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Penn Badgley Unpacks ‘You’ Series Finale & Why Joe’s Downfall Is “So Rewarding”
In an interview, Penn Badgley breaks down the series finale of Netflix's You and why Joe Goldberg's downfall had to happen the way it did.
In crafting the harrowing end to a saga filled with deceit, treachery and countless lives lost, Badgley tells Deadline the pulse-pounding Netflix drama had to go “back to form,” focusing on his “object of desire” — each season’s new “You.” This time around, Bronte ( The Handmaid’s Tale ‘s Madeline Brewer) “becomes an avatar for the audience,” subverting Joe’s cunning to bring about his downfall. “The Dark Face of Love,” an entire flashback sequence delving into the life of Bronte — who is revealed to be a former student of Season 1’s Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail) — explores how she connects with a group of online sleuths who find Joe’s tidy explanations in the wake of numerous suspicious deaths less than satisfactory. But so finally, he’s the closest you’ve ever seen him to crossing that threshold and really in the act of sexual abuse and that’s,” he transitions, adding sarcastically as he throws his thumbs up and smiles, “real popular light fodder, apparently!”
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