You - Season 2: review

Joe’s creepiness has no end, neither his obsessions. The spiral of obsessive love and pursuing goals at any cost continues.

However, don’t be fooled by appearances. This second season isn’t just a continuum from the first one. It is bloodier and more shocking, with some plot twists that you probably wouldn’t see coming.

I’m good, the rest of the world complicates everything

One of the things that fascinated me from the beginning is how his distorted mind sees everything he does as some kind of “bad luck”. He truly believes he is a good person. Everything that happens is beyond him. He is so good building up his own version, that sometimes you almost feel sorry for him.

The narration in every episode could be annoying in any other show, but it fits perfectly here. There are no words to describe Badgley’s work. Absolutely perfect.

Intense development

The developments for this new season made the show grow. You have more interesting characters, and some answers to the “Candace problem”.

I loved every new addition, but Forty’s story was particularly interesting for me. I loved the character. He is naive, gentle, and sweet, with a problematic past and emotionally dependent. Nonetheless, he is the one that sees through Joe. His death gains an extra value in the show’s context since it’s not Joe who kills him, yet, he is responsible. Death, indeed, follows Joe.

After a lot more bloodshed and very questionable choices, the truth is you still care about Joe. You want to know what is going to happen to him and how he can get out of some situations.

Love

Love is… I don’t even know. She is a curious character from the beginning and the one that makes the biggest plot twist.

She is a challenge to Joe. Strong and assertive, in many ways, totally different from Beck. However, Joe can’t see the truth; he only sees what he wants. He thinks Love is a broken little thing, in need of a shinny armor prince, but he will have a huge surprise.

Joe’s shock about Love - who she is and what she is capable of - shows how delusional he is about himself. I believe that this will have a great impact on the development of the story next season. Love is like a mirror of himself that he can’t ignore.

The good villain

Joe always finds a way of seeing himself as a good guy. He has good intentions, but bad luck. Joe is the savior of everything. And then he finds Love…

The season ends with an image of perfect life and family. It raises many questions. How will they be as parents? How will they deal with everything?

And the bigger question of all: is Joe in danger?

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