Courtney Crimson: 13 Reasons...Episode 5

                 Episode 5…The episode opens with a traumatic scene in which Hannah begs Clay to do something as she stands on the dance floor with blood coming from her wrists.  As he freezes in fear, unsure of what he can do or how he can stop her, Courtney comes from behind and stabs her in the back.  This is the essence of this episode, Courtney throwing Hannah under the bus to shield her from the backlash of the photo Tyler posted.

                Courtney Crimson.  Courtney is an adopted Asian girl who has two gay dads.  She has lived with this stigma her entire life, so she is afraid.  She is afraid because she believes that she is also gay. Courtney seems like the perfect girl.  She is intelligent, pretty, popular, and just so nice.  As I mentioned in the introductory post, even the people that seem to be incredible prove to be just as guilty as the rest of us.  No one is good, not even one.  As a Christian, I am not supposed to say things that encourage homosexuality.  As a human being, I sympathize with the homosexual community.  In the past, they have been shunned, oppressed, and abused.  I believe wholeheartedly that homosexual acts and thoughts are sinful, but so is getting drunk.  Yet, getting drunk is glorified in schools all over the country.  There is grace for every sin but one, denying Christ unto death.  It is also true that God does not expect us to shun the lost.  If a man claims that he is saved by the blood of the Lamb, then we are to have nothing to do with him if he is unrepentant, but if we do the same with the lost, who would we interact with?  All the lost openly commit sin that Christians are not even supposed to talk about.  We are to be in the world, but not of the world.  I am a Christian, and I care about the homosexual community.  I can care about you even if I disagree with your lifestyle.  You can care about me even if you disagree with my lifestyle.  Still, there are people around us that are terrified of who they are.  Well, let me tell you, some days, I am terrified of who I am.  We all need Jesus.  If someone tells you that they are good and they are not in need of repentance, they are liars and the truth is not in them.  If you are gay, never let a person who claims Christ make you feel like you are any less than they are.  If they are doing that to you, they probably aren’t Christians anyway.

                As all the kids on the tapes ban together to try to stop Clay from doing something that will expose them all, Tyler is shunned and abused.  When he goes to see the counselor about the trauma, it is evident that the counselor is out of touch and unaware of the emotional pain that Tyler is feeling.  Where can kids go when they need someone to talk to, someone that will understand?  The hard part is, with the developmental stage they are in, they often do not know how to engage in these conversations themselves.  So, how do we help them?