Review of You

You (2018–2024)
3/10
Season 4 has ended it for me
16 March 2023
Sadly, I feel each season was not quite as good as the one before with this series. Season one - absolutely LOVED it. The story; the characters; the acting.

Season two was very good as well. For me, not quite up to the first, but still incredibly enjoyable to watch.

I feel that I sort of forced my way through season three because at that point I felt pretty committed to the show. I certainly didn't hate it, but it was not even close to season one as far as enjoyability.

So then comes season four. I couldn't even make it through the first episode!

I'm not saying I expect total believability from a series such as this, but when I saw that Joe was working as a college professor at a UK university, I totally lost it. I mean, really? Wasn't there any other profession they could have chosen for him? The idea that he would be able to get a job at that level is absolutely ridiculous and downright impossible. Impossible.

And from what I've read, the writers did it purposefully, which makes it even worse. This is from an article I read while researching to make sure I didn't miss the episode where Joe got his PhD, or even his college degree for that matter:

"It turns out that You author Caroline Kepnes and showrunner Sera Gamble have been hoping to put Joe in this setting for quite some time. "We've known for years that we wanted to eventually put him in a university," Gamble told Entertainment Weekly."

I get that Joe got himself a new identity for season four, but again, I can literally guarantee that he would not be able to land a job such as this. Even with a brand new identity.

It's fiction, so of course they can do what they want, but I think this is just plain dumb. And annoying.

I know it probably sounds trivial to some, but it's freaking lazy on the part of the writers. And if that's how lazy they want to be with something so simple, I just don't feel compelled to invest any further time here.

It was good while it lasted for me...
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