After 7 twisted years of murder, manipulation, and messy romances. You Season 5 ending finally gave Joe Goldberg the reckoning he deserved. Yup, the creepy charmer who stalked his way into hearts across five seasons got shut down hard—and it’s the most satisfying thing Netflix has served in a while.
Joe goes full beast mode this season, hunting down Bronte (his latest obsession), but girl fights back—shooting him you-know-where (yes, there 💀). It was the ultimate symbolic takedown—no more romance, no more power, no more Joe as a “sexual icon.”
💬 Fourth Wall? Shattered.
In the finale, Joe breaks the fourth wall with a creepy monologue, asking viewers: “Maybe the problem isn’t me. Maybe it’s… you.” 🤯
Creepy? Yeah. Accurate? Kinda. The showrunners spilled that it was about exposing how we rooted for a literal serial killer for 50 episodes. He ends up in a prison cell—powerless, speechless, and stripped of everything that once made him terrifyingly magnetic.
👊 Not a Death Sentence—Worse
Writers debated Joe’s fate (jail vs. death vs. freedom), and they went with the darkest: taking away everything he thought made him special. Locked up, emasculated, and exposed—that’s punishment.
Even Penn Badgley agreed. Joe’s takedown in the bedroom, fists flying, stripped down—was meant to show him for what he truly is: a monster hiding behind charm.