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| “ | I recorded 12 tapes, I started with Justin and then Jessica, who each broke my heart. Alex, Tyler, Courtney, Marcus, who each helped to destroy my reputation. On through, Zach and Ryan, who broke my spirit. Through Tape number 12, Bryce Walker, who broke my soul. | ” |
| — Hannah, in "Tape 7, Side A" | ||
Hannah Baker (August 28, 2000 – October 9, 2017)[1] was one of the main characters in the first and second seasons of 13 Reasons Why, whom the title refers to, serving as the overarching protagonist. She was portrayed by Katherine Langford.
Hannah's suicide is the central plot catalyst of the story for the first season. She is never seen alive during the present timeline of the show, only seen in flashbacks and hallucinations. She narrates the first season through the tapes, which details her reasons for committing suicide. She returns as a major character in the second season as a creation of Clay's hallucination, aiding him in his journey for justice.
Early Life
Hannah Baker moved to town two months before taking her job at The Crestmont, a local movie theatre where she befriended Clay. At her previous high school, she herself was a bully to Sarah Carlin, who would later testify for the school in Hannah's trial. She reveals that Hannah Baker and two other girls spread around a photo of her which led the entire school to bully and tease her. Olivia desperately pleads with Sarah before she testifies, at her house, for her to not testify about her experience with Hannah.[2] Hannah and the others girls were suspended from Ridgeview High for their part in it. They turned everyone at Ridgeview High against Sarah and Hannah moved to Liberty High School.
Throughout the Series
Season 1
Hannah is first seen in a memory of Clay Jensen's, who compliments her recent haircut. She is seen again training Clay when he first starts at The Crestmont, a local movie theater. In tape one, she recounts her first encounter with Justin Foley at a going-away party she hosted for Kat. The two go on a romantic date, but it ends poorly as Justin allows Bryce Walker to send an inappropriate photo of her around Liberty High School. Hannah seeks Clay's companionship, but is coldly turned away.[3]
Sometime later, school counselor Mrs. Antilly pairs her with fellow new student, Jessica Davis. The two quickly become close friends. The duo go to Monet's and meet Alex Standall, also new to Liberty. They trio names themselves F.M.L., but it dissolves after Alex and Jessica's breakup. Jessica confronts Hannah about Alex suddenly breaking up with her, convinced that Hannah was behind it due to jealously. The two argue, which ends with Jessica slapping Hannah.[4]
Hannah attempts to bring F.M.L. back together, but fails due to Alex and Jessica's poor relationship. Later, Hannah accepts an invite from Clay to watch the lunar eclipse after their shift at The Crestmont. The two sit closely together as they watch the eclipse together. During class, Alex's Hot or Not list is passed around, which names girls with the best and worst physical characteristics. Hannah attempts to throw it away after seeing its contents, but another student retrieves it. Hannah storms into the boy's locker room to confront Alex about the list. After, Hannah goes to a local gas station to get candy and encounters Bryce Walker, who gropes her non-consensually, causing her to leave in tears.[5]
After being walked home by Clay, Hannah begins to undress when she hears clicking noises outside her window, she quickly turns off her light and gets in bed. Hannah speaks with Courtney Crimsen about her suspected stalker, and she invites her over in hopes of catching them. Hannah and Courtney get drunk and play a game of truth or dare. The game eventually escalates into the two making out, which is interrupted by the sound of a camera clicking. Hannah shines the flashlight outside her window, revealing that her stalker is Tyler Down. Hannah confronts Tyler about the photos, and after promising he would destroy them, asks Hannah out on a date. Hannah laughs in his face, enraging Tyler and causing him to spread the photo around school. A distraught Courtney confronts Hannah and alludes to Hannah's reputation around school, which causes Hannah to cry.[6]
During a flashback, Courtney and her friends convince Hannah to go to the Winter Formal. As Hannah prepares to leave, she is surprised with a new car to borrow to impress her new friends. While at the Winter Formal, Hannah is devastated upon learning that Courtney revealed to Montgomery de la Cruz that Hannah was in the photo Tyler leaked, as well as that Justin and Hannah engaged in sexual activity. Courtney tearfully apologizes to Hannah, which she rejects. Hannah gives Jessica a ride home and the two share a brief moment of friendship.[7]
Hannah speaks about the Oh My Dollar Valentine fundraiser, which matches students based on a questionnaire. While Hannah fills out the survey, she realizes that her answers describe Clay. However, she is disappointed at learning that she didn't get Clay on her list. Hannah reveals that this tape is about Marcus Cole, who attempts to take advantage of her while on the date. Marcus asks her out on a date to Rosie's Diner, which she offers to think about. Hannah gives Clay a chance to ask her out, but ends up agreeing to a date with Marcus. Hannah arrives at Rosie's Diner, initially annoyed that Marcus showed up hours late. Hannah warms up to Marcus, but the date quickly goes sour as Marcus tries to reach up her dress. She pushes Marcus off and he screams at her, storming out. Zach returns to the diner and attempts to comfort Hannah, the two sitting in silence.[8]
Hannah begins her next tape speaking about the crippling effects of loneliness. In communications class, Hannah and Zach talk about their compliment bags, which allow students to give anonymous compliments to each other. Hannah receives bunny doodles, and is suspicious that Clay draws them. After her date with Marcus, Zach asks Hannah out on a date. Hannah, believing it to be another cruel joke, loudly rejects him in the cafeteria, humiliating Zach. Hannah notices that her bags have been empty since the incident, and is certain that Zach has been stealing them. Hannah decides to write a heartfelt and deeply personal letter to Zach, explaining why the compliments are so important to her. Zach takes the note and seemingly throws it away, to which Hannah asks "Why me?" across the hall to him. Jessica no-shows a meeting with Hannah at Monet's, causing Hannah to believe that their friendship is truly over. Hannah anonymously leaves a note about her feelings of loneliness and emptiness for Mrs. Bradley to discuss, but it is quickly brushed off by other students.[9]
