13 Reasons Why season 3: Showrunner unsure if series will continue with Netflix
'The rest of the story is about young people learn how to heal from the things that have hurt them'
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Your support makes all the difference.Both the first and second seasons of 13 Reasons Why have caused controversy online, many people questioning the way the show deals with suicide, gun violence, and rape.
Whether Netflix will bring back the teenage drama for a third season remains unclear. Speaking at a Netflix panel, creator Brian Yorkey was unable to update the audience on a renewal but was able to offer some insight into where the story is heading.
“I think the themes are sort of inherent in the action of Season 2,” he told the audience, according to Deadline. “It’s a question of, is there more story to tell, do we want to see these kids not only continue to recover, but, how do they bring forward into their lives the thing they’ve learned about what they’ve been through?”
Yorkey was hesitant about saying whether the story would continue with Netflix, saying: “Whether 13 Reasons Why goes forward on Netflix, or just in the minds of fans, what happened to Hannah will always be the first clause of the story.
“The rest of the story is about young people, as so many young people, maybe all young people today (learn) how to heal from the things that have hurt them… to make the world that they want it to be, not just the world they are inheriting… and above all, how to take care of each other.”
Katherine Langford, who plays Hannah Baker, has already confirmed that season two marks the end of her time on the show. “For me, we told Hannah’s story so fully in season one,” she said.
Meanwhile, an activist group has been urging the streaming service to cancel the show following the controversial season two story arch concerning the character Tyler (Devin Druid).
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