“One last try. I’m giving life one last try.” Some TV finales aim for huge and impactful and fall short (looking at you, The Walking Dead). Some stay true to the show’s spirit and...
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13 Reasons Why: “Tape 6, Side B”
“I’m sorry, mom. I’m not at liberty to discuss it.” “Tape 6, Side B” is one of the most plot-heavy episodes of 13 Reasons Why, and at its best it’s damn near spellbinding. A...
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13 Reasons Why: “Tape 6, Side A”
“One more bad decision.” It’s no secret that 13 Reasons Why has been building up to Clay’s tape for a long time now. One of the show’s – and, I guess, the book’s –...
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13 Reasons Why: “Tape 5, Side B”
“It’s what you do next that counts.” “Tape 5, Side B” begins with what might be 13 Reasons Why‘s bluntest but most effective visual metaphor. There’s a car crash – it was easily avoidable,...
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13 Reasons Why: “Tape 5, Side A”
“That girl had two chances that night. But we both let her down.” “Tape 5, Side A” is the first episode of 13 Reasons Why to start with a graphic content warning. It becomes...
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13 Reasons Why: “Tape 4, Side B”
“It must be possible to swim without becoming water yourself.” Most people on 13 Reasons Why have been deliberately cruel to Hannah – Justin shared a compromising photo, Tyler took yet another one, Zach stole notes from...
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13 Reasons Why: “Tape 4, Side A”
“There’s all kinds of ways to feel lonely.” 13 Reasons Why, at its best, can be pretty devastating. A terrific episode like “Tape 1, Side A” does a remarkable job of humanizing troublesome characters,...
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13 Reasons Why: “Tape 3, Side B”
“Maybe there aren’t any good kids.” 13 Reasons Why has an incredibly strong hook, one that promises to pay devastating dramatic dividends. Thirteen tapes, each a piece of a mosaic that makes up the...
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13 Reasons Why: “Tape 3, Side A”
“I don’t wanna help. I wanna hurt.” The cruelest, and smartest, aspect of 13 Reasons Why is that it lets us get to know (and, most often, come to like) certain characters before we...
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13 Reasons Why: “Tape 2, Side B”
“Have you ever wondered what it’d feel like to watch someone?” Social media is scary. It’s given everyone a personality and an existence outside of their own, and it can easily be exploited and...
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13 Reasons Why: “Tape 2, Side A”
“You never know how something’s gonna hit someone.” In a lot of ways, 13 Reasons Why is harder for me to watch as a grown man, and not someone the same age as the characters....
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13 Reasons Why: “Tape 1, Side B”
“Maybe you didn’t even realize you were being cruel.” The problem with having a premiere as good as that of 13 Reasons Why is that a followup episode is all but destined to disappoint...
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