The Netflix series "13 Reasons Why" follows high-school student Clay Jensen and his late classmate Hannah Baker, who killed herself. She left behind cassette tapes laying out 13 reasons she said she took her own life. Each tape is made for someone who she said was responsible for her suicide in some way. Each episode focuses on one of the tapes.
Netflix released all the episodes of the show on March 31, and this past weekend, Netflix announced that the show would return for season two in 2018.
The show has gotten a lot of attention — not all of it positive. It's now facing major controversy.
Many mental-health experts, concerned parents, and teachers are saying it glorifies suicide and could be a dangerous lesson for teens who could be going through the same things as Hannah.
Here's how the Netflix show "13 Reasons Why" became a hit among teens and why experts are calling it "harmful":
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The show is based on the 2007 novel "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher.
It got so popular so fast that it's getting a second season.
The show is about a teenager, Hannah Baker, who kills herself.
Before taking her own life, she leaves audiotapes for people she holds responsible. The tapes are an act of revenge and a partial justification of her fatal act.
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