Season 2 of You is on Netflix

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I've been thinking about a moment in the last episode of Season 2. It's the scene where pregnant Love and her mother are waving to Joe from the front door of the house as he walks up on the sidewalk. The camera then focuses on something behind Joe, like a man putting something in his truck, or someone mowing the lawn?! Even though I watched this scene twice I couldn't decipher what was happening in that moment. What was the camera focusing on, what was Joe supposed to be looking at? It seemed important enough for the camera to shift focus, but I couldn't figure it out. It appeared that Joe looked back at something, but it was lost on me. Anyone know?

I was curious so I rewatched this part. Joe isn’t looking at anything in particular. He glances at the movers loading boxes, then at a couple pushing a baby stroller. As he looks around the pretty neighborhood, he ruminates that “not every Siberia is cold.” By the look on his face, and those words, my take is that even though he’s thrilled to be a father (soon), he’s also depressed by all the awful things he and Love have done and will have to live with.

My take is that he was depressed because he's realized that Love isn't the perfect woman he thought she was. He idealizes perfect, untarnished, and innocent women - even though they usually aren't really like that in reality, he projects his need for a perfect little woman on them anyways. He did this with both Beck and Love. Thus, it was a horrifying shock for him to find out that Love isn't the perfect woman he imagined her to be - she's a murderer, a liar, etc. She's thus "tarnished goods" to him even though she's tarnished because she's done the EXACT things that he himself has done. And now, he is trapped in this harsh reality of imperfection with seemingly no escape. This is why he's depressed and already eying the next "perfect" woman.

I’m the PP and think you nailed it. Great analysis!

[Anonymous]

I don't think it's Joe's baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's Joe's baby.

I question this too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's Joe's baby.

I question this too.

I always assumed it was Forty’s. And that Joe knows it, but being the putative father suffices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's Joe's baby.

I question this too.

I always assumed it was Forty’s. And that Joe knows it, but being the putative father suffices.

+1. Actually, they’ll be twins: Fifteen and Thirty...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's Joe's baby.

I question this too.

I always assumed it was Forty’s. And that Joe knows it, but being the putative father suffices.

+1. Actually, they’ll be twins: Fifteen and Thirty...

Yes! For PP who didn't understand Forty's name, they are tennis references

0 points= Love
1 point = 15
2 points= 30
3 points= 40
Tied score= All
40-40 = Deuce

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's Joe's baby.

I question this too.

I always assumed it was Forty’s. And that Joe knows it, but being the putative father suffices.

What makes you think it's Forty's?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't think it's Joe's baby.

I question this too.

I always assumed it was Forty’s. And that Joe knows it, but being the putative father suffices.

What makes you think it's Forty's?

Yeah, I don’t think that’s right at all. Good lord.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have so many questions.

Is Love really pregnant?

What's in it for her? She knows Joe wants to off her.

Did she kill her first husband?

Forty was the best part of the second season. Without him, there's no dramatic tension with Love.

Are they living in Pasadena? What's up with the random suburban setting?

Is Candice back?

You seem...not able to follow the show. And it’s not exactly a complex setup.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've been thinking about a moment in the last episode of Season 2. It's the scene where pregnant Love and her mother are waving to Joe from the front door of the house as he walks up on the sidewalk. The camera then focuses on something behind Joe, like a man putting something in his truck, or someone mowing the lawn?! Even though I watched this scene twice I couldn't decipher what was happening in that moment. What was the camera focusing on, what was Joe supposed to be looking at? It seemed important enough for the camera to shift focus, but I couldn't figure it out. It appeared that Joe looked back at something, but it was lost on me. Anyone know?

I was curious so I rewatched this part. Joe isn’t looking at anything in particular. He glances at the movers loading boxes, then at a couple pushing a baby stroller. As he looks around the pretty neighborhood, he ruminates that “not every Siberia is cold.” By the look on his face, and those words, my take is that even though he’s thrilled to be a father (soon), he’s also depressed by all the awful things he and Love have done and will have to live with.

I thought he was mostly depressed by the thought of living in the soulless suburbs. But maybe I'm projecting.

+1. Definitely not projecting. Joe is a NYC boy at heart, he hates LA. And now he’s living in the LA suburbs—could it get any worse?