Hannah goes to a college & career fair at Liberty, dismayed at her chances of getting into a top university. She meets Robert, a local librarian who invites her to a poetry jam. Hannah decides to go and sees Ryan Shaver, another student whom she dislikes due to him including the Hot or Not list in his zine, Lost and Found. Later that night, Ryan goes to the Baker's Drug Store and apologizes, gifting her a notebook. Hannah is impressed by Ryan's poetry, and she asks him to help her write. Ryan asks Hannah if he can publish her poetry, which she vehemently denies. Later, Hannah goes to school and sees students making fun of the poetry she wrote. In class, Jessica confirms to other students that Hannah wrote poem. Hannah confronts Ryan about publishing the poetry, but he refuses to apologize. Hannah overhears her parents arguing over the drug store's financial situation. [10]
Sophomore year comes to close and Hannah is keen for a fresh start, deciding to cut her hair. While scraping gum at The Crestmont, Clay convinces Hannah to go to a party hosted by Jessica Davis. While at the party, Hannah encounters Jessica, who cheerfully greets her. Jessica informs Hannah that she and Justin are now dating, which disturbs Hannah due to her past experience with him. Later into the night, Hannah finds herself hiding in a closet as Bryce Walker rapes an unconscious Jessica, unaware of Hannah's presence in the room. After Bryce leaves, an emotional Hannah lays a blanket over a sleeping Jessica.[11]
A distressed Hannah returns to the living room and is offered a ride home and is invited to a sleepover by Sheri. While on the way home, Sheri hits and knocks over a stop sign. Sheri wants to leave but Hannah refuses to, and Sheri drives off and abandons Hannah in a panic. Hannah goes to Wally's store and reports the accident to police, who inform her that it has already been reported. Upon learning that classmate Jeff Atkins was killed in an accident at the same intersection, she is certain that Sheri failure to report the sign caused it. She goes to Clay to confess, but is quickly shut down before she can explain by Clay, who accuses her of making the situation about herself. Hannah confronts Sheri, who is unwilling to admit that she may have been responsible for Jeff's death. In addition to Jeff's death, Hannah expresses anger at herself for letting Clay get away.[12]
Hannah recounts Clay approaching her at Jessica's party, expressing her anxiety to talk to him. The two speak at various rooms in Jessica's house, ending with the two alone in Jessica's room. The two share a moment of silence before Clay suddenly kisses her and the two make out. The two begin undressing before Hannah has flashbacks of her experiences with Justin, Marcus, and Zach. She suddenly pushes Clay off and tearfully demands that he leaves. Clay obliges and Hannah cries alone before being suddenly interrupted by Justin and Jessica bursting into the room, kissing. On the tapes, Hannah tells Clay that he doesn't belong on the tapes, but that she needed him to hear her story and why she did it.[13]
On tape 12, Hannah talks about the worst day of her life. After further discussion about the Baker's financial struggles, Hannah's parents task her with depositing money at their bank account. Distracted by a phone call with Clay, Hannah accidentally leaves the purse containing cash on top of her car, and it falls out onto the street as she drives off. Hannah goes to The Crestmont to pick up her last paycheck and is coldly greeted by Clay. Hannah goes back to the car, realizing that the purse is lost.
Season 2
Over the course of the second season, Hannah appeared to Clay as a figment of his imagination: a hallucination, she served as an allegory because of his struggle to get over her. The first time Hannah appeared, it was through Clay's window 9 minutes into the first episode, "The First Polaroid". The second time she appeared Clay was kissing Skye and he opened his eyes to see Hannah and freaked out. He and Skye moved to the couch and he saw her again after he took off his top. Skye asked him what was wrong. Later on, Clay was in his room, he looked at the first Polaroid he was given. Hannah appeared and she asked what he was going to do about it, Clay looked over and asked "So you talk now?", Hannah replied: "Apparently".[14]
The next morning, Clay gave her a series of questions which she fired back with answers just as the real Hannah Baker would. Clay's mother, Lainie, shouted for him, who didn't answer so she ran upstairs to talk to him. Lainie asked him if he still thought about Hannah, despite him saying before he had not thought about her or cared about it anymore. After he closed the door, Hannah confronted him about what he said to his mother about her. Clay replied that he tried his best to help her by recording the last tape, but nothing had worked. He felt defeated, to which she asked why he was hallucinating her, if there was really nothing he could do. Confused, Clay walked towards the Polaroid, she got up and read aloud the words on it: "Hannah wasn't the only one". Clay didn't find it weird but Hannah questioned why the Polaroid was given to him the day her trial started. Clay wasn't sure, he got dressed inside of his closet and left for school.
Clay walked into a room where Tyler was with his photographic equipment. Half of the room had been smashed up. Clay asked who did it and Tyler told him that it had to have been someone he talked about at the trial, and told him that "This is what happens when you tell the truth.". Clay started to hallucinate Hannah again, who told him to ask Tyler about the Polaroid. He asked Tyler if he shoots on Polaroid, which Tyler denies. He then asked if Polaroids could be copied, Tyler told him that anything could be copied if you take a picture of it. Clay was sitting on a bench seat, while Skye was sat on the table. Hannah appeared as Clay told Skye that his parents didn't know about Hannah, which made Hannah give him a look, she told him "All these secrets, Clay." Clay corrected himself, which prompted Skye to reveal that she knew he was in court and she figured that he was still hung up on Hannah. Clay told her that he was not going back to court, Hannah told him that he kept saying it like it was true. Clay angrily responded to her with "I'm not going back!", Skye became confused and told him she was only joking, unaware that he was hallucinating Hannah and actually responding to her. Hannah told Clay that she liked Skye, and thought she was good for him; "She makes you try new things".
