13 Reasons Why Season 2: 13 Questions We Need Answers To

11. What Happened To Alex?

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The season ends with further tragedy - obviously - as its reported that a young male has been admitted to hospital with gunshot wounds to the head, and it's then revealed that person is none other than Alex Standall.

The implication is clear: after everything that happened through and after the tapes, and his own struggles as well, Alex attempted suicide. It could be setting him up as a sort of copycat of Hannah's suicide, though hopefully without more tapes to follow, but then it's never expressly stated he pulled the trigger - could someone else be responsible?

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