50 Fun Facts About You (TV Series)

Who plays Joe Goldberg in You?

Penn Badgley, previously Dan Humphrey on Gossip Girl, plays Joe Goldberg across all five seasons. In 2022 he launched the podcast Podcrushed with Nava Kavelin and Sophie Ansari.

You is based on a series of novels by which author?

Caroline Kepnes, a former entertainment journalist, published You in 2014 and followed it with Hidden Bodies, You Love Me and For You and Only You.

On which network did the first season of You originally premiere in September 2018?

Netflix had passed on the show twice, and Showtime turned it down too. Lifetime renewed it, then rescinded the renewal when Netflix picked it up.

Which two producers developed You for television?

Greg Berlanti and Sera Gamble developed You, with Gamble, a Supernatural and The Magicians veteran, serving as showrunner; Lee Toland Krieger directed the pilot.

Netflix said roughly how many member households watched You's first season in its first four weeks?

Netflix's January 2019 shareholder letter said You was on track to be watched by 40 million member households in its first four weeks, dwarfing its Lifetime ratings.

What is the name of the New York bookstore Joe manages in season one?

Ivan Mooney, the owner, was Joe's adoptive father figure, and the soundproof glass cage in its basement becomes the show's signature set piece.

What substance does Joe use to kill Beck's boyfriend in the cage?

Joe laces the caged boyfriend's coffee with peanut oil, exploiting his severe peanut allergy; he later burns the body in the woods upstate.

Which Pretty Little Liars star plays Beck's wealthy best friend Peach Salinger?

Shay Mitchell plays Peach Salinger, Beck's wealthy, possessive best friend; Joe shoots her at her family's Greenwich estate and stages the death as a suicide.

Which Full House alum plays Dr. Nicky, Beck's therapist, whom Joe frames for her death?

John Stamos plays Dr. Nicky, the therapist Joe frames for Beck's murder; in season five Nicky's son Clayton seeks revenge for his father's wrongful imprisonment.

How does Joe first find Beck's name and online profiles in the novel?

He then steals her phone for deeper access. The novel is written in second person, addressed to Beck as 'you.'

Which of Beck's lovers does Joe cage in the bookstore basement and kill?

Joe lures the wealthy, pretentious Benji in with a fake business opportunity. It is the first of many cage occupants.

To which city does Joe move at the start of season two?

Joe flees Candace to Los Angeles, a city he professes to despise, at the start of season two, which loosely follows Kepnes' sequel Hidden Bodies.

What alias does Joe use in season two?

Joe takes the name Will Bettelheim from a real forger, played by Robin Lord Taylor, whom he keeps in a storage-unit cage for several episodes.

What is the name of the trendy high-end grocery store where Joe works in season two?

Anavrin is 'Nirvana' spelled backwards; Love Quinn runs its kitchen as resident chef and Calvin manages the store, which the Quinn family owns.

Which Haunting of Hill House star plays Love Quinn?

Victoria Pedretti played Nell Crain in The Haunting of Hill House (2018) before joining You as Love Quinn in 2019; she later led The Haunting of Bly Manor.

What is the name of Love's troubled twin brother?

Forty Quinn, played by James Scully, leans on his twin Love through addiction and mental-health struggles; he is shot dead in the season-two finale and returns as a vision in season three.

Which future Wednesday star plays Joe's 15-year-old neighbor Ellie Alves in season two?

Jenna Ortega plays Ellie Alves; Ellie's older sister Delilah, an investigative reporter who manages Joe's building, ends up dead in the storage-unit cage, killed by Love.

Which stand-up comedian plays Henderson, the famous comic Joe targets in season two?

Chris D'Elia plays Henderson, a celebrity comic Joe exposes as a predator of teenage girls; Henderson dies falling down stairs in his hidden room, and Joe stages it as suicide.

What is the name of the fictional California suburb where Joe and Love live in season three?

Madre Linda is the fictional California suburb where Joe and Love raise newborn son Henry in season three, which premiered on Netflix in October 2021.

Which next-door neighbor does Love kill early in season three after Joe becomes fixated on her?

Love kills Natalie Engler with an axe in the season-three premiere; Natalie's stepson Theo then falls for Love, and her husband Matthew, played by Scott Speedman, digs into her disappearance.

What is Marienne Bellamy's job when Joe meets her in season three?

Marienne Bellamy is head librarian at the suburb's public library, where Joe takes a job in season three; Tati Gabrielle plays her.

Tati Gabrielle, who plays Marienne, also played Prudence in which streaming series?

Tati Gabrielle played Prudence, the haughty Weird Sister, in Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina; she was also Gaia in The 100 and Nora in HBO's The Last of Us.

Which 'momfluencer' and her supplement-company husband end up locked in the cage in season three?

Sherry and Cary Conrad, played by Shalita Grant and Travis Van Winkle, escape the cage and turn the ordeal into a self-help book and brand.

In which city is Joe living at the start of season four?

Joe is living in London at the start of season four, teaching literature at a university under a new identity and falling in with a circle of wealthy socialites.

What alias does Joe use while teaching in season four?

Joe teaches under the alias Jonathan Moore, an identity set up by Elliot Tannenberg, a fixer working for Love's family who had been hired to get rid of him.