Clay and Skye were in bed but Clay's body did not respond the way he wanted. Skye got up and asked him to say two things but only if he meant it: "I love you" and "I'm over her (Hannah)", he said "I love you" but Hannah appeared and told him "And you're over me, Clay it's okay just say it.", unfortunately he only managed to say he loved her, and told her he can't say he was over Hannah. Skye threw things at him and ran out of the house. Hannah asked him what he was going to do, Clay told her he was going after her. Hannah asked if it was a good idea, Clay told her he knew it was not but reminded her of what she said, about him leaving her, on his tape, "part of me was saying don't go", Hannah told him that Skye isn't her and may not be thinking the same thing. Clay responded with "No, no one is". Clay ran out of the house but was too late follow her. Hannah appeared next to him outside of Skye's house after seeing Mrs. Miller accompany Skye be driven off in an ambulance. Hannah commented "You really do have a thing for complicated girls". Clay then screamed in anger at her.[15]
Clay was at hospital asking for Skye, he saw Hannah for a minute and then biked home. In Monet's, Clay left Skye a voicemail and Hannah appeared, they talked about Bryce and she told him "don't do nothing because you're afraid or sad or pissed off, you'll regret it for the rest of your life". Clay and Tony searched through a squat to find Justin and Clay saw Hannah asking for help, after he called Tony he realised that it was just a random stranger. In the fourth episode, "The Second Polaroid", Justin was sleeping as Hannah and Clay discussed him being homeless, Hannah encouraged Clay to wash his clothes. Clay was in the library at Liberty High and Marcus and Bryce were talking about Marcus's testimony, Chlöe came over and sat on Bryce, they kissed but Clay saw Hannah appear in place of Chlöe, kissing Bryce, Hannah looked over at him, giving him a smirk. Later, Clay searched through his mothers computer for the audios of the tapes to send to Alex. Hannah appeared and questioned his decision. Clay argued with Hannah over his decision and decided to send all of the audio from the tapes to Alex.[16]
Hannah and Clay watched Justin sleep, Hannah asked him if he was going to ask Justin about the Polaroid. Clay didn't trust him enough. Hannah questioned how he couldn't trust "that little sleeping angel". Justin woke up and commented that he is cold, Hannah tells Clay that he had a fever and Clay told Justin. Hannah instructed Clay to take care of Justin. Later, Clay and Hannah were in a room in school, Clay saw a Chalk Machine and realised that it was in the Polaroids, he then found a Magnifier Loupe so he could see the Polaroid more clearly and came to the conclusion with Hannah that the Polaroids were taken on school grounds meaning that The Clubhouse is also on school grounds. Clay commented that it could be huge for Hannah's case and that he needed to find The Clubhouse. Clay searched a room while Hannah appeared and tried to help him, but it led to an argument over Bryce and Justin. In "The Smile at the End of the Dock", Clay found out about Hannah and Zach and argued with Zach before he drove off, he hallucinated Hannah and she confronted him about how he's acting. Later in his bedroom, they talk about her, Zach and him. In "The Third Polaroid", they discuss publicly publishing the audio of the tapes, Clay then decided to publish them.[17]
After Clay released the tapes, he was walking down the school hall with Justin. She appears and asked if he still believed what he did was okay for everyone on the tapes, specifically Jessica. After the aftermath of everything, Clay, Lainie and Matt were in their house arguing with each other. Matt shouted at Clay to go to his room. Clay walked past Justin on the stairs, and went to his room and hallucinated her. He became angry at her, told her she didn't get to talk anymore and told her that she created a mess that ruined lives. Clay went further and blamed her for killing herself. He became incredibly furious with her and finished by telling her that she did "an evil thing" and demanded she "get the fuck out" whilst he shaked and cried.[18]
Clay went up to his room after he gave Justin a lift back into town. He hallcuinated Hannah sat on his bed. She acknowledged that Justin came back and Clay apologised to her. Hannah accepted it and told him "you didn't say anything I didn't deserve". Clay walked over to her and sat next to her. He told her that he was angry and has been since she died, she told him that he needs to talk to someone about how he felt. Clay told her that he tried to forget her, but couldn't because he just imagines places they've been together and moments they've shared. Clay told her the one thing he won't ever forget is kissing her, he thought about it and leaned into her, Hannah reminds him that she is dead and he is hallucinating her. Clay asked her why he was hallucinating her again but she still had no answer. Later on Clay, Sheri and Justin are going through a box that Zach gave them, Polaroids from The Clubhouse. He found a Polaroid of Hannah that shocked him: Hannah crossing her arms and wearing Bryce's school sports jacket in the clubhouse. He lifted it up and hallucinated her across from him, matching the pose in the image. He looked up at her in shock and she smiled back at him.[19]
Clay was sat at a table in Monet's with the Polaroid, he hallucinated her and asked Hannah why she was in the photo, she told him that nothing she could say would be worse than what he had been imagining, she asked him if he would believe nothing happened. He asks her how she ended up there, she told him that she dated Justin and he told her that Justin said he didn't know about The Clubhouse. Hannah asked "So what do you wanna hear? That I dated half the football team? That they got me high and fucked me blind?", after Clay told her that he didn't know, she told him that he said he loved her but was willing to believe the worst about her. Later, Bryce gave his testimony, he lied about his relationship with Hannah, Clay hallucinated her and she whispered "I wanted to be with him forever, I was in love with him" in his ear as he sat and listened in the courtroom. Clay turned around and she disappeared. After Bryce gave his testimony and everyone came out, Clay, Tony, Alex and Justin formed a group to talk about what had happened. Clay looked across at Bryce and his teammates and hallucinated Hannah in the middle looking at him and he then made a decision.
Later on Clay was at home, he laid on his bed with his clothes on in a cradled position and repeated "What if it's true, Jesus, what if it's true?", he hallucinated Hannah who asked how he could possibly believe Hannah and Bryce were in a relationship despite what Hannah said on the tapes. Clay told her that the stuff about Zach was true, she told him that Zach is actually a good person and compared him to Clay, which repulsed him. Clay told her that Zach, Monty, Bryce, Justin and Scott are all alike. Clay explained that Justin fit in because he let Bryce rape Jessica. She told him that Justin would give his life to do it over, Clay agreed and said that he should. Clay asked her to tell him Bryce was lying about everything, she stayed silent and Clays repeated it shouting, Hannah told him that Bryce told lies, Clay reiterated asking her to say all of what he said was lies. She told him to stop thinking about it, to think about her instead, their relationship, Clay stopped her and said that he didn't want to think about it, and she stopped. Clay told her "I need to know what's true." She began reciting "Here we are, Tape 12. If you've listened this far and you haven't heard your name yet, well, I bet you know exactly what's coming now. Or maybe you don't, have any idea. Could that be true? Could a person be that sick? Let's find out." Clay tried to stop her from going further and screamed "No, Damn it, no! Shut up! Please don't do this, just leave me alone, leave me alone!"
