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Published 15:28 03 Jan 2020 GMT
This article contains spoilers of 'You' season two.
It's fair to say that the second season of You, a psychological thriller drama focusing on an obsessive stalker, was hotly anticipated by TV fans, and when it dropped on Netflix last week, it definitely didn't disappoint.
Season one of the show tells the story of Joe Goldberg a seemingly-normal bookstore manager who meets a graduate student and aspiring writer named Beck. Joe falls passionately in love with Beck and soon enters into a relationship with her. But as he becomes increasingly obsessed with her, the unhinged Joe goes to disturbing lengths to keep her.
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However, now some viewers have discovered that Netflix might have actually let the cat out the bag when it comes to a major spoiler about season two's plot, which luckily managed to fly completely under the radar. Be warned though: there are some pretty big spoilers ahead.
On the run after murdering Beck and living under an alias, Joe meets a new victim named Love Quinn, who reignites his stalkerish tendencies. the show seems to be suggesting that Love will end up the same way as Joe's previous squeeze. But in a shocking twist, Love is also revealed to be a killer in episode nine: one every bit as dangerous as Joe is.
Take a look at the season two trailer below:
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But now a Twitter user with the handle @Ifindmyself has pointed out that a poster advertising season two actually spoiled the twist. It shows Candace watching Joe, with Love out of focus in the foreground, along with the tagline: "Meet your match."
It initially appears to be a reference to Joe 'matching' romantically with another woman - but it now seems clear that the tagline is referencing Joe meeting his match as a killer.
So there you have it: Netlfix was actually giving us a big clue to season two all along. I wonder what other stuff we might have missed the first time around?
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Published 17:07 09 Jan 2020 GMT
This article contains spoilers on the second season of Netflix's You.
The second season of You, a psychological thriller drama focusing on an obsessive stalker, was well received by audiences when it dropped on Netflix last week. The labyrinthine plot, full of twists and turns, definitely didn't disappoint.
Season one of the show tells the story of Joe Goldberg a seemingly-normal bookstore manager who meets a graduate student and aspiring writer named Beck. Joe falls passionately in love with Beck and soon enters into a relationship with her. But as he becomes increasingly obsessed with her, the unhinged Joe goes to disturbing lengths to keep her.
However, now fans have spotted a number of cool easter eggs in the second season, which we've taken the liberty of compiling just for you right here. Scroll down to check them out.
Take a look at the trailer for season two of You right here:
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1. Anavrin is Nirvana spelled backward; but more interestingly, Nirvana was actually mentioned
a lot in Season one, with Beck often wearing the band's T-shirt:
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2. Joe finds Hendy's secret room by pulling on a pile of books that include Charles Dickens.
In Season one he discovered Beck's secret about The Captain at a Charles Dickens festival:
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3. Love and Forty's names reference terms in tennis terms.
Love means zero points, and 40 points is the highest amount:
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4. Joe keeps a box of hidden items in a hole in the wall behind a painting.
In the novel, he hides Beck's things the same way:
5. Peaches appear constantly in season two as a result of Joe's guilt over Peach's death:
6. The flower Joe brings Love before he meets her friends is the same kind he gives Delilah before she's murdered.
7. Joe also appears to get a postcard from the real Will in one scene
But this isn't the first time we've written about this show. In fact, some fans have noticed that Netflix actually let the cat out the bag by hinting at a major spoiler about season two's plot in a poster for the show released before it premiered.
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Published 09:48 26 Dec 2019 GMT
The highly-anticipated second season of You is dropping on Netflix today.
In case your memory needs refreshing, the first season had fans on the edge of their seats as they watched Joe Goldberg, a New York-based bookstore manager, grow increasingly obsessed with a woman he meets in his store, Guinevere Beck, an aspiring writer.
He then goes on a mission to eliminate - in the most literal sense of the word - everyone and everything standing between them being together, using social media in a way that will have you deleting your Facebook account yesterday.
This is the trailer for season two of You:
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Without giving away too many spoilers, Joe is haunted by an old flame at the end of season one, and if the show's official synopsis is anything to go by, he could finally have to pay the price for his actions.
According to the synopsis: "When we last saw Joe his heart was tragically broken and his past just caught up with him in the form of long-lost ex-girlfriend Candace (Ambyr Childers) - a woman now hell-bent on teaching him a lesson."
And if you haven't seen it yet, this is the trailer for season one:
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The synopsis continues: "Season two finds [Joe] on the run from Candace - leaving New York City for his own personal hell: Los Angeles.
"He's fresh out of an intense relationship that ended in murder. The last thing he expects is to meet an incredible new woman but he's falling in love again - with a woman named Love (Victoria Pedretti).
Is history repeating? Or will this time be the real thing? Joe's just crazy enough to risk finding out."
The second season of the psychological thriller has been pitched as a lot darker than the first and will star Penn Badgley, Ambyr Childers, James Scully, Carmela Zumbado, Jenna Ortega and Chris D'Elia.
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly Penn Badgley, who plays Goldberg, said: "In the first episode, he's struggling to conceive of the fact that she's [Candace] alive.
"He's unhinged because of how much he doesn't understand about what he's done and who she is."
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to make a leftover Turkey sandwich and get stuck into what's likely to be some seriously thrilling Boxing Day viewing.
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Published 14:35 31 Dec 2019 GMT
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the second season of You.
