The second season follows on from a second suicide, albeit a failed attempt, and while it stops short from showing us every detail, there’s never really any effort to truly probe what is going on, as the character conveniently develops amnesia. The method wasn’t relevant to the plot, and neither was the camera lingering over it. We know from Season One, episode one, that Hannah took her own life. Suicide is once again reduced to a plot device Events and Offers Sign up to receive information regarding NS events, subscription offers & product updates.ġ. From the archive A weekly dig into the New Statesman’s archive of over 100 years of stellar and influential journalism, sent each Wednesday.

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Instead, they suggested anyone who struggled with the issues the shows portrays should seek help by calling 116123, or emailing up for The New Statesman’s newsletters Tick the boxes of the newsletters you would like to receive. They stated that much of the show’s content might well be triggering, especially for those who have experience dealing with self-harm, but stopped short of advising against watching it.

In a very measured statement, the Samaritans offered guidance for viewers the day before Season Two premiered. Yet the show also received generally favourable reviews for its portrayal of contemporary teenage struggles through a diverse cast, and, as a viewer, I found the storyline compelling enough to keep me hooked even when I found myself disapproving of it. In The New Statesman, Neha Shah criticised it for being both sensationalist and reductive. Through cassette tapes, Hannah told her story, including the key situations which, the show implies, led to her decision to die by suicide.ġ3 Reasons Why was controversial from the start. In 2017, 13 Reasons Why, a teen drama concerning the suicide of a young woman called Hannah Baker debuted on Netflix.

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