Garbage. Plain and Simple I don't understand why people like this show so much. I'm in high school and all I heard about for weeks was 13 Reasons Why. As a big film buff, i'm more interested in great films or television shows rather than what's popular. Eventually I watched it and like the plot suggests, I wanted to slit my wrists Hannah Baker-style. I felt as if this show was trying to be better films like Superbad or Rebel Without A Cause. There were some things I liked about the show so I'll list those off. Dylan Minnette gave a very good performance as Clay Jensen. He's given excellent performances in films like Prisoners and Don't Breathe but he really shines in this role. He dedicates himself to the character and pulls off a well-done performance. The cinematography, editing, and production design were well-done. Just wish they spent as much time on the script as they did the technical stuff. And there are a few good episodes. Particularly episodes 1, 2, and 12. That's it though. Kathrine Langford's performance as Hannah Baker was mediocre and the character herself is an asshole and an idiot. She says one of the reasons she killed herself was because someone found a poem she had written and they started sharing it around. Like yeah, I mean the guy's a prick for doing it but are you kidding me? She was upset at Clay for not staying around and trying to make her feel OK after her getting sensitive when they tried to have sex despite the fact that she was literally telling him to leave her home. I mean I don't know guys. Wouldn't you leave if someone was telling you to get out? I mean, seriously. Speaking of Clay he's also an idiot. He drags to listen the tapes. I was screaming in my head "Just listen to them all! Jesus Christ!" All the other performances are terrible and honestly some of them made Tommy Wiseau look like Orson Welles. The show was poorly written to the point where I was questioning whether or not the writers were even human beings. The show is also inaccurate to high school in the way the school works and by some of the characters' actions (particularly Hannah) and it forced a message that if you did or said something that made someone kill themselves, that it was your fault. It tries to guilt trip you into thinking that you were responsible for someone committing suicide. The ending though is also just awful. Some kid comes in and shoots up the school. 10/10 ending, I was laughing, it was perfect. In all seriousness, if you "caused" someone to commit suicide, you didn't. The only time that you are responsible for someone's death is if you kill them directly. That's it. 3/10