Now knowing that "Leslie Hansen" is, in fact, her mother Alisa, Jessica straps in for a painful trip down memory lane.
Our opening scene shows us Alisa's view of the accident, groggily phasing to the IGH hospital, where a nurse waits on her. Confused as to her whereabouts and condition, Alisa stands and sees her gruesome reflection. Having taken worse damage than Jessica, Alisa's whole body has been burned beyond recognition; she is the meat-faced man from Jessica's dreams. Horrified at her appearance, the confused and scared Alisa shoves her nurse, who becomes frightened and sets off an alarm, causing Alisa to dash from the room, knocking over anyone in her path. Down the hall she unknowingly attacks Jessica, but Dr. Karl sedates her, and she later wakes up with her current appearance. At first confused, especially upon finding she is chained to the bed, Karl explains that she has been in a coma for five years and doesn't remember him due to memory loss. Though for much of the episode Karl seems trustworthy, a bit of suspicion is definitely necessary given this is a comic book series and he is doing some shady things. Asking if she knows him is a potential sign that she wasn't always asleep for the five years, and he is certainly dressed in a less-professional way than expected of a doctor. Karl calms down Alisa when she becomes upset about her kids, and explains that, because was certainly a goner after the accident, he put her through genetic modification that has healed her, though she now looks different. She becomes upset again when he says her husband and son died, then enraged wanting to see Jessica, and he assures her she will once they fix "complications" from her procedure. We cut to a club where Jessica listens to a bland pop song with essentially only one lyrical line that Trish has just released in a music video. The show quickly establishes they are still somewhere in the past, when Jessica was in college and Trish was spiraling downward due to drug addiction. The two argue about the path she's taking, and Jessica heads to the bar where she finds Trish's mom and is skeptical of the latter being around Trish. The interaction is another show of Dorothy Walker's poor treatment of her daughter in the past, but it's a bit awkward to watch due to the editing. Like I said in my review of the last episode of 13 Reasons season two, I don't know a whole lot about more technical aspects like good angles and lighting. However, editing is one area I've always been interested in and actually pretty good at, and honestly the scene was quite jarring for me. The two sit next to each other at the bar, with Jessica looking at Dorothy and Dorothy looking at a makeup compact. Therefore, it's easy to get a shot of just the two of them, but not as easy to get good, necessary angles on just one at a time for shot-reverse-shot cutting as they talk. For example, we could take a look at the interrogation scene from The Dark Knight. Now I am in no way a "DC fanboy," this is just what I found to be a good example. In this scene, we have several instances of the camera cutting between characters as they go at each other. We start with simple cutting from Gordon to Joker, then over-the-shoulder shots with Batman and Joker, occasional shots to Gordon, then other, different angles as Batman threatens Joker. We go back and forth to the correct person speaking, at times bridging the cuts by having one person start talking before we switch. There is plenty of cutting, but it is bridged well and cuts appropriately from one angle to another that is different enough to keep from feeling stunted. In the scene from Jessica Jones, the two characters are seated right next to each other at a bar. Obviously you can't do shot-reverse-shot with this, because Dorothy isn't looking at her compact. The scene almost works, at one point going from a shot focused on Jessica to one over her shoulder at Dorothy. However, for parts of it the cutting seems jerky and the sound cuts suddenly. We go from a shot of them both talking to a slightly closer and angled shot of Jessica, then jerkily cut to a slightly different shot as Dorothy responds, and finally to a better shot focused on Jessica and then the over-the-shoulder. The final two work as back and forth, but there are so many angles that are almost exactly the same, it feels odd to look at, especially as the actors expressions change a bit between cuts. The sound often seems to start right on a cut, making the conversation seem rushed, and sometimes one of the two will have seemingly still been ending a sentence and already be preparing for the other to speak. I feel I've harped on the editing enough, so I'll get back to the rest of the story now and focus on the story's progression. The bartender, Stirling, draws Jessica's attention, and he soon quits his job when the owner dogs him about how much alcohol he gives. Trish tries to dragon Jess to a party, but the latter wants to study and tells her sister the girls she's with are not her friends; they're simply using her. Angered, Trish fires back that Jessica is, too, noting that she pays for Jessica's schooling. Jess becomes enraged as well and steals money from an ATM, when she hears Stirling call to her. Back with Alisa after apparent years, we find she has grown tired of all the testing and wants to see Jessica, but Karl continues to say there are side effects to look at. He agrees to tell her more, but only if she'll strap into a chair, which she at first doesn't want to do, saying she can control the rage his experiments gave her. Once in, she is able to manage her pain upon learning that Jessica has been adopted, but flies into a fury upon learning she has been declared dead because of Karl's experiments being illegal. Cutting forward again, Jessica is happily living with Stirling, stealing whatever they want. He is trying to open a nightclub, which he plans to call "Alias," but she soon learns his parents don't support his decision. She jokes that he should pretend they died in a car accident, and when pressed about him wanting to meet Trish, agrees to meet his family and introduce him to hers. They go to the nightclub where Trish eagerly meets Stirling, but Jess hurries out when he talks to Trish about the nightclub as an investment, saying they don't need her help. We go back to Alisa, obviously at her escape as we see Luanne and Inez. As Inez goes about unlocking Alisa's restraints to care for her, Luanne discovers Alisa didn't take her medication. Too late for Luanne to warn Inez, Alisa leaps up, shoving Inez into a glass case and demanding to know where Jessica lives. Luanne tells her about the Walkers and tries to sound the alarm, but Alisa twists her head completely backward and escapes. Jess and Stirling, meanwhile, get a visit from a group of shady guys who invested in his club, demanding a return. They disregard Jess enough at first to mock her, but are surprised as she beats them all easily, and they rush out. In a surprisingly open moment, Jess hugs Stirling, explaining that he's the only family she has left, and she won't let anyone take him away. Alisa manages to track down Dorothy, controlling her anger at the latter's insults toward Jessica, and learns how she is living with Stirling and that she is strong. She manages to find her daughter, overjoyed especially after seeing her demonstrate her powers, and follows her to a bar. There, she has an interaction with the unaware Jessica in the bathroom, and goes out to prepare for a drink between them when she sees Stirling be led outside to an alley. Watching from around a corner, she learns they want to use Jessica as muscle, and Stirling agrees under the condition that he get a cut of what they earn. Enraged at what she sees as using Jessica, Alisa bashes his head against a wall, and Jessica finds him dead in the street, where she screams and cries for help. The episode comes to a close with Jessica going to Trish for both support and a last attempt at being support, Alisa goes back to IGH, and a return to the future. Aside from the odd editing that bothered possibly only me, I enjoyed the episode as a way of explaining Alisa's past as well as aspects of Jessica and Trish's life we hadn't seen before. In a way, this could be one of the biggest episodes to explain important show aspects, like why Jessica is so bitter and chose to name her business "Alias Investigations." Stirling was obviously incredibly important to Jessica, and finding him murdered must have been one of the things that pushed her over the edge into her drunken days. It's worth noting how positive Jessica seemed at this point, as she talks about working hard in college and was more in control than Trish at the time. This, combined with her relationship with Stirling, make me think this all happened prior to her suffering at the hands of Killgrave, as that was what we've seen as the biggest reason for her current condition. With Jessica now knowing what happened with her mother, one can only wonder what kind of pain she'll feel and the path she'll take moving forward.
