Summary
Joe Goldberg’s (Penn Badgley) eerie and terrifying story willofficially end withYouseason 5and now fans know the release date for the last season of the hitNetflixseries.
According toDeadline,Youseason 5 will premiere on the streaming service onApril 24th, 2025. Besides Badgley, the last season’s cast members include Anna Camp, Charlotte Ritchie, Griffin Matthews, and Madeline Brewer.Fans recently saw some coolYouposters, but have been hoping to hear about an official release date.
In theYouseason 5 teaser,Joe walks through New York Cityand visits familiar locations, like Mooney’s bookstore. He asks:
“Hello, you. Do you remember me? ‘Cause I remember you. Here we are together again, back to where it began. A lot has happened, these many years together. Identities, cities, loves. Complications. But all that led me here to now, to where I was always meant to be.”
Whilefans knewYouseason 5 would arrive in 2025, they weren’t sure of the exact release date.Viewers have ideas about whatYouseason 5 should entailsince Joe’s story needs a proper and logical conclusion. Afterseeing Joe and his latest love interest Kate Lockwood team up together intheYouseason 4 finale, it definitely looks like the stakes are higher than ever in the new season. It’s unclear who the “you” is that Joe is talking to in the season 5 teaser, but if history is any indication, he’s got his eye on someone who isn’t Kate. Joe can’t stay faithful for very long and always has a new obsession that overtakes his life. He looks as cool, calm, and collected as ever, but fans know that he will begin to panic at some point.
Youhad an interesting journey to Netflix. AfterYouseason 1 aired on Lifetimebeginning in September 2018, seasons 2 through 5 have been produced by Netflix. The action-packed, emotional, and twisty series has become a big hit for the streaming service. Thanks to the dark twists and turns, Badgley’s incredible performance, andgreat side characters like Jenna Ortega’s Ellie,Youhas been a must-watch for the past few years. Fans are eager to see the final season and find out if Joe dies, ends up in jail, or gets away for good. It doesn’t seem possible for him to be free after all the pain and suffering he has caused, but then again, he’s a master manipulator who has been escaping and hiding for years.
Badgley shared his thoughts on the finale ofYouin various interviews. In 2023, he toldNME.comthat he wants his horrifying character to meet an end that makes sense for the story. The actor said:
“And that’s up to us; we need a satisfying ending. The question becomes: ‘What is satisfying for us [as viewers], not for Joe?”
