You" Season 5: Everything We Know

The second half of "You" Season 4 is now available on Netflix, with some major revelations (opens in new tab) about the identity of "Eat the Rich Killer" and the fate of Joe Goldberg. By the end of Part 2, Joe is on top of the world and has gained such power and influence that it would be extremely difficult to unseat him. Despite this, "You" co-creator Sera Gamble says she already has ideas for where the series will go next. Read on for everything we know so far about a possible Season 5.

Still. although Season 4 was renewed just days before Season 3 airs in October 2021, Netflix is taking its time deciding on a possible Season 5. With the streaming giant (and the rest of the TV industry) facing difficult times, the fate of "You" Season 5 will likely depend on the streaming numbers of the latest installment. (For those of you who have been waiting for both parts of Season 4 to air, now is the time.)

But showrunner Sera Gamble already has an idea of where "You" should go next. She told The Hollywood Reporter (open in new tab) last month that she has "some exciting ideas for season 5. She is not going to let Joe give notice that he is returning to New York and leave it at that, because it would be a shame for the series to leave it at that.

"You" is not a show that returns regularly once a year. There was a one year and four month hiatus between Season 3 and Season 4. Filming for Season 4 will begin in March 2022, with Part 1 arriving in February 2023. Season 5 will proceed at the same pace, and if it takes a couple of months for Netflix to announce a renewal, the show could be back around late 2024.

"You" Season 4 Spoilers. In an interview with The Cut (opens in new tab), Gamble summarized Joe's position (opens in new tab) at the end of season 4." We kept saying that we were going to let him go very far so that he could come home again. We are hoping that he will return to New York, go home, take on his real name, shave his beard, and look like Joe Classic." Right now, he has nearly unlimited resources. He has the support of influential people, and the ambiguity about what he does in private has diminished considerably. So that's how it's set up."

That reduced ambivalence stems from his acceptance of his dark side, born as Reese. We see Joe's horror take its final form when he kills Nadia's boyfriend, Edward, and frames her for it to silence her. But it is hard to believe that Joe would start killing for no reason. Even at his darkest in Season 4, he always felt that the people he killed deserved to die. Now that he has access to the rooms of millionaires like Tom Lockwood, he may find himself at odds with yet another tycoon.

More interesting than "who will Joe kill next?" is "who will finally stop him?" At this point, there are several people who know the truth about him and have reason to want him dead, mostly young people whom he once mentored or protected in some way. There is Nadia, a bright student, Ellie, an aspiring filmmaker, and even Paco, an old neighbor from season one. It would be fun to see at least one of them, Nadia or Ellie, either on their own or by convincing Kate to reveal the full extent of Joe's murder, thereby turning the tables on him and finally bringing the killer to justice. (Yes, Marienne is there, too, but she can just enjoy her sober Parisian life off-screen with Juliette.)

As for Kate, who seems to genuinely want to remain a good person, I hope she can stay on the side of justice next season without incurring Joe's wrath.

In an interview with the Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab) about Part 2, Penn Badgley said the new You season will have to tackle Joe's rise to enormous wealth and power and what it will take to bring him to justice.

"That's a question for the writers and Netflix about where we're going with season 5 (which hasn't been ordered yet).

"We're going to have to do it because as much as we love seeing Joe's arc, we want to see him get justice. But death or prison? Is that satisfying enough for you? What does it mean to "get justice"? Do we really want revenge? Do we want revenge? Do we want torture? What do people want? And what is actual justice?

"So I don't know," he continued. 'But I think he can go to a new place, and if he does, it will probably be as spectacular a resolution as anyone could hope for. He has the power and the stakes are high. He is not just a man anymore."

Maybe so. Gambling remains tight-lipped about specific answers to how long 'you' will last. She promised that the series will not continue indefinitely; in an interview with Vulture, the co-creator considers "You" a sort of "anti-hero" show, and "the arc of the series is the arc of the character, and when that arc is complete, the show is complete."

"It's a very different kind of show," he said.

"This is why we're not going to make 15 seasons of this show," she continued. This is not 'CSI: Joe Goldberg. It's not even procedural. He changes throughout the show. And there's a point where we end up."

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Badgley also discussed the future of the show during an episode of the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast, saying that if the show returns for season 5, he thinks it may be the last (opens in new tab).

"I signed a six-year contract right out of the gate. So they can do more than two if they want," he explained. 'If there's another season, I think it's just one. That's my understanding, but I really don't know. But I do know that everyone involved, from the top to the bottom, doesn't want the show to get tired of it."

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