YOU messed up

So in case you’re not one of the 40 million viewers, YOU is a show that makes us sympathise with a stalker serial killer. Sort of.

The show revolves around Joe Goldberg, a romantic, loving guy who often gets lovestruck and will undoubtedly proceed to strike his loved ones. Season 1 documented his adventures of getting his precious Miss Guinevere Beck to get her life together and fall in love with him by framing himself as prince charming. And obviously, because of his stalking abilities, he did a fantastic job of making sure she saw him as the love of her life. Unfortunately, he also has killing abilities which quickly transformed him from prince charming to his alter ego; dear old Bluebeard.

Moving on to season 2, Joe Goldberg, or Will Bettelheim, in true Bluebeard style, went on to find another love of his life. Enter Love Quinn, a baker born into the top 1% family who also fell in love with him. Using the exact tricks he used on Beck, Love became his new love. Although in hindsight, he probably should've picked someone else. Because, unlike Beck, who just has a messy life, Love has a messy history. Specifically, a history of killing people. In a very twisted love story, Joe and Love are perfect. After all, who doesn’t like a story between two killers? Well, evidently, Joe isn’t a huge fan considering he was 2 seconds away from slashing her throat before finding out she was pregnant. Now he is stuck in a relationship with her. Two serial killers, raising a child in the suburbs. What could go wrong?

The setup for season 3 was perfect. We get to see how two unhinged lunatics parent. We get to see how they settle all the bad blood between them. And most importantly, we get to see how fast their marriage unravels because of their affinity towards killing random strangers. Season 3 had all the right ingredients to make it even more spectacular than the first two, but it falls short. A lot short. The high anticipation for season 3 derived from how was Joe going to deal with Love. His perfect match. As a serial killer. Joe and Love are essentially a copy of one another, except with different preferred methods of killing. They are both smart, charming, and so very ruthless. I imagined season 3 to be the start of Joe’s downfall. He had already gotten away for 2 seasons with his kill. He can’t possibly still be 100% successful in the third with absolutely zero repercussions. He has an obsessive personality, always setting his sights on a woman and falling in love with the idea of them. And once they don’t fit into the mould he cast them in, he breaks them. Discard them. He will never be satisfied with anyone, which is why he keeps moving from woman to woman. But in this season, he doesn’t have the liberty since he has a serial killer wife that has no remorse in killing his latest obsession. Love is his downfall. Both the feeling and the crazy wife.

In my ideal season 3, it ends with Love Quinn killing him. He can’t stop his obsessive ways, and she doesn’t want to be with a guy that doesn’t love her anymore and still raise his child. Once Joe dies, Love takes over and become the main killer. I’m fully aware that it is extremely idealistic, considering Joe is the main character. So, my second ideal season would be them working out their issues, figuring out they can’t be good parents because of them being killers, and then maybe running from the law together. Isn’t the premise of two highly functioning sociopaths running away from the law a fun one? Especially when they are in a relationship? Of course, they are so many other possible endings but in the most unfortunate case, the writers opt-out and go for the safest ending. Killing Love.

It should’ve been Bonnie and Clyde. It should’ve been a murder-suicide. It should’ve been a ride-or-die.

The current setup for season 4 is the same exact premise as season 1, which completely derails the story since it’s going back to square 1. Why would I want to see Joe stalk a girl and then kill everyone around her again? Consequences are needed, and I thought season 3 would do it, but I guess I was wrong. Season 3 might be a filler season for season 4, but it still doesn’t take away the fact that the story is starting to get repetitive, Joe-wise.

YOU had such a great story going with two killers; I just wished they had continued that.

I’m still calling for the ending to be a murder-suicide of Joe and Love, though. The writers better bring her back.