But she wasn’t the only person talked about on those tapes.
And she wasn’t the only student at Liberty High School with a story to tell.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: In season 1, you all were adapting the book.
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But now that you’ve outgrown the source material, so how did that affect crafting season 2?
So it was liberating and it was terrifying in the way that liberating things can be.
Coming out of season 1, did you purposefully want to make season 2 feel different?
Were there certain things you knew you wanted to keep or change?
- You don’t tell the story that you told season 1.
And you don’t make season 1 again.
This is season 2 so it’s going to be different."
That was our guiding force.
What do you feel is the biggest difference between the seasons?
For that reason, the season is more diffuse in a way.
There are more perspectives involved.
It’s a wider range in some ways than season 1.
That was very intentional and it’s a different flavor in the same world with the same characters.
There are things that contradict her narrative of her life and the reasons she chose to die by suicide.
All that being said, she didn’t deserve to be raped, she didn’t deserve to die.
So in some ways the picture is more complicated but the upshot of the story is the same.
I find him really compelling and sometimes even heartbreaking.
What was the idea behind Olivia’s new haircut?
It was a conversation between Kate [Walsh] and myself.
It felt like an interesting character move.
She’s got no time for this beautiful hair, she’s got a trial to win.
As the trailer hints, there’s a new mystery this year, and it involves polaroids.
What was the thinking behind keeping the mystery element of the show in season 2?
A mystery at the center gives us this forward momentum or a story engine if you will.
What I love about season 2 is that there are these different pieces to this mystery.
I think it’s surprising how the pieces come together and how it’s all related.
Such a big deal was made about the music in season 1.
Did you feel any pressure going into picking the music for season 2?
One of the things I always turn to is [the] 15-year-old me.
Fortunately we have some really great partners.
We’re really proud of her.
That was our guiding idea season 1 and it continues in season 2.
13 Reasons Whyseason 2 hits Netflix on May 18.