Clay sat in an empty courtroom, he hallucinated her sat on the same row, but away from him. She continued, "I was left alone in the hot tub, not for long, cause that's when you showed up Bryce-", Clay begged her to stop but she carried on. Clay told her that he tried, they tried. He stopped hallucinating her when Tyler shows up to talk Clay. He then brought him out into the woods to shoot at cans. For the first time Clay felt, "fucking incredible". Tyler told him that it could help if he named the cans after people he doesn't like. Clay hallucinated Hannah as he was about to shoot and said, "Bryce Walker", and got a perfect shot. Tyler and Clay then heard sirens and Tyler told Clay that they needed to leave before they were found. But his hallucination stopped him, she continued on reciting the tapes, "You turned me around and pushed the full weight of your body into my back. I couldn't move. I had no power." Tyler asked Clay for the gun, unaware that he was not listening to him because he was listening to his hallucination of Hannah receitng the tapes. Tyler then realised it was too late and told Clay to run. He shared a look with his hallucination and ran. Later on, Clay walked down a road with her, he left a voicemail for Jessica to meet him somewhere. She continued on and recited the tape. Clay told her that he was taking care of it. Clay reached a house as she continued on, Clay told her "I'll make him hurt, I'll make him understand what he did." which made us realise it was Bryce's house. She continued on with the tape as Justin unexpectedly arrived and talked to Clay. Clay then became agitated and confused, his hallucination finally became too much for him as she continued on although he kept wanting her to stop. He held the gun to his head and things intensified.[20]
He hallucinated talking to her outside of his house on the steps. She told him that she liked the way he was taking care of Justin and that Justin "really is just a sweet, injured boy", Clay told her that girls were "suckers for that". Sher told him "You know we're also suckers for the angry, vengeful hero types.". Clay told her that he was going to kill Bryce. He asked her if Justin was right, if that wasn't what she wanted. Hannah told him that she wanted him to forgive her, "But maybe that's the one thing in the world, you won't do for me". As Justin came out of the house he stopped hallucinating her. Later on, near the end of the episode, Clay was at the theatre, watching a movie, he hallucinated her coming in and sitting down next to him, she was confused as to why he was watching a zombie movie knowing that he hates them. He explained that he could not just sit and wait for the jury come to a decision. After they laughed and talked, Clay told her that he was not able forgive her, ever.[21]
Clay saw The Crestmont and remembered a moment he and Hannah had together, which got interrupted by a car horn. He came out of the memory, distracted and looked back and saw two new workers at The Crestmont. He turned around and walked, he hallucinated her and they walked, she told him "I was right, you're the most courageous nerd I ever knew", Clay told her that they asked him to speak at her funeral service. She asked if he was going to and he told her he was not sure of what to say or if he could trust himself to not be angry. She told him to be angry if he was. They looked though a transparent door and he asked "what if" he couldn't say what he really needed to say. They stand in front of the Baker's Drug Store, which had for sale signs up. Clay went back to the Hot Ink to finish the tattoo that he got half done in the first episode, this time he hallucinated her in place of where Skye was but she was sat down on the bed instead. Clay was sat on a park bench, he hallucinated her and Clay said that he was most afraid that he would forget her, she told him "Then, don't", he told her that he also feared letting her go. She asked him if he remembered the Winter Formal dance, he affirms and asked why, she told him that she just wanted him to remember that memory. Later, Clay delivered a speech at her funeral, he hallucinated her, walking through the church doors and sitting down. He quoted Skye in his speech: "A good friend once said to me 'I can love you and still let you go'. So Hannah, I love you, and I let you go.". Clay nodded to her and she nodded back at him. She got up and left the church and as the doors opened for her, there is a white light. He had finally stopped hallucinating her.[22]Personality
Hannah was shown being sardonic, quick-witted and outgoing, accompanied with a sarcastic sense of humor. Funny, easy-going, kind, displaying good self-esteem, and likes to meet people and make friends, Hannah is extroverted and thoughtful. She is also passionate with poetry, becoming a poet and often writing poems about her personal life. Though she had some defects too: the inability to be aware of others' true intentions, had a "horrible taste in guys" (as former friend Kat repeatedly said), and was a tad overly-melodramatic. But as the events–the "reasons" why she killed herself–begin to unfold she shifts unconsciously, changing into a more edgy, keep-to-self kind of person. This reflects her mental health and emotional state as she believed her life had no worth. Before her death, she became suicidal, quiet, reserved and closed. Being sexually assaulted by Bryce was Hannah's breaking point, after returning home and making the list of all the people who hurt her, recording her tapes, she felt a shift, which she described as being "empty" on the inside, like no longer feeling or caring about anything.
In the tapes that she recorded explaining all the reasons that led to her suicide, and the declarations of her former classmates Hannah demonstrates a side of herself that she never did it with anyone before. For example, it is seen that she was incapable of letting go Justin Foley and kept having feelings for him despite what happened with the photo about them and went viral and the advice of other people. However she was also a good friend, when Courtney told Hannah that she had a crush on her, instead of forcing her to leave her house, Hannah comforted and sympathized with Courtney giving her genuine affection. When Hannah learned that Jessica was dating Justin she was concerned about her well being and attempted to advice her to take her of herserlf due to her previous experience with Justin. Also, it is stated by Tyler that Hannah used to spend her time "sexting" when she was alone in her room. Her cold and most apathic side of herself came off when it was about Bryce Walker, demonstrating in her tapes that she genuinely hated Bryce due to being the prototype of a "white man" who believes he can do whatever he wants to do because of his wealth and popularity, and also had a grudge with Justin because letting him walk all over him by taking advantage of his friendship, since she saw how he let Bryce rape Jessica and did nothing to stop him.
But despite this trates of herself, Hannah always loved her parents and was very grateful for raising her with love and affection. She also appreciated Clay Jensen and considered him an actual friend, someone she could rely on and a genuine good and kind person, even telling him on his tape that she does not consider him one of her reasons of why she committed suicide, but put him because he was part of her story.
Physical Appearance
When she was first introduced in the series, she had long, wavy brown hair as a sophomore, and blue eyes. She is of European-American descent. Her stance was straight, and her clothes were "boho" style yet girly. We seldom see her with any more makeup as to think it was nothing more than natural. Her wearing boots (booties and to-the-calf boots), beanies, jackets (denim and moto), and otherwise keeping it quite minimalist, those being her signature style accessories.
By the start of junior year, she had her long hair cut shorter and wanted to start anew, hoping to leave her old "class slut" self behind in the past. Her style also takes an important, 180-degree turn here, with her mostly wearing only jeans, tees, and boots, externalizing the change in herself that showed how desperately she wanted someone to notice and help her, to do something about the long-caged sorrow she didn't quite understand herself.
Relationships
Clay Jensen
Clay and Hannah in "Tape 1, Side B"
Clay Jensen and Hannah worked at the same movie theater, with Hannah initially training him. The two became acquainted over the summer after Hannah moved to Clay's town. Hannah threw a party at her house, which her friend Kat explains is the first party that Clay has attended since the fourth grade. Hannah and Clay gradually become closer, developing mutual feelings for one another, but Hannah suffers a mental breakdown, having her remember the various ways other guys have mistreated her, and she unloads it all onto Clay. Alive Hannah's voice tells present Clay, listening to the tapes, that the only thing he did wrong in her eyes was leaving after being told to, when she really wanted him to stay but couldn't tell him. He was only on the tapes because he was such a huge part of her life. Clay often sees Hannah in visions or as a daydream as he's listening to the tapes.
Hallucination Hannah
Clay hallucinates Hannah in "The Box of Polaroids"
During the second season, Clay hallucinates his version of Hannah, this is said to be a way of getting over her, trying to solve anything unsolved he had with her, surrounding her, or with himself. The following description is of Clay's relationship with his hallucination of Hannah.
For the second season, Hannah appears as a figment of Clay's imagination, a hallucination, throughout her being there, the both of them can't figure out exactly why he is hallucinating her, but she helps him understand things as much as she sometimes annoys him. As Clay unfolds pieces and tries to understand, she offers advice and information. As he finds out things about Hannah that he never knew before, she becomes a substitute that Clay can get mad at, we see Clay at his angriest with Hannah, taking it out on the hallucination in "The Little Girl", which he apologises for in "Smile, Bitches". The day of Hannah's funeral, April 19th, 2018, Clay manages to let Hannah go, and his hallucination finally leaves.
Justin Foley
Hannah sneaks Justin out of her room in "The Box of Polaroids"
Justin Foley and Hannah dated when Hannah first moved to town. They first saw each other, after being introduced to him by Justin's at-the-time-girlfriend, Kat, who was also her best friend. At the Goodbye Party for Kat, hosted at Hannah's house, Kat stated that Justin Foley called dibs on Justin and told Hannah Baker that Zach Dempsey was available. However, Hannah fell for Justin instead of Zach. On the first day of school, after Kat left town, Justin approached Hannah and talked to her. Even though Justin was supposedly fresh off a break up with Kat, he still took an interest in Hannah. After video chatting with Kat, she got blessings from her and Hannah decided to set her sights on Justin. She would go to his basketball events being happy and excited and learned to like basketball. Justin eventually spread lies and began the downfall of Hannah's reputation and school life. They met at the playground, or the rocket as Hannah called him. He took pictures as Hannah slid down the rocket, aware of the fact that she was wearing a skirt. They made out at the bottom of the rocket, with Justin taking racy pictures of her. The next day, Justin showed his friends the pictures, but then Bryce Walker forwards the picture to the entire school. This caused rumors to go around about Hannah. That made him one of the thirteen reasons why she killed herself.
In Season 2, it's revealed that Hannah kept texting and calling with Justin after he apologizes over text multiple times. She started writing poems about him. They eventually met up, but Hannah didn't show any interest in him, and Justin left when Ryan showed up at their table. Justin also revealed in court that he walked Hannah home after their date. Later that night, Justin got into a fight at home, and fled to Hannah afterwards. She took care of his bruises and after he fell asleep, she let him sleep in her bed whilst she slept on the floor. The next morning, Justin kissed Hannah goodbye after she checked if her parents were gone.
Zach Dempsey
Zach and Hannah at the docks in "The Smile at the End of the Dock"
After Marcus harassed and embarrassed Hannah in Rosie's, Zach, who was also present, took this as an opportunity to sit at Hannah's booth and attempt to comfort her in her distraught state. Zach tried to follow up on this in school, attempting to ask her out, but things backfire. Zach tries to exact vengeance in English class by robbing the notes out of her compliment bag, which slowly but surely affected Hannah's self-worth. Hannah tries to reach out by writing a note describing her damaged feelings, which was robbed by Zach and seemingly had a strong effect on him. Hannah's retelling of the story is that Zach crumpled up the note and littered it, prompting Hannah to storm after him and scream "WHY ME?" In actuality, Zach actually kept the note and is haunted by it, especially after the event of Hannah's suicide. Zack and Hannah later lost their virginities to each other the summer before she committed suicide.
In Season 2, it is revealed that Zach and Hannah's relationship was much more intimate. In his testimony, Zach explains that during the summer before Hannah's junior year, he and Hannah had reconciled after Zach apologizes for his actions. Zach's father had passed away and Hannah took pity on him, and spent time with him. They acknowledge their mutual feelings for one another and end up losing their virginities to one another. They break up after Zach's friends bully her and he doesn't do anything.
Marcus Cole
Hannah and Marcus on their date in "Tape 3, Side B"
Marcus was matched with Hannah for the Dollar Valentines. He makes a bet with Bryce, saying he can't even "get his hands in". He calls her and Hannah decides to go on a date with Marcus at Rosie's Diner. Marcus shows up an hour late, much to the upset of Hannah. Things don't exactly get any better when Hannah realizes the football team are seated behind them, witnessing Marcus' progress. Marcus then attempts to grope Hannah in public, with his justification being that he believed she was 'easy.' After his advances are declined, Marcus angrily insults Hannah and exits the diner, leaving Hannah alone, crying. Hannah later confronts Marcus at school and gropes him.
