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Netflix’s YOU: Why Joe Goldberg Could Never Fall For Love Quinn
High expectations? Mommy issues? Why Joe Goldberg could never truly love the murderous Love Quinn.
(*Spoilers only up until season 3, episode 2)
Joe Goldberg, the sociopathic protagonist of YOU, is back for season three with a gorgeous wife, a baby on the way, and a new home in the suburbs of Madre Linda in Northern California.
Based on everything that has happened in the first two seasons, it is clear Joe Goldberg could never live happily ever after with wealthy Los Angeles heiress Love Quinn for multiple reasons. And most of it involves his deeply embedded dysfunctional savior complex.
History
Joe’s history with protecting women comes from witnessing his father physically abuse and torture his mother throughout his childhood. Joe saved his mother one night by shooting and killing his father. His mother subsequently abandoned him in a group home for boys feeling he was too damaged from the entire experience.
Since then, Joe has had no limit or boundary to what he will do in order to protect women.
Reason #1: Joe possesses a deeply embedded savior complex that only attracts him to broken women in need of saving
