Do you know that meme where it's CJ Johnson from "Grand Theft Auto" saying "Oh sh*t, here we go again"?

Well, that was my first impression going in to binge watch the new third season of the embattled Netflix drama "13 Reasons Why." This was coming from someone who found the second season a bit atrocious given its poorly executed portrayal of suicide and other issues affecting the show's audience. It's also not to mention that it wasn't until last month that Netflix edited out Hannah Baker's extremely graphic suicide scene from the season 1 finale.

The new season, which premiered on August 23, 2019, picks up where the second season left off and with a whole new twist: the infamous and gaslighting rapist and jock Bryce Walker (Justin Prentice) is dead. This season revolves around a "whodunnit" narrative as told by Ani (Grace Saif), a British transfer student that turns out to be an unreliable narrator as the 13-episode-long season unfolds.

I'm not going to get into specifics of the plot, but one thing is for certain. Indeed, Netflix has announced that the next season of this show will be its last. This third season had the potential to redeem this show, but instead it failed to make it not completely a trainwreck.

I'll start with the positives. For one, Netflix has definitely taken into account trigger warnings for this show. Episode 1 begins with the cast explaining to audiences that this season deals with a plethora of issues beyond the scope of mental health (this after Netflix was criticized for not providing trigger warnings in previous graphic episodes).

Another positive is that it takes into account the power of solidarity among survivors of sexual assault. In addition to one scene where survivors storm the football field on homecoming night, there's another scene where survivors stand amongst their peers during a school assembly.

But ultimately this season focuses on the humanization of a rapist, which makes me ask what even was the point of this season? If Netflix insists this show is intended to do good, then why use this theme? Sure, a good thriller makes good binge-watching, but given this show's context, is it really worth it? And especially given the magnitude of "13 Reasons Why"'s target audience of younger people, what is this teaching them?

My verdict on this show is still mixed, but Netflix has one more season to prove me wrong. Indeed, it is not to say that the cast of this show are bad people. Quite frankly, I think the opposite. Every cast member in "13 Reasons Why" is brilliant; they are genuinely worth more than this show ever will and perhaps maybe it's a blessing that some of their roles were killed off.

Either way, season 3 of "13 Reasons Why" is a half-apology for this show's earlier sins.

All episodes of season 3 of "13 Reasons Why" are streaming on Netflix.