Warning: This article contains spoilers from the final season of13 Reasons Why.
“Choose to live.”
No matter what high school throws at you, no matter how dark it gets, choose to live.
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Although not everyone gets the choice.
EW spoke with Minnette about ending the series, Justin’s death, and that creepy mirror scene.
DYLAN MINNETTE:It was.
Even back in episode 2 of the show his name was mentioned for seeing Clay in the past.
For that reason, there ends up being a major event for Clay in every episode.
I’d open every script and be like, “Okay we’re doingthis.
I hope I can pull it off.”
[Laughs] Season 4 was the most difficult season to shoot for that reason.
Yeah, because Clay’s sort of the wild card this season.
Everyone’s worried about what he’s going to do.
The internet is already having a field day with that creepy mirror moment.
[Laughs] I know.
There’s always something that catches on over the first weekend of the show being out.
A lot of people think it’s FaceApp or edited, and it’s actually not.
Even my girlfriend was like, “That’s not edited?
You’ve never made that face.”
When you all announced the premiere date for season 4, there was that super-emotionaltable read video.
Did you find out how the show was ending at the table read, or did you know beforehand?
We knew someone was going to die in this season, we just didn’t know who.
They really kept it under wraps until we were about to get the last two scripts.
I feel like everyone did that.
It really made for a very emotional experience, reading it all together.
Brandon and I were losing it quite a bit next to each other.
We were kind of just reacting to it.
What was the last scene you shot?
And it just sort of all came to us when it was happening.
It was very, very emotional.
I think I had the same reaction much of the internet had, which was “NOT JUSTIN!”
[Laughs] I know.
That college essay scene destroyed me.
I also want to get your thoughts on the final shot of the series.
I liked the choice to have the scene be completely wordless.
I felt like I was watching Tony and Clay just exhale.
Yep, that was exactly the point.
I love that there was no big driving-away shot or music crescendo.
It was just this wordless moment of them, yeah, exhaling and leaving town.
And you see it on their faces.
I love the way it ended.
They didn’t do many shows at the time.
