![]() ![]() It's a little like the Hot Priest noticing Fleabag's avoidant tendencies. She notices when Joe disappears into his inner monologue. The difference this time is Kate has an acute bullshit meter. ![]() But you know it's just a matter of time, because it's Joe. Joe doesn't exactly fall for her immediately. Ostensibly, Joe's new love interest is Kate Galvin (Charlotte Ritchie), a "sexually frustrated" gallerist with a haughty, aloof attitude. Joe is quickly entangled in business he strictly set out to avoid. It seems like a pretty perfect gig for him.īut his British colleagues and their friends and lovers are just as vapid and up to no good as his mates in the US. There, Joe takes on the alias of Professor Jonathan Moore. This is a (mostly) spoiler-free review of You, which originally aired on Lifetime, but is now available to stream on Netflix. But mainly season 4 is set in a Notting Hill-modeled UK, sunny skies arcing over the buttresses of a medieval university. Flashbacks to Paris reveal what happened when Joe first escaped the mess he left behind in the US. To return there, he had to relocate to a whole new country. But in Part 2 of You, the series shows that its previous missteps were all part of a larger cause: an earth-shifting reveal in Episode Seven that takes the Netflix show from misguided to wild, jaw-dropping fun.After experimenting with being a devoted husband and father in season 3, Joe is back to single life. And Badgley’s reported disdain for sex scenes is clear, as the show trades its signature chemistry for a love story with Kate that fails to rival the winning combination that was Joe and his now-dead ex-wife Love, masterfully played by Victoria Pedretti. The show can’t tell whether it wants you to feel sorry for these people with too much money, or clap when their bodies are stuffed in armoires - an apathy that blunts any attempt at satire. It’s surprising that in an entertainment era dominated by eat the rich narratives, the show’s frank murder of people with multiple houses and servants still manages to come off as tedious. Victoria Pedretti plays the new obsession of Penn Badgley’s. The new friend group, while heavily accented and equally naughty, are caricature to the point of comedy, and also decidedly uninteresting. The dark comedy about dating, serial murder and the joys of reading, now a Netflix series, returns for a second season on a new coast. Joe is in his head, and putting him in a well-fitting houndstooth blazer does little to keep the story fresh. Part 1 of You proved this, its hour-long episodes dragging along. But in the modern age of television, a sexy lead and an ever increasing body count still isn’t enough to keep eyes glued to the screen. As a show that was canceled over lack of viewership on Lifetime, it’s a testament to Badgley’s commitment to the bit and showrunner Sera Gamble’s inventiveness that the series has so deftly maneuvered itself from a creepy action show to a camp drama classic. But it gives its actors the freedom to nail their performances, a recipe that has usually worked in its favor. ![]() The show is light on plot and more a mishmash of warring desires and character studies in narcissism. It doesn’t stay that way for long.īy all accounts, You should be a flop. Part 1 of the series ends on a small cliffhanger, with Joe on an unfamiliar mission as the good guy, desperate to stop “Eat The Rich” serial killer and mayoral candidate Rhys Montrose. But really, it’s not his fault that his new friends start turning up dead one by one. Yes, his stalking tendencies are still there, and quickly put to use to peep on his neighbor Kate Galvin ( Charlotte Ritchie). This time, Joe is English Professor Jonathan Moore, who has accidentally befriended a group of privileged London influencers, socialites, and nepo babies. This same routine was once again present in the first part of You’s fourth season, which was released on Feb 9. But he’s hot, so not only does he get away, but the end of each season has seen him successfully survive and remerge in another unsuspecting community ripe for the taking. Joe ( Penn Badgley) is an angst-ridden killer who just can’t stop meeting women and then stalking, trapping, and eventually murdering them. You, Netflix’s beloved murder-comedy staple, follows a simple pattern for viewers to latch on to. If theres one thing Penn Badgleys romantic antihero Joe Goldberg understands by the end of You Season 4, its that hes definitely not a good man in a. By this point, it’s pretty clear Joe Goldberg is the problem. ![]()
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