Absolutely horrendous show. Not only does 13 Reasons Why fail in every aspect required to tell a compelling story, but it also happens to have one of the most offensive and ignorant representations of a serious issue ive ever seen. To get the obvious out of the way, this show is horribly written, with horrendous on-the- -nose dialogue and cardboard characters. These afformentionrd "characters" have absolutely no depth beyond the mental illnesses they happen to have. The only character with some depth beyond that is Clay, but still, if you take away his relationship with Hannah, you have an absolute bore of a character, with absolutely no personality or charm. The only reason I'm giving this a 2 is because there is SOME Interesting camerawork, but it's in the vast minority of boring cinematography.

Now, to get to the real insult of this show, we have to look at its portrayal of mental illness. This show treats suicide as a revenge tactic. That in itself is the absolute worst thing a show about SUICIDE AWARENESS can ever do. By portraying such a topic in this way, it tells impressionable audiences who may be struggling with these thoughts that suicide is a viable way to get revenge on people who wronged them. This is only further pushed by how much this "plan" actually works in the show itself. The tapes start an absolute riot and an uprising against who wronged Hannah. I have no doubt this will push impressionable and vulnerable audiences further to this decision. Beyond that, the rest of the mental illnesses in the show feel as if they only exist to fill out a checklist. Every character has to have a specific mental illness that defines them, simply so the show can say that it "represents" these topics, no matter how absolutely horrendously it portrays them.

Overall, not only is this show comepletely inept in terms of quality and entertainment, but it remains a perfect example of how NOT to represent some of the most sensitive topics in modern society.

Overall, don't watch it.