Where business demands it, television writers can find a way to expand upon any close-ended story. The question was how, exactly, showrunners Diana Son and Brian Yorkey could believably and responsibly continue a story that ran through Hannah Baker’s stated 13-part audible suicide note/manifesto in a single pass. The explosive popularity and controversy surrounding season 1 of “13 Reasons Why” and its storyline, steeped in themes of teen suicide, made Netflix’s renewal a foregone conclusion.
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That’s why the scene in question stands as one element “13 Reasons Why” got right in a second season full of misfires.
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Chillingly, some who witness one such act may think of it as one of those things that can happen on a movie night. She just can’t acknowledge it, or doesn’t want to.Ĭoncrete evidence of this surfaces late in the season, but the audience is made aware of Bryce’s assaults against Chloe long before this. Soon enough, the writers of “13 Reasons Why” provide us with a reason not to dislike Chloe - well, besides her overtures of seeming friendly, or at least above it all, when it comes to Jessica: Chloe herself is one of Bryce’s victims.
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Bryce and Chloe were made for each other, according to every high school film and TV trope sold to us since the 1950s.Įxcept for the part about Bryce being a rapist - not only that, but the rapist who assaulted Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) and is named as one of the titular reasons that drove her to slip into a bathtub and slit her wrists.Ĭhloe dates him despite this, and despite what she decides is just a rumor that her boyfriend raped another girl she knows, Jessica Davis (Alisha Boe). She’s dating Bryce Walker (Justin Prentice), captain of Liberty High’s football and baseball teams, egged on by his band of loyal toadies who high-five his exploits and fear his wrath.
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The actress playing her, Anne Winters, plainly was cast for her all-American looks: blonde, doll-faced, the captain of the cheerleading squad.
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In a different season and on a different series, “ 13 Reasons Why” viewers would be primed to view Chloe Rice as the quintessential mean girl. Spoiler alert: This article specifically discusses plot details about season 2 of the Netflix drama "13 Reasons Why." If you have not yet watched the new season, stop reading right now.