13 reasons why summaries

Just click the "Edit page" button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the Synopsis submission guide. Sign In. Edit 13 Reasons Why — Jump to: Summaries 5. Getting Started Contributor Zone ». Edit page. Top Gap. See more gaps ». Create a list ». TV Series just watched. Originally conceived as a film set to be released by Universal Pictures with Selena Gomez in the lead role, the adaptation was picked up as a television series by Netflix in late Gomez served as an executive producer.

The series premiered on March 31, , attracting 6. In , 13 Reasons Why was the most watched Netflix show [2]. The series was renewed on June 6, , for a third season , which premiered on August 23, The first season received universal acclaim from critics and audiences, who praised its subject matter and casting. However, the second, third, and fourth seasons' positive reception began to dwindle. Based on the best-selling book by Jay Asher, 13 Reasons Why follows teenager Clay Jensen as he returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch.

Inside he discovers cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker —his classmate and crush—who tragically committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah explains that there are thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Will Clay be one of them? After year-old Hannah Baker committed suicide by slitting her arms in the novel she swallows and overdoses on pills , her school locker becomes a memorial adorned with students' letters and her pictures. Clay Jensen comes home from school to find a shoebox, on his doorstep.

It contains 7 audio cassette tapes that contain a recording on each of them on each side of them of Hannah explaining the 13 reasons why she chose to end her life. Hannah warns listeners to follow certain rules; everyone mentioned on the tapes must listen to the complete set then pass it along to the next person addressed. If they fail to do so, the second set of tapes, held by personal friend Tony Padilla , who is not on the tapes, will be released.

As Clay listens to the tapes, on which Hannah narrates the series of events that led to her suicide, he grieves for the loss of his best friends and crush and secrets come out. In the first season 13 Reasons Why follows teenager Clay Jensen as he returns home from school to find a mysterious box with his name on it lying on his porch.

Inside he discovers a group of cassette tapes recorded by Hannah Baker—his classmate and crush—who tragically committed suicide two weeks earlier. On tape, Hannah unfolds an emotional audio diary, detailing the thirteen reasons why she decided to end her life. Through Hannah and Clay's dual narratives, 13 Reasons Why weaves an intricate and heartrending story of confusion and desperation that will deeply affect viewers.

Hannah Baker serves as the narrator of this season. The second season picks up in the aftermath of Hannah's death and the start of our characters' complicated journeys toward healing and recovery.

Liberty High prepares to go on trial , but someone will stop at nothing to keep the truth surrounding Hannah's death concealed. A series of ominous Polaroids lead Clay and his classmates to uncover a sickening secret and a big conspiracy to cover it up.

Various people serve as the narrators for this season. Ani Achola serves as the narrator for this season. But before they say goodbye, they'll have to keep a dangerous secret buried and face heartbreaking choices that could impact their futures forever.

Clay Jensen serves as the narrator for this season. Her first reason is Justin Foley , she kisses him in the park—her first kiss—and he takes an upskirt photo of her. Justin shares it with his friends, including Bryce Walker , who gets ahold of it and spreads it around school, Justin does nothing about it and from then on, seems to not care about Hannah.

Clay remembers telling Hannah "it's better to wait" she understands that he believes the rumors and walks away. Clay, who was secretly in love with Hannah, spends the first season reminiscing about the time he spent with her. He finds listening to Hannah's story difficult, but Tony repeatedly finds him and helps him through it but also warns Clay things will go wrong if he does not obey the rules.

Hannah's second reason is Jessica Davis , who becomes friends with Hannah after being paired up with her, they stay friends and meet Alex Standall who becomes a part of their group, they disband and Jess and Alex start dating. Jess refuses to have sex with Alex and he contributes to a list to anger her, giving Hannah the label of "Best Ass" and Jess the label "Worst Ass". Jessica becomes angry because she believes Hannah broke them up. She calls her a slut, Hannah says "Fuck you", Jessica replies by slapping her, leaving a mark.

Hannah's third reason is Alex Standall , after he contributes to the list, things spiral out of control for Hannah, she is labelled 'Hannah the Slut' and guys start to treat her as a sexual object instead of a human being. Bryce Walker decides to take things further, he offers to buy Hannah candy and as he is handing it to her, he reaches over and grabs her ass. Smugly stating that Alex was right about "Best Ass". Hannah doesn't move until Bryce leaves.

She runs out of the store and begins to cry. She tells Alex over the tapes "You made it open season on Hannah Baker. Hannah's fourth reason is Tyler Down , he is the school photographer.

He began taking photographs of Hannah outside of her house without her consent. Hannah heard the clicks of his camera all the time and became increasingly scared. She tells Courtney Crimsen who offers her help. They have a sleepover, play a game of truth or dare that ends with Courtney and Hannah kissing and catch her stalker, they both find out it's Tyler Down, Courtney leaves quickly after learning that it wasn't a stranger but someone at their school who caught them on camera.

