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Spoilers for You season 5 ahead!
From season to season, his location and subject of obsession changed.
Youseason 5took an almost tongue-in-cheek approach to the end of Joe’s story.
However, despite all this, theNetflix series demonstrated howJoe hasn’t changed sinceYouseason 1.
He’s the same, despicable stalker and predator he has always been.
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By reflecting aspects of his original story,Youbrought Joe’s back to the beginning.
This also meant buying back Mooney’s Bookstore, where Joe committed many of his terrible crimes inYouseason 1.
The place had to go.
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However,Bronte was more of a concept than an actual character.
Bronteor Louise Flanneryserves asYouseason 5’s replacement for Guinevere Beck.
By design, she reflects Beck’s behavior as Joe pursued her in season 1.
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This character serves as proof that Joe isn’t the feminist that he thinks he is.
Any outspoken girl he can’t romanticize quickly ends up in his cage (literally or figuratively).
Back inYouseason 1, the mean girl was Peach.
She could be pretty terrible to Beck, and Joe absolutely hated her for it.
The irony was that Peach wasn’t nearly as dangerous to Beck as Joe.
This story was carried over toYouseason 5, where Reagan was the one Joe became determined to kill.
Thankfully, Maddie managed a happy ending inYouseason 5, ultimately resolving Peach’s old season 1 story.
In truth, it was a gross violation.
Through this book, Louise Flannery realized that something wasn’t right about the story surrounding Beck’s murder.
In the end, she held Joe at gunpoint and demanded that he cross out all his additions.
Bronte restored Beck’s voice inYouseason 5, finally bringing this character some peace.
This dynamic has often been used to defend Joe’s morality.
Sure, he’s a killer, but he fights to protect and save kids, right?
It wasn’t real love, but evidence of Joe’s narcissism.
Youseason 5 put a definitive end to this argument using Joe’s son, Henry.
Henry is as precocious as Paco was, with a love for literature far beyond his years.
In both cases,Joe’s affection was rooted in the fact that these children reminded him of himself.
It wasn’t real love, but evidence of Joe’s narcissism.
Bronte couldn’t have known that Beck said this line, butYouseason 5 brought the moment full circle regardless.
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