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Midoriya managed to save Kota from Muscular, but there's still work to be done as the separated groups deal with members of the League of Villains.
Tomura and Kurogiri, at the League's hideout, discuss the choice to send in the Vanguard. Tomura explains the situation like a video game; they previously tried to take on the most powerful boss with weak weapons. Here, however, his goal is to begin sowing fear among heroes and citizens, as even if the Vanguard fails, cracks will be made in the hero society. Midoriya, while heavily damaged after his fight with Muscular, realizes the other villains could be as powerful as the brute, and knows they're at least after Bakugou. He asks Kota to help by putting out the forest fire, and rushes back toward camp with the boy on his back. Aizawa, meanwhile, manages to dodge Dabi's blast and erases his quirk, then tangles him up with his scarf. In a show of his more brutal abilities, he breaks Dabi's arm, threatening to break the other if he shares no information. With the villains attacking and the heroes caught off guard, the students of UA are in a rough spot trying to survive.
Immediately after Dabi set the forest ablaze and a poisonous gas was released on the students, villain Magne, pulled Pixie-Bob toward herself, knocking the hero out. Kota, in his secret place, sees the burning forest as he thinks about his parents' death and Mandalay saying he'll understand their sacrifice one day. Elsewhere, Aizawa leads the failing students to Vlad King before Mandalay sends out a telepathic alert to everyone and he rushes out. Before he can make it far, he finds himself face to face with a fiery blast from Dabi. With Bryce having been arrested in the previous episode, we stay in court for a bit and finally see some closure for Hannah's loved ones. A month after Bryce was arrested, he and Jessica are in court again as the judge prepares the sentence for Bryce's rape of Jessica. Bryce spins things once again, saying how he regrets any actions of his that may have harmed anyone. Jessica, not content to sit by, delivers a speech to the judge about how broken her life has been because of Bryce, and urges him to take action to show that people like Bryce can't get away with anything they want. During Jessica's speech, the other women of the show are brought in one-by-one, sharing their own account of being raped. Despite Jessica's plea, the judge says that, because of suffering all around and not wanting to cause more damage, Bryce will only receive three months probation. As an angry Sheriff Standall questions Monty about all the harassment, specifically to Alex, Justin is stuck in jail because he can only be released to guardian custody. Mrs. Jensen says they're working to get him out and that she has left her firm to work with Dennis on cases like Hannah's. At school, Zach is disgusted to learn of Bryce's sentence and that he is transferring to Hillcrest, where he will be a junior and go to the dance with Chloe. Tyler returns from his diversion program with a more positive attitude, but takes clear blows to his newfound confidence upon learning that Mackenzie is now dating someone and Cyrus still wanting to steer clear of him. While the Bakers visit a church to finally arrange a service for Hannah, Clay finally finishes the semicolon tattoo he started in the first episode. At Hannah's service the next day, Clay steps up to speak. Having finally come to terms with his feelings, he talks about his friendship with Hannah and how, despite feeling like he can never forgive her, the pain will eventually fade and he loves her. Clay finally lets Hannah go, and the ghostly vision of her walks out of the church, where Clay stays behind to talk to the priest about forgiveness. Everyone heads to Monet's, where Alex asks Jessica to the dance and they decide they are definitely dating. Justin arrives, Mrs. Jensen having managed to get temporary custody over him, which Clay offers to make permanent if Justin wants to be adopted, and Justin says yes. Back at the school, Monty desperately apologizes to Bryce for his actions against everyone. He says he wants to do something to Tyler to punish him for ruining he season, and Bryce says they'll do nothing because of his probation, and tells Monty they're done. Justin convinces Clay to go to the dance, and Mrs. Baker, talking about wanting to travel, explains to Clay that she's moving to New York to write, because it was Hannah's dream. To his surprise, she also shows him a list she found on an old computer, where Hannah talked about reasons not to kill herself. He was on there twice, with Hannah wondering about a possible relationship, and Mrs. Baker notes that she came up just short, having listed only three things. A fuming Monty corners Tyler in the school bathroom with two others. Though Tyler tries his best to apologize for his actions, the violent athlete brutally beats him and worse. At this point anyone interested in the show knows what he did to Tyler, But I'd rather not say what happens. However, I found myself agreeing with people upset by how it was shown. Last season, I was one fan who thought it made sense for Hannah's suicide to be shown the way it was, because it forced viewers to actually confront the kind of pain a person goes through that can get swept under the rug or trivialized. This scene, however, I did not feel the same about. I've heard and seen plenty about how sometimes the best and strongest writing is more implied, and there are things you don't have to see. Heck, in one of the following scenes, Tyler deals with the damage of Monty's actions, and seeing just just a few, less direct shots in the bathroom and this scene would have told fans exactly what happened without the graphic imagery. To me, Monty's actions came a bit out of nowhere, and didn't feel like something that needed to be seen, like Hannah's suicide. Feeling like this also led me to more question my feelings about the scene with Hannah, as I started to wonder if it really was necessary to show everything and felt like I better understood why people were upset with her scene. The show's creator has defended the scene, talking about why it happens, but it didn't feel like a good enough reason to me, and obviously plenty of other people, who were angry about the decision. I found myself agreeing with people who felt like the scene was more based around shock value. As Zach teaches a worried Alex how to dance and gives advice regarding his specific physicality, Justin shoots up in Clay's room and we learn who stole the Polaroids. Everyone heads to the dance, where there are good meetings like with Courtney's girlfriend, Tamika, a cold encounter with Bryce, and shocking news from Chloe. The scene is intercut with Tyler making a decision after Monty's attack, and as most of them have fun and Justin deals with the pain he feels about his situation, Clay has a painful moment where the others provide support. The episode's climax has Tyler making a choice and Clay trying his apparent best to handle the situation. Despite disliking how the bathroom scene was handled, I liked that the series accurately showed what often happens with people like Bryce. The part in which the women all tell their stories feels somewhat out of place, much like the animated drug sequence a few episodes ago, but the judge's decision to give Bryce a light sentence mirrors exactly what people have seen before. To