You, the psychological thriller that follows murderous romantic Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) as he seems for love (and leaves a path of our bodies, within the course of) returns for season 4 on Thursday, February 9 to Netflix. The brand new assortment of episodes might be offered in two halves, the second of which is scheduled to drop to the streamer on March 9.
Becoming a member of Badgley within the new season — which relocates the story to London — is Charlotte Ritchie, Stephen Hagan, Lukas Gage, Tilly Keeper, Ben Wiggins, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Ed Speleers, and Tati Gabrielle, who reprises her position as Marienne Bellamy.
It’s been a 12 months and a half since season 3 premiered and the excitement behind these new episodes are excessive. However do they ship the products? Right here’s what critics are saying about season 4, half 1 of Netflix’s You:
How does it examine to earlier seasons?
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You Season 4 finds a method to mix all of the issues individuals liked in regards to the first three seasons after which nonetheless will get in your head to shock you.
—Nathaniel Brail, ComicBook.com
This season seems like a totally totally different present that has no actual connection to the previous seasons. This new forged has no depth, there’s no stand outs. Even Joe has misplaced his attraction.
—Kristen Maldonado, Pop Tradition Planet
The primary half of season 4 isn’t any totally different, easing audiences into its acquainted tone with Joe’s (Penn Badgley) twisted narration and a forged of characters heinous sufficient that you simply’ll be rooting for the killer offing them. Nonetheless, whereas the tail finish of season 3 had began to really feel slightly bit caught in a nook, the most recent episodes breathe new life (pardon the pun) into this killer drama due to a location change and an virtually solely new forged.
—Fay Watson, Complete Movie
How is Penn Badgley’s efficiency?
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When it really works, it really works as a result of Badgley is charismatic and the present is brash sufficient to drop a good variety of plot twists into each episode.
—Ellen E Jones, Guardian
Badgley returns because the lovable however murderous sociopath Joe Goldberg, and as all the time, he’s the spotlight of the season. The actor is at residence as Joe, and it reveals all through each second he’s on display, however it’s when he’s given some new materials to work with that he shines.
—Nathaniel Brail, ComicBook.com
Penn Badgley’s efficiency this season explores a brand new aspect of Joe, whereas sustaining the very important creepiness of the character. Seeing Joe turning into the one being stalked is attention-grabbing, and Badgley performs Joe’s shock and exasperated confusion properly, whereas ensuring we all know Joe’s essential lack of self-awareness is in tact.
—Amanda Mazzillo, Movie Pleasure
The premise shift from predator to prey actually works, largely due to Badgley’s magnetic efficiency as Joe. As soon as once more, the Gossip Woman alum nails the vulnerability and complexity of a personality who stays compelling regardless of the really terrible issues he does.
—Fay Watson, Complete Movie
What in regards to the new forged?
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Tilly Keeper’s Girl Phoebe is perhaps the exception, a candy however chaotic socialite who makes the error of relationship an American playboy performed by Lukas Gage. Their messy romance is a soapy thrill and presents some shade to their characters that different members of the buddy group don’t get the pleasure of having fun with. Exterior of them, Kate (who harbors suspicions about Joe) and Ed Speleers’ Rhys Montrose (a dry politician who befriends Joe), there are a lot of different characters however none who get a lot funding.
—Shania Russell, Slashfilm
Charlotte Richie, the star of hit British sitcoms like Ghosts and Recent Meat, completely shines right here as Kate, the lady Joe can’t cease noticing regardless of her initially chilly and prickly demeanor. The position seems like an actual departure for Richie, who typically performs heat, candy characters. She knocks it out of the park. Kate’s dry wit places Richie’s comedic timing to make use of. Moreover, she’s a extra shrewd, guarded girl than those Joe has pursued in previous seasons. That offers the season a much-needed change of tempo.
—Shannon Campe, The Spool
You’s new forged of characters could also be good props for its homicide thriller sport, however they’re boring and lack the sure callous chaos that makes the style enjoyable.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, Mashable
Does the whodunnit narrative work?
