You' Season 4

2023 - 2 - 8

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In 'You' Season 4, Joe Goldberg Is No Longer in Control (The New York Times)

The Netflix thriller's latest episodes have its antihero, played by Penn Badgley, on the back foot as he navigates the world of London's ultrarich.

In London, “not only are there people who have a ridiculous amount of money and have no idea what’s going on in the world, but they have titles,” Gamble said. “We never felt any responsibility to reform Joe, to give him a particularly happy ending,” Gamble said. It’s an evolution that Badgley is also keenly aware of: Joe is now “managing to grow emotionally, while not growing at all,” he said in a recent video interview. In Joe’s twisted mind, “he seems to actually respect her more,” he added. The stories he told himself with previous love interests, like Beck in Season 1 or Love, “stopped in those scenes with Marienne,” Gamble said. Setting the fourth season in London was, in part, a practical one: Paris would have been more complicated in terms of language and logistics. The season sees Joe “walking himself closer and closer to a self-awareness that he really won’t know what to do with,” Gamble said. Ahead of each new season, the production team ask themselves, “what kind of thriller we’re going to put him in,” Gamble said. His plans, however, are quickly scuppered when members of the ultrarich group of friends he resentfully joins start getting killed, and Joe must find the murderer before he’s framed for their crimes. (“In a more just society, we would all see Joe as problematic and not be interested in the show, but that’s not the society we live in,” Badgley [told The New York Times in 2019](https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/24/arts/television/penn-badgley-you-netflix.html).) Not only is it set in London, but we soon find Joe on the back foot, being manipulated by a mysterious enemy who may be an even more accomplished killer. Marienne fled to Paris with her daughter — and Joe vowed to find her.

Review: 'You' turns the tables on Penn Badgley in somewhat ... (USA TODAY)

And in its fourth season, "You" is beginning to turn from sinister to soap opera. Penn Badgley's psychotic stalker and murderer Joe Goldberg has his own stalker ...

It doesn't help that the "eat the rich" subgenre has been done and redone on TV and film lately, much better than "You" manages here, at least in the first part of the season. The slice of British upper-crust society "You" slips Joe into this time around seems more of a caricature, perhaps a pitfall of transporting an American series abroad. A series intently fascinated with books and literature makes its inspiration well known from the outset, as Joe peruses a stack of Agatha Christie novels, searching for a formula that will help him find out who the "you" is. Of course, his life never stays quiet, and after one drunken night out with members of the upper class and a mysterious death, Joe is involved in a new crime spree and is drawn to yet another woman, icy Kate (Charlotte Ritchie, "Call the Midwife"). And in its fourth season, "You" is beginning to turn from sinister to soap opera. It might as well hit the audience over the head with a copy of "The Mousetrap."

You Season Four Review (BuzzFeed News)

The genius of You has always been in knowing when to subvert genre to make it more compelling. In that sense, the first half of Season 4 is firing on all ...

But the breakneck speed of this season — on an already marathonable show — does warrant some unease: This season feels like You is racing toward the emotional climax of Joe’s story. The genius of You has always been knowing when and how to subvert genre to make it exponentially more compelling. All of Joe’s previous indiscretions (bodies) start to catch up to him when he’s targeted by the hottest new serial killer on the block, the Eat the Rich Killer. And regardless of where you end up placing your bets, it’s just straight-up satisfying to see Joe bested repeatedly, a loving reminder the noose is always tightening. The absolute best change of the season, however, is when You fully embraces a genre shift by diving headfirst into murder mystery tropes. To be clear, this is a nonsexual connection (sorry to the queers, I look forward to the fanfic), but there’s an interesting mirror between Joe’s relationship with Rhys and his relationship with Kate.

A Definitive Guide to the "You" Season 4 Filming Locations (HouseBeautiful.com)

Netflix's "You" season four was filmed in London, Paris, and Los Angeles. The main locations include Royal Holloway University of London and Knebworth ...

