(Disclamier: this show contains lots of graphic and heavy scenes, view at your own discretion) In the 13-episode third season, Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why”, a quite controversial teen drama that deals with heavy topics such as suicide, bullying, rape and substance abuse. Straying far from its central idea, 13 Reasons Why was too much graphic content to handle for one season, let alone three. Though, with a fourth season probable, it’s clear that the whole series has lost a sense of purpose.  

1. Bringing on Ani 

Ani is a brand-new character that recently moved from Great Britain with her mother and is now attending Liberty High. The problem is she instantly becomes friends with everybody and seems to know each character traits out of the blue. Worst of all, she resides in the house with the most hated and prominent character in the series, Bryce Walker. The charming,rich and evil varsity football player who has affected the lives of almost every character on the show. 

2. Constant Flashbacks

To constantly reference past moments like the homecoming football game, and fights is agonizing to witness. With that happening, I felt compelled as if I had to skip ahead to save all the minutes wasted watching the constant flashback from previous episodes flashbacks are clips from season one and two, which fans of the show have already seen countless times. 

3. Ani Narrating

 Just like Hannah narrating her 13 cassette tapes in season one, Ani was the main narrator in season three. Instead of providing more detail and simplifying everything, she talked as if she had been here since season one. As if she already knows every single detail about each main character, which makes no absolute sense for her being a brand new character three seasons in.  

4. Bryce’s Murder Mystery

 Bryce’s actions back from season one have played a major role in what shaped the lives of Hannah, Jessica Davis and many other girls at Liberty High. As taken from the trailer, it appeared everybody had their reasons for revenge on Bryce, even when watching, you almost feel some type of remorse for how Bryce was treated and looked at by everybody, which shouldn’t be the case. I also think the writers liked to include some plot and elements “Riverdale” and “Pretty Little Liars”  from what I can tell. 

5. Ani Spying on Everyone

Whenever Jessica, Justin, Clay, Tony and Alex had a discussion which could have unveiled the key clues into who murdered Bryce, Ani is always in the background listening from afar. Whether it was at Bryce’s house where she lived, at school and at the football field. With that happening every episode, it grew rather annoying and showed how nosy she was.

6. Having 13 Episodes

 As having thirteen episodes may seem as exciting with more suspense, it was rather the opposite, but from the shows point of view, we see the Bryce murder investigation happening way too slow, every single scene seems dragged along. It seems as if the writers have not nothing left from character development, or they are running out of ideas as a whole. Not to mention the long episode titles, I had to read it over a couple times just to remember what how it’s titled. 

7. Clay Jensen’s Personality

 Clay has always a prominent character since the first episode. From being close friends with Hannah and having relations with almost every character. He was always stubborn and very defensive of everyone even before the Hannah tragedy happened. Yet, being one of the main characters, he grew less understandable and more complicated; instead of seeking out help, he dug himself a deeper hole and attempted to clean up all of everyone’s mistakes on his own.

8. Having A Third Season 

 There has never been a show quite like “13 Reasons Why.” With all their real world issues that the cast tried to act out, it definitely wasn’t hard to see during the primary season. The second season attempted to clean out what it missed revolving Hannah’s death and was already starting to lose its main purpose. With the third edition and possibly a fourth season, the show has shifted from primarily showing awareness of sensitive topics to oversimplifying what teen drama in high school is. Not every series is meant to go over one season and “13 Reasons Why” is one of them.