Penn Badgley Calls Joe 'the Luckiest Guy in New York' After Returning With Kate in ‘You' Season 5 Teaser

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25-02-2025

Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) is coming back to where it all began: New York City.
On Tuesday, Netflix dropped a new teaser for You season five, which will also be the show's final season.
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Joe opens the teaser by saying, 'Love tests us. I've been tested more than most. This is the last time. I came from nothing: a true rags-to-riches story. I've been through it all, unlucky in life and in love until I met you.'
The 'you' he's referring to this time is Kate Galvin (played by returning star Charlotte Ritchie). He ends the teaser with the message: 'Who knew I'd become the luckiest guy in New York?'
Last season ended with Joe, who's taken a new identity, returning to the Big Apple with Kate. However, it doesn't look like it's all sunshine on the horizon, as Joe is haunted by his past.
You follows Joe and his obsessions with stalking a new woman every season — even killing them. The first season of the thriller series took place in NYC, and his love obsession at the time was Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lail), who's now dead.
Here's the brief logline of the upcoming season from Netflix: 'In the epic fifth and final season, Joe Goldberg returns to New York to enjoy his happily ever after… until his perfect life is threatened by the ghosts of his past and his own dark desires.'
Badgley previously told The Hollywood Reporter about where he thinks his character will go after season four.
'What I like is that it actually puts us in a new place, because as much as we like watching the arc of Joe, we also want him to be brought to justice. But, death or prison? Are they that satisfying? What do we even mean when we say 'brought to justice'? Do we really want vengeance? Do we want revenge? Do we want torture? What is it that people want? And, what is actual justice? They're not necessarily the same thing,' he said. 'I think he actually can go to a new place and, if and when it happens, it'll probably be this spectacular resolution that everybody's hoping it could be, because now he has further to fall. He has power and the stakes are high. He's not just some guy anymore.'
The final season of You drops April 24.
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