It looks like Netflix is going to make 13 Reasons Why Season 2 happen.
This article contains 13 Reasons Why spoilers.
If you've binged 13 Reasons Why on Netflix, you might be wondering if we'll be getting 13 Reasons Why season 2. It's totally understandable. Even if it's labeled as "season one" on Netflix, Hannah's story is pretty much complete by the end. We know why she killed herself.
However there are several dangling plot threads that could be explored in 13 Reasons Why season 2. If Netflix wanted, they could follow the other characters that surrounded Hannah in her last days. What happens to them if the secret of the tapes get out further? What about one of the last shots we see with Tyler? What about the fate of Alex?
A season two for the series is looking likely. According to The Tracking Board, Netflix is in negotiations to make 13 Reasons Why Season 2 a reality. A firm deal isn't locked down yet, but the fact Ross Butler aka Zach just had to be recast on Riverdale is a good sign we'll be getting a season two of 13 Reasons Why. According to TVLine and Riverdale series creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, "because Ross is unavailable to come back to Riverdale, we’re looking for a new Reggie."
It's only a small bit of info but if Butler was already locked in for 13 Reasons Why season 2, that could explain his inability to stay on Riverdale.
13 Reasons Why generated tremendous buzz, thanks to being based on the popular novel of the same name. While many elements of the books were expanded in order to fill thirteen half hour elements, many of the essential plot details remained the same.
While a second season hasn't been confirmed, author Jay Asher, who wrote the novel, would like to see more.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly he says,
“I’d just like a continuation of all those characters. I’m curious as well. What happens to Clay? How do people react to what Alex did at the very end? What’s going to happen to Mr. Porter? I’d thought of a sequel at some point. I’d brainstormed it, but decided I wasn’t going to write it. So I’d love to see it.”
Asher went on to to comment that the Netflix series wasn't written with the hopes of a sequel but that, "there’s obviously ways to go with a second season if they do that."
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