This text incorporates spoilers for the ultimate season of You.

Sure, Joe Goldberg survived. No, he didn't get by means of unscathed.

Within the You collection finale, Joe (Penn Badgley) as soon as once more tried to kill his present love, this time a girl named Bronte (Madeline Brewer). However Bronte's a fighter, and he or she managed to outlive. Not solely that, however earlier than the cops had been in a position to get their arms on Joe and put him behind bars, she enacted a little bit of revenge: She shot his dick off.

"We’re giving full credit score to [executive producer] Greg Berlanti for that," co-showrunner Michael Foley tells Leisure Weekly. "It's not simply enjoyable and us taking this second and placing it on its ear as we love to do with our present, however it was us recognizing that we now have the archetypal romantic hero. Let's take his energy away."

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Co-showrunner Justin W. Lo provides, "It was additionally essential to Penn, who actually has difficult emotions about how Joe is a sexual icon and it felt actually becoming to him and to us that we might take away that a part of him."

Your entire last episode is a very brutal one as Joe realizes that his happily-ever-after with Bronte isn't going to occur. And as soon as he feels betrayed, he begins chasing her down, attempting every part he can to kill her.

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"When it comes to him operating round in his underwear and simply being so rageful, my hat was actually off to Penn as we had been filming the finale," Foley says. "He was like, 'I simply should be terrible. Can we see him punch her? Can I not have my shirt? Can I simply be as terrible and animalistic as potential?' Versus typically, you’ve an actor's instincts for that character are to be cherished or protected, which aren't at all times incorrect, however on this case, Penn was very a lot proper on."

The ultimate season of You is offered on Netflix now.

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