The following story contains spoilers for You Season 3.It’s wild to think back to the fall of 2018, when You—the stalker thriller starring former Gossip Girl star Penn Badgley—was just a little-known and little-seen show (but one held in juicy high-regard) airing on Lifetime. Based on Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes, the show had a small-but-devoted audience that, given just how many shows there are on TV at any given moment, likely would have slipped under the radar. Then a shrewd move happened, though—the show landed with Netflix. When Lifetime’s You hit Netflix in early 2019, it became an instantly enormous buzzy hit; the show was already moving to Netflix, and audiences made it clear that was a smart choice. The show has since debuted a Season 2 and, now, a Season 3 that have both been super popular on the streaming giant. And Netflix recently announced that Season 4 is on the way. Hidden Bodies: (A You Novel) (The You Series) Atria/Emily Bestler Books amazon.com $15.99 The show is simple enough—Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) thinks he’s a good guy who lives his life by his own particular code. He loves books. He’s a “nice guy.” He stalks people. He murders people. It…spirals out of hand quite quickly, actually. But Joe—through Badgley’s immaculate narration—always seems to be on top of things. It’s almost like a spiritual successor to what Dexter did for all those years on showtime, but with a bit of winking self-awareness that make the show actually quite… Click below to read the full story from Men’s Health
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