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Spoilers for You season 5 ahead!
Bronte explained that the trial was grueling, but Joe was ultimately made to see himself clearly.
Joe was just a monster through and through.
Sure, he is a monster, but so is everyone else.
Joe’s evidence of this inYouseason 5is the letters fans write him.
They don’t care that Joe is a killer.
He claimed that death was what he deserved.
However, in truth, Joe just wanted an escape from the profound loneliness he would experience in prison.
He said as much inYou’s final scene.
Joe stated that he would never be loved again.
He would never be held by anyone.
It’s what gives him purpose.
Joe is unlikely to find that in prison in any other way than through his letters.
He will write back to them, and a pen-pal relationship will begin.
ThroughoutYou, Joe was desperate for someone to see his full self and accept him.
His case was public, so Joe can no longer hide his past behavior.
You season 5 came with the return of several characters who survived Joe throughout the years.
With their help, Joe finally faced justice.
He won’t be able to stalk and protect them.
Love Quinn was, perhaps, the most perfect person for Joe.
She knew he was a killer and recognized that this was his way of protecting her.
However, Joe was disgusted by the fact that she was a killer too, so he murdered her.
Joe knows what he wants, but he makes achieving it impossible.
Joe Goldberg no longer poses a threat.
“In prison, Joe might as well be a fantasy to whatever woman becomes his next correspondent.
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