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Some guys person each the luck. Especially if they are a no-good, very-bad person, similar Joe Goldberg.

After becoming a full-blown serial slayer successful the Netflix play You, it seemed similar the play 4 finale was primed to service up the Internet's problematic fave's demise, with Joe (Penn Badgley) jumping disconnected a span successful bid to yet halt his murderous ways.

Spoiler alert: He survives and finds absolution successful his affluent woman Kate (Charlotte Ritchie), who promises that they volition assistance support each different good. Which lasts for astir 5 minutes earlier Joe frames his pupil Nadia aft she discovers he's really the "Eat the Rich" killer. (Get a afloat breakdown of the seasons' shocking twists here.)

And the episode's last country served arsenic arguably the series' astir chilling yet: Joe sitting side-by-side with Kate arsenic they are being positioned arsenic the adjacent large powerfulness couple. "I person truthful galore tools now—sure, killing's 1 of them, but it's surely not a one-size-fits-all solution," Joe says successful a voiceover, giving the camera a charming smile. "Though the sidesplitting portion is besides overmuch easier, present that I'm honorable astir it."

"We person spent 4 seasons constructing these characters who are violently wealthy, but not each of them are that astute oregon that ruthless," Gamble explained. "If Joe is each of the things that helium is and present has unlimited resources and access, he's go the happening that helium envied and judged from afar. It gives america a batch of caller opportunities."

But with large powerfulness comes large publicity, arsenic we spot successful the season's last moments, Joe and Kate being touted arsenic the mates that volition alteration the satellite aft enduring each of their trauma successful London. 

While his caller presumption volition "threaten his anonymity," Gamble said it mightiness not needfully marque it "harder" for Joe to proceed his murderous ways. 

"It's amusive to constitute him arsenic precise appealing and similar a romanticist hero," Gamble explained, "but erstwhile we are looking astatine the facts of the lawsuit successful a speech with Penn oregon with the writers, we're conscionable like, 'This idiosyncratic is horrible. They request to beryllium punished.' But the satellite is afloat of horrible men similar Joe, who volition never, ever, ever beryllium punished. So there's a definite subject that we person to have."

Which is wherefore the writers yet chose not to person Joe dice successful the play 4 finale. 

"After seasons of holding ourselves to a definite modular of honesty astir this, we can't conscionable crook astir and propulsion him successful maximum information situation oregon propulsion him disconnected a span for good," Gamble said. "We person to deliberation a small spot much profoundly astir what we're truly saying astir idiosyncratic similar him."