Dennis Vasquez is a recurring character on 13 Reasons Why. He is portrayed by Wilson Cruz. Dennis was the Baker's attorney in their trial. He works for another law firm. He was present at meetings with Lainie Jensen to settle the lawsuit, one of the presiders at the depositions.
The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen and the aftermath of high school student Hannah Baker 's suicide. Before her death, she leaves behind a box of cassette tapes in which she details the reasons why she chose to end her life as well as the people she believes are responsible for her death.
He is portrayed by Wilson Cruz. Dennis was the Baker's attorney in their trial. He works for another law firm. He was present at meetings with Lainie Jensen to settle the lawsuit, one of the presiders at the depositions. He later helps out the Jensen's by helping Clay Jensen during Bryce Walker 's murder case .
He is portrayed by Wilson Cruz. Dennis was the Baker's attorney in their trial. He works for another law firm. He was present at meetings with Lainie Jensen to settle the lawsuit, one of the presiders at the depositions.
Allison MillerSeasons. Sonya Struhl is a recurring character who appears in the second season of 13 Reasons Why. She is portrayed by Allison Miller. She replaced Lainie Jensen as litigator for the school in the Andrew and Olivia Baker vs The Evergreen County School District.
8. Do Hannah's parents win their lawsuit? As we know, Hannah's parents filed a lawsuit against the school for their failure to detect or protect Hannah in the events that lead to her taking her own life. They had a strong enough case to win despite not entering the tapes as evidence.
Andrew cheated on his wife with Valerie. It continued for a month before his daughter found out and forced him to tell Olivia.
Lainie is the mother of Clay Jensen, the adoptive mother of Justin Foley and the wife of Matt Jensen. She served as a Litigator for the school in the lawsuit the Bakers file against Liberty High before she dropped out of the case due to Clay's involvement causing a conflict of interest.
During the trial, however, Chloe can't bring herself to share the truth, instead opting to claim that her sexual encounter with Bryce in the Clubhouse was consensual. Afterward, Jessica tells Justin (Brandon Flynn) not to blame Chloe for what happened in court.
Porter asked Cyrus if he was still friends with Tyler. Cyrus responded by saying they weren't because Tyler changed and they drifted apart. He described Clay as a good and nice guy who feels responsible for people and wants to do the right thing.
Sherri Papini, a Northern California woman who was arrested last week for allegedly faking her own 2016 kidnapping and lying to federal agents, was released from jail on Tuesday. A federal judge allowed Papini, 39, to be released after her family posted a $120,000 bond.
Olivia and Jordan were saddened to learn that Billy and Laura were splitting up. And while things were rocky between the pair, they've been able to co-parent seamlessly. However, it looks like the split has done them well and has left viewers questioning if a reconciliation is in the works.
Billy and Principal Carter do the same and start bonding after numerous conflicts. Spencer and Frausto do the same in this episode of coming together. Billy and Laura get back together and there's a new romance between Grace and Carter.
When Clay and Justin had a moment alone to talk, Clay revealed that because of the issues he will face with not finishing high school, becoming a ward of the state and both his parents being no shows, his parents had offered to adopt Justin as they now see him as one of the family.
Despite these troubling moments, Clay is never explicitly diagnosed with a specific mental illness — something experts took issue with last year when it came to the portrayal of Hannah's suicide.
Only child Clay Jensen got a pseudo-brother in 13 Reasons Why Season 2 when his parents decided to take Justin Foley in for good. That's why Justin lives with Clay on 13 Reasons Why now — the Jensens adopted him.
The Bakers tried to fight for Hannah by holding the school responsible for her suicide, with Dennis Vasquez as their lawyer trying to prove the school was responsible. Liberty High was represented by Sonya Struhl, a smart and ambitious litigator, who tried to prove the school was not responsible. The trial lasted two weeks, with the chosen people on both sides testifying, and finally, the Bakers' and the school get a decision from the jury. The second season unfolds with different narratives who illustrate Hannah's story from the testifiers' point of view, providing a diverse perspective of Hannah as well as other characters involved.
