So we have a disturbed, isolated kid, and the series wants to show us what transforms a mentally imbalanced guy into a mass shooter.
From the outset of season one, we could also see exactly where Tyler’s storyline was going, when he takes a pistol and starts shooting up cans on a neighbor’s property. Tyler is a teenager who clearly has some emotional and mental problems - he spent much of the first season essentially stalking Hannah, the woman who killed herself who is at the center of the series. The issue that has divided viewers, however, is whether Tyler’s journey was worthy of exploration, and that’s where it gets uncomfortable. “We’re much more interested in understanding that character’s journey than we are in seeing it end in the worst way possible,” showrunner Brian Yorkey said of the ending. As he’s approaching the school, Clay Jensen - who is the worst - manages to talk Tyler out of going through with it, which is an absurd cop-out but also better than the alternative: Watching Tyler shoot down a bunch of his classmates.
The final sequence sees a kid named Tyler approach his high school carrying an arsenal with the intent of shooting it up.
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I shared some scattered thoughts on the second season of 13 Reasons Why yesterday, but I didn’t really dig into the way it ended, and that’s in part because I don’t really know how to feel about it.