Here's When '13 Reasons Why' Season 4 Will Hit Netflix

Season 3 of Netflix's 13 Reasons Why introduced another dark chapter in Liberty High's history when it explored the circumstances before and after Bryce Walker's mysterious death. As this investigation deepened, Clay Jensen and company got closer to the next season's focal point: high school graduation. So, when will 13 Reasons Why Season 4 premiere? Netflix has new episodes coming your way.

Warning: This post contains spoilers for Season 3 of 13 Reasons Why. Soon after the streaming service confirmed the Aug. 23 premiere of the teen drama's third season, Variety reported 13 Reasons Why was renewed for a fourth and final season. At the time of that announcement, the fourth season was already in production, so fans knew another trademark 13 episodes would likely arrive in 2020. Buta s for when in the year the show could return, it was a little uncertain. The series premiered in March 2017, but Season 2 launched in May 2018, and Season 3 debuted in the late summer this year.

On May 11, 2020, Netflix released an emotional Season 4 teaser, along with the release date for the new episodes, revealing the fourth and final season would drop on June 5.

Back when Season 3 came out, Variety confirmed Season 4 will handle the characters' high school graduation, seemingly wrapping up the never-ending trauma in the town of Evergreen. The show made it clear that while Season 2's Spring Fling dance was at the end of the characters' junior year, Season 3's present-day story took place about halfway through their senior year. So, while Season 3 picked up eight months after the events of Season 2, it seems the Season 4 plot could mean its episodes will begin immediately after the end of Season 3.

This idea is backed up by the Season 4 trailer, which Netflix released on May 20, 2020. In the trailer, the Liberty High kinds seem to be picking up exactly where they left off at the end of the third season.

If you need a bit of a refresher before June 5, here's what went down in Season 3: Jumping back and forth between the weeks surrounding Bryce's (Justin Prentice) death and the immediate aftermath of Tyler's (Devin Druid) foiled school shooting at the dance, Season 3 filled in the blanks as it progressed. Liberty High newcomer Ani (Grace Saif) narrated the season in what was revealed to be her interrogation session after Bryce's death. As the daughter of Bryce's grandfather's live-in nurse, Ani served as a double agent of sorts when it came to befriending Bryce and helping the others track down his killer.

As Ani caught up with Bryce's past and her new friends' roles in it, the other kids at Liberty High struggled to cope with their own traumas... and their connections to the murder. As one of Bryce's rape victims, Jessica (Alisha Boe) tried to regain control of her sexuality, while Justin (Brandon Flynn) reeled from losing the first person who ever cared about him. Before Bryce caused his major injury during the Homecoming football game, Zach (Ross Butler) supported Bryce's eventual ex-girlfriend Chloe (Anne Winters) when she underwent an abortion.

To the kids who knew what almost went down in Season 2, Tyler became a key suspect in the murder after police initially said Bryce was shot. Although he relinquished his supply of weapons to Clay and Tony (Christian Navarro) after Spring Fling, Tyler held onto one gun, raising suspicions that he still hadn't recovered from the mental state inspiring his original shooting plans. As the season showed, the truth wasn't as simple as it appeared, causing all of the kids to feel responsible for the death of Bryce.

Season 4 ought to explain how Bryce's death will affect the kids in the long run, and don't be surprised if the gang is anxiously counting down the days until they can graduate and get out of their twisted town.

Season 3 of 13 Reasons is currently streaming on Netflix. Season 4 premieres June 5.

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