Synopsis: The first season follows Joe Goldberg, a bookstore manager in New York, who meets Guinevere Beck, an aspiring writer, with whom he becomes immediately infatuated. To feed his sociopathic obsession, he soon turns to social media and technology to track her presence and eliminate any possible obstacles that stand in the way of their romance.
Season 1 of You was Really Good.
Pros: I love the relationship blossoms between Joe and Guinevere throughout going mad. It does dives deep into a mind of psychosis / charming man work. It does keep you guessing each time. I like how they used social media and technology apart of this season & I’m grateful to took my time to time watch this first season in a day by day basis.
Cons: Beck didn’t do that much for me without Joe involvement. There wasn’t that much usage of violences and the actions on Beck did to knockout Joe was really weak & couldn’t done more.
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Developed by Greg Berlanti, Sera Gamble
Showrunner: Sera Gamble
Based on You by Caroline Kepnes
- Starring:
Penn Badgley - Elizabeth Lail
- Luca Padovan
- Zach Cherry
- Shay Mitchell
Composer: Blake Neely
Executive producers: Greg Berlanti, Sera Gamble, Sarah Schechter, Leslie Morgenstein, Gina Girolamo, Marcos Siega, Lee Toland Krieger
Producer: Ryan Lindbum, Adria Lang, Jason Sokoloff, Jennifer Lence, Wayne Carmona, Hillary Benefiel, Carl Ogawa, Penn Badgley, Stephanie Johnson
Production location: New York
Cinematography: David Lanzenberg, W. Mott Hupfel, Seamus Tierney, Cort Fey, Byron Shah, Milos Moore, Stijn Van Der Veken, Minka Farthing-Kohl
Editors: Harry Jierjian, Gaston Jaren Lopez, Troy Takaki, Rita K.
Sanders, Felicia M. Livingston, Erin Wolf, Becca Berry, Patrick Brian, Piper
Kroeze, Alexander Aquino-Kaljakin, Hovig Menakian
Production companies: Man Sewing Dinosaur, Berlanti Productions, Alloy Entertainment, A+E Studios, Warner Horizon Television
Distributor: Netflix
Casts & Characters:
Main
- Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg, a serial killer and bookstore manager at Mooney’s who stalks and then dates Beck
- Elizabeth Lail as Guinevere Beck, a struggling graduate student and an aspiring writer
- Luca Padovan as Paco, Joe’s young neighbor
- Zach Cherry as Ethan Russell, a bookstore clerk who works with Joe
- Shay Mitchell as Peach Salinger, Beck’s wealthy best friend
Recurring
- Daniel Cosgrove as Ron, the abusive boyfriend of Claudia and a parole officer
- Kathryn Gallagher as Annika, one of Beck’s friends, a social media influencer
- Nicole Kang as Lynn, another one of Beck’s friends
- Victoria Cartagena as Claudia, Paco’s mother
- Mark Blum as Mr. Mooney, the owner of Mooney’s and Joe’s boss
- Hari Nef as Blythe, a rival graduate student to Beck
- John Stamos as Dr. Nicky, Beck’s therapist
Guest
- Reg Rogers as Professor Paul Leahy, Beck’s graduate school advisor who sexually harassed her
- Lou Taylor Pucci as Ben “Benji” Ashby, Beck’s wealthy, toxic sex partner
- Michael Park as Edward Beck, Beck’s father
- Emily Bergl as Nancy Whitesell, Edward’s new wife and Beck’s stepmother
- Michael Maize as Officer Nico, a Greenwich police officer
- Gerrard Lobo as Raj, a med student and an old friend of Beck and Peach
- Ambyr Childers as Candace, Joe’s ex-girlfriend and a fledgling musician
- Natalie Paul as Karen Minty, Paco’s babysitter and Joe’s new girlfriend after his breakup with Beck
- Ryan Andes as Ross, a private investigator hired by Peach’s family to look into her death
I highly recommend watching this season on Netflix.
Rating: 8 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe