Summary: Marcus sells out Bryce to save himself. Clay is called by Skye and he goes to see her. She tells him she plans to leave. Justin gets high on heroin and nearly dies. Clay is angry and his parents find out. They all fight and Justin goes to his mom's house. The Bakers testify and it is revealed that Hannah knew about Andy's affair. Andy and Olivia have a falling out.
The Good: This episode started much better than the last few. We were treated to a wonderful single-shot scene at the high school as everyone dealt with the fallout of the tapes being leaked online by Clay. I really enjoyed seeing that scene, and I think it did a good job establishing how big of a deal it is that the tapes went online, especially since it was treated as such a flippant and unimportant move in the previous episode. I enjoyed seeing Bryce face the consequences of his confession being leaked online. I had totally forgotten that his confession would be leaked too, and it felt significant when it was briefly played over the school speakers. I loved that Bryce's parents arrived at school too and had to face everyone who were completely judging their son. Lastly, I enjoyed seeing Marcus sell Bryce out to save his own skin, something that the fits the character who has been established. The Bakers storyline was really good here and paid off of a lot of the build-up around their relationship. After the both of them testified, they finally matured enough to start looking in the mirror and realizing that they were more guilty for Hannah's suicide than they thought. I also love their differing views, as Andy is able to accept his role in Hannah's suicide, while Olivia is still too scared to believe that truth. It's pretty compelling, and I found their fight against each other to be really well done. Clay's family blowing up was also a long time coming. It had been built up over the last two seasons as they consistently failed to communicate, but now that everyone seems to be screwing up there is conflict happening. I'm interested to see here this storyline goes. The Bad: I am nervous that there won't be much development from Clay's storyline though. And I feel that way because of what happened to Alex in this episode. After being the primary focus in the last episode, he hasn't changed at all and his story has hardly developed. That's really bad after his outburst in the last episode was framed as a big deal. This lack of follow-up makes me nervous about the story surrounding Clay's family. Tyler's story hasn't been very good either. I don't care about what he's doing and I don't care about his relationship with Cyrus' sister. The show has failed to make his story compelling in every way. I wasn't happy to see Skye again. The actress is truly awful. Anyways, her return meant nothing for the story since it seems that she is just moving away now. I don't care at all for Clay's relationship with her so her scenes did absolutely nothing for me and just bored me out of my mind. I didn't like Jessica crying so much. Honestly I don't understand why she is so broken all the time. I mean she was raped and I understand that, but why does it affect her all the time? She doesn't even remember it happening! I can buy her being upset but to have her in tears every other scene is just annoying and tough to sympathize with. It honestly just feels like the writers lazily attempting to get an emotional reaction out of us. I also didn't care at all for Clay raging at Hannah's ghost because of how poor the story has been executed so far. I'm still trying to accept Hannah's ghost as a real thing, but it's hard to because it feels so oddly out of place in the show. There were a lot of little things which weren't executed well. Tony is acting unbelievably guilty around the single-eyed man, so much so that it feels almost comical. Alex also just barged into Clay's house to talk to him, which is unrealistic and highly illogical. Additionally, I may just have forgotten, but did Zach always have a sister? I didn't remember her existence at all, so it feels really dumb for her to suddenly pop into existence when it's convenient. The Unknown: So is Skye gone now? Time to celebrate! Will Bryce do something to get back at Marcus? That could be dangerous. What will happen now that Justin has gone back to his mom? What does he hope to accomplish by going back? Where is Mr. Porter? We haven't seen him for a while now. Best Moment: Andy and Olivia's fight was emotive and powerful. Stuff like this is why I think this show has serious potential. Character of the Episode: Olivia. Conclusion: This episode was a huge improvement over the last and had some genuinely good scenes but the show's abundance of flaws still holds it down. That being said, this was still the season's best episode so far. Score: 59
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