The show 13 Reasons Why has been a heavily controversial topic since its release on the streaming service Netflix in 2017. Many say the show glamorizes suicide and is too graphic. I personally disagree with these critics, I see the show going on to really start conversations. It is graphic and hard to watch sometimes and that is because it seems so real. Some of these instances happen to people all over the world, but as a society as a whole, we refuse to talk about it. I see where people can see that it glamorizes suicide because of the revenge theme Hannah has in the show. I feel that it could have been executed a little better but as a whole, I actually enjoy the show and think it has the ability to start conversations about a difficult topic.

My only real problem with the series actually happened recently. As I was saying before many people did not like the show and they signed petitions and protested. Netflix decided to add viewer caution, trigger warnings and a brief insert at the end of episodes talking about mental health, bullying, and suicide. To some, it still didn’t help but I really respected what they decided to do. My problem now is that with the release of the third season they decided to go and remove the suicide in the episode, in season one.  As a lot of people say they only did it to promote the new season and if that is true that really bothers me. I felt that the scene, even as disturbing as it was, did not prompt or glamorize suicide. I feel the scene did just the opposite, it represented the pain and the finality of ending one’s life. I am almost angry that they decided to remove it especially so close to the release of the third season.