Joe Goldberg hails himself ‘luckiest guy in New York’ in You final series teaser
The series has followed the life of Joe, played by Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley, as he dates women while contending with his dark impulses.
You central character Joe Goldberg hails himself as the “luckiest guy in New York” in a teaser for the fifth and last series of the hit Netflix psychological thriller.
The series has followed the life of Joe, played by Gossip Girl actor Penn Badgley, as he dates women while contending with his dark impulses as an obsessive stalker and serial killer since 2018.
The upcoming series, which was initially due to air last year but was postponed amid the US actor and writer strikes, will be released on Netflix on April 24.
In the new teaser trailer, Joe can be seen looking into a mirror in a lavish bedroom before his girlfriend Kate Galvin, played by Fresh Meat actress Charlotte Ritchie, comes over to seek his assistance with fastening her dress.
As he obliges, his voiceover says: “Love tests us, I’ve been tested more than most. This is the last time.
“I came from nothing, a true rags to riches story, I’ve been through it all.
“Unlucky in life and in love – until I met you. Kate, you opened doors for me I could never have imagined. We share a life.”
He continues: “I would have been quick to judge in the past – rich, douchebags, aristobrats.
“We’re using our power for the better to help those who aren’t as lucky. Who knew I’d become the luckiest guy in New York?”
The previous teaser showed Joe returning to New York for the show’s “killer finale” and featured clips from past series of his former lovers as well as snippets of him with blood on his hands.
The forthcoming conclusion will see his perfect life threatened by the “ghosts of his past and his own dark desires”, Netflix has said.
His antics caught up with him after three seasons of You, when he faked his own death and moved out of California.
In season four, he took on a new identity, as university English professor Jonathan Moore, in London, and met a new love interest, gallery manager Kate.
EastEnders actresses Tilly Keeper and Amy-Leigh Hickman and Outlander and Downton Abbey actor Ed Speleers also appear in the fourth series.
At the end of season four, using his original name, Joe returns to New York where, in season one, he met Guinevere Beck, played by Once Upon A Time actress Elizabeth Lail, and worked as a bookseller.
In season two and three Joe was based in California, where The Haunting actress Victoria Pedretti played Love Quinn, his primary love interest, wife and mother of his child.
Based on the best-selling novel by Caroline Kepnes, the show aired on Lifetime for its first season before being taken on by Netflix.
