Line #3 Awesome/ThirteenReasonsWhy


1	* Clay confronting Bryce about Hannah's rape. Sure he gets a nasty beating for his efforts, but he manages to elicit a confession and secretly record it, ensuring that Bryce will face justice for his actions.
2	* Clay's [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech epic takedown]] of the school and its students in Episode 7 quickly became a SignatureScene.
3	* Alex delivering the ''biggest'' TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to everyone in "Tape 6, Side B" for their desperation to hide the fact they were involved in Hannah's suicide. He calls out Courtney for trying to hide behind [[SerialRapist Bryce Walker]], calls out Ryan for his JerkAss and snarky nature, calls out Tyler for stalking Hannah, calls out Sherri (who wasn't there) for hiding the fact she caused Jeff's death, and even bluntly tells off Marcus for trying to protect his pristine image when he isn't as innocent as everyone else. He also calls himself out for falling into the peer pressure to make himself look good in Bryce's eyes only to cause Hannah to descent further. The only person he doesn't ''really'' call out is Zach, who he states is a "entitled idiot that does cruel, stupid things", but also says that [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold his heart is in the right place]], referring to the fact Zach feels genuine guilt over Hannah's death.
4	** And in the same episode, Ryan saying "Fuck off, Courtney!" when she thinks of being protected by Bryce (a rapist). Even though both of them did assholish things to Hannah, this moment was an awesome part on Ryan's part.
5	* Laura, a minor character who is a lesbian, telling Bryce that if she were straight, he’d be the last person she would get involved with and saying she would call the police on him.
6	* Mr. Porter slamming Bryce against the wall in a chokehold and warning that he'll be keeping a ''very'' close eye on him. When Bryce says he can't do this, Porter replies that there are no witnesses and he can easily just say Bryce is lying, turning his usual tactics against him.
7	** How about his ShutUpHannibal speech to Sonya, the school's attorney on how she attempts to paint how Hannah should have done more when in his office, however as Porter points out, ''both'' of them should have tried. And he admits he should have tried harder to help Hannah despite the school's policies.
8	---> '''Mr. Porter''': Maybe policies need to change...
9	* TheOner the morning after Clay leaks the tapes, a virtuoso piece of direction weaving among numerous actors and extras as we touch on how every major figure is reacting to the development.
10	* Alex fighting through his paralysis to save Justin from choking on his vomit.
11	* The entire fight scene from ''Bryce and Chloe'', culminating in Alex saving Zach from Monty by limping through the mob and smacking him on the back with his cane.
12	* In a flashback, Hannah (after overhearing him whining about her to his friends and calling her a "tease,") confronts Marcus and pretends to be interested in giving their date another go, before violently grabbing his junk and sarcastically asking if it makes him want to have sex with her- as he did and presumed she would on their date. Hannah even correctly assumes that Marcus wouldn't be telling his friends about ''this'' encounter over being embarrassed.
13	* It doesn't leave much of an effect, but Clay, Cyrus, and Tyler graffitiing the baseball field and burning "RAPISTS" into the field was extremely, if shortly, satisfying.
14	* Clay talking down Tyler from committing a school shooting in the season 2 finale. Even with the barrel of a freakin' AR-15 pressed to his throat, Clay doesn't back down and probably averts a huge tragedy in the process.
15	* Clay, Tony, Justin, Alex, Zach and Scott cornering Montgomery after finding out he was their tormentor.
16	* When testifying in court in Season 2, Mr. Porter is told by the defense's attorney that he did things by the book and so did nothing wrong, which by the letter is true. However, Mr. Porter ''categorically refuses'' to take the easy way out, instead admitting that the policies are not fit for purpose, and that he let Hannah down when she needed him the most, ''regardless'' of whether school's policies were followed. His willingness to take responsibility for his failings and desire to change and do better ultimately costs him his job at the school, but also shows that regardless of his shortcomings, he is a good and caring man who wants to do what he can to make sure there's never a repeat of what happened to Hannah.
17	* As despicable and vile as he is, one has to give credit where credit is due to Monty for standing up to Alex, who had a gun on him with no fear.
18	* Mr. Porter beating up Justin's mom's junkie boyfriend is pretty satisfying after the latter had spent every appearance he made making life hell for Justin.
19	* The sheer amount of character development for Courtney, Mr. Porter and, to a lesser extent, Ryan, in Season 2. Of the three, Ryan was the only one vaguely coming around in the first season, but in Season 2 he made further efforts to atone for what he'd done and defend Hannah, while also being kinder to other people. Mr. Porter fought so hard for justice he was fired by the school board, although he accepted his fate with dignity and no regret. Courtney told the whole truth on the stand, defended Hannah as a good friend and proceeded to reach out to people she's publicly called liars before, even supporting Jess in her decision to testify against Bryce.