me, it felt reminiscent of the Brock Turner case, in which Turner was found raping a girl and got off with only a few months. I really feel like the show has the best of intentions with the actions it takes, trying to cover a lot of hard topics, but it doesn't always do well at doing so, with the bathroom scene the key example. The episode ends in a clear setup for the third season that was announced, and this also detracts from the feeling that the show is meant just to help people. As it is, having a second season was a bit of a stretch, especially because the writers had no more source material to go from. Now, they're taking things to an even more major extreme and it feels like the show is going on unnecessarily. Going back one can easily see I'm mostly positive in my reviews of the series, but after watching everything, I reflected. Specifically, I watched a video from the YouTube channel I Hate Everything, who I've long watched and enjoyed for both his comedy and his real looks at, and opinions of, movies and shows. Now obviously, I didn't agree with everything and found my own opinion of the show, because reviewers are simply giving their opinion and the information necessary for you to form your own opinion, as Alex of IHE says in his videos. However, I did realize I was watching the show with a much more positive view and giving it a pass for some things, forgot to talk about others, or for some things I plain didn't notice at all. I recommend watching his video, because he approaches the show in a calm, reasonable manner and talks about what he thought was both good and bad. I tend to focus on the story aspect of things, because I don't understand as much about technical aspects like interesting shot composition, despite having gone to college minoring in film. However, in terms of performances, I did enjoy a lot of the cast, but found myself agreeing with Alex that it could be weak at times, especially when the writers had to put a hamfisted moment to talk about a big issue. These moments happened the most with Clay, who suddenly this season seemed to constantly make insulting, insensitive statements. When given proper writing, Dylan Minnette can give a great performance. Sometimes this season, though, aspects for his character sometimes felt weaker, especially with the incredibly stupid decisions like what happened with the photos. Overall, I enjoyed this season for what it was, though the first is still superior in my mind. There were issues here and there, and the bathroom scene was a definite negative, but I thought there were some good aspects and, even though I think a fourth season is unnecessary, I know I'll be watching. Justin shows that "friendship" can be a complicated thing when he finally gets the chance to testify in the twelfth episode of 13 Reasons Why. The episode begins with a young Justin facing bullies due to being poor and having little. Bryce stands up for him and shares his food, which Justin initially thought was the start of a good friendship. In the present, Justin convinces Clay to hand over the gun, then threatens Bryce with it, saying he hasn't got anything to lose so Bryce needs to forget this happened. Someone follows, but Justin manages to lose them and gets back to Clay's house. The next day Alex gets a blunt awakening from his mom and Zach busting into his room. Zach shows him texts from the nights prior, where Alex said he got a gun and bullet and knows what to do, and Alex explains he knows who is messing with them. Meanwhile, Clay and Justin find that Mrs. Jensen has returned home, and says she'll have to talk to Justin about his testimony, asking Clay to trust her. Justin warns that more will come out about Hannah and he doesn't want Clay to hate him again, and asks about the gun from before. Clay simply says a friend gave it to him, and once alone asks Hannah what she wants if not for him to kill Bryce. When she says she wants his forgiveness, he realizes he might never be able to forgive her. He and Justin head outside, where they find a note reading "You talk, you die!" on Clay's car. While Chloe and Bryce receive punishment in the principal's office, Justin meets with Olivia and Dennis, saying he's not afraid of Bryce. In the school darkroom, Cyrus confronts Tyler about the pictures of them doing the graffiti, and Tyler says they can bring down the system using his guns. Realizing how dangerous Tyler really is, Cyrus exits, saying they shouldn't hang out until everything blows over, but assuring the disturbed teen that they are still friends. Justin begins his testimony, recounting a time where his mom and her boyfriend were fighting, so Hannah let him sleep in her room. At school, Coach Rick confronts Bryce about the clubhouse, showing anger rather than shock as we learn he introduced the boys to it. Bryce denies damaging the Baker store, and Rick says he doesn't want to hear anymore about the Polaroids or Hannah. Justin explains to the court how he tried to help Jessica, but after being locked out he was afraid to tell anyone and lose the life he was living. What he thought was a friendship with Bryce, he says, was actually just Bryce using him and keeping him under his thumb. Despite pressure from Sonya to say he didn't know what really happened, Justin stands firm and the lawyers give their final statements to the jury. After Cyrus comes clean about he and Tyler's actions, they face disciplinary action and an enraged Tyler almost attacks Cyrus. Despite urging from her mom to go to the police, Jessica says she doesn't want to be on trial the way Hannah was treated. The group having realized Monty was, not shockingly, the one messing with them, they gang up with Scott's help at the place Monty stays when his home life is bad. Alex threatens him with the gun and bullet, demanding the Polaroids back, and Monty agrees to take him where they are. The principal fires an unsurprised Porter, who leaves a stack of student files, saying they are the most at risk and need to be looked at. The principal, in a telling moment, leaves them behind; the top file is Tyler's. The episode comes to a close with a few unexpected revelations and a few expected, starting with Alex and Monty's confrontation about the photos. Clay and Alex try again to get Jessica to go to the police, and after everyone waits in various ways, the verdict is read. While it's not a shocking one, an incident outside the court comes as a surprise. There were a few more moments that stood out to me in this episode to show some of the weaker writing for season 2, particularly in the situations with Monty. It's intended to be a surprise that Monty is the one threatening everyone, when to me he was the most-likely suspect. Throughout the season, we see him keeping an eye on everything that happens with Bryce and anyone else, especially Zack. This makes the reveal rather weak, as although we learn that his violent home life is the cause of his own actions, it's not shocking at all. Perhaps weaker is the decision to send just Alex with him to get the Polaroids back. Obviously Monty says he'll go get them just so he can drive off and leave everyone, and even though Alex has a gun, it's ridiculous to think a school athlete wouldn't be able to somehow handle a boy who is physically disabled. We see a lot of true character for Rick and the principal in this episode, especially from learning Rick already knew about and participated in the clubhouse. With the principal, his words with Clay