Penn Badgley on YOU Season 5 and What's Next for Joe (Exclusive)

Spoilers ahead! Penn Badgley reacts to 'You's season 4 finale and shares what he thinks it next for Joe Goldberg. Badgley says the show's executive producer, Greg Berlanti, pitched him on a way to wrap up the story, now that Joe's back in New York City and ready to let 'the animal take over.' He weighs in on whether Joe and Kate Galvin (Charlotte Ritchie) are end game and shares what it was like reuniting with Victoria Pedretti and Elizabeth Lail, as they brought their characters, Love and Beck, back for cameos. All episodes of 'You' are now streaming on Netflix.

[nonofyourbusiness]

I feel like part 1 was so predictable and underwhelming but part 2 really pulled the show together and I loved the ending

[jupitersecIipse]

I loved how season 4 ended because it showed one, important thing: Joe doesn't *want* to change. I think for some viewers that was already clear, but he kept saying, to himself and others, that he doesn't want to do the things he does, causing so much inner conflict that his personality eventually split. He repeatedly fooled himself and us into thinking he's capable of changing because he's a "good person deep down". And that his relapses were due to circumstances he could not control, situations where he had to act the way he did, and that he just wants to be loved.
But after that S4 finale, he was given the possibility of a new life with a woman who really loves him and who has the means to cover up the wrong-doings of his past. And what does he do? Become completely unhinged and embrace his dark side. It's not that he wants to change but lacks the "how". He doesn't want to change at all. And now that he has someone who can cover up his messes there's no need for inner conflict anymore.

[WilliamsPinch]

They did a perfect Beginning of the End… now that Joe is unhinged, he’ll make a ton of mistakes. The audience will finally lose all empathy for him. And his loose ends know exactly where to find him👌🏽 LET’S GO!

[riftanime_]

I believe it’s almost inevitable that we get a season 5.

[RobsRILife]

I’ll never get tired of this show BRING ON SEASON 5 PLEASE

[carlovincent]

I love that Penn gives thoughtful amswers to each of the questions.

[pattylawliet]

I feel like they need to bring back Love’s family since now that he has his old life back they know he’s alive and they wouldn’t let their kids murderer just get away. I mean it only makes sense, it’d be such a big plot hole if the Quinn family wouldn’t get involved. I just hope -since he was so obsessed with Rhys’ life-they won’t bring politics into it because that would be really boring…
Also I would love to see Ellie and Paco again

[mercedeslloyd]

We need to see him come face to face with his MOM😮😮.

[Floralgirl]

Seasons and what they said about Joe:

Season. 1: With Beck it was definitely more of a love story, it gave how they fell in love and how he thought she was the one and he was unstable and from the viewers point of view he killed to protect her and Paco because he was crazy and thought those are things you do for someone you love. He was the nice guy with a dark side. But as viewers we still saw him as the good guy and we didn’t like Beck. Joe just wanted someone to love him in the eyes of the audience and himself.

Season 2: his past returns to haunt him and he tries to run away. He starts over starts to fall in love again and the ultimate point of this season is for him to realize he is not the good guy. He then realizes that Love is doing everything he did in season 1 and he thinks he is repented and she is just crazy. He always wanted someone to love him, but when someone loved him as much as he did he rejected it. The life he always wanted with someone who thought the same way he did and loved him unconditionally, knowing everything he did was a front, justifying his killings but not excusing hers. he revealed that he wasn’t looking for love he was feeding new obsessions. I think her name really was a metaphor saying Joe wants love until he has love them he wants to destroy it.

Season 3: This really was the final straw for a lot of us, Joe continually falls in love with other women and become obsessed with them as he treats his wife and son bad and abandons for these other women. He demonstrates that he never wanted a wife and family or to find the “one” he will never be satisfied with one girl and never see himself at fault. He kills his wife and abandons his child to live his life out with another woman he deems “the one”

Season 4: he chases the other woman back to Europe trying to prove his love for her and she rejects him. He tries to move on and repent and tells himself he is the good guy as he falls in love with another woman, when his personality splits and he realizes he is not the good guy but he is an evil guy. Everything he’s done up to this point he tried to justify from the hero’s perspective but now that he realizes he is the bad guy he embraces it and is now acting evil with no moral compass( ie framing his student for the killings he committed)

[Variale]

I honestly think they should do a season five but they should have Mary Ann and then the little girl that Jenna Ortega played come back and hunt him down because he's in New York. Yes it is Jose original playground

[darleneeastburn]

Watching “YOU” now & loving it .. more more more PLEASE ….

[kathleenweinberg]

I think the next season will be better than ever

[BoNaif]

Lets be honest guys and stop the bluff, i think we can have 7 or 8 seasons of Joe and we will not get bored especially since every season irs joe and new people which is really exciting and fun to watch.

[LifewithFlorence_]

One of my favourite shows. I'm so happy they brought Joe back with the whole look- clothes, clean shaven and killing like never before ❤❤

[josephineobazuaye]

im so proud of lonely boy. just seeing him in successful show makes my gossip girl heart shine

[MsCCarolinee]

Paco and Joe's relationship is full of potential and I want to see this mentorship further explored since Paco is the only person that Joe has helped

[merpderpyerp]

I think what he means and what needs to be said is that, obviously, this character has a firm grasp on us and the zeitgeist for some reason, and in order for there to feel like there’s a satisfying conclusion, there has to be some sort of satisfactory thesis that not only concludes the story, but also points out why we all feel this way about a serial killer. The thesis of the story ties into something happening in our era in the real world… but what is it? And how can Joe as a narrator come to this conclusion himself after all that he has (and will with more seasons 🤞🏻) gone through?

Like, is it about our obsession with true crime? Our obsession with social media? Vanity/narcissism? Anti-heroes? The human desire to see the good in people? How love can get messy? Or some other observation about love as a concept and how it impacts us? The lengths we go to for romantic love AND/OR justify the lies we tell ourselves? All of it together? Make it all make sense!!!! 🧐
and then tie it in a nice bow 💝 pls and thanks

[carlycoppi]

Every season never ceases to amaze me!! I'm so sad season 5 will be the last season of YOU! But so excited and can't wait!! All of the seasons are incredible!!!

[SophieDP]

I think good won’t triumph over evil- I think that’s the whole point of the story that it doesn’t conform to our narrative expectations. I think the revenge arch is probably the way they’ll go - I’m sure they’ll want to bring back all the survivors, but I just don’t think they’ll be able to bring down joe.

[Roxyjay]

I love this show. I will do anything for a 5th season.