The trial lasted two weeks, with the chosen people on both sides testifying, and finally, the Bakers' and the school get a decision from the jury. The second season unfolds with different narratives who illustrate Hannah's story from the testifiers' point of view, providing a diverse perspective of Hannah as well as other characters involved. ...
When prompted by Dennis, Clay testified about his friendship with Hannah, and when prompted by Sonya, Clay testified that he and Hannah spent a night doing drugs together (to his parents surprise). While coming down from her high, Hannah described being suicidal. Sonya asked him why he didn't do anything or say anything to anyone about what she said. In response, Clay lashed out and tried to get her bullying to be brought back up, but failed and inadvertently contributed for Liberty High.
Marcus testified for the school about him and Hannah meeting at Rosie's diner and lied about what happened between him and Hannah. Instead of telling the truth about him sexually harassing her as a dare to impress his friends, he told the court that she was only being nice to him because she wanted to get to Bryce and when he turned her down she became violent with him. Sonya then came to the conclusion that Hannah agreed to go on a date with Marcus to use it as an opportunity to get a date with Bryce.
Ryan was called to testify for The Bakers'. Sonya asked him about Hannah's poems, he talked about a poem that Hannah wrote about Justin Foley after the damage he did to her reputation, and also about the poem Hannah wrote about being suicidal. He told the court that students mocked the poem that was published by Ryan but without her consent. And that it was read by almost everyone in the school, including teachers but no one tried to figure out who the author was. Prompted by Dennis, he told the court that Hannah was lonely and made some bad decisions, one of them was continuing to text Justin Foley.
The Bakers believed that Liberty High School (part of Evergreen County School District) was responsible for failing to see the signs that their daughter, Hannah Baker, needed help. Liberty High School believed that they were not responsible for her suicide as they did all they could to help her.
The trials purpose was to decide whether or not Liberty High School —part of the Evergreen County School District—was responsible for/guilty of failing to be able to help Hannah Baker, thus leading to her commit suicide.
Anger Born of Worry: Both Lainie and Matt get angry with Clay when he mysteriously disappears suddenly from school or home for no apparent reason, but it is implied that the anger is born out a worry of Clay getting more reckless and depressed after Hannah's suicide, who was already suffering from grief and sadness.
The Atoner: In the second season, he is much more focused on cracking down HARD on the students and teachers he feels wronged Hannah... although not without consequences.
Dirty Cop: Downplayed, as it's strongly implied he's figured out his son killed Bryce, but he doesn't dig too deep into the matter and lets Alex's friends frame Monty to protect Alex; he also burns the clothes Alex was wearing the night Bryce was murdered.
13 Reasons Why is an American teen drama streaming television series developed for Netflix by Brian Yorkey, based on the 2007 novel Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher. The series revolves around high school student Clay Jensen and the aftermath of high school student Hannah Baker 's suicide.
In May 2017, Netflix renewed 13 Reasons Why for a second season due to the success of the initial 13 episodes; the second season was released on May 18, 2018, and received mixed reviews from audiences and negative to mixed critical reviews.
Universal Studios purchased film rights to the novel on February 8, 2011, with Selena Gomez cast to play Hannah Baker. On October 29, 2015, it was announced that Netflix would be making a television adaptation of the book with Gomez instead serving as an executive producer. Tom McCarthy was hired to direct the first two episodes. The series is produced by Anonymous Content and Paramount Television with Gomez, McCarthy, Joy Gorman, Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Mandy Teefey, and Kristel Laiblin serving as executive producers.
Amy Hargreaves as Lainie Jensen, Clay's attorney mother who works for the firm representing Liberty High in the Baker's lawsuit. Derek Luke as Kevin Porter (seasons 1–2; guest season 3), a guidance counselor at Liberty High. He is fired after giving his testimony in Hannah's trial in the second season.
Netflix renewed 13 Reasons Why for a second season in May 2017 due to the success of the initial 13 episodes; filming of the second season began the next month and concluded that December.