20	* When Jessica is forced to apologise at a school assembly for her club disrupting the Homecoming game, she takes control of the situation and reaffirms her status as a survivor. This inspires many other students to do the same, including Tyler and Justin.
21	** When Bolan claps for them first, showing he really meant it when he said he supported the group but not their actions.
22	* Bryce surprisingly has these moments despite being a horrible person:
23	** He warns Monty to stay away from Tyler after he told him about his rape.
24	*** This scene is especially great to watch since [[SmugSnake Monty has a shit-eating smirk on his face for a good portion of the confrontation and isn't really taking Bryce seriously]], but the moment Bryce threatens to tell the cops about everything he's done, [[OhCrap that smirk quickly vanishes]].
25	---->'''Monty:''' What, you're gonna teach me about what rape is? Like what you did to a dozen girls at this school?\
26	'''Bryce:''' No, I'm not gonna teach you anything. [[DeclarationOfProtection I'm just gonna tell you this; you're gonna stay the fuck away from Tyler. You're not gonna touch him, you're not gonna look at him, anything. You have a class with him? Transfer. Pass him in the halls? Take a different hall. I'm gonna check in with him every week to see how he's doing.]] [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer If I hear one fucking thing about you, if I hear that you even]] ''[[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer looked]]'' [[IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer in his direction,]] [[{{Blackmail}} then the cops find out about Tony's car... about the gun you gave Alex... about the time you tried to kill Clay...]] ''[[{{Blackmail}} they get everything]]''.
27	** He threatens Seth into leaving Justin alone.
28	** He stands against his grandfather after he kept insulting his mother.
29	** Him trying to apologize to everyone including Jessica and Mrs. Baker. Even though neither of them work out that takes a lot of guts.
30	* Speaking of Jessica and Mrs. Baker, both of them rejecting Bryce's apology is also awesome.
31	* Even though it eventually lead to Bryce's death, there's Zach beating him to a bloody pulp before breaking both of his legs despite having a broken leg himself (which was broken by Bryce himself).
32	** And for those who didn't buy his redemption arc, there's Alex murdering Bryce by pushing him into a river which causes him to drown because his injuries from his fight with Zach prevent him from swimming to safety. While it's very brutal and horrifying, it's also satisfying to see Bryce finally get some karma.
33	* Jessica's whole fight against misogyny and rape culture.
34	* Zach punches Monty after his {{Jerkass}} tendancies in liberty tiger's locker room.
35	* The demonstration at homecoming and the ensuing epic brawl.
36	* Justin’s “Fuck off, Ani” line is this as she’s so loathed by the fandom.
37	* Ani throwing a bag at Seth’s gun to stop him from shooting Justin.
38	* Tony’s TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to Bryce in ‘The World’s Closing in’.
39	* Seeing Monty finally get arrested for raping Tyler followed by him being spat on by his father. While it's sad in context due to his father disowning him due to being gay, it's hard to say he didn't deserve it after everything he did.
40	** Even more awesome is Monty being killed in his jail cell. Although it happens off-screen, it's mentioned that he was stabbed to death by inmates specifically because he raped Tyler. The fact that, unlike Bryce, he showed no remorse for any of his previous actions makes his death all the more deserved.
41	* All of the students standing up against the faculty and security staff of Liberty High in Episode 8 of Season 4 is a great example of this. After calling out the staff for the rather traumatizing, realistic active-shooter drill and how one of the security staff drew a gun and treated Diego due to his skin color, all the students leave in peaceful protest. And when they are ordered to leave campus, the students refuse until the security officers are removed from the school. When the security staff begin to try to force them out, the students use the very active-shooter training against them. When the security staff begins to arrest students and half of them begin to flee, Clay of all people manages to convince them to fight back and is the first to the charge to lead them back. You may or may not agree on who is in the right during the situation, or agree with the methods taken by the staff or the students, but the fact you see these kids rebelling against the school (whom throughout the entire show has been complacent in the rape culture and bullying that occurred in the first two seasons and, in the recent season, involved with the violation of privacy of it's students) gives you a good feeling as the students finally standing up against Liberty High. The kids had enough, and it's one of the awesome moments to see them fight back, if not the most terrifying moments.
42	* There's a lot that the show gets wrong about mental health, suicide and self-harm, but one thing it portrays that is completely stellar is how the Jensens deal with Justin's addiction. Of all the things that it drives him to do –– including stealing from his job and stealing from Matt and Lainey –– they never get outwardly angry at him and recognize them as symptoms of a disease. They don't give him an ultimatum about rehab and give him time to think about it. Even when Clay fails his drug test and tries to convince them it's Justin, they don't leverage any power over him and take his word for it. It's a sharp contrast to a common belief – supported by pop culture rehab shows – that "tough love" is a good thing, and that unconditional support is enabling. Then Jensens are only concerned that Justin gets better, but they never attempt to cut him off or push him too hard in any one direction.

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