hold much less meaning now, as he obviously doesn't care as much as he claimed about the students's well being if he casually tosses aside folders marked as at-risk. The scene gives a much-wanted rant from Porter, as he both derides Rick and says the principal obviously doesn't care about the kids because he doesn't bother to pay any counselors even half as much as what Rick gets. Tyler's situation continues to develop as he is further punished and now his trust with Cyrus is broken, and while Justin's drug use may make him less believable to some in the jury, it was great to see him stand firm in the truth against Bryce. The final verdict isn't a surprise, though I like the way it turned out, and those who disagree with it need only wait a few minutes. Despite things going poorly after the Polaroids were stolen, the end of this episode sets up quite a season finale. Finally at camp and out of the forest, class 1A sets about strengthening their perks, soon joined by class 1B, but all is not well for the heroes. The episode opens on Vlad King telling class 1B what they'll be doing and how he wants them to shine like 1A has done previously. When a student asks how they'll be training when everyone has different perks, he simply explains they'll be training themselves like any normal work out, pushing their perks past their limit to get used to and past the negative effects. The group finds class 1A already working to strengthen their perks, and are horrified at the grueling difficulty and manner Tiger of the Wild, Wild Pussycats. Class 1B asks again how everyone's quirks will be kept in check with such training, and the Pussycats explain their own group's powerset can keep track of everyone. With the ability to monitor everyone, the Pusscyats serve as a way to quickly train the students, who have less time than normal to advance. Despite struggling to improve, Midoriya remembers that after being given a power too strong for him, he was able to get better with help from All Might and Gran Torino. As he continues working, an annoyed Kota watches. Class 1A learns they have to start cooking their own food, which Iida quickly realizes is to train them to feed victims of disaster situations, and encourages the others. Though Momo says everyone needs to learn how to make a fire, the group tries and fails to use Bakugou's quirk to cook, but succeeds with Todoroki's. As the group eats and some accidental insults are said, Kota walks away from the group, disgusted, which Midoriya notices. He brings curry to the boy, who becomes more angry that Midoriya found his "secret place." Though trying to help, Midoriya's efforts to relate to Kota only serve to enrage the boy further. As the class sleeps, a group of villains led by Dabi arrives. Despite some being anxious to attack, Dabi says they need to wait for three more people. Explaining a small, experienced group is better than a bunch of power, Dabi says they're going to prove they hold the heroes's peace in their hands. As most of 1A struggles with their training, a small group suffers the most, having to take long classes with Aizawa along with their training as a result of low test scores. Aizawa also warns Uraraka and Aoyoma, who almost failed their tests, and tells everyone to remember where they came from to understand how and why they need to keep pushing forward. Midoriya asks if any other teachers will be coming, and Aizawa explains that like he said when they learned the camp had been moved, the school had to keep things quiet. With All Might especially a target, few were told and no other would come. The classes worry when the Pussycats say fun will come after the hard work, and Midoriya is broken from a stupor about All Might by Tiger pulling him back to train. While preparing dinner, Uraraka is shocked that Bakugou is good with a knife, and Midoriya opens up to Todoroki about Kota. Todoroki says it's likely hard to reach the boy because they are all strangers to him. Explaining that words need to be followed by action, he suggests Midoriya not keep poking into the situation, as he tends to do. After dinner, the Pussycats explain the coming game to the students. While teams from one class enter, teams from the other will wait in within and try to scare them. Not all goes as planned, however, and the heroes and students are in for a violent sudden end to their game. The season so far is definitely picking up faster than the first episode, a filler, did. According to the My Hero Academia Fandom Wikipedia, the scene in which we see the students training their quirks wasn't shown in the manga. While I'm a constant reader of the manga, I'd forgotten this wasn't shown before, but was glad to see it here, as it was interesting how many different kinds of training were going on at once for all the different quirks. One can't help but feel bad for the group that has to take extra lessons, but considering how hard they're working and having Aizawa as a teacher, it's just more likely that they'll improve. Though it's great seeing Midoriya try to reach Kota, it's also good that Bakugou is warning him about his method of helping people. Midoriya has a habit of going out of his way to try helping people, which is admirable, but sometimes all he can do is talk. Without anything backing up his words, he could come off as just saying he knows what a person is going through, with no evidence to get them to believe him. At the same time, he himself is struggling with his own issues and doesn't yet fully understand how to help others as a hero. He of course knows he needs to try, and is getting better at using One for All, but he's often naturally more down and not a symbol of happiness to people like All Might is. Without a cheerful disposition to inspire, many people see him first as a gloomy kid and it takes a lot longer than it should for them to warm up to him. Obviously one big question is what Dabi and the others are exactly planning, though they clearly have quite a few powers going for them. In particular, his ability to instantly rot things will prove dangerous for those who come in contact with him, much like when people interact with Shigaraki. Them attacking now will have extremely negative effects, both considering my prior knowledge from reading the manga and from the current situation in hero society. At the same time, though, it will provide Midoriya the opportunity to help Kota b actually having action to back up his words. Only a few episodes in, the action is already kicking up, and viewers are in for quite a few fights soon. The disgusting mind of Bryce Walker takes the stand to clear his name, and the others set their plan in motion, with poor results. Bryce opens the episode saying what it's like being on a team and feeling like a family as we see him win a football game where he meets Hannah. This is the first sign of some depth to his character, where we learn that he wanted his parents to be there but they evidently rarely show. Clay and Justin show Jessica the Polaroids, but she becomes angry when she sees Nina's and takes it, saying they don't belong to them. Jessica takes the photo to Nina, telling her about the box, and the latter apologizes for her anger prior, saying she has been making herself seem strong for Jessica, because Jess was right; she hasn't dealt with everything. Saying the photo isn't proof of what happened, Nina explains she might be able to deal with it better if there was actual proof. While cleaning the