Hello, you.
Netflix’s hit YOU is coming again for its fifth and ultimate season. Here’s all the things we all know to date about our final date with Joe.
YOU was renewed for Season 5 instantly following the discharge of Season 4 final spring. The Netflix present has been a constant success for the streaming platform because it migrated from Lifetime in 2018.
Executive producers Sarah Schechter and Greg Berlanti say they at all times meant for YOU to finish after 5 seasons.
We cannot wait to see what they’ve in retailer for us.
YOU Season 5 Release Date
Though the precise launch date continues to be a thriller, Season 5 of YOU is anticipated to premiere in 2024 on Netflix.
Possible delays may push the discharge again to early 2025.
There hasn’t been any information, which has us a bit frightened, however as you’ll be able to think about, the suspense is killing us!
YOU Season 5 Episodes
They have not launched the episode rely but, however we are able to surmise what’s to return primarily based on what we have seen to date
If historical past is any indication, Season 5 of YOU will comprise 10 episodes.
Whether or not this season will probably be cut up into two elements, like Season 4, is up within the air.
This is an enormous present for Netflix, so they could wish to break it as much as get extra bang for his or her buck. It’s as near episodic drops as we’re more likely to get from the streamer.
YOU Season 5 Trailer
Netflix hasn’t dropped a trailer for Season 5 but, however star Penn Badgley just lately launched a teaser video to announce the brand new season.
In the video, he hints on the return of a personality from Joe’s previous.
We then see pictures of a number of of Joe’s outdated pals and enemies, like former love Marienne, nemesis Dr. Nicky, and pals Ellie and the Conrads (extra on this later).
How Will Joe’s Story End?
YOU is predicated on the novels by Caroline Kepnes. In the collection, protagonist Joe Goldberg works in a New York City bookstore and romanticizes his life — to a harmful diploma.
In his quest to search out “the One,” Joe meets and stalks ladies, studying all the things he can to make them fall in love with him. When issues do not go his approach, he turns to homicide to get rid of anybody he sees as a menace.
His murderous impulses upend his love life time and time once more. On YOU Season 1, he falls for, then kills, the enigmatic Guinevere Beck, blaming her demise on her therapist.
YOU Season 2 sees Joe discovering love once more, actually. His new flame, Love Quinn, looks like a match for him. She survives Season 2 (although many others aren’t so fortunate) earlier than assembly her finish within the finale of Season 3.
How Did YOU Season 4 End?
The season opened with Joe monitoring down Marienne, his newest romance, after she fled to London. Uncharacteristically, he selected to let her go and took a job as an English professor underneath the moniker Jonathan Moore.
Of course, Joe could not go away properly sufficient alone. Despite his makes an attempt to be the nice man he wished to be, Joe discovered himself as soon as once more concerned in a homicide. Only this time, he did not do it.
Or, at the very least, he did not bear in mind doing it.
Joe spends YOU Season 4 watching his pals fall useless round him and making an attempt to catch the killer.
On the thrilling conclusion of the season, we watch as Joe learns he wasn’t as harmless as he thought.
With his world crashing down round him, Joe flees to New York along with his latest love, rich heiress Kate.
With Kate’s assist, he hopes to color himself because the sympathetic sufferer of the ruthless Love Quinn and transfer on along with his life.
YOU Season 5 Plot
Netflix is tight-lipped concerning the plot of Season 5 for now, however we do know we are able to count on a gripping finale for Joe Goldberg.
Following the aftermath of YOU Season 4, Season 5 brings us full circle to the start — New York City.
Where will we go from right here? Speculation means that Joe will lastly pay for his crimes with jail time or his life.
Or perhaps, backed by Kate’s wealth and his personal crafty, Joe will come out victorious. But will he curb his killer methods? We’ll have to observe and discover out.
YOU Season 5 Cast
Currently, solely two actors are confirmed to return for Season 5. Penn Badgley will return as Joe Goldberg, and Charlotte Ritchie will reprise her position as Kate.
However, with rumors (fueled by Badgley himself) swirling of attainable returning characters, which acquainted faces will we see in Season 5? There are so many nice pals — and enemies — to select from.
Dr. Nicky, performed by John Stamos, is a possible contender. He’s an NYC native, so it is sensible that we might see him once more upon Joe’s return to the Big Apple.
Falsely imprisoned for the homicide of Beck in Season 1, Dr. Nicky has a severe bone to select with Joe.
Before she shot to household-name standing as Wednesday Addams, Jenna Ortega was fan-favorite Ellie, the orphan Joe befriended in Season 2.
She introduced out a softer facet in Joe and could be an incredible addition to Season 5.
Since we by no means discovered her destiny, that is one unfastened finish we would like tied up.
What concerning the Conrads, Love’s bougie, and weird pals from Season 3? They know an excessive amount of and may very well be counted on to serve justice to Joe within the ultimate season.
YOU Season 5 Cast Additions
Don’t be shocked, however we’ve not heard something but about new characters becoming a member of the ultimate season.
This is a present that thrives on surprises, so the less teases we get in that regard, the higher.
Where Can I Watch YOU?
Although the primary two seasons did not air on Netflix, it is a Netflix collection by means of and thru now. You can watch all previous episodes on the streamer, and that is the place you may discover Season 5, too.
That’s all the things we learn about everybody’s favourite charismatic killer to date.
For now, we’ll be looking out for any updates about Joe’s ultimate chapter, and we’ll preserve you posted.
Until then, we’ll see you round.
Shela Ward is a senior workers author for TV Fanatic. You can comply with her on X.
