Joe Goldberg is (still) watching you. Penn Badgley’s dark and twisted character will be back for season 3 of the psychological thriller You.
The Gossip Girl alum took on the role of Joe Goldberg for season 1 of You, which aired on Lifetime and was based on Caroline Kepnes’ novel of the same name. While the network didn’t renew the show after the 2018 season, Netflix picked up the series and Badgley returned alongside recurring cast member Ambyr Childers and new star Victoria Pedretti.
During season 2, Badgley’s troubled Joe seemingly found his match in Pedretti’s Love, who is also not afraid to commit murder and do some light stalking.
“It’s a show about love and obsession and where the line is between the two of those — and the character of Joe will always look outside himself for this thing that completes him,” showrunner Sera Gamble said on the “Watch With Us” podcast after season 2 started streaming in December 2019. “He has the perplexity to see a girl and think that she’s The One. I don’t see any signs of stopping that, but we never want to make a season that feels like it’s trying to replicate the one before. He has a baby on the way and Love has moved from that perfect girl that he’s trying to win to the real girl, who’s maybe not exactly what he’s expected … to something much more like a wife.”
It was revealed at the end of the second season that Joe and Love were moving to the suburbs after she found out she is pregnant with his baby.
“[Love is] certainly set up to have very much her own story moving forward,” Gamble told Us. “It’s an interesting balance with the show You in particular because so much of the show is interested in showing you the world through this particular man’s gaze. He is our window into the world, in a much more direct way than on a lot of other shows. The intention is to build her out — her point of view, her desires, her problems — in a way that makes her feel as fully realized as her troubled romantic partner.”
Badgley, for his part, teased that Joe’s relationship with Love won’t stop him from finding a new obsession, which was teased at the end of season 2.
“It’s definitely a dangerous cycle,” he told TVLine. “It’s kind of like old patterns and habits. We recognize them more as we get older, and we often find that they’re extremely hard to break. Maybe that’s what we’re seeing with him? His particular cycle is so awful. Technically, he has improved. Yes, he was going to kill Love, but he stopped when she told him she was pregnant. I really don’t know what’s in store there.”
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“They’re not soulmates. He’s afraid of her at the end [of season 2],” Badgley teased to TVLine about Joe and Love’s season 3 journey. “Basically, it’s set up for season 3 in a way where they would be each other’s arch nemesis.”
When asked about the couple’s journey into parenting, he added, “Does he have it in him, in that he’s a human being? Is it possible? Sure. And if there’s anything that can change a person, it’s parenthood. But I don’t know that Joe can or should change. I certainly don’t know if he will change.”
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Production began in November 2020 and wrapped the following April.
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In August 2021, Netflix announced that season 3 will debut on October 15.
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A teaser dropped in August 2021, revealing that Joe and Love have a son named Henry.
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The One Tree Hill alum was briefly introduced at the end of season 2 when Joe spotted his "next-door neighbor and subject of his growing fascination.” McManus will recur on season 3.
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After recurring as Love’s mother, Burrows’s Dottie was upped to a series regular for season 3.
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The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina star was cast in a series regular role as Marienne, “a smart, no-nonsense librarian who lives in Joe & Love's neighborhood and doesn't let much get by her,” per Netflix.
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The Nashville alum is also joining as a series regular, playing Theo, “a college student with a strained and complicated relationship with his stepfather.”
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In addition to the new series regulars and McManus and Burrows’ returns, You tapped Scott Speedman, Travis Van Winkle, Shalita Grant, Shannon Chan-Kent, Ben Mehl, Chris O’Shea, Christopher Sean, Bryan Safi, Mackenzie Astin, Ayelet Zurer, Jack Fisher and Mauricio Lara to recur alongside stars Badgley and Pedretti.
“Shalita Grant will play Sherry, a ‘Mom-fluencer’ who appears down to earth, but is actually a mean girl who only pretends to welcome Love into her social circle,” Netflix revealed in October 2020, adding that Van Winkle’s Cary “invites Joe into his inner circle.”
Speedman, meanwhile, is described by the streaming service as “a successful CEO, husband, and uncommunicative father. He's reserved, mysterious, and has a tendency to be withdrawn … all of which masks a deep well of emotion underneath.”
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With Fisher taking on the role as young Joe, fans will learn more about Badgley’s character, who was “bullied mercilessly” as a child. “Young Joe is sensitive and vulnerable to influence,” Netflix revealed.
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In the first trailer, which dropped in September 2021, Joe and Love continuously reminded themselves they're a team but also seemingly came after one another — while killing others along the way.
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