“Do we think Joe eats this much?

“Penn Badgleycurrently has his head in Joe Goldberg’s fridge.

(Joe’s doing his best to adapt to the L.A.

But first, a couple of things might have to go.

From the moment Beck asked for help finding the latest Paula Fox novel, Joe was hooked.

At what point does it go from due diligence to something more sinister?

Wherever that line is, Badgley would like you to know that Joe crossed it.

Because Joe did more than check Beck’s Facebook in season 1.

Joe stole her phone.

Joe broke into her apartment.

Joe killed people close to her.

And then,he killed her.

“I would even say it.

We’re killing her!

Just in case anybody was enjoying themselves too much, remember what we’re doing here!”

But Joe isn’t Dexter Morgan.

He’s not Patrick Bateman.

He doesn’t struggle to feel something.

If anything, Joe feels too much.

He’s not a sociopath.

He’s a romantic.

Toeing the line between romance and violence is what makes the show so compelling.

And it’s also why Badgley nearly turned it down.

(And the explanation was typically: I did it for love.)

Suddenly, the show that had already been handed a season 2 renewal was in trouble.

AfterYouhit the streaming service in December, it reportedly garnered more than40 million viewers in its first four weeks.

Then, just as quickly as Lifetime canceled the show,Netflix picked it upfor a second season.

“It always felt like more of a binge show,” Berlanti says.

With more eyes onYou, Badgley started witnessing the conversations he’d been so curious about.

“The things I was worried about, it’s not as though those things haven’t happened.

For instance, the devilish charm of Joe almost painting over his lethality.”

Once again, Badgley felt he needed to remind people that the guy’s a murderer.

The results of the social experiment, it seems, were mixed.

And they’ve remained that way.

And people do want to give Joe the benefit of the doubt.

“People say, ‘Well, he does this for love.’

Adds Badgley: “Joe is a very specific kind of predator.

He’s a predator who appeals to our sense of morality.

It’s like, ‘Well of course he would never do THAT.'”

Except inYou’s season 1 finale, Joe did do THAT.

And that’s why Joe Goldberg is a different man in season 2.

For starters, he now goes by Will.

As Joe puts it, Los Angeles is “the worst city in the world.”

So why is he living there?

One word: Candace.

“Los Angeles is, in many ways, his purgatory,” Berlanti says.

Because if Joe hated social media, what will he think of social media influencers?

Where Beck was unsure of herself, Love is confident.

Where Beck lacked a support system, Love is surrounded.

And where Beck wasn’t sure about Joe, Love wants him.

“Love is extremely independent and not easily manipulated.

She’s someone with a really strong sense of self and an unstoppable tenacity,” Pedretti says.

“I wanted her to be just like sunshine, putting warmth and kindness into the world.”

Beck’s death changed him.

“He’s struggling with a degree of self-awareness that he’s not had before,” Badgley says.

“And this time he actually has somebody who wants to be with him.”

Gamble adds, “If he had met Love before Beck, it wouldn’t be the same.

The circumstances of his encounter with Love are very informed by what he just went through with Beck.”

We should also mention that Love is a package deal.

With Love comes Forty (James Scully), her twin.

“He can’t just slash and hack his way through Forty.”

But then again, Joe doesn’t want to slash and hack his way through Forty!

Joe’s different now!

He lives in L.A., he goes by Will, and he fills his fridge with celery juice!

Because if he’ll do anything for love, imagine what he’ll do for Love.