When a bookstore manager crosses paths with an aspiring writer, he uses the internet and social media to get very intimate details about her in order to get close to her and make her fall in love with him. It starts as a crush but quickly escalates to an obsession leading him to quietly and strategically remove any obstacle in his way. Based on Caroline Kepnes' novel of the same name, The Psychological Thriller stars Penn Badgley, Elizabeth Lail and Shay Mitchell. You is a very dark and twisted show but its also really sexy too. You get to know this really good looking book store manager who has a way with words and is willing to do ANYTHING for the one he loves but it gets really creepy quickly when you realize he thinks love is the ultimate key above every other thing. Joe's good today and bad tomorrow. One minute he's hitting someone with a stone on the head and the next minute he's helping a single mother take care of her son. He's an anti-hero and you can't help but fall in love with this psychotic character. Badgley was the perfect actor for this role. His mannerism and his narration made each episode better than the last. He made his creepy activities seem alluring and very interesting. I became obsessed with You because of him and I ended up binge watching the entire season in less than three days. Badgley was absolutely astounding and he played the lovable serial killer so well.
Elizabeth Lail was fantastic as the naive girlfriend who's still trying to find herself as a writer. Joe thinks she wants to be rescued so he swoops in as her knight-in-shining-armour-bookstore-manager who helps her get her writing in check. According to Joe, Beck needed him for her life to be perfect. And it was, for a while before everything started falling apart. Beck was portrayed as a a smart writer but she ended up being the dumbest character on the show. I couldn't get enough of Shay Mitchell as the crazy best friend who's refusing to admit her real feelings. I thought she was a mini joe because she was just as obsessed with Beck as joe was and they were both fighting for her attention. I saw You without reading a single review or watching a trailer and I'm really glad I decided to see it. It was very unpredictable and twisted. Everything about You was amazing and that finale left me really shocked. There's so much we don't know about Joe's past and we may be getting more of that in the second season. There are still a lot of loose ends that need to be tied before Joe's life can go back to being somewhat normal. There's Dr. Nicky, the P.I and of course Candace. I can't wait to see season two.
GENRE Crime Drama, Psychological Thriller
BASED ON "YOU" by Karoline Kepnes
STARRING Penn Badgley, Elizabeth Lail, Shay Mitchell, Luca Padavon, Zach Cherry
You binge watched You in 3 days, 😂 those are rookie numbers.
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