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It has one other go at reinvention by turning itself right into a Cluedo-esque Agatha Christie whodunnit, though it’s arch sufficient to characteristic a dialogue about whether or not or not the whodunnit is the bottom type of literature. It’s enjoyable, though it suffers slightly below the load of comparability, on condition that Rian Johnson has been plugging away at an up to date and self-aware tackle Christie with the Knives Out movies, that are a lot cleverer than this.
—Ellen E Jones, Guardian
From enjoying issues out like a whodunit to giving us a brand new antagonist, You Season 4 Half 1 is totally different, and the actual enjoyable of it’s becoming a member of Joe on his first try at fixing a thriller.
—Yasmeen Hamadeh, Mashable
Simply placing Joe on this place makes for one hell of a season: a bunch of stuffy wealthy persons are being murdered and as an alternative of getting Benoit Blanc on the case, “You” has semi-reformed murderous stalker Joe Goldberg, whose most important superpower is turning into invisible when he places on a nondescript baseball cap (a trick that feels further absurd within the metropolis of London). That’s the type of pleasure simply begging to be devoured in a single sitting!
—Shania Russell, Slashfilm
Placing Joe in the course of a homicide thriller permits the present an opportunity to breathe and evolve, and discover new, thrilling avenues to discover. This subsequent installment of You is a blast to look at as this thriller will get unfolded, and we study extra about every new character.
—Amanda Mazzillo, Movie Pleasure
How is the writing?
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You season 4’s commentary on its uber-wealthy characters feels a bit drained at occasions. With so many reveals and flicks skewering the wealthy, it’s onerous to not really feel like one is being hit over the top with the message that wealthy persons are unhealthy. You has by no means been about subtlety, although, and with the contempt for the wealthy filtered by Joe’s disdain, it’s a bit extra palatable and oftentimes hilarious.
—Graeme Guttmann, Display screen Rant
The slice of British upper-crust society “You” slips Joe into this time round appears extra of a caricature, maybe a pitfall of transporting an American collection overseas. When one socialite forces a home worker to get on his arms and knees and act as a hoop in croquet like she’s the Queen of Hearts in “Alice in Wonderland,” satire offers method to cartoonishness.
—Kelly Lawler, USA At this time
His acquainted narration that guides the present is now not delivered with twisted “adoration” for a lady, however with a simmering resentment for a stranger who’s hellbent on ensuring he will get his arms soiled by giving in to his murderous impulses. This creates not solely a contemporary twist on a longtime system that You has maintained for 3 seasons, but additionally offers us the possibility to look deeper into Joe’s warped sense of self.
—Rae Torres, Collider
The dialogue additionally feels overwrought at occasions, leaning a bit too far into stereotypes that it jars you out of the story. These come hand-in-hand with some unbelievable plot holes (actually, how on earth is Joe affording that central London residence?).
—Fay Watson, Complete Movie
Any last ideas?
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You season 4 half 1 has loads of absurdity, crafting a thriller that’s as comical as it’s nail-biting & places Joe in additional hazard than he ever earlier than.
—Graeme Guttmann, Display screen Rant
When seen aside from the remainder of the collection, You Season 4 is simply implausible tv.
—Kate Sánchez, However Why Tho? A Geek Neighborhood
Whether or not You is any good or not is sort of irrelevant at this stage. It’s entertaining, however it’s also kind of terrible, which suggests it hits that candy spot of Netflix atmosphere. Don’t look too onerous at it and you should have a stunning time.
—Ellen E Jones, Guardian
You season 4 begins out extraordinarily sturdy with half 1 delivering 5 nice episodes. They’re suspenseful, intriguing, and entertaining, even once they find yourself predictable. Making Joe stay on the opposite aspect of the fence this time round offers You a contemporary and distinctive really feel.
—Tessa Smith, Mama’s Geeky
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You: Season 4
(2023)
Half 1 premieres February 9 on Netflix, with Half 2 following on March 9.
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