Even from that perspective, it was really stupid of Clay to say 'if you think that this is the way then by all means, do what you've gotta do.'

Perhaps Clay's speech is intended to be a message for them. Maybe the 13 Reasons Why writers were instead talking directly to real-life potential shooters who might be contemplating committing murder and whom happen to be watching this show. Perhaps Clay's speech wasn't intended to be a template for people to use in real life to talk down potential shooters.

Now, let's look at that final scene from a different perspective. After all, isn't the message of this show to always treat people with kindness while you still can? Instead of waiting until the absolute last minute to treat them with kindness, when they're standing on the edge of a cliff.īy the way, it was really stupid of Clay to say 'if you think that this is the way then by all means, do what you've gotta do.' NO! WRONG THING TO SAY! DON'T ENCOURAGE HIM! You should've saved them while you still had the chance, which was before he/she got to this point. My reaction to that: if the shooter is already in the parking lot, about to walk in and open fire, my guess is that it's too late to 'save them'. Sure, in voice-over, Clay said that we should do whatever we can to save them. Maybe Cyrus should've been the one to talk down Tyler, since they had previously been good friends. Tyler might have shot him for spreading that picture of him. I don't think that Clay was good enough of a friend to Tyler to be able to talk him down.

Tyler came close to blowing Clay's head off, especially after Clay said 'there's no way you're getting out of this alive.' It's even more dangerous if you're one of the people who wronged her/him. But it's EXTREMELY risky and EXTREMELY dangerous. You might be able to talk her/him out of it. Although honestly, if you're friends with that person, you might be successful. Is that really the message that we want to send to people who might be in such a situation? Do we really want to send the message that if you see someone about to start shooting, go up to her/him and try to talk her/him out of it? That's dangerous. At gunpoint, Clay talked Tyler out of committing mass murder, and then he and Tony helped him to escape. And I'm kinda mad about its ending, while at the same time I have mixed thoughts about it. As I write this message, I have just watched the final episode.

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