You Season 2 (2019) Review (Spoiler Alert)

Plot: In the second season, Joe Goldberg moves from New York to Los Angeles to escape his past, and starts over with a new identity. He meets a series of people, including his neighbors Delilah and Ellie Alves, and Forty Quinn. When he meets avid chef Love Quinn, twin sister of Forty, Joe begins falling into his old patterns of obsession and violence. As Joe attempts to forge a new love, he strives to make his relationship with Love succeed at all costs, to avoid the fate of his past romantic endeavors.

Season 2 of You was so Good

Pros: I enjoyed this journey joe was on to make me a change man and also further character development. This season story was really compelling to watch. I was impressed with Jenna Ortega hold her own in this supporting role in this season. Love Quinn was a far different woman than beck. There’s was a lot of drama & topics being handled like sexual abuse, alcohol dependence, murder, abusive relationships & lost of loved ones and I was shocked by the big twist involving Joe and Love.

Cons: I’m glad there wasn’t any we ashes from the previous season. There were a few plot holes didn’t get tied up and A few dialogue choices I wasn’t that of a fan that much.    

Genre: DramaMystery & Thriller

Developed by Greg Berlanti, Sera Gamble

Showrunner: Sera Gamble

Based on You by Caroline Kepnes

Starring: Penn Badgley, Victoria Pedretti, Jenna Ortega, James Scully, Ambyr Childers & Carmela Zumbado.

Composer: Blake Neely

Executive producers: Greg BerlantiSera GambleSarah SchechterLeslie MorgensteinGina GirolamoMarcos SiegaLee Toland Krieger

Producer: Ryan Lindbum, Adria Lang, Jason Sokoloff, Jennifer Lence, Wayne Carmona, Hillary Benefiel, Carl Ogawa, Penn Badgley, Stephanie Johnson

Production location: Los Angeles, California

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 ProductionsAlloy EntertainmentA+E StudiosWarner Horizon Television

Distributor: Netflix

Casts & Characters:

Main:

  • Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg, a serial killer and bookstore clerk at Anavrin, now using the pseudonym Will Bettelheim for a new identity
  • Victoria Pedretti as Love Quinn, an aspiring chef and health guru in Los Angeles
  • Jenna Ortega as Ellie Alves, Joe’s savvy 15-year-old neighbor
  • James Scully as Forty Quinn, Love’s troubled twin brother
  • Ambyr Childers as Candace Stone, Joe’s ex-girlfriend and a fledgling musician posing as an indie film producer
  • Carmela Zumbado as Delilah Alves, an investigative reporter and Ellie’s older sister

Recurring:

  • Adwin Brown as Calvin, a manager at Anavrin, a trendy high-end grocery store
  • Robin Lord Taylor as Will Bettelheim, a hacker whose identity Joe briefly assumes
  • Marielle Scott as Lucy Sprecher, an edgy-chic talent agent and Sunrise’s partner
  • Chris D’Elia as Joshua “Henderson” Bunter, a famous stand-up comedian in Los Angeles
  • Charlie Barnett as Gabe Miranda, a successful acupuncturist and Love’s oldest friend and closest confidant
  • Melanie Field as Sunrise Darshan Cummings, Lucy’s partner and a stay-at-home lifestyle blogger
  • Aidan Wallace as Little Joe Goldberg
  • Magda Apanowicz as Sandy Goldberg, Joe’s mother
  • Danny Vasquez as David Fincher, a LAPD officer
  • Saffron Burrows as Dottie Quinn, Love and Forty’s mother

Guest:

  • Elizabeth Lail as Guinevere Beck, Joe’s deceased ex-girlfriend and former obsessive interest
  • Steven W. Bailey as Jasper Krenn, a criminal to whom Will owes money
  • Kathy Griffin as Mary, comedienne friend of Henderson
  • Michael Reilly Burke as Ray Quinn, Love and Forty’s father
  • John Stamos as Dr. Nicky, Joe’s ex-therapist whom he framed for Beck’s murder in the previous season
  • David Paladino as Alec Grigoryan, a private investigator hired by Love to investigate Candace
  • Haven Everly as Gigi, Will’s fiancée
  • Andrew Creer as Milo Warrington, James’ best friend and Love’s new boyfriend after her breakup with Joe
  • Daniel Durant as James Kennedy, Love’s deaf husband who died of cancer
  • Madeline Zima as Rachel, Candace/Amy’s roommate who knows Krav Maga
  • Brooke Johnson as Sofia, Forty’s au pair lover

I Highly recommend watching this season on Netflix.

Rating: 9 out of 10 Stars

Ryan Balkwill:

Resident TV reviewer,

Level Best Art Cafe

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