Bryce Walker
Bryce and Hannah at a football game in "Bryce and Chloe"
Bryce's rapport with Hannah was certainly not mutual, to say the least. Bryce attempts to flirt with Hannah at Kat's party, only for Kat to strongly dissuade Hannah on pursuing him. Hannah later approaches him at a football game, and Bryce asks her to hang out. They spend some time together, and Bryce takes her to the Clubhouse. He tries to kiss her, but she tells him that she likes him a friend. Following Hannah and Justin's romantic encounter in Eisenhower Park, where Justin took the racy photograph of Hannah, Bryce is responsible for circulating the photo across the school, damaging Hannah's reputation. Hannah's opinion of Bryce is further diminished when she witnesses him raping Jessica while hidden in Jessica's bedroom. This greatly traumatizes her. After Hannah reaches a particularly low point, she ends up wandering to Bryce's house, where he is having a party with many of the other schoolmates. When the others leave, Bryce joins Hannah in the hot tub and proceeds to rape her, despite Hannah's objections. This was the turning point where Hannah decided to make the tapes and consider killing herself.
Courtney Crimsen
Hannah and Courtney in "Two Girls Kissing"
Hannah became friends with Courtney in her sophomore year. After Hannah tells her about Tyler Down stalking on her, taking photos, they stage a trap to catch him in the act. However, this results in a photo of the two of them kissing being circulated across the school. Courtney then took steps to distance herself from Hannah, fabricating extended rumours about her, to protect her own reputation, throwing Hannah under the bus, essentially. This irreparably damaged their friendship and made Courtney the fifth reason Hannah took her own life.
Jessica Davis
Jessica and Hannah walking to school in "Tape 1, Side B"
Hannah was introduced to Jessica informally, waiting to see Mrs. Antilly, the school's guidance counselor. She briefly talked to her Jessica Davis, who was called upon by the counselor too. Since they were both new and Mrs. Antilly wanted them to be friends or at least a "friendly face in the crowd", the two got paired up. Jessica and Hannah bonded over some coffee and hot chocolate at Monet's, which soon became their 'office'. One day, they met Alex Standall and the three soon became a trio and had a saying, "F.M.L. forever". Unfortunately, on the tapes, Hannah says that Alex stopped coming and then it was down to her and Jessica, and eventually Jess stopped coming. They went their separate ways, or so she thought. During lunch, one day she saw Alex and Jess together holding hands and laughing, realising that they seem to have excluded her. Later on she finds out that they're dating which she says didn't bother her.
Hannah decided to talk to Jessica due to a new rift in their friendship caused by Alex's "Hot List", where he listed Hannah's ass as "Best Ass" and Jessica's as "Worst Ass" (with the intention of annoying Jessica after she refused to have sex with him). Jessica suspects that Alex broke up with her because Alex was seeing Hannah. Ending the conversation and their friendship, Hannah got slapped across the face by Jessica.
Later on, they separately attended the Winter Formal, with the two not really talking to each other, but not enemies, Hannah gives Jessica a lift home and provides her with snacks and water. Unfortunately later when Jessica is sober, she says that they are still not friends. She begins dating Justin Foley, who she previously asked Jessica to avoid. Hannah witnesses Bryce rape Jessica and also sees Justin leave the room after trying to stop it from happening, after hiding in a closet, she walks out after Bryce leaves and puts a blanket over Jessica and leaves the room. She goes downstairs and eventually gets a lift home from Sheri, who causes trouble.
Hannah goes to talk to Jessica but Justin interrupts, she tries to tell her what happened last night, but Jessica doesn't let her speak and asks her to just let her and Justin be happy, she asks her to "stop being a bitch" and Hannah leaves.
Appearances
Hannah appears in every episode of the first season as flashbacks only. Hannah appears as a figment of Clay's imagination––a hallucination––throughout the second season. Hannah Baker and Jeff Atkins (as well as Bryce Walker in the third season and fourth season, and additionally both Montgomery de la Cruz and Justin Foley in the fourth season) who appear in the series, either as flashbacks or a hallucination, but aren't currently alive.
Season 1 |
Season 2 |
Season 3
- "Yeah. I'm the New Girl" mentioned
- "The Good Person is Indistinguishable from the Bad" mentioned
- "Nobody's Clean" mentioned
- "You Can Tell the Heart of a Man by How He Grieves" mentioned
- "There Are a Number of Problems with Clay Jensen" mentioned
- "In High School, Even on a Good Day, It's Hard to Tell Who's on Your Side" mentioned
- "Always Waiting for the Next Bad News" mentioned
- "The World Closing In" mentioned; voice on tapes
- "Let the Dead Bury the Dead" mentioned
Season 4
- "Winter Break" mentioned
- "Valentine's Day" mentioned
- "Prom" mentioned
- "Graduation" archived footage
Quotes
| “ | Hey, it's Hannah, Hannah Baker, don't adjust your, whatever device you're hearing this on. It's me, live and in stereo. No return engagements, no encore and this time absolutely no requests. Get a snack. Settle in. Because I'm about to tell you the story of my life, more specifically, why my life ended. And if you're listening to this tape. You're one of the reasons why. I'm not saying which tape brings you into the story. But fear not, if you received this lovely little box, your name will pop up. I promise.
