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  1. Watch You — Season 1 with a subscription on Netflix, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video. You pairs thrilling drama with trashy fun to create an addictive social media horror story that...

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    Watch You with a subscription on Netflix, or buy it on Fandango at Home, Prime Video.

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    By Alicia Lutes

    Updated: Dec 15, 2020 9:20 pm

    Posted: Jan 12, 2019 6:00 pm

    This is a (mostly) spoiler-free review of You, which originally aired on Lifetime, but is now available to stream on Netflix.

    Here’s the thing you need to know right off the bat: You is divisive. And that’s a feature of its design, not a bug. The story of an obsessive Nice Guy murderer as he tries to will the object of his desire into loving him for the rest of their lives might rub a few folks the wrong way. You might feel the urge to yell, scream, gasp, laugh, and cringe while you’re watching it. But you have to make people feel something uncomfortable about the expectations we as a society place upon romance and love in order to make them really think. And that is what You hopes to accomplish in its first season, now available to stream.

    The formally-on-Lifetime, now-on-Netflix (and renewed for a Season 2!) series based on the Caroline Kepnes novel of the same name, is so insane, you’re bound to be riveted and engaged, if nothing else. You is a horrifying love letter to all those romantic ideals and expectations that have permeated our society, for both men and women. The series plays with extremes, upending the way we look at relationships and modern dating. Enter: Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley), our Nice Guy With Issues protagonist. His is the story of pain and obsession and toxic masculinity (which, for context, as noted by Tolerance.org, "is derived from studies that focus on violent behavior perpetrated by men, and—this is key—is designed to describe not masculinity itself, but a form of gendered behavior that results when expectations of 'what it means to be a man' go wrong" Y'know, like murdering people who are interested in the object of your affection). Joe is a good white boy with a hard childhood who was raised by - we later learn - a real manipulative SOB. He knows he’s a good guy, he’s a protector. He just wants someone to see him and love him, particularly after being rejected by the love of his life, Candace.

    That's mostly because Badgley is doing some of his best, most unhinged work in the series. (There's a reason why he's been forced to use Twitter to remind viewers that Joe is definitely not a romantic hero worth rooting for or lusting after.) His charming nature and playful face are the perfect, twisted mask for the “Nice Guy With Control Issues” lurking underneath. And Joe’s inner monologue frames the series in a way that shows just how malcontented a guy he really is despite his warm smile and cool demeanor, and how his need for control and unresolved issues make Beck a perfect target for his affections. The show is as manipulative as Joe himself - and sometimes Peach - and you just can’t look away, no matter how much you’re squirming with anxiety. Because sometimes you just want to watch something that throws you into the most insane situations, moves at an unthinkable pace, takes so many big, they-wouldn’t-oh-wait-they-did-that swings, and makes you physically react in equal measure. You’s first season is something subversive, but also shamelessly soapy.

    Speaking of: let’s get back to Peach. Campy, smart, and often armed with the best lines of the show, Shay Mitchell steals nearly every scene she’s in. Her revealed obsession with Beck turns Peach and Joe’s dynamic into a sociopathic game of Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Like Single White Female times everybody. (Seriously: why do so many stalkers love Beck?) Like most everyone else on the show, Peach’s overcompensating ego and walking wounded demeanor is purposefully unlikeable, and her character wields her wealth and power as a most effective shield. And true to form, Beck yields. And what results is delightfully insane, building up to Peach’s last weekend at the Salinger Greenwich estate. (I had to watch it over the course of two days, I was truly so stressed and anxious.) Sometimes you just want to watch something absolutely bonkers, that leans in and goes there; that stresses you out. There’s nothing wrong with that. There can be an odd catharsis found in seeing this stuff play out in a fake story. So long as you’re not one of those folks online tweeting about being in love with, and rooting for, an actual murderer. For more on the show's shocking finale and what it could mean for Season 2, check out our You Ending Explained.

    Is You good? I would say yes. It’s not perfect, but could it ever be? We’re only really digging into the nuance of this discussion as a society now. For some, the slippery slope of how the series toys with romanticizing toxic male behaviors might be too much. But that’s a conversation for a different story entirely. And I think that’s also the seri...

  3. www.ign.com › articles › you-season-4-review-netflixYou Season 4 Review - IGN

    Feb 10, 2023 · You Season 4 takes Joe to an unexpected setting and places him in the midst of a murder mystery with a strong new supporting cast, creating an exciting and complex two-part season. Reviewed on...

  4. Oct 15, 2021 · A review of season 3 of the Netflix stalker drama You, starring Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg, joined this season in his bloody escapades by Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti).

  5. Dec 24, 2019 · 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.

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