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Positive:
18
Mixed:
12
Negative:
8
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Critic Reviews
Aug 28, 2019
Season 3 Review:
Just as the kids at the center of this show need to be held accountable for their actions, 13 Reasons Why needs to be held accountable for the messages it's sending. It's not good enough to have a few hits, the whole package has to make sense, otherwise, why are we here and why are we watching?
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May 22, 2018
Season 2 Review:
Season 2 of 13 Reasons Why takes a dive in quality from the show’s first which, for all of its flaws, remains a moving tragedy and a potent conversation starter. ... Season 2 employs Polaroid pictures as the breadcrumbs propelling along its feeble mystery. Along the way it also leads us through Jessica’s journey as an assault survivor, indubitably the season’s strongest storyline.
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May 18, 2018
Season 2 Review:
Although the second season tries to directly address some of the complaints against the series (it more explicitly links self-harm to mental illness and acknowledges the dangers of glamorizing suicide), it can’t help but return to the over-the-top drama it so clearly loves.
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May 17, 2018
Season 2 Review:
Season 2 is a worthy attempt at a do-over, if a flawed one. That’s until the final episode, when a plotline that’s been building over the past 12 episodes turns into a charged confrontation that undermines everything 13 Reasons Why has spent its second season doing.
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The Daily BeastMay 16, 2018
Season 2 Review:
There’s nothing to push the narrative gas pedal in this first half of season two. You’re spending hours and hours watching characters wait for something to happen, for something shocking to come out of the trial. You’re waiting, too. ... This is a show that mostly succeeds at blurring the lines between protagonists and villains, to the point that we’re even forced to sit through the character assassination of Hannah in court and question what we thought we knew about her.
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Mar 30, 2017
Season 1 Review:
The show doesn’t make [Hannah’s] downward progress convincing. It too often feels artificial, like a very long public service announcement. Another problem is a storytelling contrivance that quickly becomes irritating. ... The watchful, smart performance by Mr. Minnette is one reason to make the effort-- it builds up some cumulative force. In the last four episodes, two directed by Carl Franklin and two by Jessica Yu, it achieves a momentum and gravity somewhat equal to its subject matter.
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TV Guide MagazineMay 24, 2018
Season 2 Review:
This wallow in angst ends up being mostly insufferable. [28 May - 10 Jun 2018, p.17]
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