Our friends at Today broke it down for us:
This story discusses suicide. If you are looking for help, please call the National Suicide Prevention hotline at 1-800-273-8255.
“This show should be pulled off the air immediately,” Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz, president of the Child Mind Institute, told TODAY’s Savannah Guthrie on Friday.
“Teenage suicide is contagious. We know for over three decades that when kids watch television where they depict a suicide, they’re more likely to attempt and they’re more likely to actually (kill themselves).”