Hannah asks Tyler to destroy the photos, who agrees. He asks Hannah if they can hangout, but she says no. He becomes angry and spreads the photo around school instead. Courtney stops being her friend because she doesn't want to be seen with her.

Hannah's fifth reason is Courtney Crimsen. After Tyler spreads the photo and Courtney says she doesn't want to be seen with her, they reconcile. Courtney becomes so afraid that she gives him made up details about Hannah's sex life. Telling him that Hannah asked for a three way between her and Laura, a known lesbian at school and that she let Justin finger her in the park and gave him a blowjob.

Montgomery confronts Hannah over this in front of Clay. Hannah finds Courtney, who tells her people were starting to talk and she had to do something.

Hannah tells her that she doesn't get to mess with her life because she is scared of people finding out about her sexuality. Courtney and Hannah end their friendship. Hannah's sixth reason is Marcus Cole. He is paired up with Hannah by a mutual friend for Dollar Valentine, a match-making charity event. They go to Rosie's Diner —or at least Hannah goes. Marcus shows up an hour late and with some of his friends on the football team.

Hannah is angry, and is even more upset when Marcus, without her consent, starts to feel her up after sneakily glancing at his friends, she knows he is doing it for them, and asks him to stop, he ignores her and she forces him off by pushing him.

An unknown vehicle tries to hit Clay as he cycles home in an attempt to intimidate him. Clay visits Skye in hospital but she breaks up with him. Alex asks Jessica to testify against Bryce, who raped her in the last season, but she refuses to. Meanwhile, Clay finds Justin, who is now living on the street, and invites him to stay in his bedroom. Clay discovers that Justin is taking heroin and tries to help him to quit while Jessica and Alex rekindle their romance. Ryan Shaver testifies in the Hannah trial and talks about her poems, saying that they were written about Justin.

Meanwhile, Jessica joins a group therapy session to help her come to terms with what happened to her and makes a new friend Nina Samantha Logan. Zach Dempsey is next to testify and reveals that he had a secret romance with Hannah the summer before she died.

Clay confronts Zach about it after his testimony and fights him. Justin returns to school to talk to Jessica but she rejects him, and he faints upon seeing Bryce. Clay takes to the witness stand and reveals that he did drugs with Hannah at a party, after which they spent the night together. Afterwards, Alex holds a birthday party at the local arcade but it is ruined when people start arguing over the trial. As he leaves, Clay finds another polaroid photo on his car, titled The Clubhouse.

The next day, Bryce finds that his locker at school has been vandalised due to the tapes being released and after being blackmailed, Marcus calls Bryce a rapist during a speech he gave at a school ceremony. Mr Porter testifies during the trial, revealing that he believes that Bryce raped Hannah and apologises to her parents for the part he played in her suicide.

Bryce threatens Clay, believing him to have blackmailed Marcus, before Clay is beaten by four masked students. However, later in the day, Clay finds the location of the Clubhouse and texts Justin the details. Tony testifies but does not reveal that Hannah left him the tapes as he looked after them as a favour after she previously helped him evade arrest.

Sheri convinces male students to take her to The Clubhouse, where she discovers a box filled with polaroids. She learns the code to unlock the door, tells Clay and Justice, who then go there and find Zach. Zach hands them the box of photos, revealing it was him who gave Clay the first three polaroids.

Clay finds pictures of Chloe, Nina and Hannah, who are victims of Bryce. Bryce testifies but lies by saying he and Hannah had a casual sexual relationship and that her accusation of rape against him was false. Justin attacks him as a result. Bryce also confesses to his mother than he did rape Hannah. Justin then testifies and talks of Bryce raping Jessica despite receiving death threats beforehand. Alex realises that jock Monty Timothy Grenaderos has been the one intimidating and threatening people during the trial and that he stole the polaroid box.

A month later, Bryce is convicted but sentenced to just three months probation while Justin is sentenced to six months probation. Tyler is brutally assaulted by Monty and two of his friends and then arrives at the school dance the next day with a gun, planning to carry out a mass shooting.

Clay goes outside to confront and disarm him and Tony drives Tyler away as the police approach. New student Ani Achola Grace Saif arrives at the school and becomes friends with Clay, while Jessica decides to run for student body president. In a flashback, Zach , who has a crush on Chloe, takes her to have an abortion while Ani consoles Bryce, who also moved schools, after his breakup with Chloe. In another flashback, Jessica is elected student president and later confronts Bryce, who tries to apologise but is rejected.

Jessica decides to break up with Alex and begin a casual relationship with Justin instead. He reveals that he still has a gun and we see at the end of the episode that Tyler has photos of Bryce, dead in the river.

In a flashback, he finds Bryce and pulls a gun on him but decides not to shoot.