You, a psychological thriller directed by Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble based off a book by Caroline Kepnes, You. This show was first aired to Netflix in September 2018 and had watchers glued since now the second season had views on the edge of their seats this holiday season since it aired on December 26. I myself have finished the entire thing already and all I have to say is WOW. I didn’t think it was possible for the second season about serial killer could make an even deeper, more well developed character such as Joe other than “he’s a creepy dude who kills and stalks people”. However walking away from this second season I know even more about this crazy guy and was given a glimpse into the mind of a psychopath.
The role of Joe was portrayed by the fantastic Penn Badgley(known by many teenage girls like yours truly as Dan Humphrey on Gossip Girl). The killer with a soft spot and a weak gag reflex. As he is disposing dead body he throws up several times in the process, which I don’t know many killers that have that much remorse over what they are doing.
There are several times in the show where I found myself rooting for Joe, because if you could put the killing aside he isn’t a bad guy. He shows great care for his young neighbor. The show left me personally confused because I didn’t know if I should hate him or love him. Especially when his perfect beauty and the target stalkee, Guinevere Beck(played by Elizabeth Lail), was less than perfect. I found Beck to actually be a bad girl, she wasn’t a nice person. Yeah she was being stalked *Blah Blah Blah* but her personality wasn’t good she did shady things too.
I won’t say much more other than if YOU are scrolling through Netflix looking for something this is definitely a top ten binge worthy series.
I am currently in the midst of the last episode of the last season of this show, and I couldn't agree more with you that this is a binge-worthy series. Badgley's acting skills allow him to portray Joe as a psychotic killer, but also as a character that deserves empathy from the audience. You really can't help but feel badly for him that his entire life, from childhood, has basically set him up to become mentally unstable. He is also always somehow able to justify his actions, blaming his murdering on love or his need to protect himself or the ones he love. It is definitely true that Joe continues to become more complex and a more developed character as the show goes on, and I would without a doubt recommend this show to others.
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