YOU

YOU

I didn’t think I could write reviews here because the perfect place to put my thoughts about movies or series is on letterbox.

As “You” reaches its final season, the story steps deeper into the unsettling nature of love, manipulation, and self-deception. Season 5 feels so heavier, more introspective — not just about Joe Goldberg’s sins, but about the people who loved him and what it says about human vulnerability.

One of the most powerful moments is the conversation between Bronte and Marienne.

Marienne said to her, “Because it feels so good to love him. And be loved by him. Like it’s you and him against the world. And when the bad things happen, you have to believe they’re not actually bad, right? Because if you got fooled by this guy, you are not as smart as you thought you were. You’re one of those women.”

It’s not just about love and all the suffering we go through because of it. It’s about pride, identity, and the fear of being “one of those women”.

I can understand Bronte — when she thought she was different. She told herself she wasn’t like “those women”. But the truth is, she was exactly like them. She blinded herself to all the bad things. She convinced herself that maybe he wasn’t that bad, that if she just held on tighter, it would all make sense. She tolerated what she shouldn’t have, forgave when she should have walked away, all because she was terrified. Terrified that no one else would love her the way Joe did. Terrified of starting over.

Yet, by the end of the story — just like in “You”— he is what he is.

He was what he always was. She just couldn’t see it clearly when she was too busy trying to protect the fantasy.

The truth is — as Bronte realized at the end of the story — that her life doesn’t boil down to before and after Joe.

Every day that passes, he shrinks.

In the end, Joe becomes nothing more than an ex she once dated — and not a good one.

Season 5 forces us to confront the idea that sometimes the scariest part of loving the wrong person isn’t what they do to you — it’s what you have to admit about yourself.

It shows how abusers don’t just trap you with fear; they trap you with your own hopes, dreams, and ego.

That’s what makes “You” end on such a bitter, necessary note. It’s not just about Joe’s story. It’s the story of how people get drawn in, stay, and slowly forget who they are — until survival demands brutal honesty and painful growth.

And, Bronte —whoever she is this time, he might tell her that she’s different. But, unfortunately he did exactly the same to Beck, Delilah, Karen, Natalie, Candace, Marienne, Love, even Kate. If she’s smart enough, she’ll find out earlier.

One last thing, I didn’t get why did they choose Guilty As Sin? as the soundtrack instead of The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived?