this season is probably my least favourite so far. i still enjoyed it don't get me wrong, but it was SO confusing and annoying with the time switches it made it so hard to keep track of everything. also everything that happened between seasons 2 & 3 was just about impossible to keep track of but it ~kinda all came together in the end so i'm not mad.
they somehow managed to make bryce likable this season? i never ever thought i'd say that.. but they did. one of my least favourite moments of the season was when they boycotted the funeral, it was completely unnecessary and i loved how jess called it out. i also didn't completely hate monty? obviously what he did to tyler can't be forgotten or forgiven, but his backstory is completely tragic and him trying to come to terms with his sexuality was so hard to watch, especially when he beat up winston :( i'm glad he did the right thing and apologised, and then going back to him. it's right he got locked up tho, but him being murdered in the last episode and also ani trying to frame him or bryce's murder is really quite saddening. and then the scene in the last episode with winston returning and showing his feelings towards monty, idk i just feel like it could've been cute but i hate myself for thinking it bc i know i'm supposed to hate monty for what he did to tyler
i also liked tyler towards the end of this season. i didn't like him at all in the previous seasons but it was so sweet him coming to terms with what he went through and seeing him build friendships with everyone else, even tho he started off saying he had no friends even when they were trying to make the effort. and then clay & jess helping him be able to fully stand up in that assembly and say he was a survivor, and ultimately giving him the confidence to finally go and report it was so wholesome :love:
another thing i'm happy about this season is getting a more in depth look into tony's character. in the previous seasons he'd just been a friend to everyone else, but the whole storyline with his family getting deported and seeing more of his relationship with caleb <3 also i'm SO happy with jess & justin being a happy couple at the end of the season :love: definitely my favourite characters and i ship them so hard, they really blossomed this season and i LOVE it. clay & justin's relationship is cute too
i still HATE clay tho. he's so infuriating and easily the worst character in the franchise. especially since i was starting to like everyone else more this season i just ended up hating him more. he's just whiny and insufferable and i hate how he's always the focus. i wish he got locked up and kept AWAY from s4! i also HATED how they tried to make him and ani a thing. it was so cliche and unneeded. they don't even suit and he was a lot better with hannah & even skye.
another thing that confused me about this season was loads of the characters disappearing? ryan & sheri weren't seen once with no explanation at all, marcus got a mention at the beginning but i can't remember what about and courtney got like one scene. i know they were never the closest with bryce but they could've at least been added somewhere into the season? not so much ryan as i barely noticed he was gone or marcus bc i don't like him but he did have some relationship with bryce along with sheri. chloe should've also been involved a lot more than she was. she was in what? 3 episodes? she's bryce's ex and ended s2 as his pregnant girlfriend and that definitely should've gone somewhere rather than just a quick abortion. her and zach are the CUTEST tho and i hope they get together next season <33 we deserved some more clips of them together even if just to try and involve chloe more.
the murder itself had me SHOOK. when zach admitted to alex he did it i lit gasped but i knew it would end up being a false alarm and i'm so happy it was. zach is so precious and needs to be protected at all costs. i love his relationship with alex they have such a gorgeous friendship. ani telling the officer monty was waiting to go at bryce and then seeing alex and then jess omg i was shaking so hard. seeing bryce in that state even tho he had tried to be a better person was a bit sad, but in the end i was happy alex killed him! i think it was a tad lame tho like just a quick shove into the ocean but it worked. that clip of his dead body in ep2 whew i nearly threw up.
overall i'd probably rank the seasons 2 > 1 > 3, i liked s3 but i was expecting a bit more. i hope s4 ends up being better especially as the last season :( episodes 11 & 12 really SCALPED tho and are some of the best in the entire series.
