Joe Goldberg Is "The Luckiest Guy In New York" In Final You Trailer

Joe Goldberg’s reign of terror will be coming to an end very soon. And the man beneath the nondescript baseball cap thinks it’s the right call. After the Season 4 finale of You put Joe in a whole new position, Penn Badgley got real about why he thinks the murderous stalker only has one more outing left in him. Badgley has made it clear he believes the show needs just one more season to wrap it all up, and sure enough, Netflix echoed that sentiment by renewing the psychological thriller for a fifth and final season.

Spoiler alert: This post contains spoilers from the You Season 4 finale. The way that the fourth season ended seemed to set up a total vibe shift for a fifth season. After getting away with his murderous rampage in London thanks to some help from his billionaire girlfriend Kate, Joe moved back to New York City and is no longer in hiding. With newfound riches and privilege like he’s never had before, Joe has the means to pull off even more devastating acts of surveillance, kidnapping, and murder — and he also has a lot more to lose. That might’ve been reason enough to make the upcoming fifth season the show’s last.

“It feels to me like we need to do another season. It feels to me like Joe needs to get what’s coming to him, and now he has further to fall because he has all this power and wealth,” Badgley told IndieWire on March 10. “To me, it feels like this is Part 1 of Joe’s climax. Should there be a next season, that will be Part 2.”

Badgley went on to note that You’s creators are on the same wavelength as he is in terms of the final season. “I know the creators of the show always had this next season in mind as its last, should there be another one,” Badgley said. “And then it will probably be a spectacular resolution because it feels to me like something is in the works by the very end of this season.”

It sounds like everyone is on the same page, including Netflix. The streamer officially picked up You Season 5 just two weeks after the final episodes of Season 4 dropped, and revealed the fifth season would indeed be the show’s last. Here’s what to know about Joe Goldberg’s last stand.

There’s A New Woman In Joe’s Life

Obviously, Badgley will be back as Joe, and Charlotte Ritchie will almost certainly return as well as Joe’s girlfriend Kate. The rest of the cast is harder to predict. Each season of You is known for introducing a whole new ensemble cast of characters, but with Season 5 being the last season, it could bring back some old favorites. Showrunner Sera Gamble has hinted at wanting to bring Jenna Ortega’s Ellie back in some way, and a few other important characters from seasons past are also still alive and have unfinished business with Joe, including: John Stamos’ Dr. Nicky, Saffron Burrows as Dottie Quinn, Scott Speedman as Matthew Engler, and Dylan Arnold as Theo Engler.

The season’s first new cast member was announced on March 8. Madeline Brewer — best known for starring in Orange Is the New Black and The Handmaid’s Tale — will play Bronte, a playwright who takes a job at Joe’s bookstore.

From her description, it already sounds like she’ll be Joe new obsessive love interest this season.

On March 20, two more cast members were added for Season 5. Griffin Matthews will play Joe’s brother-in-law Teddy Lockwood, with Anna Camp joining to play Joe’s twin sisters-in-law Reagan and Maddie Lockwood.

That casting announcement should raise some eyebrows. The confirmation that Joe has sisters-in-law and a brother-in-law implies that he will be getting married in the final season. And the fact that their last names are Lockwood basically confirms Joe is going to marry Kate.

The Posters Seem To Have A Hidden Message

Netflix released two posters for the final season on Dec. 19, and they are images that superfans will be mulling over for some time. In addition to being filled with Easter eggs from all of Joe’s past misdeeds, the images also heavily feature newspaper clippings with various letters suspiciously circled and underlined.

It appears fans will have to crack this code to figure out a hidden message.

The Trailer Teases Joe’s Newfound Wealth

The first glimpse at the final season sees Penn Badgley in a familiar position: struggling to come to terms with the newly acquired wealth and status he has always viciously mocked. In the clip, Joe waxes poetic about how he and his rich girlfriend Kate are going to use their money and power to help those in need, while his inner voices hurl pointed barbs at him.

The snippet will immediately remind Gossip Girl fans of Badgley’s other iconic role as the unpretentious Brooklynite Dan Humphrey, who constantly mocked the ultra-rich bubble of Manhattan’s Upper East Side until he found himself becoming a part of it.

Joe’s Return Is Confirmed For 2025

A teaser for the final season confirmed that Season 5 will be premiering on April 24, 2025. The brief clip showed Joe returning to Mooney’s bookstore to pay a visit to his beloved cage in the basement.