You – Season 1 Review

Hi!

You is a tv show on Netflix and Lifetime (Season 1) starring Penn Badgley. The rest of the shows cast changes depending on which season you are watching, but as this is season 1, it also stars Elizabeth Lail and Shay Mitchell. The series is a psychological thriller centred around a stalker / killer. The series has received strong reviews, but while it aired on Lifetime, its viewership was down, this meant that while the show had been picked up for a season 2 before airing, there was talk of a cancellation, but the show eventually moved to Netflix for its 2nd season and as of yet unreleased 3rd.

Considering the premise of the show, I actually gave it a miss for over a year as I thought it would be poor and just in general not a good way to spend my time when it came to tv. But last Christmas I was bored and there was a second season coming in a couple of days, so I watched the premiere. Then 24 hours later, I had only a couple of episodes left. This show is great for binge watching, its absurdity, how the story plays out and the pilot, oh my god, it was the best pilot I have watched. I was hooked and I couldn’t put the series down, it was like I was watching something terribly morbid but I was unable to look away. Then when the second season came out I finished it in I think 3 days. (I was also not aware at the time of watching there was a book series, if you are interested in that too!) Now let’s get into it;