It was essentially a 13-hour version of those manipulative drunk driving advertisements. Its a poorly executed show that hides behind its gimmicky mystery and fragile subject matter. Characters completely change personalities depending on the episode to help push along the story. The real angst of the American teenager was completely lacking.

Season 1. The main characters are an impotent niceguy milquetoast and his high school crush who desperately wants his dick but is just helplessly attracted to the douchebags she dates instead. Then she kills herself because her dating life sucked. Seems way more like some incel fantasy than a serious 'conversation starter' about mental health. The only thing funnier than how deathly seriously the characters treat dumb high school bullshit is how fucking seriously the showrunners treat it.

This show is irresponsibly bad. No one who is suicidal is recording snark into a tape recorder moments before like the DJ from The Warriors. Few people who feel suicidal are doing it for reasons at all, other than they do not want to live. Loss of someone close does not prompt a quest, it destroys your world. You physically cannot get out of bed. It takes months or years and if you want to make a show, you would just show people collapsing in tears and snot on their kitchen sink. This is sick.

As someone who's in treatment for suicidal ideation and mental illnesses stemming from intense bullying and sexual assault, I'll be blunt when I say that this show pisses me off. The premise trivializes/fetishizes the matyrized suicide of Hannah, all while dancing around clear allusions to mental illness. In its silence, it thereby fails to destigmatize the one thing it claims to be about. We get a weird Kill Bill revenge list written by a MPDG rather than a truly felt look at a struggling teen.

this show is a despicable piece of trash

Very mixed bag here. I found it fairly gripping and there were quite a few characters that I liked. Biggest flaws here include some occasionally sloppy and forced story telling, a confused message and tone (in my opinion), some cheap cliff-hangers, and an underwhelming ending (barring the bathtub scene which was pretty powerful) that felt really unnatural. Overall, entertaining but extremely flawed.

haven't seen the third season which would probably lower my score lmao

This series is insulting to people with mental health issues. I tried to re watch this for a review and I only managed 1 episode. I think it's fine, as a teen drama it's just fine, the dialogue is irritating sometimes but that's about it. I just hate the glorification, almost fetishism of mental health issues. They show her killing herself in detail, you don't do that. Tl;dr normal teen drama that is damaging to teens and glorifies suicide.

It is such a problematic show, and I hate it. I'm sure it has its good qualities but I can't see them past how much they make suicide seem to be this great revenge. It's not all that accurate and I'm left watching a show that makes suicide not seem like it isn't the worst option ever.

This is just the worst.

Dude wtf just listen the whole thing in one night!

13 Reasons Why takes on teenage bullying, suicide, rape, and the overwhelming isolation that is the human condition; its overarching resolution: be nicer to each other. The series is gripping and does bring attention to serious issues once the central conceit of the tapes which results in so many contrivances is overlooked. The teen narcissism and self-indulgence is captured perfectly, but may be a bit much for some to overcome. A little overblown at times. Langford and Minnette are great.

The start was great but later gets worse and worse.

The show itself is interesting, but hard to watch

season 1 only

Only season 1

Whoever made this should be ashamed.

Great show! Need to watch it if you haven’t.

Really fetish-y representation of mental illness in teens the way it also approaches sa is exploitative

A cynical in wholly inauthentic teen melodrama that thinks it's Twin Peaks art or Donnie Darko cult. Surprisingly good New Wave'Post-punk soundtrack

season 1 was perfect.

Season 1 was outstanding, went down hill after that

The subject matter of the show is controversial to say the least. It deals with rape, suicide, bullying, & revenge Season 1 is entertaining & does a okay job of tackling the rough subject matter. The uneven 2nd season had potential to bring the discussion of bullying & school shootings to the forefront but decided to opt out of that story line at the last moment. It also has some bad retcons for no good reason. Season 3 and 4 were terrible to say the least. S1: 66 S2:44 S3: 20 S4: 15

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Man, is terrible. Just terrible.

First season is definitely worth watching whereas quality of the series dropped following seasons. Especially final season is a pile of garbage.

The premise is okay. Completely indefensible from a mental health advocacy stand point.

only for first season other season's really garbage

I only watched the first season. It's not that good but it has the most realistic and depressing suicide scene I've ever seen. I'd give it extra points for that but I recently read that the morons at Netflix decided to take the scene out, effectively turning the whole show into a glamorization of suicide.

not so good

A very well written teen age drama with poor portrayal by the main actress. Indeed, I think Katherine Langford cannot play well a tortured teen ager and was a poor choice for the role which is a shame, because the entire story revolves around her. Even with this, the show is a solid teen age drama and it's worth watching if you are interested in the genre.

İlk sezonu mükemmel, ikinci sezonu ise idare eder. Her bölümde ayrı bir olay var. Tecrübesiz bir cast kadrosuyla çok iyi bir ün yakaladılar.

you must be really bored to watch the whole thing

F

As a pure drama, the first season is pretty good. I can swallow a lot of bad choices due to calling this a drama and not harping on what it 'romanticizes' and what it doesn't. Who cares? It's just telling a story. But the first episode of the second season completely turned me off to this show and I'm out. The very last scene is the most ridiculous thing I've seen in awhile, and of course Gregg Araki was involved.

S1: 70 | S2: 70 | S3: 50 | S4: 60 | Should’ve been one or two seasons. S2 surprisingly ties in well and feels important. S3 has some good moments, but is quite dull and drags a lot. S4 is a mess, but is mostly fun, minus the camping episode. Weak writing after the first season, but good acting, especially from Minnette, Langford, Flynn, Druid, Prentice, Granaderos and Walsh.

Fits snugly into my most hated genre: "Sad people being sad." This high school angst parade might have been bearable for 2 hours...but 13?? It's like watching "The Edge of Seventeen" 8 times in a row...and without Woody Harrelson. Ugh.

Occasionally 13 Reasons misses the mark as some of the episodes contribute very little to the overall story and the dialogue sometimes doesn't work but for the most part it's a stylish and engrossing mystery drama with uniformly excellent performances from its young cast.

Incredible divisive storytelling and a borderline irresponsible delivery method are somewhat buoyed by a pretty good cast of young actors.

not that hot. maybe cause I'm not a teen. just creative match cuts interested me. PS:DI7+SC7+CI7+ED8+AC6+SO7+OV6+WH6+MY5+WO0

Well, I am not sure if the show is succesful in conveying its real message --suicide is not the only way out-- but I liked it. The series with deep side characters always attract me and here we have plenty of that. I must also add that I'm not sure about the second season. Yes, I am so glad they renewed it but how far can this go? We'll see.

Many viewers won't be able to take in the violence and heartache, but 13 Reasons Why brings a real issue to the table and refuses to shy away from it, resulting in a story that's told with care and urgency.

13 Reasons Why definitely leaves you with a lot to think about and a lot to feel when the season ends. It is very powerful in the depiction of love, obsession, bullying, Rape and even Suicide. It is a lot to take in as it transcends entertainment and becomes a poignant look at the current state of high schools. Langford and Minnette definitely share a wonderful chemistry and most definitely set the tone for the series. It is a heartbreaking series especially the tear inducing final moments.

It's bold, definitely thought-provoking and there's a lot of good performanes with good characters. While there's lots to appreciate, it's a bit uneven in quality primarily in its overall tone and its storytelling. However, juggling all of the issues in this is no easy feat and the fact a show with this kind of subject matter and exposure even exists is pretty fresh. Not sure how it will hold up for the inevitable second season.

S01: 94/100 / S02: not watched. Update from the future: I move this to 74 instead of 94 because I’m ashamed of having it in my top 10.