The home has been tapped as a [filming location](https://www.knebworthhouse.com/filming/) for various productions over the years including [The Crown](https://www.housebeautiful.com/design-inspiration/g34677849/the-crown-season-four-filming-locations/) and Simple Minds’s [music video](https://youtu.be/CdqoNKCCt7A) for “Don't You (Forget About Me).” [The White Lotus](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a41352985/white-lotus-season-2-filming-locations-italy/) isn’t the only production making use of the incredible Four Seasons hotels as of late. [Lincoln’s Inn](https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/) in London provides the backdrop for the library of the fictional university. [Knebworth House](https://www.knebworthhouse.com/) in England’s Hertfordshire plays the country home where Joe and the crew venture off to spend some… [Netflix’s dark series](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a41503769/the-watcher-true-story-behind-haunted-house/) You. According to [Distractify](https://www.distractify.com/p/you-season-4-filming-locations), the Four Seasons Hotel London at Ten Trinity Square was used as a filming location for You. The society for barristers is made up of various historic buildings that have been used for [other productions](https://www.lincolnsinn.org.uk/the-estate/filming-photography/) like Downtown Abbey. The row of flats can be found along a cobblestone street marked by an arched entrance. The historic spot was once a famous fish market that operated until 1982. While filmed in London, [Paris](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a41090204/paris-travel-guide/), and [Los Angeles](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a36803484/what-to-do-in-los-angeles/), the latest installment—which is being released in two parts, with the first five episodes out now and the last five dropping on March 9—mainly takes place in England. Set on 135 acres, the university’s Founder’s Building, which was opened by Queen Victoria in 1886, was mainly used for the exterior scenes throughout the season. This time, the serial stalker is enjoying a permanent holiday in [London](https://www.housebeautiful.com/lifestyle/a39652943/what-to-do-in-london/) under the identity of professor Jonathan Moore.

'You' should begin stalking an ending after its fourth-season ... (CNN)

Yet while the fourth season begins in characteristically twisty fashion, before it's over the Netflix hit feels dangerously close to jumping the shark, having ...

“You” has survived its fourth season, but that rope now looks seriously frayed. Yet while the fourth season begins in characteristically twisty fashion, before it’s over the Netflix hit feels dangerously close to jumping the shark, having become a bit too cute for its (or Your, if You prefer) own good. It’s during the second half, alas, when the story begins going off the rails, as the writers unleash developments that undermine the tantalizing place where the midseason break leaves off.

Where Was 'You' Season 4 Filmed? Every London Location Where ... (Women's Health)

'You' season 4, starring Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg, just dropped. Here's every London location this season was filmed, from the university to his flat.

[Cosmopolitan](https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/travel/a42802154/netflix-you-season-4-filming-locations/). [travel bloggers](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOW7mW3uUk0). [the Soho House website](https://www.sohohouse.com/en-us/membership). All of these locations are [reportedly where You](https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/you-season-4-filming-locations#:~:text=Parts%20of%20You%20season%20four,Professor%20Jonathan%20Moore%20teaches%20at) filming took place, and IMO, they all give off exclusive club vibes. Another big location will be The Bargehouse, which will become Joe's neighbor's art gallery, per [Glamour U.K](https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/you-season-4-filming-locations#:~:text=Parts%20of%20You%20season%20four,Professor%20Jonathan%20Moore%20teaches%20at). ICYMI, the first of two installments of [You season 4](https://www.netflix.com/title/80211991?trackId=259776131&trkId=259776131&src=tudum) just hit Netflix–and Joe Goldberg is officially trading in California sunshine for a quaint residence in The Big Smoke. “All he wants is to prove he’s not a terrible man, by living quietly as Professor Jonathan Moore, nursing his broken heart and thoroughly minding his own business,” said You co-creator Sera Gamble to [Tudum](https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/you-season-4-photos). This location, in London's Holborn neighborhood, was used for all of the library shots in the series, per Jonathan). The actor looked very prestigious in a tweed jacket, but a lot less menacing than his You character, Joe (a.k.a. Royal Holloway is actually located in a place called Egham, and is on the outskirts of the city limits. [London Boy.](https://music.amazon.com/albums/B07SYHQPPD) However, if that British beau happens to be a creepy stalker/serial killer, I'm definitely opting out.