Warning: The following post contains spoilers for 13 Reasons Why Season 3, as well as mentions of sexual assault.
13 Reasons Why Season 3 wasn't screened for critics, and that alone gave me pause. The only explanation seemed that Netflix wanted to avoid negative reviews before the show's August 23 release, so I braced for the worst until that day came.
Though often sloppy or ham-fisted, 13 Reasons Why Season 3 is, at the very least, less offensive and irresponsible than I've come to expect from the show. It's a bloated season, often treading water and creating cumbersome subplots to pad 13 hour-long episodes. And it's an emotional rollercoaster – not only because of heavy topics the show loves to tackle, but because it continues to struggle with how exactly to approach them, often to mixed effect. Read more...
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