Audrey Cleo Yap In episode 8 of the fourth season of “13 Reasons Why,” the students of Liberty High engage in a dramatic and violent encounter with members of the on-campus police force, a scene that — amid protests against racism and police brutality that have erupted around the world in recent days — feels oddly familiar.Of course, it’s not a timeliness that star Dylan Minnette, who plays Clay Jensen, could have anticipated when the Netflix show filmed last year.“It was definitely a commentary on the same themes, on police brutality and racial discrimination,” says Minnette on “Variety Live!”Season 4, which premiered earlier in June, ended on a bittersweet, even optimistic note.
