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13 Reasons Why producer Brian Yorkey has hinted that one episode in the show's upcoming second season could be extremely divisive.

The showrunner indicated in a recent chat with Digital Spy that aspects of Hannah Baker's story — which was told in a series of cassettes prior to her suicide— may be called into question by other characters this season.

"I think there is an episode in the middle of the season that has the potential to blow up the internet, that some people will be very, very upset about," Yorkey told us.

"There are people who will not be happy with it. But we approached the season thinking and knowing that Hannah told her story the way she understood it. And I think she told the truth – and I am a person who thinks that Hannah told the truth. But she told it from her perspective and she didn't tell everything.

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"She was building a case against a group of people to say, 'You are responsible for why I did this.' So naturally anyone who does that is going to leave out what they call in a trial 'exploratory information'. They are going to leave out things that don't entirely support the case that they are making.

"There are other secrets that people have kept and there are other details to the story that we don't know. She told her side of the story and as I said before, all those kids have their side of the story as well. And the idea behind season two is that we get to hear their side of the story."

Netflix has already indicated that the second season will include a content warning message from the cast about the show's "tough" topics — and Yorkey was also quick to point out that 13 Reasons Why takes its responsibility in addressing topics like suicide and sexual assault very seriously.

"We worked to make sure that we had a resources website that people could go to and that would connect young people with resources in every country that were local to them, should they be in crisis or know someone in crisis or someone that just needs to talk," the producer stressed.

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"So quite literally we, the producers of the show, Netflix/Paramount, worked hard to make sure that that was in place and available to people.

"Season one, and it's true of season two as well, our hope was that young people would watch the show and talk about it with each other, and our hope was that they would talk about it with their parents and that even if they didn't watch it with their parents, hopefully their parents would also watch it and we have heard from many, many families, that that is in fact what happened... and then they were able to talk about what they had seen and what the impact was on them and how they felt about it."

Yorkey continued: "It can be hard for kids to say I feel this way, or this happened to me. It can be an easier beginning of conversation to say Hannah felt this way, this happened to Jessica, Clay felt this way. And then get from there to, 'I have felt that way too.' And that has always been and continues to be one of the animating forces behind what we do."

13 Reasons Why's second season debuts on Netflix worldwide on May 18.

Suicide is preventable. Readers who are affected by the issues raised in this story are encouraged to contact Samaritans on 116 123 (www.samaritans.org), or Mind on 0300 123 3393 (www.mind.org.uk). Readers in the US are encouraged to contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on 1-800-273-8255 or visit the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

Rape Crisis England and Wales works towards the elimination of sexual violence. If you've been affected by the issues raised in this story, you can access more information on their website or by calling the National Rape Crisis Helpline on 0808 802 9999. Rape Crisis Scotland's helpline number is 08088 01 03 02.

Readers in the US are encouraged to contact RAINN, or the National Sexual Assault Hotline on 800-656-4673.

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