It meandered, but the cassettes and the 13 reasons in 13 episodes gave it a structure of sorts. ![]() It did attempt to explore important issues – not only suicide but rape, self-harm, bullying, high-school sexism – sensibly and seriously, even if any messages to emerge came across as simplistic and a bit preachy: be nice to people, be a real friend, otherwise bad shit goes down. Originally destined to become a film, Netflix got hold of it and gave it the Netflix stretch. That was the first series of 13 Reasons Why, adapted from the book by Jay Asher. When Hannah Baker killed herself, she left behind a box of cassette tapes explaining why she’d done it.
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