Home > 13 Reasons Why > Season 1 « TV Series Page 13 Reasons Why: Season 1 (2017) SEASON: Season 1 Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 + WANT TO SEE Episode List Season 1 13 Reasons Why Critics Consensus 13 Reasons Why complements its bestselling source material with a gripping look at adolescent grief whose narrative maturity belies its YA milieu. 79% TOMATOMETER Critic Ratings: 62 80% Audience Score User Ratings: 4427 NEW More Info × Close ADD YOUR RATING Share on Facebook Post Want to See Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 Tape 1, Side A Air date: Mar 31, 2017 As the school mourns the death of Hannah Baker, her friend Clay receives a box of tapes with messages she recorded before she committed suicide. More 2 Tape 1, Side B Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Hannah makes friends with Jessica and Alex, two other new students. Justin doesn't show up at school, and Hannah's mother finds something troubling. More 3 Tape 2, Side A Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Jealousy and gossip take a toll on Hannah's relationships. As Alex struggles with feelings of regret, the guys pressure Clay into getting drunk. More 4 Tape 2, Side B Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Hannah thinks someone is stalking her and sets a trap. Hannah's mother confronts the principal, and Clay strikes back at someone who wronged Hannah. More 5 Tape 3, Side A Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Hannah and Clay connect at the school dance, but a crass rumor ruins the mood. Clay takes Courtney to visit Hannah's grave. More 6 Tape 3, Side B Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Hannah's date on Valentine's Day doesn't go as planned. Alex gets in a big fight at school and has to face the honor board. More 7 Tape 4, Side A Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Another student sabotages Hannah during a class project. Clay's nightmares about Hannah spill over into the daytime. More 8 Tape 4, Side B Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Inspired by a friend's poetry reading, Hannah pours her heart out. Tony confides in Clay about the night of Hannah's death. More 9 Tape 5, Side A Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Hannah witnesses a traumatic event at a summertime party. Clay tries to reason with Justin, and Marcus warns him that the worst is yet to come. More 10 Tape 5, Side B Air date: Mar 31, 2017 A distraught Hannah gets a ride home from the party. Jessica's behavior grows increasingly erratic, and Clay learns the truth behind a tragedy. More Show More Episodes 13 Reasons Why: Season 1 Videos 1:50 13 Reasons Why: Season 1 Trailer View All Videos (1) 13 Reasons Why: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (61) Tv Season Info The late Hannah Baker explains why she committed suicide to her high school peers through a collection of cassette tapes she left behind. Genre: Drama Network: Netflix Premiere Date: Mar 31, 2017 Exec. Producers: Selena Gomez, Joy Gorman, Brian Yorkey, Kristel Laiblin Cast Dylan Minnette as Clay Jensen Katherine Langford as Hannah Baker Kate Walsh as Mrs. Baker, Hannah's mother Brain D'Arcy James as Mr. Baker, Hannah's father Derek Luke as Mr. Porter, Hannah's guidance counselor Brandon Flynn as Justin Foley Justin Prentice as Bryce Walker Alisha Boe as Jessica Davis Christian Navarro as Tony Padilla Tommy Dorfman as Ryan Devin Druid as Tyler Down Ross Butler as Zach Dempsey Amy Hargreaves as Lainie Jensen Josh Hamilton Keiko Agena Uriah Shelton as Pratters Show More Cast News & Interviews for 13 Reasons Why: Season 1 Renewed and Cancelled TV Shows 2018 13 Reasons Why and 10 More Shows With Sophomore Slumps 2017 Spring/Summer TV Premiere Dates View All 13 Reasons Why: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Tape 1, Side A Air date: Mar 31, 2017 As the school mourns the death of Hannah Baker, her friend Clay receives a box of tapes with messages she recorded before she committed suicide. More 2 Tape 1, Side B Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Hannah makes friends with Jessica and Alex, two other new students. Justin doesn't show up at school, and Hannah's mother finds something troubling. More 3 Tape 2, Side A Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Jealousy and gossip take a toll on Hannah's relationships. As Alex struggles with feelings of regret, the guys pressure Clay into getting drunk. More 4 Tape 2, Side B Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Hannah thinks someone is stalking her and sets a trap. Hannah's mother confronts the principal, and Clay strikes back at someone who wronged Hannah. More 5 Tape 3, Side A Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Hannah and Clay connect at the school dance, but a crass rumor ruins the mood. Clay takes Courtney to visit Hannah's grave. More 6 Tape 3, Side B Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Hannah's date on Valentine's Day doesn't go as planned. Alex gets in a big fight at school and has to face the honor board. More 7 Tape 4, Side A Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Another student sabotages Hannah during a class project. Clay's nightmares about Hannah spill over into the daytime. More 8 Tape 4, Side B Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Inspired by a friend's poetry reading, Hannah pours her heart out. Tony confides in Clay about the night of Hannah's death. More 9 Tape 5, Side A Air date: Mar 31, 2017 Hannah witnesses a traumatic event at a summertime party. Clay tries to reason with Justin, and Marcus warns him that the worst is yet to come. More 10 Tape 5, Side B Air date: Mar 31, 2017 A distraught Hannah gets a ride home from the party. Jessica's behavior grows increasingly erratic, and Clay learns the truth behind a tragedy. More Show More Episodes Critic Reviews for 13 Reasons Why Season 1 All Critics (62) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (49) | Rotten (13) Perhaps it's the strength of the source material but the teen characters are fully fleshed-out people. They're not the archetypes you often box youngsters into - these guys are the Breakfast Club peeps at the end of the movie. Mar 30, 2017 | Full Review… Wenlei Ma News.com.au Top Critic The drama is