10 Worst TV Shows Of 2018 (So Far)
6. 13 Reasons Why (Season 2)
Love it, hate it or fall somewhere in the middle, 13 Reasons Why's first season was boldly provocative television that asked difficult questions and started a compelling dialogue among teenagers and adults alike.
However, with the first season adapting Jay Asher's book, season two was forced to go off-piste and continue the story on its own, resulting in a painfully bloated batch of 13 episodes.
From the excessive courtroom drama to the blatant Flanderisation of several characters and an over-indulgence in cornball melodrama, this just felt like a perfunctory, money-grabbing post-script to a decidedly more cohesive and engaging first season.
The season as a whole is summed up by the contrived and needlessly over-the-top broom-sodomy of Tyler (Devin Druid) in the finale, which just feels too far removed from the genuinely affecting drama of the first season.
The fact this is coming back for a third go-around is, honestly, pretty damn worrying.