You season 5 will be the end of Joe Goldberg's story, where we'll meet Joe’s new extended family after leaving with new partner Kate at the end of season 4.
The bookstore manager turned serial killer and stalker has come a long way since the first season, and You season 4 was arguably Joe's wildest ride yet. The last time we saw him, he was posing an English professor with a new name, living in London. At first he was safe from his past in the US, but his past soon caught up to him.
Now, season 5 will take him back to New York where he's moving on with Kate, as well as introducing us to her family and, "a young woman who makes Joe reconsider his new life". This all sounds very familiar and like history repeating itself!
Here's everything we know about You season 5...
You season 5 release date
All 10 episodes of You season 5 will premiere on Thursday, April 24 on Netflix.
In the meantime, you can catch up on all previous seasons on Netflix.
You season 5 plot
At the end of You season 4, we saw Joe admitting that he was immoral, some rare self-awareness we've seen from the twisted protagonist.
The new season promises to wrap Joe's story up - but things take a shocking turn when his past comes back to haunt him. The official synopsis from Netflix says: "In the epic fifth and final season, Joe Goldberg returns to New York to enjoy his happily ever after… until his perfect life is threatened by the ghosts of his past and his own dark desires."
Executive producer Michael Foley, who serves as showrunner alongside fellow EP Justin W. Lo, told Tudum: “We always said that we would stop after five and [that], in a perfect world, we would bring Joe back home to New York. We loved the idea of things coming full circle for him. We’re excited by the fact that Joe came home as such a different person than [who] we saw in Season 1. At the core of our final story for Joe is this dichotomy of the old and the new.”
As the season unfolds, Joe will not only cross paths with a young woman, played by Madeline Brewer, who makes him reconsider his affluent life but will also contend with his wife Kate’s siblings.
You season 5 cast
Casting has been confirmed for You season 5, with Penn Badgley and Charlotte Richie reprising their roles as Joe and Kate. They'll be joined by some new faces this season too.
The Handmaid’s Tale star Madeline Brewer will play the role of Bronte, described as an "enigmatic and free-spirited playwright" who begins working at Joe's new bookstore. As the two connect over literature and loss, Bronte stokes in Joe a nostalgia for his former self, causing him to question everything his life has become.
Elsewhere, True Blood's Anna Camp has been cast in a dual role where she's playing twin sisters-in-law to Joe, Raegan and Maddie Lockwood. Raegan is the cunning, cutthroat CFO of the Lockwood Corp who has her eyes on the throne and will crush any adversary … be they family or not. Maddie, on the other hand, presents as the unserious twin, a thrice-divorced socialite whose job is “vaguely PR.” But make no mistake, a master manipulator lies beneath Maddie’s frivolous facade.
We also know that Griffin Matthews stars as Teddy Lockwood, who is described as the snarky yet loyal brother-in-law of Joe Goldberg. A confidante who was never fully accepted by the Lockwood family, Teddy brings authenticity and empathy to a family for whom such things are a foreign concept.
Is there a trailer for You season 5?
Yes! We now have a full trailer that shows exactly what we can expect from the new season and it looks amazing!
There is also a shorter trailer that was released earlier this year.
And we also have an announcement trailer that landed a few months ago...