sensitive, surprising, consistently engaging, and, most important, unblinking. Mar 29, 2017 | Full Review… Matthew Gilbert Boston Globe Top Critic 13 Reasons Why, which follows the fallout after a student's suicide and then unravels the web that led her there, is an ambitious and uniquely sympathetic deep dive into the challenges of being in high school. Apr 5, 2017 | Full Review… Dana Schwartz Observer Top Critic Here, the process is well thought out with the original material masterfully intact while the addition of new exploratory elements serve only to enhance the narrative. Apr 2, 2017 | Full Review… Anne Easton Observer Top Critic In its examination of the ways we hurt each other, deliberately or casually, knowingly or otherwise, the adult edges to this story ring with honesty and truth. Because sometimes, the only way to feel something is for it to hurt. Mar 31, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… Liz Shannon Miller indieWire Top Critic 13 Reasons Why is a show that wants to make a positive difference. But that strong earnestness seems to have been at the expense of actually investigating how certain themes could aggravate the problems the show seeks to remedy. Feb 12, 2019 | Full Review… Monique Jones Just Add Color 13 Reasons Why is more than standard entertainment. This is the rare TV series that can not only alter perceptions, it could change someone's life. Jan 9, 2019 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review… Amanda Sink The Hollywood Outsider At times harrowing, other times laughably like an after-school special, "13 Reasons Why" ends up dulling its important topics. Nov 3, 2018 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review… Christopher James AwardsCircuit.com 13 Reasons Why succeeds on the strength of its cast. Oct 31, 2018 | Full Review… Ian Thomas Malone Ian Thomas Malone The series is so enamored with this idea of Hannah as someone who does things to others that it neglects to tell us who she is herself. That's not only a failure to tell a story to its best and fullest extent; it's a missed opportunity on a broader scale. Mar 7, 2018 | Full Review… Lauren Hoffman Cosmopolitan View All Critic Reviews (62) Audience Reviews for 13 Reasons Why: Season 1 1d ago would be five if they had not cut the suicide scene ruins it cos it looks really choppy and is not as emotional christopher p Jun 12, 2019 Loved the entire season, loved character Clay Jensen who is just like me Jabin I May 23, 2019 That show made me deal with suicide and bullying a lot more and helped me to understand the complexety of these issues. Combined with a good pasing, strong acting and Character developemet 13 reasons why is outstanding. You shouldn't watch the second season tho, because the first one concludes the story as much as it should and in the end it left me crying and depressed for some time. No Tv Show or movie ever managed to do that with me! Julian H May 05, 2019 13 Reasons Why has an extremely important message and that is to help people understand mental health issues to to tackle the stigma around mental health issues. Apr 13, 2019 I watched this when it first came out and am finally deciding to leave a review for it. The show was amazing, simple as that. I love the fact the characters are realistic. They all aren't unbelievable physically attractive and having sex 90% of the time. It covers very sensitive and controversial topics. Although I feel it could have a negative affect on an unstable or underdeveloped mind, I don't feel thirteen reasons why glorifies suicide at all. Apr 13, 2019 Such a good show, I felt so many emotions while watching this. Hannah was for sure one of my favorite characters and I bawled my eyes out at the ending. I also got kind of mad because of the way people treat each other. I think this is a really amazing show and apart from that, it teaches people and hopefully opens people their eyes to what might be going on around them and not just ignore it when someone seems troubled. All the actors were so amazing as well. I felt all Clay his emotions. Dylan Minnette has a very bright future, so does Katherine Langford. I can't believe this is her first major part, she's amazing. Also, I fell in love with Tony. And with his car. I really really really recommend this show. It's a rollercoaster of emotions, but they are all worth it. Go watch it. Serena d Apr 12, 2019 This show desperately tries to be smart but fail miserably. Like one of the reason why this girl killed herself is because she has a nice ass? Seriously? Who is that kind of stupid to write s--t like this? And then I read credits - "Exec. Producers: Selena Gomez" Oh, that explains everything. Trevor P Apr 12, 2019 Positives:The amazing Story pacing and how the script distributed the flashbacks,and how accurate it was to school bullying and how the characters develope,and how it made us every side of people on tapes,and how were they thinking in a way didn't make us change the way we see the events on this season,and the great directing and amazing preformance from Katherine Langford As Hannah Baker,And Fantastic Preformance from Dylan Minette As Clay Jensen,and the outstanding preformace from justin prentice as bryce and miles heizer as alex and brandon flynn as justin,and the beautiful music by eskmo,This S1 Is Like A Scientific Mental Book Who describes you In A Relatable Way That will Impress you somehow Negatives:With All of this positives, we face a bad,boring,and cold Preformance from Ross Buter As Zach Dempsey,and Bad,Cold Preformance From Tommy Dorfman As Ryan Shaver,and unstable preformance From Alisha Boe As Jessica Davis,in other words She was great in The Flashback scenes,But She Was Cold And Stonned In The Present Day Scenes and The Tape number 11 was unnecessary,the person of this tape shouldn't have gotten a tape in the first place,the events of this tape itself was so good,cute,beautiful,bittersweet,but its reasons to make the list were kinda weak,and some of hannah's words and statements in episode 13 were untrue and a a bit Naive(i mean in particularly the scene were she said some things about clay in her meeting with mr porter) Mina N Feb 16, 2019 Great soundtrack, great cinematography, great acting. 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