The season marked Joe's transformation from a lead-villain-he had very few redemptive qualities in Season 1 and 2-to more of an anti-hero that was done through playing up the unpredictable and impulsive qualities of Love, which Victoria Pedretti really did wonderful work in conveying while still making Love a fully-human being that we kind of care for (until we remember that she is a threat to kill someone at any given moment). Off the grid, we see at the very end of the show that he's now relocated to Paris (after a fakeout of two guys talking about New York).Īnd after a vision in Paris of a woman who resembled Marienne, it's clear that the former librarian is still on his mind and the object of his obsession. And along the way we've gotten to see different shades and angles of Joe, as well as Pedretti's character, Love, who returned for Season 3.Īnd with the show now set to return again for Season 4, we're eager to see how it will continue to grow.Īt the end of Season 3, Joe faked his own death, staging a murder-suicide at Love's hands that also implicated her for the deaths of, well, just about everyone else in Madre Linda who disappeared (which would include Natalie, who she actually killed, along with anti-vaxxer Gil and asshole newsman Ryan Goodwin). Its New York-set first season was distinctly different from its Los Angeles-set second season which was completely different from its suburb-set ('Madre Linda') third season. It's also got really good acting (from Badgley and Victoria Pedretti, in particular), and is consistently on-point with its narration and viewpoint on social stances and issues.Īnd part of what has made You so much fun to return to now three times is how the show continually reinvents itself.

You isn't exactly prestige television it's a soapy, juicy, thriller drama, where about 4 plot twists and turns happen per episode. It's almost like a spiritual successor to what Dexter did for all those years on showtime, but with a bit of winking self-awareness that make the show actually quite a bit smarter than you probably realize. But Joe-through Badgley's immaculate narration-always seems to be on top of things.

It.spirals out of hand quite quickly, actually. The show is simple enough-Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) thinks he's a good guy who lives his life by his own particular code.

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