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Beck does not succeed.

Penn Badgley as Joe in You.

We assume that this is his next prey.

Then she turns around.

There are two kinds of questions to ask about this ending.

The first kind: Is it well-made?

Does it deliver on the story the season had been building toward?

Does it hint toward whats to come in a second season?

The second: Is the ending ofYou… good?

Those questions are also questions about the whole series.

Is it good thatBecks perspectivegets onlypart of one episode, while Joe dominates everything else?

It feels likeYouwants to be edgy and subversive.

Because in the act of satirizing them,Youalso straight-up replicates them.

It is still giving Joe the voice and making Beck the victim.

It is still centering Joes perspective, even as its trying to turn him into a monster.

(Yes, even Beck.)

Im also loathe to cede all ofYous reception to the bad fans.

Joe kills Beck, as we always knew he would.

The performances work (Hari Nef forever!

Its last gesture is Candaces return, suggesting that Joes comeuppance is yet to come.

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