![]() His delusions of righteousness and virtuousness butt up against his own fatal narcissism.Įven as “You” stays mostly in Joe’s head, Pedretti is just as good at presenting a woman who feels adrift herself. With each new time that his inner monologue doesn’t match up with his actions, it’s easier to see (and hear) a man terrified by losing whatever anchors he has left. Now, with two seasons’ worth of extra knowledge, it’s clearer when Joe is kidding himself. There are multiple times this season when Badgley narrates some variation on “This isn’t me.” The show started out so aligned with Joe’s perspective that any mistake or error in judgment almost felt like the show doing the same. Still, Joe is constantly rewriting that book, and in that way, “You” is as it’s always been. Local momfluencer Sherry (Shalita Grant), Natalie’s tech entrepreneur husband Matthew (Scott Speedman), head librarian Marienne (Tati Gabrielle), and Natalie’s college stepson Theo (Dylan Arnold) all start to have their own gravitational pull, which the show eagerly uses to help complicate Joe’s drive to be in control of his own story. ![]() Wellness, true crime, and some more timely social trends all get wrapped up in the scenes away from the house, as the other people in this new web gradually move from cartoonish to something more tangible. “You” doesn’t put them at equal fault (the show is more than willing to present many ways that Joe crosses moral lines without killing someone), yet it does follow through on how the toxic pursuit of Season 2 gives way to a toxic co-dependency here.Īs for the rest of Madre Linda, “You” introduces the other residents in the same heightened way that the show poked at New York entitlement and LA clout-hungry hipsterdom. Love, in turn, tries to rationalize each new misstep as a means for preserving her young family, a trio she also sees as a twisted form of redemption. Joe professes to despise his time in Madre Linda, transferring that ill will to Love, the woman on whom he blames his problems. When the Quinn-Goldberg’s path of mutually assured destruction isn’t one step away from going nuclear, their suburban detente gives “You” the first real chance at showing a relationship anywhere close to even footing. And Love is more than just Joe’s spouse: She’s the first person in the “You” run who knows his secret and hasn’t spent time in the basement plexiglass cage as a result. There are more flashbacks this season, meant just as much to help Joe reckon with what’s driving his predatory behavior as the audience. The wild plot swings are still there (needless to say that Madre Linda does not stay cozy and quiet for long), but they’re coupled with a better understanding of what is driving the central couple. ![]() ![]() It’s a cycle of trial, solution, and uneasy reconciliation, built on the violence-as-relationship-metaphor foundation that the show has had since its pre- Netflix days.īut the show around Joe certainly has shifted. ![]() Treading any further into how Joe and Love’s tenuous bond gets tested would be to tip the hand of the characteristic litany of ill-informed decisions and dangerously tight squeezes that have become a “You” hallmark. For Joe, it’s as easy as looking over the fence into the yard of their neighbors, where Natalie (Michaela McManus) becomes the newest target of his wandering eyes. Of course, this is “Scenes from a Marriage” with a preexisting body count, and it doesn’t take much for the uneasy pact Joe and Love have made to be tested by their new neighborhood. Netflix's 'Scott Pilgrim' Anime Series Reunites Original Cast, Including Michael Cera and Kieran CulkinĢ023 Emmy Predictions: Outstanding Documentary or Nonfiction Specialįrom 'Nymphomaniac' to 'Little Ashes': Unsimulated Sex Scenes in 38 Films What's the Great Netflix Password Crackdown Worth? Maybe $3 Billion ![]()
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