Which Call the Midwife and Ghosts actress plays Kate Galvin?

Charlotte Ritchie, Barbara in Call the Midwife and Alison in Ghosts, plays Kate Galvin, a gallery director who marries Joe between seasons four and five.

Which Downton Abbey actor plays Rhys Montrose, the memoirist and mayoral hopeful, in season four?

Ed Speleers, Downton Abbey's footman Jimmy Kent, plays Rhys Montrose, the rags-to-Oxford memoirist running for mayor; the Rhys Joe befriends turns out to be his own hallucination.

Which of Joe's season-four students does he frame for murder?

Amy-Leigh Hickman plays Nadia Farran, Joe's sharpest student, whom he frames for murder in the season-four finale; she returns in season five to help bring him down.

Which White Lotus and Euphoria actor plays Adam Pratt, owner of the Sundry House club?

Lukas Gage, of The White Lotus and Euphoria, plays Adam Pratt, an American playboy dating Lady Phoebe who keeps begging his father to bail out Sundry House.

How was season four released?

Part one arrived on February 9, 2023, and part two on March 9, a schedule Netflix had begun using for its biggest series.

Where does Joe return to for the fifth and final season?

He is now rich, married to Kate and running the Lockwood Corporation's philanthropy when a playwright named Bronte walks into his bookstore.

Which Handmaid's Tale actress plays Bronte in season five?

Madeline Brewer, Janine Lindo on The Handmaid's Tale, plays Bronte, whose real name is Louise Flannery and who has a hidden connection to Beck.

Which actress plays identical twins Reagan and Maddie Lockwood in season five?

Anna Camp plays both Lockwood twins in season five: Reagan, the cutthroat executive gunning for the family empire, and Maddie, the flighty socialite.

How does the series finale ultimately punish Joe?

Vulture's Nicholas Quah called the ending symbolic but insufficient given how far Joe's character had gone over five seasons.

On what date was the fifth and final season released?

Netflix released all ten episodes of the fifth and final season on April 24, 2025, having announced the final-season renewal in March 2023, weeks after season four's second half.

Which British actress plays Love's domineering mother, Dottie Quinn?

Saffron Burrows plays Dottie Quinn, Love's domineering mother, who first appears in season two and returns in season three as Love's marriage to Joe unravels.

In Kepnes' third novel, You Love Me, Joe relocates to which quiet spot in Washington State?

In You Love Me (April 2021) Joe moves to Bainbridge Island, a ferry ride from Seattle, to woo local woman Mary Kay DiMarco and prove he can love the 'right' way.

In For You and Only You, Joe joins a writing fellowship at which university?

In For You and Only You (2023) Joe wins a place in an exclusive Harvard writing fellowship, where he fixates on a fellow writer.

Which former Once Upon a Time actress plays Beck?

Elizabeth Lail plays Beck; she was Anna in Once Upon a Time and later Vanessa in the Five Nights at Freddy's films, and returns as a ghost of Joe's conscience.

Which company co-produced You alongside Berlanti Productions and A+E Studios?

Alloy Entertainment, the book packager behind Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars, co-produced You with Berlanti Productions and A+E Studios, fitting for a series starring alumni of both.

Which As Good as It Gets actor plays Kate's estranged, powerful father Tom Lockwood?

Lockwood turns out to be pulling strings behind the season-four murders, and Joe kills him, which is how Kate inherits the family corporation.

What is the name of the bakery Love opens in season three?

Love opens a bakery called A Fresh Tart in season three; its basement holds the cage where she and Joe lock up two of their neighbours.

After the events of season three, Marienne moves with her daughter to which city?

Marienne moves to Paris with her daughter Juliette after season three; her fresh start ends when Joe tracks her down and kidnaps her in season four.

Why did You move its production from New York to California for season two?

Film tax incentives drew the show west: California's Film Commission awarded You a relocating-series tax credit under its Program 2.0 ahead of season two.

Why was filming of You's third season paused in late December 2020?

The COVID-19 pandemic halted the shoot: Los Angeles-area productions paused in late December 2020 amid a surge in cases, and the season premiered in October 2021.

What nickname do the tabloids give the killer stalking Joe's wealthy circle in season four?

The press dubs season four's murderer of wealthy socialites the Eat the Rich Killer; Joe tries to unmask him before discovering the killings are his own.

Which former EastEnders actress plays Lady Phoebe in season four?

Tilly Keeper, who played Louise Mitchell in EastEnders from 2016 to 2020, plays Lady Phoebe Borehall-Blaxworth, the kindly aristocrat in Joe's season-four social circle.

What is the surname of the LAPD officer who shoots Love's brother in the season-two finale?

Officer David Fincher, the LAPD cop dating Delilah and played by Danny Vasquez, fires the fatal shot in the season-two finale, saving Joe without realising it.

Netflix said how many viewers watched You's second season in its first month on the service?

Netflix's January 2020 shareholder letter said 54 million member households watched You's second season in its first four weeks, under a metric counting anyone who watched at least two minutes.

Who plays Paco, the young neighbour Joe protects from an abusive stepfather in season one?

Luca Padovan plays Paco, the boy next door whom Joe befriends over books and shields from the abusive Ron in season one.