Hypocrisy. Marcus Cole
is supposed to be the good guy. He is
the president of the class, he volunteers, he is in line for the valedictorian
of his graduating class, and he is on the honor board. Still, Marcus is the subject of this tape. What does he do? He sexually assaults Hannah at a restaurant,
and then verbally attacks her when she doesn’t comply.
The episode
opens with Alex starting a fight with Monty.
Although he winds up on the losing end, he still started the fight. Since the fight was in front of the school
rather than on school property, they leave the decision to the honor board. Since many of the members of the board are
subjects of the tapes, they let Alex off with a warning. As Alex fights for discipline and threatens
to expose the truth, it becomes evident that neither Alex, nor the members of
the board are talking about the current topic.
Alex accepts the blame for Hannah’s death, the board members refuse to
accept the blame, and Clay considers the idea that maybe the blame falls on all
of them. The truth is, if each of them
had not done terrible things to Hannah, she may not have committed suicide, but
I do not believe that makes it their fault.
Hannah made a choice. We all have
a choice. Does the show glorify her or
her choice? No, it simply discusses the
issues, and forces the audience to look inside themselves and talk about it. This is my opinion. What is yours?
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