Following the divisive fourth season that saw You experimenting with structure and geography, expectations were high for its fifth and final outing. Could the show bring Joe Goldberg’s saga full circle in a way that felt satisfying? Fans, including me, hoped for a return to the taut, addictive energy that made the early seasons so compelling. Now that the final chapter has arrived, it delivers a blend of thrills, uneven pacing, sharp commentary, and a conclusion that’s as provocative as it is polarising.

In short, Season 5 brings Joe back to his roots — literally and thematically — with a storyline that starts slow but builds to a bold, meta-finale. While not every narrative choice lands, the final season manages to reflect on the show’s deeper questions about complicity, morality, and obsession, even as it stumbles under the weight of its own myth-making.

Three years after the events in London, Joe is back in New York — and this time, he’s no longer hiding. Rebranded as a respectable public figure, he’s married to billionaire Kate Lockwood, living a picture-perfect life with their son Henry. With no murders on record since his return, it seems Joe has finally found peace. But when chaos begins to creep into Kate’s corporate empire — including a rivalry with her ambitious sister Raegan — Joe’s darker impulses begin to resurface. As the past comes knocking and a mysterious new woman named Bronte stirs old desires, the stage is set for a final reckoning.