The show started off really well, but as the story develops... it just doesn't add up. Why on heck would this girl kill herself? Hannah had nice parents, pretty average friends, good looks and yes... she was completely entitled. It's really hard to like someone who saw a friend getting raped and just stood there letting it all happen, unable to take action to help her defenseless friend, whom she then rants about, in her tapes. Justification: she was too busy with her own nonexistent problems. Then, at the end of the series, she decides to crash a party at the house of the rapist and expects all to go really well. Let's not even go into that really awkward rape scene. The viewer can't tell if that is meant to be a rape scene or soft porn. At least Jessica's rape scene is credible.

The two stars go to the production, the music, the way the plot unfolds the acting of Hannah's parents, Clay's parents, Jessica and even Justin, the abuse victim that no one payed attention to. The rather unrelatable main character and the annoying Clay face, avenging the Hannah cause and her nonense rants make you want to slap both of them. It's life, get over it. And why on earth is Clays face always injured? So you can tell between the wimp he was and the sneaky bastard wimp avenger he became? What about Tony? Is that guy coming from a different series and suddenly inserted here? The list of unbelievable characters and dialogues goes on and on.

It's hard to like Hannah. I wouldn't want her as a friend either.

The adolescent high school drama is such a popular theme on television series that one would expect teenagers to be equipped for it already. It's hard to believe that someone, seemingly quite mentally sane would commit suicide over teenage angst. We have no evidence whatsoever that Hannah was chronically depressed or mentally disturbed or suicidal, at all (unlike Alex, who was portrayed as a depressed kid). So... the series is not about suicide, because the main character is not suicidal. This series is about bullying, rape, consent, political correctness and, overall, social justice hot topics. The suicide part is badly handled and banalized. It legitimizes victimization and even suicide itself. Blergh.

Some characters provide a balanced point of view about the bullying Hannah was (not) a victim of, but the common sense fades away as the season end approaches, as the show's tone becomes increasingly partial and self-righteous and, overall, annoying.