Warning: This post contains multiple spoilers for season 1 of You.
After becoming the talk of the internet over the holidays, the viral Netflix sensation You has been confirmed for a second season, much to the delight of fans everywhere.
The thriller series, which stars Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley, follows Joe Goldberg—a psychopathic stalker-kidnapper-murderer who masquerades as a beguiling New York City bookstore manager and self-professed bibliophile. After a chance encounter with a beautiful blonde writer named Beck (Elizabeth Lail), Joe stalks her and eventually wins her affection—but not without killing off people within her inner circle first.
The chilling tale left viewers with many unanswered questions by the end of its first season, but now that You has been renewed, the show's makers and actors have planted the earliest seeds of what's to come next for Joe Goldberg. Here's what we know about You season 2 so far.
There's no premiere date as yet.
You'll have to hold tight for that information.
Season 2 is filming in Los Angeles.
The series heads out west for season 2. Sera Gamble, the series' showrunner, played it by the book; she told The Hollywood Reporter about the show's change of location, and what it means for Joe's character. "Joe Goldberg comes to L.A. and he is a die-hard New Yorker, so I can't say that he comes to L.A. and he instantly falls in love with the place. At least at first glance, this is not Joe's kind of town, which is delightful."
People who watched the show will remember that Paco and his mother Claudia move to Los Angeles, so it's possible that a Joe/Paco reunion may be in the works.
The book You is based on has a sequel.
You was based on Caroline Kepnes' novel of the same name. Kepnes wrote a sequel, Hidden Bodies, which tells the story of Joe moving to L.A. This would be a good read if you want to get the scoop ahead of the second season. Kepnes has also hinted that there might be a third book in the series, so stay tuned; she told a fan on Goodreads, "You'll get more Joe eventually."
Who's been confirmed for the second season?
Though it's not exactly an official statement, Penn Badgley indicated via Twitter that he'd be returning as Joe in the next season. Neither Shay Mitchell (Peach Salinger) nor John Stamos (Dr. Nicky) has been confirmed yet, though.
Beck will not be returning in season 2.
Elizabeth Lail sat down with Radio Times after the series premiered to Netflix to say that she will not be returning to the show—Joe did murder her character, after all. “I am sad to not continue that journey with him,” Lail said, referring to Badgley. “The unfortunate thing is, the woman doesn’t win in the end...and I’m so sick and tired of that.”
Despite the series making it clear that Joe murdered Beck after she found out about him stalking her and murdering her friends, fans got their hopes up. Joe's ex, Candace (played by Ambyr Childers), not only appeared in flashbacks throughout the series, but also showed up alive and confronted Joe in the finale's cliffhanger after he (supposedly) killed her. This made fans hope that Beck, by the same thought, might make an appearance in future seasons, even though Lail dispelled the rumor.
In theory, we're not done with Dr. Nicky.
While Beck was forced by Joe to think about "what she did," Beck wrote a novel that framed Dr. Nicky, her therapist—whom she cheated on Joe with—for her kidnapping in the hopes of obtaining her freedom. After Joe killed her, he published the novel and Dr. Nicky was arrested and sent to prison due to the incriminating manuscript.
"Dr. Nicky is in prison and he is ardently protesting his innocence," Gamble told THR. "It's too soon to say definitely whether John Stamos will return in season 2 but we have been talking a lot about the character and we're excited to keep telling that story."
Should Dr. Nicky be released from prison, it could potentially cause major trouble for Joe—another loose end hanging around for him.
Joe has a lot of lingering "loose ends."
"Part of the fun of continuing the story is that the loose ends from Joe's past are still dangling and could come back to him at anytime," Gamble told The Hollywood Reporter. "He is very worried about the fact that Peach Salinger's (Shay Mitchell) family has hired people to investigate her alleged suicide, and there is evidence potentially still at her house."
Season 2 will delve more into Joe's past.
It's safe to say that Mr. Mooney (Mark Blum), Joe's caretaker and former bookstore owner, had a lot to do with the messed up way that Joe turned out later on. The flashbacks that Joe had of the older man were often scary, and showed him torturing Joe for his mistakes. The show's following season will begin to explore their relationship dynamic in further detail, Gamble told THR. "There's a lot more to explore about Joe from earlier in his life. Those are the things we're starting to get into for season two."
You is streaming now on Netflix.