Baker store, Olivia agrees to let Alex go to court for the day, and in the meantime Clay struggles with the fact that Hannah has a Polaroid. When he says he wants the truth from her, Ghost Hannah says she already gave it to him, with her tapes, and he is simply not trusting her for whatever reason, quick to assume the worst after every bad thing he hears. On the stand, Bryce explains that he and Hannah quickly became close after she took him to a bridge and talked about life and death, which he says he found strange. Along with hanging out, he says they would occasionally make out or have sex, until his party where he turned down her hope for an actual relationship. Later outside, Tony is angry about the lies but Clay is unsure Bryce was lying. Alex says they can't tell Jess, but Clay says they have to because they need Chloe. At the school, Coach Rick tries to get Zach back on the team by reminding him of how he was there for Zach when the latter's father died. Zach becomes angry at the manipulation, saying Rick should have stopped the athletes years ago, and storms out. Jessica asks Chloe about marking out the bathroom graffiti, and when she gets little response other than wanting to protect her, she shows Chloe the photos. Chloe admits she's the one who put the photos of Jessica on the classroom board because at the time she wanted to believe Jessica was lying, then agrees to help take down Bryce. A frustrated Clay tells Hannah to say Bryce was lying and asks for the truth, causing her to begin the opening to tape 12. Clay becomes upset and tells her to stop, and a concerned Justin comes in and says everything will work out because of Chloe. Chloe meets with Olivia and Dennis about testifying, and Jessica assures her they will have her back if she decides to. Mackenzie apologizes to Tyler for telling a friend about what happened at the movies, which resulted in an earlier scene where someone shot white goo at him. Cyrus comes to keep an eye on them, but becomes distracted when Bryce walks in to applause, saying he would like to take the jocks down. After turning down and mocking Tyler, he watches as Justin confronts Bryce, then punches him. The other jocks and main cast soon join in, and Mr. Porter and Coach Rick come to break the fight up, only to begin themselves. Courtney pulls the fire alarm and everyone else gets detention, where a puzzled Clay learns Scott held him back rather than fighting because he's tired of being lumped in with people like Bryce just because he's an athlete. Bryce's lawyer pulls him out for court, and Clay, Tony, and Justin manage to get out after learning Chloe decided to testify. The trio heads for Clay's car, which someone has broken into and stolen the Polaroids. At the court, Chloe changes her mind midway through her testimony, saying she remembers giving consent, and an upset Clay stays behind where Tyler invites him to go shooting. Again in Tyler's neighbor's fields, he advises Clay it can be easier to hit a target if you name it, like imagining it's someone you dislike. Clay imagines he's aiming at Bryce, and successfully gets a bottle just before police sirens go off. Porter and Olivia search the Clubhouse with police, only to find a normal shed, and Mrs. Walker confronts Bryce, who graphically details raping Hannah, causing her to slap him and say he brought shame to their family. Alex finds a package for him at the store, and as Justin and Jessica talk about Chloe backing down, he says he could help if she lets him testify. Clay leaves him a message saying to drive to Bryce's house, where he is walking with one of Tyler's guns after being initially too stunned to run from police like the latter. Alex opens the package he got, finding a gun for the bullet he previously received, and suddenly remembers what he meant by how he "could have stopped it." This memory heads into the end of the episode, along with Clay and Justin meeting for a dangerous situation outside Bryce's house. We also see the truth about Bryce's testimony, which is certainly different from what Clay would at least have thought. Justin noticing Clay talking to no one is an aspect I most enjoyed about this episode, as throughout this season Clay has been constantly talking to himself in public around plenty of people, with somehow no one noticing. The idea of ghost Hannah was definitely a strange one from the beginning, and I've simply been assuming the writers are saying Clay has some form of mental illness like schizophrenia. A negative aspect came from the group discovering the loss of the Polaroids, which felt like a poorly thought out way to lose them. Clay has always been said to be a smart character, though he can make poor decisions sometimes or puts himself at risk like when he got Bryce's confession. Throughout this season, however, he has repeatedly done or said incredibly dumb things, often serving as a way for characters to chastise a way of thinking you wouldn't expect from him, like when he wonders how the girls in the Polaroids "got themselves in these situations." The fact that he left the photos in his car is a shining example of this, as while the end of last season he was smart enough to have a tape recording before getting Bryce to confess, here he left the only evidence they had unprotected in his car. He tries to defend himself by saying he couldn't just put it in his locker, but one would thing he'd be able to find somewhere in his house to hide the box. Unfortunately for me, a seemingly unrelated Google search told me who stole the box, but for now the characters are left wondering who could have broken into Clay's car. While it's also disappointing to see Chloe unable to say Bryce raped her, it is expected, as along with the general fear people like Jessica have felt in the same situation, it's obvious she's struggling because of how she thought of Bryce before. Tyler continues to spiral down as now his embarrassing secret has been let out since his outburst, and we see more problematic signs when he suggests Clay think of someone he dislikes while shooting. Clay's confused reaction was honestly pretty funny, but it was odd he didn't just immediately stop when Tyler suggested pretending to shoot a person. Bryce's testimony and Clay's inability to trust Hannah's words has made him crack further, and her assertion that she told him the truth but he doesn't believe her was a good thing for him to hear, though he might not think so. Despite repeatedly saying how much he loved Hannah, he was so quick to judge her even as far back as when she was alive, hearing a rumor and feeling hurt thinking it could be true. This is often due to his jealousy, which he doesn't seem to realize, as he always assumes the worst after thinking Hannah was giving attention to boys that he felt he deserved, treating her more like an object to be won than a person. Bryce's testimony and later scenes give us an understanding of part of why he became the way he is, though obviously without saying his actions are excusable. Seeing more of his home life and how he interacted with Hannah gave us much more character than we ever saw in the first season. With his testimony already believed and then somewhat supported by Chloe, the loss of the Polaroids will only make if more difficult to try getting him caught as the season winds down. The rage continues to grow as Luke comes to believe cleaning up the streets requires more violent steps, and Misty becomes discontent with the police force.
