By the time we hit the BD5 mark (for those of us rewatching on Blu-ray, this is the episode where the disc really heats up), Joe Goldberg has officially lost control of every single plate he was spinning. And let me tell you, it is a beautiful, terrifying mess.
If you thought last week’s episode was tense, Episode 8 of You — “You Got Me, Babe” — is the narrative equivalent of watching someone tiptoe through a minefield while humming a love song. you s01e08 bd5
Meanwhile, Beck is spiraling in her own right. Dr. Nicky’s couch has become a confessional, and Beck is finally starting to connect the dots. The gaslighting that worked so beautifully in Episodes 4-6 is starting to fray. She feels the cage even when she’s not in it. The brilliance of Sera Gamble’s writing here is that Beck isn’t stupid — she’s just been out-maneuvered by a psychopath who has more patience than she has stability. By the time we hit the BD5 mark
Disc 5 of the You Season 1 set contains the gut-punch trifecta: Episodes 8, 9, and 10. And Episode 8 serves as the fulcrum. It’s the moment Joe stops being the romantic anti-hero and starts looking like the monster the show always warned us about. Meanwhile, Beck is spiraling in her own right