You - Season 5

You is about the very charming and handsome, but also murderous Joe Goldberg. His character is based on a character by writer Caronline Kepnes I have been a fan of You since the first season. For four seasons I have watched and listened to the thoughts of Joe Goldberg. And now season 5 is finally out. Although this is the last season of this series, that should not spoil the fun. Will he finally pay for his actions, or will he manage to get out of it again with his charm offensive?

If you haven't watched the series You yet, you're probably wondering what I'm talking about. But Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is a true language artist. His thoughts are poetic and he treats every woman like a true goddess. Once he sets his sights on a woman, he won't let go. It becomes a true obsession for him. The latter already betrays a little bit of his attitude towards life. He is always and forever looking for the one.

Are you flirting with me?

For me, You is mainly a series that I can watch without having to think too much about what's happening. It's certainly not a bad series. The acting and the occasionally surprising plot twists make it fun to watch. Seasons 1 to 4 were my favorites and I finished each season within a week. Season 5 is a bit less spectacular. It took me almost three weeks. This was mainly due to the predictability of the story, which meant that I couldn't always keep my attention.

From the very first moment, before you even see Joe, you hear his poetic thoughts. This makes you intimate with the main character. Only you and he know what he is thinking. The people around him have no idea. These are the patterns that come back every season and every episode. Joe also has those one-liners that come back every time. "Are you flirting with me?" is such a sentence. It is actually one of Joe Goldberg's first thoughts as soon as a new woman appears in his life and she pays attention to him.

But now back to the last season. And in it Joe is back. Back in New York, but also back as Joe Goldberg. In season 4 he had left for London and pretended to be Jonathan Moore. But together with the rich Kate Lockwood (Charlotte Ritchie) at his side they can handle New York, with the aim of building a normal life. That is always Joe's goal once he has settled down again. Yet he still hasn't succeeded, because he does everything he can to protect his dream woman, his soulmate, his true love.



At first, he seems to succeed in picking up a normal life. But just like in all the other episodes, his existence is soon put in jeopardy. No matter how hard he tries to fit in with society, his dark side keeps lurking. Especially at the moment that Kate encounters opposition from people close to her. When her inner circle realizes who Joe really is, he strikes again and kills those who stand in his way and his great love. At first, Kate seems to go along with this and Joe is certain that she is the one. But Kate's conscience also starts to gnaw at her - exactly the moment that Joe starts to doubt his love for her. And then, coincidentally, Bronte appears in his life, who seems to be seeking rapprochement. At that moment, you already know how the coming episodes will go. The big question he asks himself again is: is she the one? Will she finally accept him as he is?

It soon becomes clear that Bronte (Madeline Brewer) has a double agenda. Her goal is to get Joe behind bars, for the murder of her teacher Guinevere Beck. On the internet she meets people in the same situation: people who, like her, have lost someone because of Joe. One of them is Dr. Nicky's son, Clayton (Tom Francis). He wants to prove that his father is not guilty of the murder of Guinevere.

Killing for love

What gradually develops is a game of cat and mouse. Bronte does everything he can to lure Joe out of hiding, but she also proves unable to resist his charm. Joe often manages to be a few steps ahead of everyone. In short: a murderous charmer who manages to convince everyone of his innocence. Even Bronte, while she has sufficient evidence that Joe is behind the murder of Guinevere. She is even convinced that Joe kills people in order to receive love, and she is the one who will cure him. The moment she realizes that Joe will never stop killing, the roles change. Bronte becomes the hunter, and from that moment on we can see into her thoughts and ideas. This was actually the only plot twist that made me watch with more attention again. Yet that was also quite predictable, because it can't be that he gets away with it again?