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Gone is the wiry menace with which he usually navigates the world.
In essence, his dream girl becomes a nightmare.
Like its first season,Youseason two is arch, infuriating, and wholly engaging.
They are a venue to witness the ways that abuse cycles through generations.
Have I just been refusing to face who I really am?This doesnt last.
She then confesses to Joe that she killed Delilah so their relationship wouldnt be threatened.
To accept Love would be to accept who he really is.
But before he can pull the trigger, hes shot by Detective Fincher (Danny Vasquez).
Fortys death is another fascinating example of the ways violence is engendered by and follows Joe.
Is it a surprise, considering the ways violence bleeds into nearly every aspect of Love and Joes lives?
Throughout this season, Love has come across as the perfectly imperfect girl.
She can bake and cook extravagant meals!
Shes beset by abusive parents and a wreck of a brother, but she still loves wholeheartedly!
She has a traumatic past!
Shes free and open and kind!
You know why this is happening?
In the same manner,Youmakes the dream girl and madwoman the same person.
Her curiosity consumes her.
What she finds is a room housing the remains of his previous wives, whom he murdered.
(Shes eventually saved by her own ingenuity and the help of her family in some versions.)
InYou,the politics of desire rests on notions of privilege.
Its what powers the ethos of the series.
Its what allows Joe to slip past the justice he rightfully deserves.
Will Love be a bad mother, as Forty suggested before he was shot to death?
What will Joe look like as a father?
What will happen when Love realizes how different their outlooks are and that he does indeed think shes mad?
