‘You’ Season 4 Part 1 Review: Netflix Thriller Morphs Into a Dreary, Predictable Whodunit

Penn Badgley’s Joe grows a beard and moves to a rain-soaked setting, and that’s not the only thing Season 4 has in common with “Dexter”

Penn Badgley stars in "You."
Penn Badgley in "You." (Netflix)

Netflix’s “You” is going the “Stranger Things” and “Ozark” route for Season 4, splitting the season in two batches of five episodes each. But the question is, is “You” Season 4 Part 1 compelling enough to require the split or even the wait for its conclusion? Perhaps prior to this season, the answer to that question would be a no-brainer, as the deliciously bingeable series traditionally has the audience in the palm of its hand, salivating for more of Joe’s misguided-yet-still-criminal behavior and the fate of whatever poor woman (or women) would end up being the object of his even more misguided affection.

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