One of the most recognizable stalkers and serial killers of recent years is back. You premiered the first part of the fourth season in Netflixdescribing the European adventure of its protagonist, Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley). Although he is far from California, the same impulses still pierce him, and the past is thrust upon him from time to time, like a mountain that he cannot overcome.
First part of the fourth season You echoes the previous ones. While offering no differential value to them, it serves its purpose: to tell how Joe Goldberg is trying to rebuild his life as he moves out of his old home. Detail? Recognize that distancing yourself from this version doesn’t mean you stop being it.. With great difficulty, the main character only manages to do this.
During the first five episodes of the fourth season YouJoe Goldberg’s figure contrasts with Kate (Charlotte Ritchie). In this series, the male character lives at the expense of the female. Both of them are responsible for their fears, weaknesses and interests. This is one of the axes of this franchise. Although the resource appears to be depleted, it will not be discarded within the concept of production.
You and mind game
Actions in this series take place in two registers. Explicit, concrete facts and hidden thoughts of Joe Goldberg. Through his internal conversations, the character is shown to the viewer in a way that he cannot reveal himself to the rest of the characters.including those with whom you are romantically involved.
That resource exposed from the first season is still relevant in this part of the fourth. Goldberg lives by his reflections and thoughts, which become a bridge with all who look, generating complicity. The analogue of this mental game proposed by the series is that it can lead to the obvious: over time, it is not very difficult to imagine how the protagonist will react.
Psychological tension he poses You cracked over time. The loss of this tension is relevant because it is one of his strong points in the story. In the previous part this became obvious and this part four does not seem to solve it. This is perhaps one of the most obvious questions one can ask to Greg Berlanti And Sera Gamblethose responsible for production.
What is the result of this voltage loss? You entertains, refers out of context Joe Goldberg’s work as satirical jokes on factors outside of the series. But not so conspicuous. Perhaps that is why a slight reorientation was made regarding the role of the protagonist.
The first part of the fourth season:
when the hunter became the prey
One of the constants during the first part of the fourth season You the fact is that Joe Goldberg, who in London uses the identity of Jonathan Moore, feels that Kate is watching him. Subtle continuation. He knows that she is suspicious, that she looks suspiciously at his steps, and decides to act to change this situation. Meanwhile, another threat appears behind him.
Unlike previous seasons, in which Goldberg seemed to be in control by playing the hunter, this time around, his role is different. You continues to tell the love quest of a stalker, a fragile character who finds, on the feminine side, a way to fill in these gaps. However, with a little twist, by exposing him to the gaze of another with whom he has no sentimental connection, the question of a possible redemption is raised: The bad guy, sweetened with toxic romanticism, has the ability to become a sort of anti-hero.
This is not revealed until the fifth episode, the last in this part. It’s not something minor, as it would mean that Joe Goldberger has ceased to be You to call Dexter Morgan. This hypothesis may or may not be confirmed in the second part of the fourth season. Meanwhile, The first one is available on Netflix from February 9th..
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