As revealed last month, 13 Reasons Why will return for its second season in 2018, but the prospect of a third season is already coming into play.
Speaking to EW, showrunner Brian Yorkey teased plans for Season 2, and in doing so, the formula that will ultimately lead to a third season or cancellation after two:
Oh [Hannah will] absolutely [be in Season 2]. I think one of the things that is still hanging out there is this question of is someone responsible for Hannah’s death? Is the school responsible? Who is responsible, if anyone is? One way we’ll explore that question is through the trial and also through all of these kids reflecting on where they are a few months down the road and what other secrets are being uncovered. That’s going to take us into the past, into Hannah’s story. We’re going to get some new context for events we already know about and we’re going to see a lot of things we hadn’t even heard about yet that fill in some really interesting gaps in our understanding of who Hannah Baker was and what her life was.
Yorkey insists that the second season will resolve the show’s various loose-ends:
All the cliffhangers that we saw at the end of season 1 go back to the initial set of traumas that we’re talking about — go back to bullying, go back to Jessica’s rape, to Hannah’s rape. They’re all related, so I would very much like to explore where they all go and to see if there is, as I think there will be, some light for these kids. We’re going to continue to tell their stories really honestly. We’re going to answer all of the burning questions that people have about [the show]. Is Tyler going to do something? What’s going to happen to Alex? Will Bryce be brought to justice? We’re going to answer those questions but I think, even more, we’re going to continue to look very truthfully and very honestly at what they go through, even when it’s painful at times. But I think what we’re going to discover is, as they begin to emerge from this very dark time, there’s hope and there is some light to be found.
Yorkey also confirmed that Season 2 will maintain the show’s multiple timelines format, albeit with a different narrator guiding proceedings:
We’re definitely still weaving past and present. And there’s voiceover in every episode, but the voiceover is no longer Hannah. The voiceover and the stories that are being told bring us into the past and back to the present much in the way that Hannah’s voiceover did in season 1. So there will still be that weaving of time frames and seeing them unfold and how they impact each other as they go.
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For better or worse, 13 Reasons Why clearly has no plans on stopping after Season 2, unless its at the hands of the cancellation reaper. Stay tuned as we continue to monitor the renew/cancel status of 13 Reasons Why Season 3…
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