By Megan Ruge, Editor-in-Chief
If you have been paying attention to pop culture, you would notice the increased interest in psychopaths and serial killers. Maybe you know this and maybe you belong to the group that is looking for unending amounts of dramatized true crime.
Because of this, the entertainment business is working to provide us with this type of entertainment. Thus the introduction and the anticipations of movies such as the upcoming Ted Bundy flick set to feature Zac Efron and the Jeffery Dahmer film that starred Ross Lynch in 2017. These reproductions of these true crime events are part of an ever-growing list of twisted entertainment.
Now, the newest entry on this list is the letdown that we are going to discuss.
“You,” the Netflix series based in New York City, follows Joe, the perfect man. He meets Guinevere Beck, a grad student whose ex is an absolute tool and friends are flaky rich people with superiority complexes.
As the show begins, the audience is shown the inside of Joe’s thoughts. We see that he judges Beck by her actions in the book shop, making inferences about her personality based on choices she makes and books she looks at.
He seems to be a people expert, a person who can make easy and correct inferences about people and he proves this to the audience. His ability to make such a call impresses Beck, so much so that when they meet later on, this is something she remembers about him.
After picking up her name off her credit card, Joe goes home and makes himself familiar with her social media, which is not private. A picture from her Facebook leads him to her address where he stands outside and learns that Beck doesn’t seem to value privacy, as she has large windows with no sort of blinds or curtains to block out the light… or wandering eyes.
Joe knows how to find every important detail from the internet. Joe knows exactly what to say and how to please Beck and her friends. When people get in his way, Joe knows exactly how to deal with them. He even befriends the kid next door, showing that he has a sensitive side.
When everything hits the fan, Joe’s friendship with little Paco, the neighbor, will prove to be the one authentic thing to save him from a failed plan. He is able to show that he can overcome any trouble he has created and that if he entered into such things again, he could so easily slip out of trouble.
The ending leaves us wondering, what actually happened to Candice and what will happen next. So, yes, I for one will be watching season two but, I will be entering with less expectation than I did the first time around. Don’t compare this show to anything you’ve seen before or will see going forward. On its own, the show stands tall. But if you compare the stalker thriller to that of other thrilling shows, then you are in for a letdown.