What was removed from 13 Reasons Why?

13 Reasons Why: Netflix removes suicide scene from season one. A controversial scene in Netflix drama 13 Reasons Why in which a teenage girl kills herself has been removed, two years after it first appeared. Netflix said the decision had been made "on the advice of medical experts".
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What scenes did they cut from 13 Reasons Why?

A scene in the show 13 Reasons Why that had shown actress Katherine Langford's character taking her own life has been edited out. Two years after it released the first season of the show 13 Reasons Why with a graphic suicide scene, Netflix has announced that it has edited it out.
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Why is 13 Reasons Why censored?

Banned from Anderson County (KY) Middle School libraries and classrooms by the superintendent after the Netflix series aired. Many viewers claim that the series based on the novel glamorizes teen suicide and unrealistically portrays relationships with adults and counselors.
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Why did they remove Hannah's death scene?

Originally, the season one finale scene (which was nearly three minutes long) showed Hannah graphically slitting her wrists in a bathtub before her parents found her body. After some initial backlash, Netflix added an updated trigger warning to the series and eventually decided to remove the scene all together.
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Why did Netflix cancel 13 Reasons Why season 4?

And you cannot apply a PG-13 or TV-14 rating to programming which, by the industry's own guidelines, requires an R or TV-MA for explicit dialogue. We call on Netflix immediately to remove '13 Reasons Why' from its 'Teen' programming category and to cease marketing other explicit content as appropriate for children.
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Controversial scene removed from ’13 Reasons Why'



Is thirteen reasons why a true story?

No, 13 Reasons Why is not based on a true story, and Hannah Baker is not a real person. The original writer of the story did open up about what 13 Reasons Why is based on, so keep reading to find out more.
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What did Clay do to Hannah?

After the death of Hannah Baker, a classmate of Clay's that he had a crush on, Clay started to hallucinate Hannah in the halls and classrooms of Liberty High School, the school that both Clay and Hannah attended. He first saw a hallucination of Hannah looking at him in the halls.
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Why did Tony have the tapes?

A flashback showed Tony beat up Lucas after he called him and Ryan homophobic terms. Tony had gone to the Baker's house, where he revealed that the reason Hannah gave him the tapes was that he owed her. Hannah hid Tony when the police were after him.
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What did Mr Porter do with the tapes?

Mr. Porter got fired, after speaking to Principal Bolan, before he left, he explained that he kept a stack of files on students who he believed to be the most at risk and required attention, he handed them over to Bolan and left the office.
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Is Thirteen Reasons Why Cancelled?

The fourth and final series of 13 Reasons Why has just dropped, and viewers are eager to know if the release date of a possible season five, but Netflix announced earlier this year there will be no more seasons of 13 Reasons Why.
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Who banned 13 Reasons Why?

As a series, it is available to watch on Netflix around the world, including the UK and the US, so it hasn't been banned on TV, apart from in New Zealand, where the New Zealand Office of Film and Literature banned under 18s watching it without an adult.
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Why did they change 13 Reasons Why?

In the end, after much discussion, Yorkey and his team decided that the specific scene of Hannah's death was too potentially risky to justify its continued inclusion, particularly given the fact that the third season's release would inevitably bring new young viewers to the show.
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What is the bathroom scene in 13 Reasons Why?

In the last episode of the season, Tyler is sexually assaulted by Monty and his friends in a bathroom stall. They smash his head into a mirror, throw him head first into the toilet and then proceed to rape him with the end of a mop. He's then left slumped on the bathroom floor, bleeding and sobbing.
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Did they take the broom scene out of 13 Reasons Why?

Netflix Will Cut Out This Scene From "13 Reasons Why," But Some People Feel It's Too Little, Too Late. The decision was welcomed online, though some questioned why it had taken so long, and whether other scenes also needed to be cut from the series.
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What tape is Clay?

Clay is the subject of Tape 6, Side A, although not as a reason for Hannah's suicide, unlike all the other tapes. At the end of his tape, she explains that Clay is not the reason for her suicide, but that she felt he needed to know the reasons behind why she took her life.
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What did Bryce do to Hannah?

On tape number 12, Hannah reveals that Bryce raped her in a hot tub during a party. After the traumatizing event, Hannah seeks help. But her guidance counselor, Kevin Porter (Derek Luke), minimizes the assault and overlooks her suicidal ideation.
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What episode does Clay's tape play?

The answer was ultimately revealed during 13 Reasons Why season 1, episode 11, "Tape 6, Side A". Hannah told the story of the time she and Clay went to a party together. There, they finally gave in to their feelings and almost turned their friendship into something more.
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What's Hannah Baker's Secret?

In 13 Reasons Why season 1, episode 4, "Tape 2, Side B," Hannah Baker had once been stalked. She reveals that the culprit was Tyler Down (Devin Druid). The socially-awkward photographer developed a crush on Hannah after she was kind to him.
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What is Tony's secret?

Tony has a secret, and Hannah kept it for him.

Tony's big secret is that Hannah protected him when he ran away from the police after the beating. In turn, Hannah trusted him with her secrets. She trusted him with the tapes because they kept each other's secrets.
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What did Hannah's note to Tony say?

She left the tapes on his doorstep along with a note saying, “I know you'll keep my secret. You owe me.” Ultimately, Tony's able to get through the trial and keep both his secret and Hannah's, but he does tell Mrs.
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What mental illness does Clay Jensen have?

Despite these troubling moments, Clay is never explicitly diagnosed with a specific mental illness — something experts took issue with last year when it came to the portrayal of Hannah's suicide.
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What was on Clay Jensen's tape?

Clay's tape reveals the first half of the party where Jessica was attacked, which Hannah confirms she only went to for Clay.
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What did Clay do to Courtney?

Clay, angered by Courtney's actions, makes Courtney drive to the cemetery to see Hannah's grave. He yells at her for being too cowardly to admit she was gay, and for throwing Hannah under the bus. Courtney insists that her circumstances were hard for her to deal with and that she never meant to hurt Hannah that bad.
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Did Hannah Baker really exist?

No, Hannah Baker is not real. Hannah is based on a character from Jay Asher's novel. However, Jay was inspired by a relative who attempted to take their own life while in high school so you could say 13 Reasons Why is lightly inspired by true events.
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Is Hannah Baker alive in season 4?

After Katherine Langford departed from the series after season 2, fans did not expect to see her return, which makes her reappearance in season 4's finale so surprising.
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