After all the scandal surrounding the first season of the show, we’re offered an introduction where the actors talk about the issues the show might raise and advise the viewers about the fact that the show might not be adequate for them as well as cover how they should ask for help if any of these issues have crossed their mind. I liked that part, but then the story begins to unfold and I felt like the production team was just getting rid of any eventual future consequences that might land at their feet…
Shockingly, in this season, Hanna Baker became a heroine, no matter how many times other characters would say that suicide was never a valid way out of any problems, the whole story is about the girl whose death was what it took to get everyone to step forward with their own troubles. She had to die for others to begin addressing violence, to stop and think about the consequences of their actions and that, in my humble opinion, is the wrong image or message to pass along to our teenagers.
Despite the fact that I didn’t find the same quality in this season that I found in the first one, I still enjoyed watching the show, it was interesting but somehow disturbing.
We are, again, facing a group of teenagers, stuck in a spiral of violence and confusion, that leads us to question, more than once, how such young minds could be capable of that level of cruelty. But we also realize, that, many times, the adults take a huge part in it, with their complacency, inertia and the fact that they’d rather pretend nothing concerning them is taking place rather than confront their children and act.
So, in the end, I think we could translate what we watched, the following way: raising kids is difficult, dealing with teenagers is a challenge, but if you are the adult, you’re the responsible one. It’s on you to not be complacent, complicit and to instead act when you see these situations start to unfold.
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