Inside ‘YOU’ Season 5’s Red Carpet Premiere — and Joe Goldberg’s Final Chapter

by Bianca Velazquez April 28, 2025

by Bianca Velazquez April 28, 2025 0 comments

After 7 years and 5 seasons… Joe Goldberg is saying “Goodbye, You.”

After three seasons of bloody pursuits across the globe, Joe Goldberg returns to New York for YOU’s final chapter, a seemingly reformed man—or so it seems. The cast of the final season took to the red carpet for the series’ final premiere in New York.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – APRIL 23: (L-R) Johnny Chiou, Ted Sarandos, Bela Bajaria, Gina Girolamo, Justin Lo, B, Anna Camp, Tati Gabrielle, Natasha Behnam, Madeline Brewer, Tom Francis, Penn Badgley, Amy-Leigh Hickman, Frankie DeMaio, Elizabeth Lail, Charlotte Ritchie, Griffin Matthews, Pete Ploszek, Sarah Schechter, Mike Foley, Peter Friedlander, and Adriana Nassar attend the YOU S5 NYC Special Screening at the Paris Theater on April 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Netflix)

Season 5 finds Joe (Penn Badgley) three years murder-free, reunited with his son Henry (Frankie DeMaio), married to Kate Lockwood (Charlotte Ritchie), now one of the wealthiest women in the world as CEO of Lockwood Corp. On the surface, Joe finally has it all.

But ghosts of the past refuse to stay buried. Enter Bronte (Madeline Brewer)—real name Louise Flannery—a promising writer once mentored by Beck, who now joins a determined group intent on exposing Joe Goldberg. Dominique (Natasha Behnam) and Phoenix (B) refuse to let Joe’s crimes be forgotten, even as others like Clayton (Tom Francis), Dr. Nicky’s son, fall victim in the search for justice.

Kate steps fully into her power, leading a coalition of Joe’s past victims and survivors determined to finally stop him- all while managing her family’s constant fallouts. Harrison Jacobs (Pete Ploszek) finds himself entangled in a dangerous game of loyalty and betrayal with the Lockwood twins, Reagan and Maddie, and as his affections pull him in opposing directions, it becomes clear that only one sister will survive the fallout.

Among the sprawling, fractured Lockwood dynasty, Teddy (Griffin Matthews) stands out as one of the few with a clear-eyed view of the chaos around him. Fiercely loyal to Kate and grounded in reality, he emerges as a steady force in a family where survival often comes at the expense of morality.