13 Reasons Why - Episode 7

At this point, it’s extremely hard not to see Hannah Baker as anything but a self-absorbed teenager lacking in self-awareness. Maybe episode 7 is different? WRONG

The subject of tape 4 is Zach Dempsey. Dempsey is another of the high schools elite clique – the jocks. While it is easy to throw Zach in with the rest of the brattish and mean jocks that we have witnessed so far, I believe Zach is a much different character. Not complex, but different.

You're telling me this harmless soul is supposed to be the bad guy?

Anyway, Hannah once again goes on a tirade about how Zach has somehow contributed to the ’13 reasons’ why she decided to end her own life. Her side of the story goes like this: In one of her classes, students write positive and anonymous letters and put them in a box with the recipient students name on it – like a secret santa but with nice notes.  Hannah claims Zach keeps stealing the positive notes people leave for her, therefore she is going to kill herself.

I know it’s hard to believe, but that’s the primary reason that she gives regarding why he is on the tapes. Despite the fact he was a genuinely nice guy with a few issues about rejection, and despite the fact she was the one who acted irrationally when he tried to ask her out, we as the audience are meant to think poor Zach is the villain. As for Dempsey, I think there is not a single reason why he should be on the tapes and put the through all of Hannah’s BS.

This episode gets a 5/10 for its extremely twisted version of events that Hannah puts forward. Who knows maybe I’m wrong and there is more to Zach’s story that has been shown so far.