Alex Standall: Mom, did I leave a note?

Carolyn Standall: Yes. You left a note.

Alex Standall: I want to see it.

Carolyn Standall: Alex, honey, I… I don’t know that you’re ready to…

Alex Standall: What? To know the truth? Or know why I did it? Is this that you don’t want me to think about it or you just don’t want to talk about it? It’s my godd*mn note, Mom, I want to see it!

(She gives him the note eventually)

Carolyn Standall: Do you want to talk about it?

Alex Standall: Um… What does this mean? “I could have stopped it.” What does that mean? How could I have stopped it?

Carolyn Standall: It just means that you felt terrible guilt. That you felt responsible, but that is too much for any one person to take on. You know that now, right?

Alex Standall: “I could have stopped it.”

From 13 Reasons Why – Season 2 Episode 1: ‘The First Polaroid’ (2×01)