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f-ingsteveglansberg t1_ixpv7yu wrote

Reply to comment by Inevitable-Staff-467 in ‘YOU’ Season 4 Gets New, Earlier Premiere Date on Netflix - Part 1 (February 9), Part 2 (March 9) by MarvelsGrantMan136

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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