Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg.
Thanks to NetflixThe fifth and final season of You comes sooner than You think.
Netflix confirmed on Thursday, December 19 that You will return in 2025. According to the synopsis, Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgeley) returns to New York “to enjoy his happily ever after until his perfect life is threatened by the ghosts of his past and his own dark desires.”
Alongside Badgley, 38, season 5 stars Charlotte Richie, Madeline Brewer, Anna Camp And Griffin Matthews. The teaser art for the final season teased Joe’s “killer farewell” and the “guilty treasures” he has in his possession.
Youwhich originally debuted on Lifetime in 2018, introduced Badgley as a serial killer whose obsession with a girl grew to terrifying heights. Based on books by Caroline KepnesThe series saw greater success after it moved to Netflix in its second season.
Badgley previously teased that the You writers had no intention of giving his character a happy ending.
“This is the way it has to be because he has an irrefutable problem and if it was like, ‘They were made for each other, all he had to find was someone who kills people too,’ then that’s not justice ” he said. Entertainment weekly in 2019, referring to the season 3 arc between Joe and Victoria Pedretti‘s character, Love Quinn. “I think it reflects reality because I don’t think people who kill say, ‘I just need someone who can do the same.'”
As Joe developed a larger fan base, Badgley questioned a possible redemption arc, explaining Salon in February 2023: “The show is never a clinical portrait of a serial killer or a man with mental illness. The fun we can have when we do all this is that this isn’t supposed to be real. And as far as I’m concerned, that doesn’t take anything away. It is meant as an exploration, an exercise. There’s an element of fantasy and camp to it that allows us to do a lot of things, and again, I think we benefit from it.
He continued, “If you’ve done things that Joe has done, change would mean reconciling within yourself that you’ve killed more people than you can easily count on one hand. If you’re really there, I think what your reconciliation would require, let alone with any judgment in society, is more than you’ve indicated at this point you’re capable of because you’ve done those things . ”
A fitting conclusion. Penn Badgley is far from Joe Goldberg’s biggest fan — and the actor has often expressed his interest in seeing the fictional character’s story end. You, which originally debuted on Lifetime in 2018, explored the serial killer as his obsession with a girl grew to terrifying heights. Based on […]
With Joe returning to New York, there are several theories about possible on-screen twists. Badgley joined in the fun by teasing that a familiar face could return in the final season.
“I hear you’re on the edge of your seat, waiting and theorizing about You’s epic conclusion,” Badgley said in a pre-recorded message at Netflix’s TUDUM event in June 2023. “More importantly, consider what, or Need I say who Joe will encounter when he finally returns to New York? Although I can’t say who yet. We all know there are a lot of loose ends in Joe’s past. The question is: who are you?”