Since its release on December 26, season 2 of Netflix's psychological thriller series You has been getting quite the reaction on social media. Considering how well the first season was received, there was a lot riding on this new one. But it turns out that fans - at least those who have voiced as much on social media - are absolutely loving the new storyline and adventures which see Joe fall for a new woman.
Check out the trailer for the second season of You:
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As with all good shows on Netflix, plenty of fans couldn't help but binge the entire series within days.
If you happen to be one of these viewers, you will remember that scene in which Joe spots a neighbor through the fence, sitting and reading by her pool next to a stack of Kafka, Jane Austen, and Aldous Huxley books.
"This is just the beginning because this is where I had to be. Exactly where I had to be to meet you. There you were with your books and your sunshine. So close, but worlds away. I will figure out a way: a way to get to you. See you soon, neighbor," he narrates.
But it's never explained who exactly the woman is.
A lot of fans, however, have taken to social media to share a popular fan theory that she is, in fact, Joe's mother. Joe's mother is seen in flashbacks throughout the season and so the theory that she will finally be introduced to viewers seems a credible one.
If you haven't yet seen it yet, check out the trailer for season one:
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"The neighbor is probably his mom. Also, Love is crazy. Might be crazier than Joe. She gave me Gone Girl vibes," one person tweeted. "Why are some people confused about the last scene? that woman/neighbor was definitely joe's mom. the hands were a dead give away... #YouNetflix," another wrote.
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I guess we'll have to wait for some time yet to0 to find out once and for all if Joe's new neighbor really is his mom.
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Published 19:28 11 Nov 2019 GMT
In the latter part of 2018, the entire world (well, those with Netflix accounts) were transfixed by the streaming service's new psychological thriller, You.
Based on the eponymous 2014 novel by Caroline Kepnes, the show's 10 episodes followed Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley), a seemingly nice bookstore manager who fell in love with aspiring writer and unbearable nerd Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail).
However, this show was far from a romantic comedy, as it soon becomes clear that Goldberg will do ANYTHING to get his new interest to fall in love with him, even if that means killing those closest to her (and eventually her.)
Check out the chilling trailer for the first season below:
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The show left so many questions unanswered. Will Joe ever get caught for Beck's death? What will happen now Joe's ex Candace has turned up out of the blue? And why, oh why, did Beck go to pleasure town without pulling the curtains of her giant window.
Well, Netflix fans will soon get all the stalker fun they've been looking for, as Netflix has confirmed that the second series will drop on December 26, 2019 - retweeting a teaser for the show from star Penn Badgley:
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The show's producer, Sera Gamble, has already confirmed that the second season will be loosely based on the novel's sequel, Hidden Bodies. In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Gamble revealed Joe will be moving from New York City to LA - through no choice of his own:
"We'll be going into Joe's early life in season two, and naturally we want to know more and move around in his entire life.
"I will say that the whole time we're in the writers' room talking about what that story could be, or what flashbacks or glimpses into his life we might catch, this has been a guiding principle for us; he had a pretty terrible childhood and that does contribute to who he is as an adult.
"But we also wanted to make it clear that a lot of us had shitty childhoods and most of us don't do what Joe Goldberg does - we're trying to walk that line."
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Gamble also confirmed my own theory; that Joe is not the bloodthirsty killer so many people mistake him for - he just really likes getting his own way and can't stand to have those close to him disobey him:
"He doesn't want to kill anyone ever again, but probably in season two he will end up killing someone.
"He's absolutely heartbroken after Beck and he and also we're keenly aware that people are coming to the show after binging season 1 and have all fallen in love with Elisabeth Lail [Beck].
"I think it would be stupid to just slot someone else in. Season one, we're constructing a story that really takes that into account, and no one is going to shove anything down the audience's throats. Joe is really contending with what happened in season one."
I don't know about you guys, but my Boxing Day round the in-laws just got a whole lot better!
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Published 22:00 19 Jun 2019 GMT
Last December Netflix released the series You, which would win the Emmy Award for Creepiness, if that was a thing. The show follows bookstore manager/serial killer Joe Goldberg as he grows obsessed with graduate student Guinevere Beck. According to critical consensus on Rotten Tomatoes, the show combined "thrilling drama with trashy fun to create an addictive social media horror story."
In the second season, Penn Badgely returns as Joe Goldberg, and the show relocates from New York City to Los Angeles. Victoria Pedretti, who you might remember as Nell in The Haunting Of Hill House, will play the new lead, Love Quinn. She's "an aspiring chef who doesn't care about social media" and is "tending to a deep grief," which helps her connect to Joe, according to See What's Next.
Watch the trailer for season 1 of You
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The first season originally aired on Lifetime, but found a massive audience on Netflix, spurring the streaming giant to order a second season. Filming has already begun, and Penn Badgely told Entertainment Tonight that some scenes were so disturbing he felt sick. "There are some things I've done with prosthetic bodies in this [new] season that were kind of nauseating as I did them, I will say that," he told the outlet.
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“I’m really excited for people to get to know Love," Badgely continued. "She adds a dimension that hasn’t existed yet. There's a side to Joe that we haven’t seen yet because her character, in some ways, is the polar opposite of Beck. "Joe was always trying to get Beck’s attention, sort of almost against her own instincts and will, whereas Joe is trying to be better. And Love won’t let him say ‘no’ to her, even though he’s trying desperately."
Sounds like the perfect romantic comedy for a first date! Netflix has not announced a release date for season two yet, nor explained why that strange man is staring at you right now, and seems to pop up everywhere you go.