![]() ![]() I mentioned the storyline of an ongoing kind of cultural tradition of sexual assault and sexual abuse at Liberty High School and the institutional complicity in it. It was interesting this year with some of the storylines that we had. Since the sexual assault storyline is so timely, did you make changes as you went along? You began writing season two in February and wrapped filming in December. So that’s very much a part of our story in season two, and we’re hoping that enters the conversation around the show, particularly because it is something that girls even at a very young age are dealing with in our culture, and it’s something that needs to change.”īelow, Yorkey speaks with The Hollywood Reporter about his larger plan for season two and why, amid his vow for authenticity, the series will not feature another suicide when it returns. Over the course of the summer, we watched events unfold in our culture that confirmed to us that yes, unfortunately, it is possible for severe sexual abuse at a very high, consistent level to be kept secret by many, many people, and for institutions to be complicit in it. “When we first developed it, we had these discussions about whether it was realistic to think that serial sexual abuse could be kept secret by so many people for so long. “We look at the ways that sexual assault has been perpetrated over a number of years and has been in fact documented, and also the ways in which the institutions - the athletic department, the high school itself - are in some ways complicit in letting that happen,” Yorkey says of the timely storyline. The revelation has been described as a “sickening secret” and conspiracy that will come out during the trial between Hannah’s parents and the school district, thanks to a series of “ominous” Polaroids. Season two will explore an ongoing case of numerous sexual assaults that is connected to one of the athletic teams at the high school at the center of 13 Reasons Why. Jessica’s recovery will also be explored as Yorkey looks to examine what it’s like to “go from being a victim of sexual assault to being a survivor of sex assault,” as the series started breaking stories in February, before the Harvey Weinstein story broke and the # MeToo and Time’s Up movements swept the country. “I once read something online where someone said, ‘Well, Jessica told her dad she was raped, so her story is over.’ I remember thinking that right there is reason enough to do a season two, because her story is just beginning - her experience continues to be a central part of season two,” Yorkey says. I think he will probably go out of bounds a bit in the other direction, trying to be helpful in the best way that he knows.” His story is one of the most compelling to me. We’ll see a man who is determined to reach every kid who needs to be reached and help every kid who needs to be helped, whatever it takes. ![]() Porter will be coming to terms with the way that he let Hannah down and will be determined not to let any kids down in the future. “In season two, we explore how these characters deal with the aftermath of what happened to Hannah. “To leave them there would be unfair to the characters and to the viewers that had come to care about them,” Yorkey said at a recent panel, after which he opened up about his larger plan for season two. Among the threads season two will explore are Jessica’s (Alisha Boe) coming to terms with being a victim of sexual assault Tyler’s (Devin Druid) isolation and decision to buy a gun and explosives and Clay (Dylan Minnette) coming to terms with Hannah’s suicide. To hear Yorkey tell it, the finale set up numerous other storylines that could lead to a larger conversation about subjects including sexual assault, gun violence and more. ![]() While season one followed the events of Jay Asher’s book, many involved with the series and viewers alike did not expect there to be a second season. ![]()
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