The adaptation of the Caroline Kepnes series of the same name, You managed to transcend the expected tropes of the thriller genre every season. You Season 5 promises to be an appropriate and exciting conclusion for the life and deadly moments of Joe Goldberg and his obsession to find the perfect woman … At least until another arrives at her desires. However, the season is not without its just part of controversy.

Following You An exciting conclusion of season 4, Joe has returned to London with his new wife, Kate Lockwood. Now husband of a powerful business woman, he apparently put aside his crimes and failures in the hope of handing over a new sheet. However, given that many Joe problems are more than deep, it does not take long for murder and scandal to return again. The season ends in a conclusion that will satisfy or divide the base of the fans one last time.

You season 5 does what no other season could never do

Joe Goldberg’s life is looped in the last season

One of the largest and most controversial aspects of You was his main character, Joe Goldberg. His constant monologues on all those he loves and hates has become a basic food in the series and helped viewers have an overview of the delusions of a serial killer. It also opened the door to people to complain about the character – not because he was loved in the traditional sense, but because his mind was so unique that it was impossible not to burst into his delusions. In You Season 5, it increases more than ever when the public finally see the gap between reality and what Joe considers his reality. By justifying life to never see the error of his tracks, the last season manages to do what none of the other seasons could: light everyone on Joe.

Of course, that does not mean that anyone was on the side of Joe to start, but the season proves that even someone magnetic as maniac as Joe has a break point. Just before the final curtain comes across history, You Season 5 proves to her audience that she can break them with Joe in their own way. That said, it is not a quick process, and that involves putting Joe back in his element: to return it to the Mooney bookstore in the first season. This connection with its past allows the public to see how far it came and how far it has fallen – to be a deadly harasser to become a powerful threat, with cunning and resources to do really terrible things.

This dichotomy between what Joe was and what he is helping to bring home how everything was going to complete the loop. You Season 5 shows fans through Joe’s life, from episode 1 of the series to the final, and proves that you can never really go home. The more he killed and hurt himself to live another day in his pursuit of “Love”, the more Joe lost the little of his soul than he had left. So, when the framework of season 5 is set up, there is a different and darker man who enters the bookstore, and he has no place. In each facet, Joe becomes cancer and season 5 does a fantastic job to go home that he has never stopped being the villain in his story.

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Penn Badgley offers another frightening performance in the last season of you

The support distribution of season 5 also shines

This will not surprise anyone Penn Badgley offers a performance defining the career as Joe Goldberg and manages to wear the ups and downs of his character with Grace. That the public despises the character is only based on the moments when Badgley presents the darkest sides of Goldberg. There is a twisted darkness masked by a false feeling of heroism which is as undervalued as to see Michael C. Hall pass from a normal guy to the serial killer Dexter. There is a nasty aura that gives off more than ever in your season 5, and for a good reason, because if Badgley is out of competition, it is far from the only one to offer a performance with direct elimination.

Charlotte Ritchie returns as Kate Lockwood and highlights all the strata of her character with ease, from the guilt of her past, to her convictions on the choices she has made, ultimately a feeling of penance. There is strength and tragedy in the role that makes Kate one of the best additions to the series since the love of Victoria Pedretti Quinn. Anna Camp occupies two roles as twins Maddie and Reagan. Although they look alike, the camp passes transparent in the two characters and could easily lead viewers to believe that it is actually a twin. Finally, completing the lockwood family is the character of Griffin Matthews, Teddy, who will fall into history as one of the most intelligent and logical characters in the series. Not only is he a voice of reason, but his rapid thought and his fierce loyalty to the family will make him a favorite of easy fans.

Of course, it would not be You Without a new object of Joe affection, and this is in the form of Bronte by Madeline Brewer. She is a new employee in the Joe store with whom he quickly develops a connection, and Brewer manages to surpass all those who preceded him thanks to a riveting story that will have the public wondering who she is really – similar to the way Joe represented himself for so many seasons. The growth and the mystery of Bronte are the driving force of You Season 5, and it becomes one of the most unique and most important characters in the series. But none of this could have been transmitted that it had not been that Brewer balances an incredibly dense role.

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Your season 5 is not afraid to potentially alienate the public of the show

Your season 5 ends with the conclusion that Joe deserves

The best and the worst thing about You Season 5 is that it remains faithful to what it is from start to finish. The series has maintained a basic formula with only a handful of shocking twists and turns – whether it was love also a killer, or Joe suffering from a mental depression that created another personality. However, the main line has always been a series on a lost man and looking for love, willing to kill to obtain it. These elements work well to offer a type of classical history of season 1 with a version of Joe which has evolved enormously and leads to a finish which will have fans on the edge of their seats. Season 5 is the best season in the series, but it could also be one of the most conflicting for the same choices that make it special.

You Season 5 excels in many ways, but also suffers from a feeling of similarity and rough rhythm. After four seasons, it would be good to see things change the rhythm before the birth of the great revelations, to show Joe adapt when the public has trouble understanding what is real or perhaps another fiction of an unreliable narrator. However, when the big twist arrives, it is far too late in the season. Consequently, viewers are forced to watch Joe hang on to another unlucky woman, and must watch him pinch and make mistakes to serve his selfish desires under the cover of an altruistic hero.

All this culminates in a final where Joe’s conclusion is both final and appropriate due to all the moments that have led it. The end is faithful to the meta of the series and the themes that make him important, because the only way to beat Joe is not to look at his level. That said, the public may not think that the conclusion was deserved or even satisfactory, given the type of person that Joe is. Joe has always been a vile and ruthless character – a wolf in sheep’s clothes and a mental and physical attacker of the highest order. Fans who are waiting for a powerful moment to top it up may not be ready for what the series is to offer.

Your season 5 is now in trouble Netflix.

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Release date

2018 – 2024

Network

Life, Netflix

Showrunner

Will be gamble, Greg Berlanti

Directors

Marcos Siega, Lee Toland Krieger, Cherie Nowlan, Demane Davis, Kellie Cyrus, Marta Cunningham, Martha Mitchell, Victoria Mahoney, Erin Feely

Writers

Justin W. Lo

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  Penn Badgley

  Joe Goldberg

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  Elizabeth Lail

  Guenièvre Beck

Advantages and disadvantages

• Penn Badgley stands out even more than usual as Joe Goldberg.
• The support cast offers equally solid performance.
• The story intelligently mixes all the seasons of the show.

• The pace can be too slow for some.
• The end could be considered a divisor.
• Some characters’ choices could frustrate fans.