Picking up where the last episode left off, we see Luke in shock after the brutal beating he gave Cockroach. Claire arrives and chastises him for his extremeness, and insists they call paramedics and Misty to care for Cockroach. After handling everything, Misty sends Luke off, wondering at his insistence that he is having to do what police don't. We cut to Bushmaster, who repeats to a friend his hatred for Luke Cage and Mariah, wanting Harlem's heart from the former and power from the latter. He asks if his friend still has a spy over at Harlem's Paradise, saying they'll get info they need. Mariah, meanwhile, has an uncomfortable meal with Tilda, who says she remembers bloodied towels and dark talk in the house when she was a kid. Mariah replies that all families have dark secrets, but insists they can move past them. Shades arrives to inform Mariah about Cockroach, saying he's going to Nigel instead. To his annoyance, she ushers him out like an assistant, and he gives Tilda a dirty look. In a quick scene Luke circles all of Brooklyn on his map, then we go to Misty questioning Cockroach. His responses irritate her almost to violence, but Nandi interrupts. She and Misty begin bickering, but Bailey defuses the situation, saying Misty was out of line and interrupted their case. Misty retorts they seem to be behind her on their case, and we go back to Luke, where Bobby insists he apologize to Claire for whatever he did just as she walks in. She tells him he is being unfair and the two argue about her decision to call people about Cockroach, with Luke claiming sometimes his new brutality gets stuff done. At the police station, Ridenhour chews out Misty for going to the crime scene and letting Luke go, saying they don't have the needed evidence to move on Mariah. Though he wants to punish her, he says Misty is the PD's untouchable Private Ryan. Luke heads to Brooklyn to find Nigel, and though a diner is overall a bust as the men refuse to talk, he notices one anxious man leave and tails him. Elsewhere in Brooklyn, Bushmaster meets with a surprises Shades, tossing him a bag of money with Nigel's head, saying they'll renegotiate the offer. Mariah, in an attempt to clear her name again, hosts a big event and invites Tilda, spending some time talking to her assistant Alex about Mark Higgins now essentially in their pocket. She later steps up to introduce her planned hospital wing to help out, and while stressing the importance of family, specifically points out Tilda. Misty meets with Colleen Wing to box, the latter mentioning Danny Rand had been trying to call her. Misty says she doesn't want charity, and the two debate her current condition as Colleen says she simply lost an arm, not herself. Colleen tries a chi exercise, but a skeptical Misty simply mocks the attempt, causing Colleen to take her down, noting that she simply sees herself as a cripple now. Misty goes on a rant about losing oneself, leading to a pretty cheesy moment of "you don't know what --- is like" from Misty and an "actually, I do" from Colleen. Unsure of how to help Luke, Claire goes to his father James, who warmly advises her to know her own purpose before she can help her love "Luther" find his, using scripture and an interesting Titanic reference. In a somewhat clunky way, she accidentally lets slip that it's actually Luke she means, and though he is surprised, James continues as normal, advising her to love him. Cutting back to Bushmaster's warehouse, Luke finally arrives. After light taunting and jokes, Bushmaster says they could work together, with Mariah as a common enemy, but Luke refuses to budge. Bushmaster sends gang members at look with different weapons, all ineffective, as another videos everything. Bushmaster later uses the video in part of a ritual where he practices to fight Luke. Colleen and Misty encounter an overconfident jerk at a bar, who quickly turns hostile when he is turned down and recognizes Misty. The two beat him and his friends, Misty finding new strength as she becomes accustomed to not using her right arm. Mariah succeeds in blackmailing Higgins, saying she wants him to vote in her favor. Tilda arrives to talk about the event, surprisingly unaware that her mother is manipulating and using her to gain supporters. Shades breaks up the family moment with more money than Nigel had promised for the guns, and the two don't seem to care about his death. As the two talk about the new Jamaican, we see at the diner Luke went to that Stephanie or "Billie" is actually Bushmaster's spy, providing them with dirt on Mariah. The episode comes to a close as Luke and Claire have another argument that escalates further than ever, and Luke has another encounter with Bushmaster. While the episode had a cliche moment with Colleen and Misty, it's offset by some nice shots and symbolism. When Bushmaster trains in his ritual, one quick shot melds his face with Luke's, then Mariah's as it shifts to her speech. The moment serves two purposes, showing partially how he focuses on the two. Despite never having encountered Luke before that day, the two have quickly developed a grudge to due Luke having Harlem's heart. Likewise, he has a longstanding but currently unexplained grudge against Mariah, obviously connected to the Stokes family. In another way, it also shows how he and Luke are similar. Despite having different reasons for what they are doing, the two have similar abilities when Bushmaster uses his concoction, and Luke's new dark path has him walking a thin line. Despite his insistence he's doing things for the right reasons, Clair has a point in saying his new brutality comes from his past angers and is causing people to fear him. A more obvious one takes place in Harlem's Paradise, and mirrors one from the first season. As Mariah and Shades bask in their new deal, we get a shot of them from the side with Mariah's painting in the background, positioned to have crowns hovering above their heads. This is reminiscent of Cornell in the first season, when there was a similar shot of him standing in front of a crowned painting of Biggie Smalls, and shows how similar she is to him despite her claims of going straight. A nice sign of the future and how it will happen came in an offhand statement with Collen and Misty, when the former said Danny was trying to call the latter. As comic fans know and have been waiting for, Misty gains a bionic arm in the comics. While there she gets it from Tony Stark, here she has no such connection. She does, however, know another rich guy with a powerful company, and he has a pure heart and reason to help her. With Claire finally meeting with James, we see an interesting side to him, as before we'd only seen him trade barbs with Luke. While obviously it could have been an act, his continued warmth even after learning who she's talking to him about shows that he seems to be honest about wanting to make up with his son. Luke, however, can't get past the emotional turmoil he has went through because of his father, and is being too stubborn to listen to Claire and deal with his problems. After his encounters with Bushmaster and his latest argument with Claire, however, Luke will have to face the repercussions of his actions, which I look forward to seeing. Now knowing Dr. Karl and "Hansen" seem to be together, Jessica has more to go on with this episode of Jessica Jones.
