Netflix’s ‘You’ Seeks Vindication for Penn Badgley’s Joe in Creatively Depleted Season 3: TV Review

variety.com:

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“You” began by reversing the equation of Golden Age TV dramas. And three seasons in, its act is getting tired.The show, starring Penn Badgley as Joe, a stalker and killer to whose internal monologue we have access, is difficult to compare to series like “The Sopranos” and “Breaking Bad” but for one particular.

Those shows, in exploring central characters who did monstrous things, ended up with fan bases who rooted for the bad guy. On “You,” the viewer is asked first to root for the bad guy, and, in doing so, then to get to know him.This has been a winning formula for a show that, after its cancellation on Lifetime, thrived on Netflix; the streamer has announced its renewal for a fourth season ahead of the.