Joe Goldberg is closing in on one final kill. Netflix has introduced the fifth season of You, starring Penn Badgley as an identity-switching stalker and serial killer, can be its final.
You’s London-set fourth season, which was launched in two components throughout February and March, ended with an enormous twist that inadvertently introduced Joe again to his season 1 stomping grounds of New York Metropolis. “He’s not on an arc of redemption,” Badgley advised Vainness Truthful of the place his unstable character is headed. “This appears to be a query on folks’s minds, however I don’t assume that’s what anybody who’s making that is taken with exploring. That implies numerous issues, [and] it’s not what we’re right here to do.”
Showrunner Sera Gamble, who has been with the collection because it premiered on Lifetime again in 2018 earlier than being acquired by Netflix, is leaving the present to “concentrate on new tasks,” she mentioned in an announcement. “Making the present alongside our writers, producers, administrators, forged and crew has been an honor and ridiculously enjoyable. And I really feel fortunate to have labored with an artist as gifted and considerate as Penn Badgely,” Gamble continued. “I’m pleased with what we have all completed and really feel privileged to go the torch. I’m excited to look at and assist the You staff as they create Joe Goldberg’s journey to its delightfully twisted conclusion.”
Moving into her position can be government producers Michael Foley and Justin W. Lo, who’ve been with the collection since its begin. In an announcement, fellow EPs Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter confirmed that Gamble will stay an government producer and that the duo plans to “carry her each thought we will from our firm for years to return.” In addition they shared that You, based mostly on Caroline Kepnes’ novels, was “at all times conceived” in 5 seasons.
Name it a shrewd artistic impulse or sly contractual determination, however TV is experiencing a little bit of a five-year itch in the intervening time. You is the most recent in a string of well-liked reveals to announce it’s pulling the plug after 4 or 5 seasons, following Netflix’s Stranger Issues, Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, and HBO’s Barry and Succession, most of which air their remaining episodes this spring. The Handmaid’s Story is ready to finish someday this yr after six seasons, and the brass behind Ted Lasso has additionally vaguely alluded to a three-season run on AppleTV+.
A launch date for You’s remaining—probably much less sexualized—season has but to be introduced.
