warning! This article contains spoilers for Netflix Season 4! unexpected, Friend Season 4 reversed Joe Goldberg’s longstanding trend of being victimized in the best possible way. Penn Badgley, actor FriendNotorious stalker/murder who teased viewers before FriendThe season 4 release of another Netflix show with its tried and tested formula. FriendThe corporate restructuring initially attracted attention because of the high risk of the strategy failing, but it paid off in the end. Friend Big reveal for Season 4, Season 2.
Part of Netflix’s charmFriend Its story revolves around an attractive-looking man who is secretly a deranged and depraved murderer, playing upon the terrifyingly compelling idea that anyone can be Joe Goldberg. Friend Season 4 Season 1 seems to be trying to give Joe an arc of redemption, and viewers and critics alike have been quick to give their two cents that Joe doesn’t deserve forgiveness. Since Joe can escape his compulsive, stalking, and murderous urges, Friend Season 4 seems less interesting than the previous installments; anything else Friend Season 4, Season 2 overturned the standards set by Joe by changing them.
You Season 4 breaks the trend towards Joe’s obsessive tendencies
in stark contrast to Friend Guinevere Beck (Elizabeth Lyle), Part 1, Friend Part 2 of Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti) and Friend Marienne (Tati Gabrielle) from Season 3, Friend Season 4 casts London mayoral candidate Rhys Montrose (Ed Speelers) as Joe Goldberg’s new favorite. Unlike his known victim patterns, Friend Season 4 breaks Joe’s tendency to simply pursue and stalk the victims of potential love affairs and transform them into people he empathizes with and admires. Joe’s obsession with Reese, and his denial of his own evil, gets so bad that he projects his own shadow onto the illusion of his “cannibal” assassin character. Reese.
since retiring FriendIn the final season of season 3, Joe became more aware of his morality and OCD, to the point where he even stopped himself from falling back into his old ways when he realized he had a crush on Charlotte Ritchie. Habit Friend character, Kate Calvin. While Joe can control himself when it comes to Kate, Reese turns out to be an exceptional genius. It’s not uncommon for Joe to have a crush on a man (previous seasons have shown him to; though not long enough to have his own creepy box), but it does show that he’s not. You can break out of your mold.
Why Season 4 is right to break the franchise’s trend of victimization
netflix Friend Joe Goldberg is sure to repeat himself when he moves to a new place and falls in love with whoever unfortunately catches his eye. Friend is a psychological thriller whose main attraction is to provide an amusing, if not shocking, plot that leaves the audience guessing about what will happen next. So, Friend season 4 made the right decision to change its narrative formula, especially its joe victim propensity, which is sure to benefit any future Friend coming seasons.