Picking up right where we left off, Karl and "Hansen" run off as Jessica notices a nearby store with security cameras, but it's closed. Her phone wet, she buys rice from another store to dry it out and finds a tabloid magazine talking about Trish's breakup. She heads back to her apartment, but deciding she doesn't want to be alone, heads to Oscar's apartment, where he shares that he wasn't a great husband before but it better now, and the two hook up. Trish, emboldened by her new strength, is searching the streets in the meantime, staring down a man who turns out to be a normal guy. To her pleasure, a woman on the bus she's on says a man touched her, so she rushes over and kicks him out. Waking up, Jessica finds Oscar is painting a picture of her and rushes back to the office. Malcolm cracks jokes before pointing out to her the ring on Karl's finger, which she previously circled on a picture she took, is a class ring, from his college. Inez finally tells Hogarth about IGH after receiving supplies like clothes, but says that while IGH was creating an advanced healing process through illegal means, she doesn't know what the process was or any people, because she was told nothing. Jessica meets Trish outside the store from the episode's beginning, where they manage to coax the owner into showing them the camera, with Jessica having to keep the aggressive Trish in check. The footage reveals that Karl had to sedate "Hansen" to get her in the car, and Jessica thinks he likely tranquilizes her to use as a weapon. At his old college, Malcolm meets up with his ex, who initially gives him the cold shoulder, not believing his past stories about Killgrave. She finally relents and gives him a hug, at which point he swipes her student ID. Back at the apartment, Jessica is confused on the phone with Hogarth, learning of Inez staying with her, and says there seems to be something on Benowitz regarding chocolate bars. Hogarth gives her a day to figure things out, saying she doesn't care if Inez has to live in a cardboard box, which the latter overhears. Upset, Inez rifles through Hogarth's drawers to find things to pawn, but stops when she finds and recognizes Hogarth's ALS medication. Malcolm shows Jess a yearbook from his school which has a photo of Dr. Karl, and comforts the ravenous Trish as Jessica searches for dirt on Karl. Jess tells Malcolm to punch out, and after Trish swears seemingly at one of them, she says not to encourage Malcolm, who she says has a crush on Trish. Despite finding no address for Dr. Karl, Jessica finds a record of the pantyhose company Ambyhose paying for different things for Karl. She calls a golf club the Ambyhose owner, Justis Ambrose, belongs to, and discovers he is there. The golf club's security keeps them out, but Trish makes a scene, saying she's offended about them having sexist member policies and giving Jess time to get in. Jessica finds Ambrose and learns that his company has been funding small expenses for Karl ever since the doctor cured his son of craniofacial dysostosis, which had initially left people believing he would die by age five. Trish suddenly becomes ill from needing the inhalant, and Jessica heads out to her when Ambrose refuses to tell her where Karl is, saying she is wrong about him. He soon gives Karl a call, and the doctor is shown to be caring for "Hansen," who is chained up in his basement. Jess puts Trish to bed, but the latter leaps up to search for the inhalant, which Malcolm discovers in a jacket she left at the office. Back at Hogarth's, Inez reveals what she was going to do and says that while she didn't know everything at IGH, she knew of a boy who could heal people. Though it didn't always work and made him sick to do, he is the reason she can even walk. While Jessica finds Oscar's painting and has to deal with what to do with it, Malcolm heads to Trish's, where the latter has another strong reaction to the inhalant. Jessica finds Ambrose's son and uses him as a bargaining chip to find Karl, and brings the episode to a close after making a shocking discovery at his house. This episode continues a new trend of flipping Trish and Jessica's normal roles with one another since Trish became addicted to the inhalant. I's rather cringey to see the way Trish is acting now, since she now has the power to do things she couldn't before. On the other hand, it's nice to see the calmer, more level-headed Jessica, who seems to know something is up with Trish but won't push to find out what. She's more open with those around her and as a result is doing better then before, though obviously she is still rough with targets of interest. Obviously it's still hard for Jessica to be this way, as despite spending a night with Oscar, she is uncomfortable with his painting. It is clear she likes Oscar, but her experiences with Killgrave has caused her to fear opening up to people, as they might hurt her in the long run. Hogarth's situation has taken an interesting turn with the revelation of a boy who can heal with his hands. As someone who never had a lot of access to comics and had to learn through shows, moves, and the internet, I don't have a guess who it is. In a way I like this however, as knowing too much about where a show or movie is heading leads to less entertainment and tension, and I'm interested to see who will be introduced. Though not for sure, it also seems as though something may be budding between Hogarth and Inez. Though Hogarth views Inez with contempt, they've been closer and seen more of each other than people typically do, and Jessica and Oscar started out with similar disliking earlier this season. It's good to see Malcolm improving further from his beginning as a drug-addicted slave, and while he hasn't said anything about thinking something is up with Trish to either her or Jessica, it's obvious he has suspicions. With the discovery she made this episode, Jessica's will become tens of times more complicated than it even was before in future episodes. It's time for Tony to speak up, and as not much is known of his secrets yet, he has quite a bit he could spill. Tony begins the episode talking about how Hannah was an important friend who saw through his facades. Despite trying to act tough, Hannah knew that he had softer interests, and he says they kept each other's secrets. He finally opens up a bit to Caleb, still sitting outside his ruined car, saying he has done a lot and can't let anyone know. As the school called him in, not the Bakers, he is concerned that his testimony might cause problems for those around him. We cut to Justin as Clay asks if he's high, and after saying no he gives a half-explanation of where he's been. He tries to pay Clay rent with Seth's money, but Clay turns it down, and Justin explains he came back because Clay said he needed him. They head back to Clay's house, and as Justin showers, Clay finds the ghost Hannah in his room again. He explains that he is angry all the time but can't tell anyone, and she tells him he needs to. Explaining that no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't forget Hannah, especially their kiss, he leans in. She pulls away, saying he can't, and he asks why she's there. At the baseball field, Cyrus and Tyler's handiwork is burned into the field, but the coach says they need to go out at their next game to show people who they really are. Zach asks how winning baseball proves they're not rapists, and he and Bryce butt heads once again. Jessica arrives at school and assures her dad she's fine. He notices Justin and goes to confront him, but she holds him back, asking who he thinks he's really hurting. Her father relents, telling Justin to watch himself, as Tony's voiceover says we hurt those we don't mean to when we act out of anger. The girl from the end of the previous episode, Sarah Carlin, is the first we see testify for the episode, explaining that Hannah and two other girls bullied her at another school. When she finally told her mom, the three were suspended, and though they stopped, others began picking on her and she had to switch schools. With Justin, Clay reveals his plan to get into the clubhouse to Sheri, as Justin pulls out bolt cutters. She sarcastically asks why they don't just bust down the door, explaining they need to make it seem like they were never there to prevent suspicion. Nina speaks negatively about the field burning with Jessica, saying the only people it hurts are rape survivors like them. Jessica seems to think otherwise, and is confused when Nina and a boy, Michael, seem to flirt. Tony starts a conversation with Ryan, explaining that he is up last and won't have support, but turns down Ryan's offer to show up. Ryan assures him they won't ask about the secret mentioned in the past, and Tony becomes angry. The