SummaryBookstore 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.
SummaryBookstore 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.
While many “You” fans are wondering how the shift form Lifetime to Netflix might change the series, no one has any reason to worry as the streaming giant doubles down on the show’s addictive tone and doesn’t attempt to fix what ain’t broken.
4/10 as a crime drama, but as a trashy romantic dark fantasy, it is 10/10. You might have trouble with suspension of disbelief if you're intelligent enough to balk at every single crime-scene and mcguffin because they're so far removed from the real world. I suggest just dumbing yourself down and enjoy this psychological porn. If you do, then you can better enjoy what this season excels over the first. Saucy exposition, out-of-control passion, eccentrically egocentric character tropes, compromising humor, improbable love and twists that day time soap would be proud of.
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.
I'm sure many people who loved Season 1 will grouse at Season 2, which reboots the series to Los Angeles and delves deeper into Joe's psyche/trauma. You true believers may have glommed onto its shadowy New York City setting and Joe's erudite mystery, but Season 2 will appeal to viewers who will love to see a snob like Joe get eaten alive by Angeleno hollowness, like a cadaver dissolving in lye. In other words, viewers like me.
I cannot believe season 2 could top the delectable thriller that was season one. The writers superbly utilize similar narratives of season 1 to subvert your expectations, with wonderful execution and timing. With the manner that these characters grow, and how our moral judgement of them frantically spin from good to downright evil, there is not a chance you stop watching this season until the very last episode. Kudos to the author for incredible source material, and to the entire team that transformed it into a darkly funny, satirical, and absolutely dramatic tv show. Just wow.
I adored the first season, and this one was really great too with more of a focus on romantic dark crime. I am looking forward to seeing what comes next.
There were too many plot holes. Good ideas not well executed, all over the place and disconnected to each other. Ellipsis here and that. Season 1 was cohesive and tight. This was absurd, made for a teenage audience or for an easy target.
So so so so very bad. An insult to the intelligence in its bizarre plot (humans don't behave like this, unless its maybe humans who've been through highly damaging brain surgery that took out their frontal lobes). It really stretches credulity that anyone could find the main character charming, and there are just far too many outstandingly gross **** scenes.