‘You’ Season 4 Part 2 Ending Explained: Joe’s Full Circle Moment, [Spoiler]’s Return & More

Joe Goldberg has managed to find a mode to evade consequences again. Netflix dropped the 2nd portion of You play 4 connected March 9, giving fans the past 5 episodes of the season. The backmost fractional of play 4 flipped everything you thought astir Part 1 connected its caput and ended with Joe returning to New York City.

So, what happened astatine the extremity of You play 4? What did that last infinitesimal mean? Here is the You play 4 portion 2 ending explained.

Ed Speleers and Penn Badgley arsenic Rhys and Joe. (Netflix)

You Season 4 Finale Explained

The play 4 finale starts with Joe believing that Marienne is dormant aft he’d held her captive successful a cage erstwhile his consciousness divided successful two. He leaves her assemblage successful the parkland to beryllium discovered by a passerby. When Nadia takes Ethan to amusement him Joe’s lair, the cage is gone.

Joe mulls implicit ending his beingness until Kate calls him for help. Kate believes that her begetter is liable for the existent Rhys Montrose’s death. Kate cries implicit however her begetter has truthful overmuch power implicit her life. Joe comes astir to Rhys’ (the 1 successful his head) thought that Tom Lockwood needs to die.

Killing Tom is simply a elemental task for Joe. He confronts Tom astatine his workshop, kills Tom’s bodyguard, and past Tom. He past frames the bodyguard for Tom’s murder.

After taking attraction of Tom, Joe remembers Love’s words and believes helium tin lone marque Kate harmless by sidesplitting himself. Rhys attempts to person Joe that decease is not the answer. Joe believes that he’ll conscionable extremity up sidesplitting Kate arsenic he did with Guinevere and Love. Joe throws Rhys implicit the bridge, believing that he’s cutting disconnected that acheronian portion of his consciousness for good. Joe leaps from the span but survives the fall.

Charlotte Ritchie arsenic Kate. (Netflix)

Meanwhile, Nadia and Ethan are compiling each the grounds they request to spell aft Joe. Nadia yet reveals to Ethan what truly happened to Marienne. Nadia and Marienne came unneurotic to effort and termination Joe. They were going to sound him retired with ketamine, and past Marienne would termination him.

They besides had a Plan B successful lawsuit their archetypal program went wrong. Marienne had beta blockers that she would take, which would dilatory her bosom complaint down and marque it look similar she was dead. When Nadia got arrested, Marienne had to spell done with the 2nd plan. Nadia managed to way Joe arsenic helium dumped Marienne’s assemblage and administered adrenaline that would aftermath Marienne up.

Joe wakes up successful the infirmary aft his jump. He admits to Kate that helium intentionally jumped. He besides reveals that he’s killed people, but helium doesn’t specify who. Kate tells Joe that Tom is dead, and he’s near her everything. She points retired that DNA was recovered connected Rhys’ assemblage but the tests are inconclusive. She knows that is Joe’s DNA. Kate makes Joe vow that they “keep each different good.” They’ll determination guardant unneurotic arsenic a team, an unbreakable unit.

Marienne Escapes & Rhys Returns

After snooping done Joe’s apartment, she finds each the grounds she needs to instrumentality down Joe. On her mode out, Joe confronts her. He says that helium present has “substantial resources” astatine his disposal. He’s already killed Eddie, and helium frames Nadia for his murder. The communicative that Joe creates is that Nadia killed Eddie aft she discovered that he’d killed Rhys. Even though Nadia goes to situation for Eddie’s death, she doesn’t archer Joe that Marienne is alive.

Joe inactive has nary thought that Marienne is inactive alive. Marienne gets her blessed ending and reunites with her daughter. When she stumbles upon a communicative astir Joe and Kate’s “second chance,” she has a look of disgust connected her face.

Tati Gabrielle arsenic Marienne. (Netflix)

Joe and Kate determination to New York City to commencement their caller beingness with small Henry. They person unlimited means present and the quality to screen up immoderate occupation that stands successful their way. When Joe looks retired the model astatine Central Park, helium sees Rhys again successful the reflection. Try arsenic helium might, the acheronian successful Joe didn’t evaporate erstwhile helium jumped. It’s inactive lurking underneath his skin. As he’s proven clip and clip again, Joe ever reverts backmost to his aged ways. Kate amended ticker out.

Joe being backmost successful New York City is simply a full-circle infinitesimal for the character. Upon his instrumentality to Big Apple, Joe cuts his hairsbreadth and shaves his beard. He looks eerily akin to however helium looked backmost successful play 1 erstwhile his communicative archetypal began. Now that he’s backmost wherever helium started, could his communicative travel to a adjacent with a fifth season? Time volition tell!

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