You Season 4 (Netflix, 2023) moves Joe Goldberg to London, where he reinvents himself as a literature professor while a new killer targets the wealthy elite. The show's central trick — making viewers complicit with a murderer — continues in its fourth iteration.
The Show's Central Problem
You's central artistic trick — putting viewers inside the perspective of a charming serial killer and making them root for him — is more problematic in Season 4 than ever. Joe Goldberg has now murdered multiple people across four seasons. The show's continued sympathetic framing of his perspective normalizes violent pathology as a romantic narrative.
This is not a show that depicts a murderer critically — it is a show that invites you to enjoy his perspective. Romans 1:32's warning about those who 'not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them' is directly relevant to what You asks of its audience.
Season 4 Specifically
Season 4 attempts a meta twist (Joe as detective rather than sole predator) that partially works but doesn't resolve the fundamental issue. Graphic violence continues, sexual content is significant, and the London setting provides fresh visual appeal without addressing the show's core problems.
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