Anyone watching "13 Reasons Why" on Netflix?

I am watching it with DD(18). We are on the 4th episode. She commented that the adult characters come off as a little cliche/stereotypical and I agree. But it's holding our interest and we'll finish it to the end.

I did. My daughter is much like Hannah. I started watching kind of to help educate myself on the situations and thoughts that lead teens to suicide. My daughter has self-harmed several times in the past, had a suicide plan, and spent a week at an inpatient psychiatric hospital last year. I didn't know how the final episode was going to play out and I was not prepared, being the mother of a teen daughter with major depression who thinks about suicide all the time. It was the most upsetting, raw, disturbing thing I think I've ever watched. I'm not sure if I'm glad I watched it or not. It was well done, but definitely may be a trigger for some and too hard to watch. I hope my daughter does not watch it. I'm thinking there must be another season in the works since it was just getting into the trial part of the story?

I finished it earlier today. Spent the entire time thinking about a childhood friend I lost to suicide. I cried more than I have in a long time thinking about her pain.

I started watching it today -- 2 episodes in. Just heard of it for the first time last night. We were looking for something to watch on Netflix and DS13 said all the girls in his class watch and talk about it. I think 13 is a bit young for it since it's rated TV-M but I wanted to see for myself. I don't think I will let him watch it at this point.

Yeah, DD was watching last week and I watched it and finished it yesterday. Sobfest. It was upsetting but I am glad DD and a lot of the school she goes to were also watching and I think it prompted a lot of discussion among them as well as between her and I.

I thought it was well done but I'll admit I got really impatient waiting for Clay to proceed to the next tape. DD showed me a meme of Judge Judy tapping her watch and I told her that was often how I felt.

Nicely done though and really categorized all the many ways you can make someone feel less than important or hurt someone.

I'm thinking there may be a second season spinning off some of the things that occurred in the last episode.

My first instinct is to say 13 is too young - especially when you get further along in the episodes, but the way kids are these days... I think it could be a good learning tool. I do think it would be best for to watch with parents though.

Dh and I started this afternoon and are still watching. I'm shocked my husband is into it.

It has been heavily discussed on our NextDoor.com neighborhood page because this school year we have had 4 high school students and 1 middle school student commit suicide. Our community is obviously quite affected by this.

My daughter is watching it and I have watched a few episodes with her. A coworker told me that she has read the book more than once because it was so good, so I bought it to read this summer.

My girls (15 & 17) are watching it but I've not seen it yet. My oldest has finished and said she could never watch the last scene again; it was that raw and disturbing. She also said some of the rape scene were really hard to watch and could definitely see how it would be a trigger for someone who struggles with depression/bullying/suicidal tendencies. She said there was a lot of talk about it at school last week and the consequences of your actions towards others. That's never a bad thing.

I'll be curious to hear dd #2's reaction to it all.

Just finished the show and I just can not get THE SCENE out of my head. I really have words for it which is crazy because I'm very opinionated when it comes to shows lol.

I started off liking and not liking Hannah. I think *some* of the things she spoke about were way too dramatic on her part and made it out like she was a drama queen. Then I had to remember this is high school and everyone is a drama queen at that time. I felt like her recordings were a game at times for her to screw with people (some deserved it...some didn't) that pissed me off about her. I also got upset that she was putting the blame on everyone else...I believe in owning up to your actions and she made a choice to do what she did..some of those people didn't deserve a guilt trip over her actions she made.

I feel like she felt things just kept getting dumped on her and she didn't know how to deal when she reached out for help at the end with her HS counselor she didn't get the reaction from him she wanted/needed.

I was left with MANY unanswered questions...If you pay close attention to the end it could be leading up to a season 2. Even though the book was stand alone I heard the show may get another season which makes sense because of the end with the pics.

I wish I knew how to add a spoiler on this thread and I would write out what I'm thinking may happen and other stuff but I don't want to ruin the show for other who haven't watched it.

SO and I started watching it last night. A couple of days ago, his daughter (11, will be 12 in July) said a lot of kids in her class were watching it. He asked her what it was about, she just said a girl that committed suicide and left tapes for everyone in her life. What we did not know was that she was watching this, too. All by herself.
I about blew a gasket, the rating is rated that way for a reason. She is in episode 12! I am guessing she did not get to "the scene" yet, I am really hoping not. She was told to stop watching it, we would watch it and then we can discuss.
I am in episode 3, so far I like it. In these early episodes I don't see an issue with her at age 11 watching. Does it get more intense? She has already seen almost the whole season. Gah!

I've finished it yesterday - and I'm afraid to say you've shut the door after horse has bolted. It's not "the scene" but there has been "a scene" in episode 9 of a similar nature and just as galling. If she hasn't seen all episode 12 you may be OK - it happens toward the end, 40 or so minutes in.

I've read several interviews with the author since I've finished watching the show and the more I read, the more important I realize the message is to young people.

They don't pretty up the suicide; they wanted to show how painful, emotional, raw, difficult, and gut-wrenching it really is. It's not simply drawing a razor easily across your wrist and feeling no pain as it's usually depicted in movies and television. It makes you stop and think "oh wow - that's how it really happens?" Hopefully it will make someone change their mind about taking their life...

I also found the author's reasoning for Hannah not telling Bryce "no" was genius. He said that for years "No Means No" has been so ingrained in society's brain that now the excuse of "she didn't say no" is used as a crutch. No is so much more than saying the word and he wanted that message to be shown. She didn't say the words, but it was very clear she didn't want what was happening to her.