“Yeah, he was a complete dick in the first season, but then we got to see him turn over a new leaf. He become a better person, and fans grew to sympathize with him and care for and love him. His death scene broke my heart — his life was finally getting better, he was sober, he had a new family…you writers just had to kill him, didn’t you? Of all the characters on 13 Reasons Why that deserved a happy ending, Justin was sure as hell one of them.”
“That was so f*cked up to kill him off. Not only was he my absolute favorite character, but his death also stigmatized HIV even more.”