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Inevitable-Staff-467 t1_ixo3k5v wrote

If you go into You looking for an actual prestige drama around crime and serial killers, you will just end up complaining or miss the entire point of the show. Go watch Mindhunter, Barry or watch any of the million true crime shows out there.

If you go into You looking for a dark comedy that has some serious moments thrown in, then I think you'll enjoy the show way more and roll with the punches.

Yes, Joe should have been caught by now. Yes, him becoming an English university professor is dumb as hell. Yes, Joe is gonna get into wacky hijinks killing tons of annoying characters and skirting the line between getting caught or digging all responsibilities.

But that's the show and how it keeps raising the stakes makes it such a fun dark comedy to watch. This is the same show that introduced a baby like similar shows Dexter have done before, but You knows what it is and instead of using the baby as a staple plot point, they literally did one season and then had Joe ditch it to go on new wacky adventures.

I'm fully ready for another season of Joe fawning over new women, killing quirky characters and then him getting away at the end to become an astronaut and fall in love with an alien for Season 5.

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mart182 t1_ixoblga wrote

I feel like I shouldn't like this show but I do, for all the reasons you listed

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LegendEater t1_ixvrejd wrote

Yeah, this comment helped me feel better about looking forward to season 4. I know this is terrible, but I keep coming back.

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real_nice_guy t1_ixpay96 wrote

>If you go into You looking for an actual prestige drama around crime and serial killers

does anyone actually go into this show for this reason? I can't even imagine that lol

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MrBoliNica t1_iy0hm0f wrote

It’s peak trash tv. I got roped into watching it because of my wife, and I ended up loving it. Shit is hilarious

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f-ingsteveglansberg t1_ixpv7yu wrote

One problem with the show is that they don't really know what to do with Joe. They keep making him the hero of the story and then need to pull back when they remember that he isn't.

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immaownyou t1_ixra2ot wrote

I don't think that's a problem at all. It's the whole point of the show. That in everyone's head they're the hero of their own story. Through Joe's perspective he seems somewhat reasonable and you can at least understand why he does what he does (for the most part), but outside of his perspective he's a terrible human being and a monster.

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f-ingsteveglansberg t1_ixrdjxu wrote

I think in season one he was very much the monster and villain. Season 2 tried to balance it by trying to make him reform and trying to be merciful to the drug dealer he trapped. By season 3 he was the rational one so Love could be the villain.

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MrBoliNica t1_iy0hhp9 wrote

Was he rational in season 3? We forgetting the storyline where he stalked a whole other woman, and murdered her husband? He did all that he did to Love, just so he could escape and follow Marianne. He didn’t do it to be a good person or help the people love was hurting lol

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LegendEater t1_ixvrjyh wrote

It's almost told from his perspective. In his head, he can justify what he does but that still doesn't make it right, even to him. I feel we get an accurate lens for how that kind of character would look at the story.

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MrGreenixx t1_ixw5k53 wrote

I think you get a similar experience with Barry, both balance the comedy and darker elements well and offer lots of fun that way.

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