Breaking It DownEverything You Need To Know About ’13 Reasons Why’ Season 4

When will Season 4 premiere?

According to Netflix’s recent announcement, the fourth and final season is set to hit the streaming service on June 5, 2020. So, mark your calendars, people!

How many episodes will be in Season 4?

The final season of 13 Reasons Why will have 10 episodes in total, which is shorter than the show’s usual 13 episode seasons.

Which stars will return for Season 4?

Although the full cast list hasn’t been announced yet, Dylan Minnette, Ross Butler, Devin Druid, Miles Heizer, Brandon Flynn, Alisha Boe and Christian Navarro have all taken to social media and shared heartfelt messages about the show’s ending.

Despite their characters being killed off in Season 3, Timothy Granaderos and Justin Prentice will reprise their roles as Monty and Bryce, according to showrunner Brian Yorkey.

“Even though both Bryce and Monty are gone from this earth, there will be ways that they factor into our story and certainly into the states of mind of our characters in Season 4,” he told Entertainment Weekly. “In Season 3, Clay’s sitting alone in the robotics room and it’s pouring rain and Bryce shows up and he says something like, ‘The dead don’t stay dead around here.'”

It’s not confirmed if Katherine Langford will make an appearance, since her characters passed away during the first season.

Will there be any new characters?

Viewers, meet Diego Torres, played by JanLuís Castellanos. According to Deadline, Diego is “a charismatic, aggressive, and fiercely loyal leader of a divided football team struggling to understand the loss of one of their own. But as Diego grapples with his own grief and confusion, his violent temper masking a hurting heart, he finds himself falling for one of Liberty High’s most complicated women — leaving him caught between past and present, wondering who he can trust.”

From the sound of it, he’s going to bring some serious drama to the show, and we can’t wait!

Although he’s not exactly a “new” character, Deaken Bluman will reprise his role as Winston for a larger part in the mystery of what really happened to Monty.

What will Season 4 be about?

According to Netflix, “In the series’ final season, Liberty High School’s Senior Class prepares for graduation. But before they say goodbye, they’ll have to keep a dangerous secret buried and face heartbreaking choices that could impact their futures forever.”

Although it’s hard to say exactly what will happen in the show’s final season, since plotlines are kept tightly under wraps, fans are convinced that Bryce Walker’s real killer will be unmasked. With the murder of Montgomery De La Cruz having happened in the final minutes of Season 3, it’s safe to say that his death will, most likely, be explored as well. Honestly, we can’t wait to see Clay and the gang head off to college, leaving their past behind them. According to Alisha Boe during an interview with Elite Daily, “all he**, honestly, breaks loose” during this season.

“There’s so much variety tonewise and storywise… This story is nuts. We didn’t expect any of it,” Ross said when teasing the final season during an interview with Entertainment Tonight. Brandon added, “Mostly every episode” of Season 4 had shocking moments. Wow, there’s a lot to look forward to!

While talking to Popsugar, Ross added, “We’re all dealing with the aftermath of Bryce’s murder and we’re all going about it in our own way. I think what’s going to be interesting is that the audience is going to see how each of their favorite characters go through this. It’s a ticking time bomb almost that we’re all going to be graduating.”

What has the cast said about Season 4?

The show’s stars have been pretty quiet about the final season, but some have taken to social media and dished on how the show changed their life.

“It’s been a life-changing 4 years making the show, and an era/chapter I won’t forget. Super thankful to everyone involved. Excited for you all to see the final season,” Dylan posted on Twitter back in December 2019, after the cast and crew wrapped filming.

Recently, Ross and Brandon got real during an interview with MTV and dished on how 13 Reasons Why sets itself apart from other teen drama series.

“All the other teen shows are so dramatized and so romanticized. I think what we pride ourselves in is tackling everything with a groundedness and brutal honesty,” Ross explained. Brandon added, “Some of the topics our show covers, we didn’t see growing up. I mean, sexuality gets spoken about.”

Ross also told Popsugar, “We had a lot of social gatherings this last season, and a lot of it was reminiscing on the past. A lot of it was just living in the moment and not thinking too much about the fact that we’re not all going to be working on the show together again. We’re obviously all going to stay in contact, but we kind of went through this crazy experience together, and it will live with all of us forever.”

Safe to say they’re pretty emotional about the show coming to an end, just like fans are!

Are the cast happy with the show’s finale episode?

According what Brandon told Popsugar, fans will be feeling a lot of emotions when the show finally comes to an end.

“I think there’ll be satisfaction, hurt, despair, abandonment. People have an attachment to our show, which is an awesome thing,” he dished. “It’s something that I’ve become very grateful for, but it’s ending, so you can’t please every part of someone’s wants and desires. But I think we gave it our all to make it a really great story and end on a note that makes sense, instead of just ending on a pleasing note.”

Why is Season 4 the final season?

According to Brian, the end of high school felt like “the logical ending point” for the show.

“For a long time, the idea has been, should we be so lucky to have the opportunity, we would do four seasons of this,” he told EW.  “So certainly going into breaking story for Season 4, we knew it was the end.”