scene shifts to the past, when Hannah convinced Tony to ask out Ryan, who he said at the episode's start seemed to have a crush on him. Mr. Porter heads to his office with his fellow employees watching him. Bolan says he's surprised Porter showed, as his employment is being looked at, and tells Porter to stay away from the students until the check is done, saying he knows about Porter threatening Bryce. Sheri, having gotten in with Scott and another athlete, gets into the clubhouse, taking note of the lock's combination. To her surprise and fear, Bryce shows up and ignores her claims of having a test, and gets her to take a hit of weed alone. Despite feeling uncomfortable and trying to leave, Sheri is kept inside as the guys get close to her and Bryce takes a photo. She gets back with Clay and Justin, but says she won't be joining when they search during the baseball game, as she can't go back in the clubhouse. Jessica confronts Nina about having dumped Garrett and getting with Michael. To her surprise, Nina says she got annoyed that Garrett wanted to talk about her feelings too much, and was getting close to finding out her secret. Jessica says Nina doesn't really seem to be over all her issues when it comes to her own rape, and an offended Nina says Jessica still fawns over Justin. Saying it was apparently a mistake to offer Jess her help, she leaves. Inside, Porter sees Justin enter the office and tells him to come to him for a talk. After explaining Justin can potentially scrape by to graduate, he asks about Justin's home. Though Justin tries to lie first, saying he hasn't seen his mom, Porter sternly breaks through the attempts, saying he visited, and tells Justin to sit when he tries to leave. He explains that, even if he wants to, Justin can't go through this by himself, in part because once the school fires him, the new counselor will want Justin living with his mom and Seth. He tells Justin to let go of his past mistakes and take care of himself, and Justin leaves. In a quick scene, Alex finds that someone stole his books from his locker and left a bullet. We then head back to court, where Dennis has to discredit Tony, bringing up his prior arrests and how he could end up in juvie. Tony becomes agitated, remembering a past assault, and taking issue with some of Dennis' descriptions, but agrees to everything. In a flashback, we finally see Tony knows Lucas, as the latter hurled homophobic slurs and him and Ryan on their first date, and Tony brutally beat him. In the current day, he says where he's from, you have to make your own justice, and Dennis says this means Tony tries to assume what the right thing is to do, and as a branch of that, gave out the tapes assuming what Hannah wanted. Though upset, Tony lies that Hannah left him no instructions and he simply assumed what she wanted, agreeing to everything Dennis says. Bryce gives a speech before the baseball game about how they are a family, and Monty notes Zach's apparent anger. During the game, Bryce repeatedly ignores advice from Zach, causing the latter to become angry. Zach says the speech was obviously all talk, and the two arguing draws the crowd's attention. The coach breaks up their fight after Zach says Hannah didn't lie on the tapes, and Zach storms away as Monty watches. He heads to the clubhouse, where Clay and Justin are trying to find the box of photos. Thinking Zach will hurt them, Clay says he won't back down because he's already been beaten up and he's not afraid of what happens if the truth comes out. Zach gets the box of photos, revealing himself to be the one who gave Clay the others, saying he doesn't release them himself because he's a coward, unlike Clay. Olivia heads home after court, finding that Jackie has left after discovering Hannah's past bullying Sarah. Tyler, meanwhile, heads to a punk concert, and though clearly uncomfortable, he takes part in a mosh pit. He goes to leave when his nose is hit and bleeds, encountering Mackenzie. She tells him she understands why he left and that it's actually normal. Embarrassed as she says this while the others are around, he tells her to shut up, yelling that he doesn't want to be with her because she's boring. Cyrus, having walked over just then, stands up for his sister, and tells Tyler to get out as Mackenzie watches silently. At the Baker house, Tony says he's not proud of his past, and when Olivia says they always seem to find out what we're least proud of, he tells her his secret. After assaulting Lucas, Tony ran to the Crestmont, where Hannah hid him and lied to police, then cleaned him up, sharing that she used to be a bully because she wanted to fit in and has always regretted it. He says he wanted to keep Hannah's secret like she kept his. She replies that she's glad Hannah kept his secret, and after she tries to apologize for letting his record be brought up, he says it's his fault for having one. The episode closes out with Tyler making a discovery and being discovered, Tony trying to make amends for Hannah, Olivia facing hatred, and Clay, Justin, and Sheri taking a look at the photos. It's interesting with this episode to see how Tony lies in court, then trying to think about how that should make viewers feel. We saw another liar in court when Marcus testified, trying so desperately to keep his image squeaky clean. Here, Tony obviously doesn't want people to know what he did int he past, as he could get arrested for it, but it's not exactly the same. With Marcus, there were ill intentions throughout. He's trying to keep himself clear of any wrongdoing so his life will get better and better, while further destroying Hannah. Tony, meanwhile, wants to help Hannah's image, as Sonya's slick words made it seem like Hannah wanted people to suffer like she did, so he went all-in to say he wasn't credible in that aspect when Dennis questioned him. This brings in somewhat of a moral dilemma, as although he had good intentions, he did commit perjury by saying Hannah left him no instructions, just like Marcus. But on the other hand, Tony was doing it at least partially because he wanted to help someone dear to him whose name has been dragged through the mud. Seeing Zach finally act out against Bryce was enjoyable, though not quite on par with Alex yelling in the hall. Unfortunately for me, his reveal was spoiled weeks ago, but I was glad to see the way Clay finds out about him was through him giving them the photo box. Even if he feels like a coward, Zach's actions have been important to the others getting what they need to get Bryce. Another split came with Nina and Jessica, and will likely appear again down the line, as Jessica seems much bolder about speaking her story. Initially, she didn't want anything to be known, but since telling a few people what happened, she is more open with her emotions. Nina, on the other hand, wants no one to know, and Jess disagrees with that as a course of action. Sarah's introduction felt odd at first, but in a way I like that something was revealed in this episode that wasn't touched on much before. Last season and this season, characters have mentioned Hannah moving to town from her last school after bullying, but they didn't go into details. Now we see that Hannah wasn't always the one being hurt, though at the same time, it shows the kind of societal pressure we have seen before. No one wants to speak up because the athletes "run the school," even the other guys who think it's horrible. Similarly, Hannah was so desperate to fit in that she went along with something terrible, despite not thinking it was right. While showing that she used to be a bully, the show doesn't paint her as a one-dimensional villain, like some bullies and/or villains end up in shows. Rather than just having her bully because she wanted to and then being okay with it later, we see the guilt she felt about her actions. In later life, the hurt she caused may have contributed to her own pain, as she wanted so badly to take it back. We see the problem in Tyler growing bigger with this episode, as now he is definitely alienated from the only people he saw as friends. While it's easy to see where his snap action came from it doesn't excuse his words, and his lying to both his friends and his parents is causing him to be alone. As we saw in the season one finale, this already could have been dangerous due to his guns. Now, however, it's worse, as the bullying he experiences at school and some negative signs about him have ramped up, his only friends are angry at him, and his parents are punishing him as the nude picture of him is again sent around. With things getting worse for him but apparently going well for those fighting Bryce, conflict is bound to happen soon. |
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