The aspect of the season that feels like it had been initially set up well, if not a bit too on the nose, is the appearance of literal ghosts of characters past. Why Isn't "13 Reasons Why" Coming Back for S5? Episode 2 hones in on Clay and his mind as his overall character begins to change.

And tormented, he is. Who is the Shooter in "13 Reasons Why" Season 4? Everyone Who Has Died in "13 Reasons Why". Alex and Winston go for a walk on the pier. Clay tells Ani that “someone” is trying to set him up after seeing graffiti on his locker.

On that front, Season 4 deals with attempted suicide by police, the aftermath of Tyler’s almost-school-shooting, undercover deals with police, protests, and more police interference. Zach finds a party and gets Clay involved — Clay, once again, freaks out but participates in the drinking games while eyeing his bag with the spray can inside. As Clay does his college applications, he keeps seeing “Monty” showing up on his phone. They talk about Monty and Estella asks if there was any reason Monty would want to hurt Bryce. Questions We Have After "13 Reasons Why" Season 3, All the Questions We Have After "Trinkets" Finale, Questions We Need Answered in 13RW Season 2, Writers of "13 Reasons" Already Writing 2nd Season. The Real Ages of the Cast of "13 Reasons Why". Remember house ads in comics where they would say, “If you only read one book this month, it must be…”, This recap of Apple TV+s Ted Lasso season 1, episode 9, “All Apologies” contains significant spoilers. When Justin and Clay get to school, “Monty was framed” is graffitied on the doors which have the main group of friends panicking. When he opens his bag, there are two spray cans.

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Clay then throws up on Justin.

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The therapist states it may get worse before it gets better. Clearly meant to serve as a farewell to the students that we’ve come to know and sympathize with, Season 4 attempts a memorable finish but makes the same mistake that its predecessors did -- it tries to squeeze an ocean of teen issues into a kiddie pool -- and scrapes by, at best.
When they get home, Justin is frustrated and doesn’t want to cost Clay’s parents more money. Long Way Up episode 4 recap – what happened in “The Andes”?

This means tweaks to the cast, who now more than ever feel designed to quite literally embody the ghosts of characters past.

Much, much worse”. Netflix's iconic series 13 Reasons Why ended with another roller coaster of a season.

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A big twist this season was seeing that the parents actually had spyware installed in all of the students' computers and phones to keep track of them. Winston talks to Alex. Clay is absorbed by the photos of the graffiti. Justin asks Clay what was he doing in the room with the girl — Clay narrates, “I am f*cking lost”. Dylan Minnette deserves a commendation for the dizzying tilt-a-whirl that is portraying Clay this season; it can’t be an easy task to shoulder the bulk of the biggest emotional moments the show has had so far, let alone when they’re framed as pithy opportunities for social commentary. Hope I’m not judging or trying to be rude. By contrast, the last dance of this season is one long, meandering whimper rather than a bang. It’s a game of “Who Is It In The Coffin?”, though this pivot in narrative focus arguably has its impact cheapened by the circumstances of how and why this final loss of life has happened.

Before he got the offer, he had been asked by Coach Kerba to help the team next season.

Chloe offers to help but Zach says there is no way of fixing it. Much as Season 2 of the show dealt with the fallout from Season 1, Season 4 has the burdens and loose ends of Season 3 woven into its DNA. Unfortunately, things are perennially complicated by larger than life events like the aforementioned protests, an unending cycle of violence visited upon those who previously perpetrated it, and the constant meddling of the adults. The inaction of those in power to stop what’s happening to the main characters really shines through thanks to the at-times excoriating writing, and that topic could have been explored more meaningfully as a wider comment on social responsibility or growing pains, if the writers had dug a little deeper.

“Yeah, things are going to get worse. At the University, Clay wants to find a trash can to throw away the spray can. Clay seemed to have found the perfect girl for him at his graduation when Heidi came up to him. At graduation, it was revealed that he will be attending school for music and that he's planning to start in the fall. An adaptation of the novel by Jay Asher, 13 Reasons Why tells the story of a group of classmates all affected by the suicide of fellow student Hannah Baker. Alex asks Zach the question — “When did you know you were gay?”.

The flawed justice system has hung like a pall over the show since Season 1, and it’s a shame that it only continues to drag Clay and his friends down.