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” |
| — Hannah on the tapes.[src] |
| “ | Hannah: Aren't you afraid of helmet hair? Clay: My hair does the same thing no matter what, just sits there. [Hannah strokes Clays hair] Hannah: You just need some product. A little effort to style it, blow-dry it in the morning. Clay: And sacrifice my masculinity? Hannah: That ship has sailed, don't you think? Clay: Forgive me if I want to keep my brains in my head Hannah: Instead of, say, some other regions, like most boys? Come on, Helmet, you've got bathrooms to clean. |
” |
| — Hannah and Clay on his hair and masculinity[src] |
| “ | Hannah: [sarcastically] Stop having so much fun, Clay! Clay: I'm having fun, totally. [Hannah unbuttons the first done up button on Clay's shirt] Hannah: You're too buttoned up. [Clay buttons back up his shirt, Hannah and Clay start to laugh] |
” |
| — Hannah trying to make Clay have fun[src] |
| “ | Bryce: Hey there! Hannah: Hey! Bryce: You're um, you're the new girl. Hannah: Apparently Bryce: Uh, I like your laugh. Hannah: Thanks... I like your understated sense of fashion. Bryce: [chuckles] Thanks. [Kat walks over] Kat: Bryce! Better go hit the keg and catch up. You're an hour behind. Bryce: [to Hannah] I'll see you later, I hope. Hannah: See you. Kat: Oh, God, no. Solid no, Hannah. He is like, frat boy Darth Vader. Hannah: He didn't seem that bad. Kat: I was being kind. Clay: She kind of was. Hannah: ...I think I want a beer too. |
” |
| — Bryce's first interaction with Hannah and Kat warning her about him.[src] |
| “ | (on Jessica and her, after Jess slaps her) Friendship, it's complicated. |
” |
| — Hannah on the tapes[src] |
| “ | See, I can guarantee, that one of the reasons that you're still listening, is that you really wanna know, who are the others? Who else is responsible for my death? Well, you're going to learn soon enough. And, of course, they're going to learn about you, too. If they haven't already. What? Feeling paranoid? On edge? Yeah, High School does that to a person. You never really know who you can trust. And who you can't. So keep your wits about you. It's all part of the game. But remember it's not a game, not at all. | ” |
| — Hannah on how the reasons she committed suicide might be feeling.[src] |
| “ | OK, enough with the small talk, it's time to meet the star of Tape 1, Side B, so without further ado, let me introduce my former friend, step up Jessica Davis, you're next. | ” |
| — Hannah introducing the subject of the current tape.[src] |
| “ | I met Jessica, a couple weeks into Sophomore year, apparently, we needed to be counselled. | ” |
| — Hannah, on how she met Jessica[src] |
| “ | In spite of our differences, we were what we each needed at that moment in time. Three drinks against the world: two hot chocolates and whatever the hell Alex was drinking. | ” |
| — Hannah on her friendship with Alex and Jessica in Monet's[src] |
| “ | You've heard of the Butterfly Effect, right? That if a butterfly flaps its wings, at just the right time, in just the right place, it can cause a hurricane thousands of miles away. It's chaos theory. But, see, chaos theory isn't exactly about chaos, it's about how a tiny change in a big system can effect everything. Chaos theory. Sounds dramatic, but it's not. Ask a mathematician. Or better yet, ask someone who's been in a hurricane. | ” |
| — Hannah on chaos theory at the beginning of Alex's tape.[src] |
| “ | Knock knock, Tyler. | ” |
| — Hannah before ending Tyler's tape.[src] |
| “ | How many of you remember the Oh My Dollar Valentines? Those were fun, weren't they? You fill out a survey, and just for a buck, you get the name and number of your one true soul mate. And, hey, all proceeds go to a worthy cause: cheer camp. The Dollar Valentine survey was a two-parter: Describe yourself, and describe what you're looking for in someone else. And, as I filled mine out, I realized I was actually describing a certain someone. You'd think if my answers all described one person... that person would at least appear in my Top Five. But no. I didn't match up to the one person who might really have been right. Maybe it wasn't my fault. Maybe none of us can say who we truly are. Maybe we're more than what the world sees. Or less. Maybe none of us are who we seem. | ” |
| — Hannah on the Oh My Dollar Valentines.[src] |
| “ | I always kind of liked Marcus. You always seemed like a good guy. Then again, they almost always do. Marcus, welcome to your tape. What was it? Did you want to see if the rumors were true? Or did you just want to start some new ones of your own? | ” |
| — Tape 3, Side B |
| “ | Losing a good friend is never easy, especially when you don't understand why you lost them in the first place. | ” |
| — Hannah on her friendships that broke apart. |
| “ | It must be possible to swim in the ocean of the one you love without drowning. It must be possible to swim without becoming water yourself. But I keep swallowing what I thought was air. I keep finding stones tied to my feet. | ” |
| — Hannah in her Poem.[src] |
| “ | It was the smile that did it, first The way it seemed so easy for you to be so happy. That smile I wish I'd never seen. |
” |
| — Hannah in her Poem. |
| “ | [In a vision Clay is experiencing] Clay: I love you. Hannah: Why didn't you say this to me when I was alive? |
” |
| — Clay imagines what he would say to Hannah if he could do the moment over[src] |
Hallucination Hannah
All quotes in Season 2, come from Clay's version of Hannah that he hallucinates throughout this season.
