Beloved Netflix Series ‘You’ Season Five Gets Outraging Reactions From Fans, Marking an Upset End

Published 04/26/2025, 3:23 PM EDT

In its bag of wonders, Netflix has an abundance of pulse-racing thrillers that will leave viewers on the edge of their seats. But their hit series You, reigns supreme. When this psychological thriller based on the books by author Caroline Kepnes arrived with its first season, fans were left mesmerized. Acquired by Netflix soon, the show has delivered four seasons worth of scary, exciting, and above all, entertaining twists. However, its final season, which was released this week on Netflix, has ended up meeting the disapproval of fans.

 The social platform X is filled with fans’ reviews of the finale season, and it is sufficient to say that they are not satisfied. What began as a jaw-dropping drama 8 years ago and in consecutive seasons left fans hoping for a gripping conclusion. With Joe Goldberg returning to the debut city of his dark journey, New York, so much was promised. But after a latest binge-watch of all its episodes, fans are not at all happy.

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The enigmatic show, which explored the themes of obsessive love between Joe Goldberg and his romantic interests, has always delivered a top-notch performance by Penn Badgley and other star faces like Jenna Ortega, Victoria Pedretti, and others. For its finale, the old characters of his wife Kate Lockwood-Goldberg and brother-in-law Teddy Lockwood were revived. And new faces like Madeline Brewer, Anna Camp, and Griffin Matthews had also joined the cast. But apparently, the magic or mania of Goldberg fell short this time.

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Taking to the comments section the fans did not held back their feelings about the latest season and fully expressed their dismay.

Fans are not happy with the You finale and X is its witness

When fans started the final season of You, expectations were high, and they were ready for one last wild ride with Joe Goldberg, bookstore manager/psycho k—--. His manipulative genius, which has delivered many intriguing storylines so far with Guinevere, Love Quinn, and others, was expected by fans for another vengeful love story. Though by the end, the problematic lead ends up behind the bars, with his head shaved, paying for his crimes. And fans are bitter about the whole season and its ending.

Some also did not like how the language it used was trying to make it more relatable to the Gen Z instead of making it vocabulary rich. While others felt that episode 9 was a better ending to the show than the finale.

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Delivering a satisfying end, especially to a long and entertaining series whose reputation precedes itself, is not an easy task. In fact, the lead actor, Penn Badgley, did not have faith that the series would make it so far. But now that it is here, it might have fallen short in public opinion compared to its previous season, from the looks of it.

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What are your thoughts on audience reaction to final season of You? Tell us below.

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Shafaque Taha

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Shafaque Taha has been writing for more than half a decade now, and her passion for literature of any form is an early life habit. With more than 700 published articles in the sportainment, she is now armed with vigor to bring the same enthusiasm as an Entertainment Writer at Netflix Junkie. For her, entertainment provides a liberty to further explore the humanities with the forum of music and shows/movies in a world of ever-evolving art.

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