reasons Why Fans Are Not Happy With How Justin Foley's Story Ended

06/08/2020

13 Reasons Why Fans Are Not Happy With How Justin Foley's Story Ended

13 Reasons Why released its fourth and final season on June 5, and it wasn't without a few tears.