(Warning: This post contains spoilers for the second season of Netflix’s “You.”)
Can a stalker change his stripes? That’s the question at the heart of “You” Season 2, one that confronts its main character over and over throughout its 10-episode run.
“The big question for us this season was how self-aware can Joe really be?” showrunner Sera Gamble said in an interview with TheWrap.
Basically, when confronted by the reality of his crimes, can Joe (Penn Badgley) look in the mirror and see himself for who he truly is — a man who stalked and killed one girlfriend, left another to die in the woods, and murdered at least half a dozen other people in between? Or does his self-delusion go so deep that he can only see himself as the romantic hero?
Season 2 presents that challenge for Joe with the reappearance of Candace, his only surviving victim.