You Season 5: Everything we know about the cast, plot & more

Get ready for one final murderous chapter as we breakdown everything we know about the You Season 5 release date, the cast, and more.

After taking the world by storm since its 2018 release, You, the Netflix show has been getting bigger and bigger with each season. With new cast members, new victims, and new crimes, Joe Goldberg’s story is getting out of hand.

Season 4 of the TV show really flipped the tables on Joe, and he goes into the fifth and final instalment facing a rather tricky situation.

Can Joe finish the show on top? Will he kill again? Here’s everything we know about the You Season 5 release date, who’s in the cast, and what will happen next.

When will You Season 5 come out?

The exact You Season 5 release date has not been announced yet, but the show will return in late 2024.

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We also know that the fifth and final season of You is expected to have a total of 10 episodes. However, there is speculation that the next instalment could be split into two blocks of episodes, much like Season 4. With this, we could see the big finale delayed until 2025.

Who’s in the You Season 5 cast?

Penn Badgley will return as Joe Goldberg, and Charlotte Ritchie will join him as Kate Galvin.

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Each new season of You brings new faces to the cast, and this final outing will likely be the same. Still, as it’s the end of the road, we wouldn’t be surprised to see familiar faces back again, too.

There are rumors of Elizabeth Olsen joining the You cast, and questions over whether Jenna Ortega will return as Ellie, but neither have been confirmed.

Amy Leigh-Hickman, who plays Nadia, admitted she wants to return: “I would love to come back… I think that if she can pull off everything she did in season four, there’s not much she can’t do. I wouldn’t put anything past her, I wouldn’t past Joe as well. That’s something they have in common, weirdly.”

Tati Gabrielle, who plays Marienne, also wants to return, stating to Digital Spy, “I would love to come back again. I feel like she hasn’t gotten her piece yet, and I think she deserves that. She’s had a hard life. She just needs a break. I would love to see more for Marienne. If she’s not part of taking down Joe, I just want her to be able to witness it.”

It was recently announced that The Handmaid’s Tale Madeline Brewer has been added to the You cast for the final season. Brewer will be playing Bronte, a playwright who works for Joe in his bookstore. The two will connect on a deep level and cause Joe to question his life.

Anna Camp and Griffin Matthews are also on board, playing Raegan and Teddy Lockwood, respectively.

You Season 5 cast:

• Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg
• Charlotte Ritchie as Kate Galvin
• Madeline Brewer as Bronte
• Anna Camp as Raegan Lockwood
• Griffin Matthews as Teddy Lockwood

What will the You Season 5 plot be about?

You Season 5 will take place in New York City, and we’ll see Joe get his comeuppance once and for all.

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Showrunner Sera Gamble teased an exciting Season 5 plot, telling The Hollywood Reporter: “It’d be nice to end his arc with some form of justice. Guys like this don’t usually see a lot of justice from the world… The deeper question we frequently pitch in the writers’ room is, ‘What’s real justice? What would hurt him the most?'”

You Season 4 ended with Joe back in New York, and Gamble told The Cut, “We always knew we wanted him to go back… To have a homecoming, have his real name, shave his beard, and look like Joe Classic. But, that he would be much more in the category of people he used to watch from afar. Now he has near unlimited resources. He has the support of powerful people and he has a lot less ambivalence about what he does in private.”

In a Hollywood Reporter interview, Badgley explained season 5 will focus on his ascent into power, and that idea of justice: “I think he actually can go to a new place and, if and when it happens, it’ll probably be this spectacular resolution that everybody’s hoping it could be, because now he has further to fall. He has power, the stakes are high. He’s not just some guy anymore.”

The actor also spoke on Joe’s newest obsession, saying Kate will be “the last meaningful relationship he’ll be in. I don’t think there’s another one coming down the pike… I think she’s his endgame.” Kate has accepted Joe for who he truly is, which’ll creates an interesting dynamic in the show. We’ll have to wait and see how it plays out.

You Season 5 trailer: Is there a trailer?

There is currently a teaser trailer for the final season, which you can watch below:

There is no new promotional footage in the teaser. Instead, we get an ominous repetition of “Hello, You” until the trailer finally says, “Goodbye, You,” in Joe’s iconic inner monologue.

A full trailer for the new season has yet to be released.

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