7 Pieces of Outdated Tech for ’13 Reasons Why’ Season 2
Ever since the end of the first season of 13 Reasons Why, fans have been speculating at what a potential season 2 would look like, if it even could happen. After all, Hannah Baker's tapes are done, and the source material is tapped — though clearly everyone on the tapes, not to mention Hannah's parents and the rest of the Liberty High community (like that poor girl Clay harassed just because she got Hannah's locker) has a lot more story left to tell. But we actually are getting season 2, which means there's a whole new range of stories to be told, and they probably won't rely on the cassette tapes Hannah left behind. That said, we're not saying goodbye to that outdated tech altogether, though we are hopefully getting rid of the show's problematic and outdated approach to mental health. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Brian Yorkey said the next season of the hit show will include something completely different, and totally unknown: "There will be a new piece of technology for 13-year-olds to Google and try to understand what it was."
Which leads us to speculate, just which piece of old-school tech will make its debut at Liberty High in 2018? Now that we're moving on from cassette tapes, Walkmans, and the tape deck in Tony's car, the world of obsolete technology is basically our oyster. Here are some of our top picks for what we'd like to see resurrected from the backs of our parents' closets and brought to the Netflix screen.
Jeffrey Mayer1/8Sidekick
The Sidekick was a classic of the early aughts (and a celeb favorite) but we could totally see Clay struggle with how to flip up the screen...and WTF to do with a physical keyboard.
Giphy2/8iMac
Maybe Liberty High's library can be full of the colorful desktops that, ahem, may or may not have stocked our high school or middle school library.
Mark Sullivan3/8BlackBerry
The BlackBerry may be making a comeback this year, but we all know it won't be as good as the classic. That said, maybe the 13 Reasons teens can have a BBM mystery they have to solve?
©20thCentFox/Courtesy Everett Collection4/8iPod Mini
Yes, today's iPods have a lot more capabilities, but an iPod mini would have perfect storytelling capabilities. After all, the fact that you probably can no longer even update one makes it the perfect vessel for storing some juicy facts from the past — or maybe an old playlist or five.
Justin Sullivan5/8PalmPilot
Okay, we don't actually know why anyone on 13 Reasons Why would have a PalmPilot, but something tells us the parents of all our fave characters have a lot more stories to tell as well. And there's sure to be at least one dad who can't give up his belt-holstered PalmPilot to store all his secrets.
6/8Floppy Disks
Not only would the floppy disks be a throwback, but so would whatever disk drive or desktop computer tower CPU they would need to access them. Two for the price of one!
John B. Carnett7/8Disposable Camera
Given Tyler's (
sometimesoften creepy) predilection for snapping photos and the fact that the Bakers actually own a convenience store (where they at least probably sell disposable cameras, if not develop film), we could totally see a stash of undeveloped film making waves in the lives of Clay, Tony, and co.
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