You renewed for fifth and FINAL season by Netflix – but showrunner Sera Gamble steps down from Penn Badgley serial killer drama

You fans will be able to keep track of their favorite stalker for one more season. 

Netflix announced Friday it has renewed the crime drama for a fifth and final season.

Penn Badgley, who asked for fewer sex scenes in season four out of respect to his wife, will return as the charming but obsessive Joe Goldberg one last time. 

‘Goodbye… YOU. Joe Goldberg will return for the fifth and final season of YOU,’ the streaming service posted on Instagram, sharing a video of the actor.

The same video was shared on Twitter, with the message, ‘Brace yourself for Joe Goldberg’s final chapter. You will return for a fifth and final season in 2024!’

The series finale will be helmed by new showrunners. 

He's back! You fans will be able to keep track of their favorite stalker for one final season as season five was annpunced on Friday (pictured Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg)

He’s back! You fans will be able to keep track of their favorite stalker for one final season as season five was annpunced on Friday (pictured Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg) 

Sera Gamble, who oversaw the day to day operations for the first four seasons is stepping back. 

Michael Foley and Justin W. Lo will take over those duties on the series.

The fourth season of You sees Badgley’s character, Joe Goldberg, receive a taste of his own medicine from a vengeful serial killer as he attempts to keep a low profile under a new identity.

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After killing ten people over the past three seasons of You, Goldberg is unable to escape his past once he catches the attention of a murderer, who is dubbed the ‘Eat the Rich Killer.’ 

Following his move to London, and new life as Professor Jonathan Moore, Joe battles a fresh heartbreak, which he ominously calls the ‘catalyst for a new path.’  

The previous season ended with Joe killing Love, the mother of his child, before jetting off to Europe in search of Marienne.

Killer appearance: The fourth season of You sees Badgley's character, Joe Goldberg, receives a taste of his own medicine from a vengeful serial killer as he attempts to keep a low profile under a new identity.

Killer appearance: The fourth season of You sees Badgley’s character, Joe Goldberg, receives a taste of his own medicine from a vengeful serial killer as he attempts to keep a low profile under a new identity.

The first part of season four debuted February 9 on Netflix. The second part dropped a month later on March 9. 

The thriller hit No. 1 on Netflix’s internal charts with the second half of its fourth season.

In an interview on The Hollywood Reporter’s TV’s Top 5 Podcast, exiting show runner Sera Gambled revealed the producers had an ‘exciting idea’ for a fifth season that might be a good way to close out the series. 

‘Even in the early conversations with Penn, the idea was not to crank out episodes forever; it’s to feel like we have told the complete story.

‘And though I feel like tonally, we’re very different and we are not trying to sell Joe as any kind of a hero with a straight face, she explained. ‘This is a show that is in the tradition of these single-lead shows with a guy who does increasingly bad things.

‘The beautiful thing about it is that when his arc is complete, so is the show.”


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