| “ | Clay: So, let me get this straight. Hallucination Hannah: Okay. Clay: You don't know why you're here, you don't know how I'm supposed to feel about it, you don't know why I haven't seen you and even though I haven't tried to think about in months and then you show up tonight. Hallucination Hannah: Precise and accurate, in true Clay Jensen style. Clay: And you're still allowed to make fun of me. Hallucination Hannah: Allowed? Obligated? Who can say? |
” |
| — Clay talking to Hallucination Hannah as a very real hallucination[src] |
| “ | Clay: Are you real? Hallucination Hannah: Do you see me? Clay: Are you a corporeal? Hallucination Hannah: That seems like a science-fiction question. Clay: Can I touch you? Hallucination Hannah: That seems like a loaded question. Clay: This is fucked up, right? Like I-I'm seriously fucked up. Hallucination Hannah: I don't think you're fucked up. I think you're just, working through things. Clay: Things like seeing a ghost? Hallucination Hannah: And other things. Clay: So you are a ghost? Hallucination Hannah: Okay, does it matter what you call me?! I'm here. Clay: And you're here for a reason? Hallucination Hannah: I would think so. Clay: But you don't know what it is? Hallucination Hannah: I was hoping you would. Clay: And you're not going away? Hallucination Hannah: I don't think so, I mean, not for the moment. Clay: [scoffs] Well, that's just fucking great. |
” |
| — Clay and Hallucination Hannah trying to understand why he is hallucinating her.[src] |
| “ | Hallucination Hannah: Nothing's going on? Clay: I have to go to school. Hallucination Hannah: And you don't care about me anymore? Clay: Look, I tried Hannah. I did everything I could for you, and nothing worked. Nothing. And now you're back and there's still nothing I can do. Hallucination Hannah: If that's true, why am I here? Clay: Yeah. Exactly. |
” |
| — Clay, frustrated that Hallucination Hannah is there, not knowing what else he can do.[src] |
| “ | [Clay picks up the first Polaroid he is given] Hallucination Hannah: "Hannah wasn't the only one"? What do you suppose that means? Who gave it to you? And why now, the day my trial started? Clay: You think they're connected? Hallucination Hannah: You think they're not? Clay: [sighs] I think that I need to get dressed and go to school and try to live my life. |
” |
| — Clay and Hallucination Hannah on the first Polaroid he is given.[src] |
| “ | Tyler: Did you just come here to look at the destruction that is my life, or...? Clay: No. I was wondering, do you ever, work with Polaroids? Tyler: Amateur hipster tripe. Clay: I'll take that as a no. Tyler: It's retro analogue bullshit. There's no negatives, what's the point? Hallucination Hannah: Unless that is the point. Clay: So no one can make a copy? Tyler: No, you can make a copy of anything, you just take a digital picture of it. But, yeah, you want one print to hold on to, take a Polaroid. |
” |
| — Tyler and Clay (with Hallucination Hannah) on the Polaroids[src] |
Trivia
- Hannah was an office assistant at Liberty High School for the 3rd period.[23]
- Hannah died approximately two months after her 17th birthday.
- She attended Ridgeview High before she attended Liberty High.[24]
- When she attended Ridgeview High, she made her own cocktail of Vodka, Scotch, Kahlúa, and other liquors, a drink she and Kat used to call "a suicide".[25]
- She was a poet, she wrote a lot about her personal life, and some poems can be found here.
- Her birthdate is August 28th.
- Hannah's astrology sign is Virgo♍.
- Hannah is the first of four main characters to die on the show.
- She's also the first and only main female character to die on the show, as well as the only one to die by suicide.
- The others are Bryce, Montgomery, and Justin.
Gallery
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All images of Hannah Baker in Season 1 are flashbacks.
All images of Hannah Baker in Season 2 are hallucinations or flashbacks.
"The Smile at the End of the Dock"
"Bye"
References
- ↑ Yorkey, Brian & Moore, Kirk (writers) & Morris, Michael (director) (May 18, 2018). "The Third Polaroid". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 7.
- ↑ Moore, Kirk A. (writer) & Candler, Kat (director). (May 18, 2018). "Smile, Bitches". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 10.
- ↑ Yorkey, Brian (writer) & McCarthy, Tom (director) (March 31, 2017). "Tape 1, Side A". 13 Reasons Why. Season 1. Episode 1. Netflix.
- ↑ Yorkey, Brian (writer) & McCarthy, Tom (director) (March 31, 2017). "Tape 1, Side B". 13 Reasons Why. Season 1. Episode 2. Netflix.
- ↑ Son, Diana (writer) & Shaver, Helen (director) (March 31, 2017). "Tape 2, Side A". 13 Reasons Why. Season 1. Episode 3. Netflix.
- ↑ Higgins, Thomas (writer) & Shaver, Helen (director) (March 31, 2017). "Tape 2, Side B". 13 Reasons Why. Season 1. Episode 4. Netflix.
- ↑ Bicknell, Julia (writer) & Alvarez, Kyle Patrick (director) (March 31, 2017). "Tape 3, Side A". 13 Reasons Why. Season 1. Episode 5. Netflix.
- ↑ Sheff, Nic (writer) & Alvarez, Kyle Patrick (director) (March 31, 2017). "Tape 3, Side B". 13 Reasons Why. Season 1. Episode 6. Netflix.
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- ↑ Tyler, Hayley (writer) & Franklin, Carl (director) (March 31, 2017). "Tape 5, Side A". 13 Reasons Why. Season 1. Episode 9. Netflix.
- ↑ Jackson, Nathan Louis (writer) & Franklin, Carl (director) (March 31, 2017). "Tape 5, Side B". 13 Reasons Why. Season 1. Episode 10. Netflix.
- ↑ Benjamin, Elizabeth (writer) & Yu, Jessica (director) (March 31, 2017). "Tape 6, Side B". 13 Reasons Why. Season 1. Episode 12. Netflix.
- ↑ Yorkey, Brian (writer) & Araki, Gregg (director) (May 18, 2018). "The First Polaroid". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 1.
- ↑ Higgins, Thomas (writer) & Araki, Gregg (director) (May 18, 2018). "Two Girls Kissing". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 2.
- ↑ Cerar, Jo Marissa (writer) & Moncrieff, Karen (director) (May 18, 2018). "The Drunk Slut". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 3.
- ↑ Sheff, Nic (writer) & Hittman, Eliza (director) (May 18, 2018). "The Chalk Machine". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 5.
- ↑ Marye, Felischa (writer) & Morris, Michael (director) (May 18, 2018). "The Little Girl". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 8.
- ↑ Moore, Kirk A. (writer) & Candler, Kat (director). (May 18, 2018). "Smile, Bitches". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 10.
- ↑ Cerar, Jo Marissa & Higgins, Thomas (writer) & Yu, Jessica (director). (May 18, 2018). "Bryce and Chloe". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 11.
- ↑ Cerar, Jo Marissa & Higgins, Thomas (writer) & Yu, Jessica (director). (May 18, 2018). "The Box of Polaroids". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 12.
- ↑ Tyler, Hayley (writer) & Yu, Jessica (director). (May 18, 2018). "Bye". 13 Reasons Why. Season 2. Episode 13.
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- ↑ Higgins, Thomas (writer) & Shaver, Helen (director) (March 31, 2017). "Tape 2, Side B". 13 Reasons Why. Season 1. Episode 4. Netflix.