![]() ![]() The theme of slut-shaming comes up again in season two. On the back, it says, “Hannah wasn’t the only one,” implying that other girls at Liberty High have been raped. The Polaroid is a picture of a boy and a girl holding a red cup. Tyler goes into the school’s photography dark room and finds four photos of himself that say, “You ain’t seen shit.” Then a polaroid falls out of Clay’s locker. Seriously, how is this man a high school guidance counselor?Īs we saw in the season two trailer, this season’s focus is polaroids. I don’t care how horrible Bryce is, as an adult in a position of power, you can’t assault the students you have been hired to serve. It wasn’t bad enough that he responded horribly to Hannah’s confession of being raped last season, now in the very first episode of this new season he is assaulting a student. He corners Bryce in the bathroom and threatens him by saying, “I’ve got my eye on you.” He then slams him against the wall and put his hands around his neck. Porter is back to his usual horrible, unprofessional self. In doing so, you can lessen the shame around the topic of suicide and suicidal thoughts. It’s unfortunate that all the adults in the show don’t know how to address suicide well, but it’s important to know that if you are struggling with suicidal thoughts, there is someone out there who will know how to help. By asking a direct question like, “Are you thinking about suicide?” you aren’t putting the idea in someone’s head, you are bringing it out into the open and refusing to let the topic go unnamed. If you suspect someone is thinking about suicide, you should ask them directly and compassionately. A common myth about suicide is that by talking about it, we think we are “putting the idea in someone’s head.” This couldn’t be more false. This is an important plot point because it highlights the theme last season of the school and adults in the “13 Reasons Why” world not knowing how to address suicide. ![]() He doesn’t even remember listening to the tapes.Īfter Alex’s suicide attempt, the school banned students from discussing suicide at all. We find out he doesn’t remember anything from a month before his suicide attempt. He fixates on what he meant by, “I could have stopped it” in his suicide note. ![]() In this episode, Alex asks his mom if he wrote a suicide note before his attempt and she reluctantly gives it to him. Though he uses a cane, we don’t see too many other indications of head trauma. In addition to learning Alex’s hair has transitioned from platinum blonde to brown, we also learn he has survived his suicide attempt from last season. He can’t just “replace” her with a new relationship. Clay is unable to be intimate with Skye because he keeps imagining Hannah in her place, reinforcing the idea that Clay isn’t past the trauma of losing Hannah. ![]() The theme of Clay trying to “fix” what went wrong with Hannah in his new relationship with Skye continues in his experience of hallucinations of Hannah. An important lesson we will probably see Clay learn this season is that he can’t “save” Skye - only she can. It’s clear that Clay is trying to support Skye in ways that he couldn’t or didn’t know how to with Hannah. This can ultimately cause them to pull away from their loved one altogether. While Clay’s intentions are sweet, it’s worth noting that oftentimes when loved ones try to intervene too much in recovery, it can make the person struggling feel pressured to recover right away or experience shame when they do struggle. He immediately starts questioning her - why she didn’t call him? Did she try meditating? He also offers to text her every hour if that keeps her from self-harming. When they get undressed, Clay notices she has fresh self-harm injuries. (Hmm… could this be a source of relationship conflict down the road? I’m thinking absolutely, yes). While they are hanging out Clay reassures Skye that he isn’t thinking about Hannah anymore. We find out Clay and Skye are an item when they ride Skye’s Vespa together, go to the tattoo parlor (Clay gets a semicolon tattoo in honor of Hannah but faints in the process, so it’s only a comma) and try to have sex for the first time. Settle in, things are about to get real, fam. ![]()
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