WARNING: This article contains major spoilers from You season five.
Netflix fans have left fuming over the conclusion of You season five, all thanks to one character’s actions.
Joe Goldberg (portrayed by Penn Badgley) is back to his old tricks, falling madly in love with a troubled woman and using his emotions as a justification to torment and kill those around them.
This time, his wife Kate Lockwood (Charlotte Ritchie) uncovers his true nature when he murders a relative of hers who threatened to reveal a past deal she made that resulted in children developing cancer.
Although she initially gives him the green light, she soon regrets her decision and after further investigation into his history, decides that he must be stopped.
With assistance from Nadia (Amy-Leigh Hickman) from season four, whom he framed for murder, and his series three romantic interest Marienne (Tati Gabrielle), they succeed in trapping Joe in his infamous glass cage.
However, things don’t go as planned when Joe manages to escape, shoots Kate and strikes her on the head with a mallet.
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In a surprising turn of events, Maddie (Anna Camp) appears in Mooney’s bookstore seeking revenge against Joe for imprisoning Harrison (Pete Ploszek) and sets the shop ablaze.
As he retreats to the basement, it is believed that Kate dies after losing consciousness shortly after recording Joe’s confession of poisoning his first wife Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti).
But, in the final moments of the season finale, it’s revealed that Kate is not dead.
She walks into the restaurant, burns scarring her right arm, with Henry by her side, ready for a rendezvous with her brother Teddy.
Despite being permanently marked by her past, “You” enthusiasts are convinced that justice hasn’t been served regarding Kate’s conclusion.
A Reddit user expressed their dissatisfaction, posting: “I don’t care what fate he got since he was exposed anyways, but I wish Kate also got punished too. She was essentially able to walk free.”
In response, another chimed in: “Thank you! ! I thought I was the only one who was incredibly frustrated with how they were portraying her to be some redeemable saviour.
“She killed children in the past and ordered a hit on a relative of hers because of the fear of it being leaked.
“The fact that she somehow survived being shot and hit with a mallet while burning alive in the basement was also ridiculous.
“Kate literally got to keep Henry at the end and was a karma houdini essentially”.
Someone else wrote: “I’m glad Joe got what he deserved, but I still feel unsatisfied in terms of justice because of her.”
Another commentator added: “Kate did all of that only to end up being exactly like Joe. Dodging accountability for her actions, escaping legal and moral culpability, insisting her own kills are for the greater good while pretending as though she doesn’t like/derive pleasure and enjoyment out of doing it, and insisting that she’s a good person beneath it all.
“Joe became the Love to Kate’s Joe. And Henry absolutely does need to be taken away from her yesterday.”
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