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13 Reasons Why: The Line

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MAJOR SPOILERS I will be talking about the ending. I am a firm believer in giving time to process any entertainment we engage in being reading, movies, television, video games and art. I finished 13 Reasons Why on Thursday and I wanted time to digest what I watched. The second season was just as painful to watch as the first one and I don't mean painful by the scenes of violence and sexual assault but just the story progression, writing, and character development. This is still a teenage drama with dealing with situations that teenagers may experience. My issue is that with the major success of the first season, Netflix wanted to up the ante by going more shocking than the first season. Which what the first season led to warning advisors before each episode, a warning when you paused the show, and a link to more information of the end of each episode. The second season now has led to protests and petitions to cancel the series. I for one did not think it was more graphic