Though there are a few sidebars into what’s transpiring at school, the episode focuses on Zach’s testimony (and on Zach and Hannah’s relationship) with a weight that hasn’t been given to the other testimonies so far. Taking into consideration the fact that the two fatal flaws of 13 Reasons Why are (1) a level of subtlety best described as “nonexistent” and (2) a tendency to present a hot-topic issue and then say that that counted as a productive discussion (it doesn’t), “The Smile at the End of the Dock” is a pretty good episode, and possibly the closest thing the show has to a bottle episode, as its story, while relevant to the overall show, could easily stand on its own. And more than that, they lost their virginities to each other. Well, now we know what Zach’s been hiding! As it turns out, the reason Zach’s been so cagey this whole time is that he’s been keeping a very, very big secret: He and Hannah dated for the whole summer.
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