You's fourth season continues making viewers complicit with a serial killer — graphic violence, sexual content, and the ongoing seduction of rooting for a murderer make this firmly Avoid.
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 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.
GodlyScore evaluates every show across nine signal categories grounded in Scripture: profanity (Ephesians 4:29), sexual content (1 Corinthians 6:18-20), violence (Psalm 11:5), LGBT normalization (Romans 1:24-27), spiritual darkness (Ephesians 5:11), glorification of sin (Romans 1:32), deception mechanics (Proverbs 12:22), virtue strength (Philippians 4:8), and redemption arc. The score reflects not just whether content is present but how it's framed — depicted critically, neutrally, or as aspirational. You Season 4 scores 1/100 Avoid.
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