Maybe it's life after 2016, or maybe it was life all along, but death seems to be everywhere. It broke us on TV last year and was the subject of everything from dark comedies to Oscar winners to cinematic train wrecks.
The latest examination of the uniquely fraught pain of loss is Netflix's 13 Reasons Why. The series tells the story of Hannah Baker's life — more specifically, why she ended her life. She's left behind a series of audiotapes detailing the 13 reasons, all of which are people. Each episode peels back the layers of mystery surrounding Hannah — who she was, what she experienced, why she did what she did — but also delves further and further into the people who surrounded her. Read more...
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