| “ | Everyone's a liar. If you're breathing, you're a liar. I'm a liar. No question. The truth can be dangerous, lies are easier. Until they aren't anymore. | ” |
| — Ani narrating | ||
If You're Breathing, You're a Liar is the second episode of third season of 13 Reasons Why. It is the twenty-eighth episode of the series overall.
This episode focuses on Zach Dempsey and Chlöe Rice as the main suspects in Bryce Walker's disappearance and the reveal of Bryce's fate.
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Synopsis[edit | edit source]
After learning about Chlöe's pregnancy, Clay and Ani pay her a visit. Chlöe recalls how she leaned on Zach for support and that Bryce never knew.
Plot[edit | edit source]
Bryce is still missing and the whole school is on edge. Clay notices that Zach is wearing the lucky rabbit’s foot that Chloe gave him months before. He starts to suspect Zach and his motives and decides to look into the relationship between Chloe and Zach.
Flashback to eight months earlier: Chloe no longer attends Liberty High School. She decided to leave shortly after the Spring Fling when she told Jessica she was pregnant. One person Chloe claims she never told about her pregnancy was Bryce. She did, however, tell Zach, who seems to have a crush on Chloe. Zach even offers to raise her baby as his own but Chloe says she wants to get an abortion.
Zach gives Chloe money for the abortion after she tells him a horrible story about how she tried to get an abortion from a clinic that poses as an abortion provider in order to dissuade people from terminating their pregnancy.
Zach takes Chloe to a real clinic to get the abortion, but the visit turns into a scary situation when protesters attempt to stop her from entering. A “clinic escort” approaches Chloe and offers assistance, until the escort is also revealed to be a protester, who puts a bloody model of a fetus in Chloe’s hand. Chloe receives the abortion, then tells Zach she’s leaving Liberty High School.
Eight months later Zach tells Clay and Ani that Bryce did not know Chloe was pregnant or about the abortion (and that Zach helped her get it) — so that can’t be why Bryce attacked Zach on the football field. Chloe dumped Bryce months ago, and Zach claims Bryce was unaware of the deep connection between Zach and Chloe.
In another flashback, Ani consoles Bryce after his breakup with Chloe. Bryce was also struggling with other issues at the time. Bryce went to talk to some of the Hillcrest football players. He thought he was meeting with some like-minded individuals who wanted to talk about hooking up with girls, but that wasn't the case. One player appeared to get along with Bryce until suddenly he reminded Bryce that the team doesn't want to hang out with a rapist.
Later on, Bryce’s teammates shove him down the stairs, giving him cuts and bruises. Ani’s mother cleans up his wounds while Bryce’s mom accuses him of being unable to get his life together.
In the present day, Ani goes into Bryce’s room and finds a notepad. There’s still the imprint of words on it. Using a pencil to shade in the words, Ani learns that Bryce was writing a letter to Jessica.
Whatever Bryce wanted to tell Jessica, it’s unclear if he had the chance. In the present day, Tyler — who has been struggling to tell Clay something all day — takes a walk down by the river, as Ani’s voiceover notes that some people react to violence by committing violence against themselves. The scene cuts to officers pulling a body out of the river. It is then revealed that the body is Bryce, confirming his death.
Evidence[edit | edit source]
Opening intro shows Zach's lucky rabbit foot in an evidence bag as the second piece of evidence
- Object: Zach's lucky rabbit foot.
- Explanation: Chlöe gave Zach a pink fluffy toy rabbit foot as good luck, which gave Ani and Clay an incentive to look into his relationship to Chlöe. Through Jessica, they found out that Chlöe was pregnant by Bryce and had an abortion. They talked to Zach, who revealed that he gave Chlöe the money to pay for it. They figured that if Bryce had found out that Chlöe had an abortion and Zach helped her get it, Bryce would have become enraged at both of them and they both may have accidentally killed him in an altercation.
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Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
| Song | Artist | Album | Scene |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theme Song: "Oh In This World Of Dread, Carry On" by Eskmo | |||
| "Tired" | Beabadooee | Patched Up | Chlöe and Zach talking in the hallway about Chloe being pregnant. |
| "Otherside" | Perfume Genius | No Shape | Chlöe's abortion is done. She meets up with Zach the next day. |
| "Chem Trials" | No Age | Everything in Between | Tony teaches Tyler boxing; Tyler falls down after a punch. Alex asks Tony if he can try. |
| "Slow Dancing to This Bitter Earth" | Publicist UK | Forgive Yourself | End credits. |
Original Music[edit | edit source]
| Song | Artist | Album | Scene |
|---|---|---|---|
| "New Love" | Eskmo | 13 Reasons Why (Season 3 - Original Series Score) | Clay and Ani walk through the school halls. |
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