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Generally favorable reviews based on 75 Critic Reviews

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Series Details & Credits

Lifetime | Netflix | Release Date: September 9, 2018

Summary: Bookstore manager Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) becomes obsessed with an aspiring writer (Elizabeth Lail) in this psychological thriller based on the Caroline Kepnes novel of the same name.

Genre(s): Drama, Suspense, Tech & Gaming

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100

The Guardian Leila Latif

Mar 9, 2023

Season 4.5 Review: While the first half of season four vacillated between bad, good and so-bad-it’s-good with aplomb, the second broadens the spectrum from astonishingly terrible to utterly brilliant. ... You succeeds because its flaws are so enjoyable. Read full review

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Consequence

Liz Shannon Miller

Feb 9, 2023

Season 4 Review: Because for all its wildness, the series remains fascinating not just as a character study, but what this character in particular tells us about our favorite stories, about the way we as a culture look at the line between love and obsession. The final word on that matter doesn’t feel like it’s been written yet. Read full review

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The New Yorker

Emily Nussbaum

Oct 1, 2018

Season 1 Review: A comedy-thriller with a serrated edge, You is a scary, delicious snack of a show, a bit like “Dexter” crossed with “Younger.” Read full review

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i Emily Baker

Mar 9, 2023

Season 4.5 Review: That You manages to offer a serious critique of society’s readiness to forgive violent men while also being incredibly entertaining is a marvel. Read full review

75

Entertainment Weekly

Kristen Baldwin

Dec 18, 2019

Season 2 Review: Much of the new season is fun, and showrunners Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble nod to YOU’s more ridiculous tendencies by slipping in jokes at the show’s expense. Read full review

70

New York Magazine (Vulture)

Kathryn VanArendonk

Sep 7, 2018

Season 1 Review: You may not be great. It may at times even be bad. ... But it is undeniably magnetic. It’s fast and fearless, and its plot dodges and weaves in a way that suggests the death knell of an exhausted premise looms large on the horizon. In the meantime, though, You is running for its life, sprinting through story and sense as fast as it can before it either exhausts itself or gets clobbered over the head with a conveniently placed rock. Read full review

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New York Post

Michael Starr

Aug 31, 2018

Season 1 Review: The narrative bulk of the series is relayed through Joe’s internal monologues (another stalker trope) but I will says this: the series, while at turns cheesy and predictable, is also watchable. Read full review

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AlderDuchannes

May 9, 2019

The series is very disturbing, it catches you from the first chapter. It's bittersweet, you just enjoy and suffer at the same time.

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Joseluismay

Mar 28, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. La trama me parece envolvente y sin duda muy original, aunque hay detalles en el show que no me gustaron, como la última escena de la temporada dos.… Expand

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10

umrttl

Feb 7, 2023

This show has a repetitive formula and I don't care. I'm a sucker for internal dialogue and Joe gives plenty of that with the stupidest conversations in his head. Even with the formula, every season feels very different.

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truerock

Oct 22, 2021

"You" is a psychological study of a psychopath. The story demonstrates how an individual might plausibly convince himself that murdering annoying and selfish people is morally justifiable – or, perhaps justified within the context of loving and protecting someone.

The plots are intriguing"You" is a psychological study of a psychopath. The story demonstrates how an individual might plausibly convince himself that murdering annoying and selfish people is morally justifiable – or, perhaps justified within the context of loving and protecting someone.

The plots are intriguing and hold your attention. From an abnormal psychological disorder analysis, this particular mentally ill individual might not quite fit into what might be taught in a college introductory course in psychology. It is that inconsistency of abnormal psychological behaviors mixed with normal behaviors that make the story interesting.

The psychopath’s dichotomy of behaviors plays out over the first season and culminates as the first season concludes.

As a strange plot device, the psychopath has an inexplicable habit of keeping items that prove he has committed murder - which occasionally are discovered by others.

The acting is very good as are all the technicals… editing, directing, casting, etc.… Expand

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CasandraComplex

Aug 25, 2022

First thing .. incredibly difficult to find this title with the MetaCritic search engine. I oftentimes have to search for the title of certain shows or films on the internet in the hopes to find a MetaCritic link. The first season was intriguing with a few comparative devices to the DexterFirst thing .. incredibly difficult to find this title with the MetaCritic search engine. I oftentimes have to search for the title of certain shows or films on the internet in the hopes to find a MetaCritic link. The first season was intriguing with a few comparative devices to the Dexter series but quite forgivable to bring the genius of that show to a younger audience. That being said, I would give season 1 a 6 because it had not yet quite gelled into its own at that point

Season 2 was a vast improvement over the first. With a more 3 dimensional love interest who was extremely well cast. The supporting cast was also top notch and well fleshed out. I also really enjoyed the spectacle of spoofing the incredibly shallow people in L.A. Tee hee although, could have gone further but would probably risk cancellation for the sacrilege. There were so many textured personalities that were put on display it felt like how one of those cupcakes must have tasted baked by Love. I give season two a 9.. it really was that good.

Currently on episode 7 of season 3 and I have some misgivings already. It bothers me when they paint a portrait of say the incredibly vain and shallow neighborhood vamp/villain and then do an about face and she suddenly is spouting Gandalf level wisdom and advice. WTF? The other thing which really is the main thing that I have a problem with is that so much of this seasons premise is based on everyone committing adultery. Not only do I despise adultery but it makes me sick to my stomach how it is portrayed as the ," new normal". Almost as if the subtext is taken straight from the BLM website advocating to ," destroy the western notion of the nuclear family" before they realized that people actually read their mission statement before they took it down. I also feel that this is not consistant with Joes' character that has been established. Joes' motivations are no longer trying to contain his murderous impulses but rather to contain his adulterous impulses.. THAT IS A MAJOR SHIFT IN THE WHOLE PREMISE of the show!!! ... last thing.. doesn't everyone know that wireless baby monitors can be picked up with most basic of scanning devices? I bet that is going to come back and bite them in the butt. We will see. I will update this review once I'm done with this season.… Expand

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kayrako

Dec 11, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Season 3 Review:
While I watched this season of YOU as quickly as I watched the others, I did not find it as captivating as the first two seasons. I found myself searching for more. I felt like I was waiting for the other shoe to drop. In the last two or three episodes, I found myself trying to keep up with the fast paced nature that Joe and Love developed this season. Nothing seemed as calculated and thought out, but this could be because Joe was not the one making the decisions for the couple. Like season two, we continue to see more about Joe's childhood to help us better grasp his character. Of course, he also manages to find a few more people to obsess over- this does not sit well with Love. For me, the redeeming quality of this season was that they addressed different types of relationships. Relationships do not look the same as the did 40 years ago, and I think that they are only going to continue to change as time marches on. Because of shows like YOU that give alternative relationships recognition and validation, people can and do feel more comfortable pursuing their preferred lifestyle. 6/10 60/100… Expand

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QueenDalia

Aug 29, 2020

Dios santo, cuanta basura junta. No le doy un 1 porque por lo menos es palomitera y vale la pena verla un rato para burlarse de lo penosa que es a ratos. Es otra telenovela de papá Netflix, totalmente olvidable.

0 of 0 users found this helpful00

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Series Overview
Season 4.5

82
- Season 4.5 Overview
  Air Date: March 9, 2023
- No episode information is currently available for this season
Season 4

73
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: February 9, 2023
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78
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: October 15, 2021
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74
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: December 26, 2019
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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 9, 2018