13 Reasons Why Sets Season 2 Premiere Date — Watch Video Announcement
Dig out your tape recorder — or should we say, say cheese? — because 13 Reasons Why is back for a second season.
Season 2 of Netflix‘s teen drama will premiere on Friday, May 18, the streaming service announced Monday.
Per the official release, the sophomore season will pick up “in the aftermath of Hannah’s death and the start of our characters’ complicated journeys toward healing and recovery. Liberty High prepares to go on trial, but someone will stop at nothing to keep the truth surrounding Hannah’s death concealed. A series of ominous Polaroids lead Clay and his classmates to uncover a sickening secret and a conspiracy to cover it up.”
Season 1 of 13 Reasons Why drew controversy for its handling of topics including suicide, bullying and depression. Recently, Netflix committed to taking actions to “help support more meaningful conversations” ahead of Season 2, including streaming videos of the actors discussing ways to get support.
Although Jay Asher’s novel, on which the first season is based, does not have a sequel, the author said he would be open to continuing the story.
“I’d just like a continuation of all those characters,” he told EW. “What happens to Clay? How do people react to what Alex did at the very end? What’s going to happen to Mr. Porter? I’d thought of a sequel at some point. I’d brainstormed it, but decided I wasn’t going to write it. So I’d love to see it.”
After Asher was expelled from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators in February for violating its harassment code, Netflix released a statement saying that the author would not be involved in Season 2 of the teen drama.
Watch the trailer above, then hit the comments to let us know which of Hannah’s friends you are most excited to see again.
Bout damn time
Deadpool 2 and now 13 Reasons Why! Definitely thinking about calling in sick on May 18th. 😃
Can’t wait! Amazing promo!
im excited, i just hope they don’t feel the need to create a new mystery to solve, its gonna be tricky to figure out how to properly follow up last season…im really curious to see what they do.
So…. months after the suicide, Kate Walsh’s character cuts her hair? Sorry, awful wig alert.
I found the first season to be one of the worst shows I have ever seen in my life. Every character acted like an idiot 90% of the time.
Yet it was still so addicting, there is just something about it.
Haha!! I was wondering where you were going with this post. But I have to agree with you. So many characters were just dumb, but I couldn’t stop watching.
“Every character acted like an idiot”
Let’s not forget that this show primarily takes place in a high school and the majority of the cast are playing teenagers, so immaturity and dumb decisions are to be expected.
I mean, on the one hand that’s true. On the other some things just kept bugging me and I had to suspend my disbelief just to get through the show… like why did Clay wait so long to listen to all the tapes? (I understand this is not an issue in the book, but I have not read it) Or, you know, why didn’t any of the tapes’ recipients who did not commit a crime themselves (Clay being the most obvious choice here) turn them in to the police?