Overall, You S3 is still You. It still contains the suspense and the backstabbing and the quirky, yet relatable inner monologues of Joe that we've known to love from the other 2 seasons. What makes this season, apart from how plasticy gross the community of Madre Linda is, hard to watch is Love. This season deviates from the pattern of the other two seasons because here, a lot of what's going on is because Love is insane, and Joe covering up for her. The "chase" of the next "you" is sidelined and almost not important until the ending. I did appreciate that in one episode we get Love's inner monologue, being that she is the real main character of this season and Joe is a participant. I guess that's why until the ending, this season felt off and fell off. And the worst part? We know Joe is a bad guy, but trying to be good. Love is straight up a bad person, unlikeable in fact. She cheats on Joe, kills people, and tries to blame it all on Joe and their marriage. It's hard to like a character like that, where Joe still tries to provide for Ellie from S2 and frees Theo. That's why, the ending felt like it returned to form, with Joe doing a proper killing with meticulous planning and some sacrifice. I guess the problem with this season is that Joe takes a backseat with Madre Linda and Love being the main drivers of the plot. Also, a lot of people hate cheating...so both Joe and Love are a-holes. Good characters: Cary, Matthew, and maybe Theo (but his actor had several cringey performances).
Another thing that wasn't right in this season was the "clues". Like in S1, Joe left a piss pot in Peach's house and it was hinted that would stab him in the back. There wasn't much of that here, in fact everything had a clean ending. The biggest thing that would've outted Joe and Love was Matthew's surveillance, but that was wiped out immediately. So no one was close to cracking the case, and Theo was basically ignored about his revelation.
I'm not really sure if I'm okay with S4 being produced, since he's in France and I can already see him commenting on how he can't drive on the wrong side of the road or speak the language properly - and other France related quips. But I will watch since You has been very unique compared to the other forms of media I watch. One thing though, what is it with Netflix and season 3s of shows? Sex Education S3 also fell off a bit but is also renewed for a fourth season.
Review by Mani DVIP 2BlockedParentSpoilers2021-10-20T17:12:07Z
Overall, You S3 is still You. It still contains the suspense and the backstabbing and the quirky, yet relatable inner monologues of Joe that we've known to love from the other 2 seasons. What makes this season, apart from how plasticy gross the community of Madre Linda is, hard to watch is Love. This season deviates from the pattern of the other two seasons because here, a lot of what's going on is because Love is insane, and Joe covering up for her. The "chase" of the next "you" is sidelined and almost not important until the ending. I did appreciate that in one episode we get Love's inner monologue, being that she is the real main character of this season and Joe is a participant. I guess that's why until the ending, this season felt off and fell off. And the worst part? We know Joe is a bad guy, but trying to be good. Love is straight up a bad person, unlikeable in fact. She cheats on Joe, kills people, and tries to blame it all on Joe and their marriage. It's hard to like a character like that, where Joe still tries to provide for Ellie from S2 and frees Theo. That's why, the ending felt like it returned to form, with Joe doing a proper killing with meticulous planning and some sacrifice. I guess the problem with this season is that Joe takes a backseat with Madre Linda and Love being the main drivers of the plot. Also, a lot of people hate cheating...so both Joe and Love are a-holes. Good characters: Cary, Matthew, and maybe Theo (but his actor had several cringey performances).
Another thing that wasn't right in this season was the "clues". Like in S1, Joe left a piss pot in Peach's house and it was hinted that would stab him in the back. There wasn't much of that here, in fact everything had a clean ending. The biggest thing that would've outted Joe and Love was Matthew's surveillance, but that was wiped out immediately. So no one was close to cracking the case, and Theo was basically ignored about his revelation.
I'm not really sure if I'm okay with S4 being produced, since he's in France and I can already see him commenting on how he can't drive on the wrong side of the road or speak the language properly - and other France related quips. But I will watch since You has been very unique compared to the other forms of media I watch. One thing though, what is it with Netflix and season 3s of shows? Sex Education S3 also fell off a bit but is also renewed for a fourth season.