Note: Contains MAJOR spoilers for You season one.

There's nothing quite like a juicy psychological thriller to sink your teeth into, and You ticks all the right boxes.

The 10-episode series, which is based on Caroline Kepnes' novel of the same name, stars Gossip Girl's Penn Badgley as sinister bookstore manager Joe Goldberg. The show first premiered on Lifetime back in September last year and has gained something of a cult following since its Netflix release in December, because who doesn't love watching TV shows about murder during the festive season?

And it's good news for fans because the series will be returning for a second outing.

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But who will feature, and where will the story go after Beck's (Elizabeth Lail) tragic death, not to mention THAT jaw-dropping twist?

Here's everything we know so far.

You season 2 release date: When will it air?

It's landing on Boxing Day (December 26), which is a suitably cosy, domestic time of year for another round of stalking and sinisterness.

You season 2 cast: Who's returning?

We already know that Badgley will be back as Goldberg, but what about Dr Nicky, played by John Stamos?

He could technically return. We last saw him in prison, banged up after being framed for a number of Goldberg's murders. Showrunner Sera Gamble previously told fans that it was "too soon to say definitely whether John Stamos will return in season two".

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter (THR), she added: "But we have been talking a lot about the character and we're excited to keep telling that story."

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We know that Joe's ex-girlfriend Candace (Ambyr Childers) is miraculously still alive (in the book she dies after Joe drowns her), which means she will return for the next instalment.

"She's not nearly as dead as [Joe] thought," Gamble told Vanity Fair.

In an interview with THR, Gamble also revealed why they decided to keep Candace alive: "We knew we were going to start flashing back to Candace, as Caroline does in the book.

"We just wanted to do something more surprising and [we also realised] that she was such a substantial and interesting character."

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seeing Joe with Love AND Candace makes us happy being single. YOU S2 in production! pic.twitter.com/IXDNVtt9op — YOU (@YouNetflix) February 15, 2019

And there are a host of other people that Joe didn't kill, such as his young neighbour Paco (Luca Padovan), bookstore clerk Ethan (Zach Cherry), Paco's mother Claudia (Victoria Cartagena), Beck's best friends Lynn (Nicole King) and Annika (Kathryn Gallagher), Beck's classmate Blythe (Hari Nef), and Peach's family.

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"Part of the fun of continuing the story is that the loose ends from Joe's past are still dangling and could come back to him at anytime," Gamble told THR.

"If you look at every act of violence that he does in season one, that is potentially something that could come back and bite him."



Someone who will feature in the second season is The Haunting of Hill House's Victoria Pedretti, who played the role of Nell. Her character is called Love Quinn, "an aspiring chef working as a produce manager in a high-end grocery store", and Joe's new love interest – and she doesn't give two hoots about social media, which is going to make the life of TV's biggest creeper significantly more difficult.

Love is also "tending to a deep grief", which means she and Joe bond over their "shared knowledge of profound loss".

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Haunting of Hill House breakout Victoria Pedretti landed the female lead in @YouNetflix Season 2. She plays Love Quinn, an aspiring chef who doesn't care about social media. She's also tending to a deep grief — so when she meets Joe she senses a shared knowledge of profound loss. pic.twitter.com/XN0IdPjdKb — Netflix Queue (@netflixqueue) January 30, 2019

Run, Love, run.

According to TVLine, there's also James Scully (Heathers) and Jenna Ortega, who played a young Gina Rodriguez on Jane the Virgin. Scully will play Love's brother Forty Quinn, described as "confident, opinionated and privileged — at his best, a charming buddy; at his worst, a razor-sharp bully" (so that's him a goner then), and Ortego will play Ellie, a teenager who "grew up fast in the big city".

Ellie is "secretly living with minimal adult supervision or nurturing in her life" and she "isn't afraid to get into murky waters to make a little cash", which involves conning the adults around her, including Joe – so that's her a goner then too.

Russian Doll's Charlie Barnett will play Love's oldest friend and closest companion Gabe, according to Deadline. He is a "successful acupuncturist and psychedelics aficionado" who lives his "life to the fullest".

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Deadline also reported that Need for Speed's Carmela Zumbado has been cast as Delilah Alves, an investigative reporter with a nose for a story, which could either be disastrous for Joe or he could bump her off. Our money's on the latter.

Gotham's Robin Lord Taylor will play Will, a character who has to deal with some pretty sketchy people as part of his job, but is ultimately a thoughtful and decent person.

He will, however, have to face a pretty hairy situation at some point, so loads more laughs coming your way, folks.

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Deadline also reported that Heathers' Melanie Field will feature as recurring character Sunrise. She is a "stay at home mommy blogger" who has a toddler that she raises with her partner Lucy in their Venice Beach home. Sunrise is described as a "new age wellness aficionado" who has "monetised her interests with a popular Instagram" and is the "cheerleader of her friend circle".

Marielle Scott will take on the role of Lucy, described as a career-driven "edgy-chic literary agent" who has a "deadpan wit and a sense of humour".

And there's Continuum's Magda Apanowicz who will play Sandy, someone from Joe's past with an "infectious smile and restless spirit" who has been "beaten up by life".

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.@YouNetflix has added two recurring roles for Season 2: Melanie Field as Sunrise, a stay at home mommy blogger raising a toddler with her partner Lucy and Magda Apanowicz as Sandy, a woman from Joe’s past. pic.twitter.com/7uOQYO3klq — Netflix Queue (@netflixqueue) April 4, 2019

You season 2 spoilers: What will happen?

While You is set and filmed in New York, the follow-up book, Hidden Bodies, relocates to Los Angeles where Joe is "determined to put his past behind him", according to the words of Kepnes.

She continues: "Joe can't stop looking over his shoulder. The problem with hidden bodies is that they don’t always stay that way. They re-emerge, like dark thoughts, multiplying and threatening to destroy what Joe wants most: true love.

"And when he finds it in a darkened room in Soho House, he’s more desperate than ever to keep his secrets buried. He doesn't want to hurt his new girlfriend – he wants to be with her forever.

"But if she ever finds out what he's done, he may not have a choice."

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Gamble told THR: "Joe Goldberg comes to LA and he is a die-hard New Yorker so I can't say that he comes to LA and he instantly falls in love with the place. At least at first glance, this is not Joe's kind of town."

She did add that the show will "continue to remix the novels... keeping the core while deviating in ways that are exciting and fresh".

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"We never really sweat how much we hew to the letter of the law when we're adapting Caroline's books," she told Vanity Fair.



"It so happened [with season one] that a lot of stuff remained intact, but the guiding principle has always been to kind of bring to life the spirit of the story and not to obsess too much over plot details... Caroline has always been on board with that, and I think that's going to continue to be the path in season two."

Of course, one of the weirder aspects of season one was the fact that fans got so openly thirsty about Joe, a murderous stalker, tweeting that they'd like the character to kidnap them, and worse. It got so intense that Badgley had to tweet a reminder that the character is a terrible person.

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A: He is a murderer https://t.co/g2g4f3JvaF — Penn Badgley (@PennBadgley) January 9, 2019

It's something they've clearly thought about ahead of season two. "We, as the creators of the show, and me, as the actor, certainly want to take responsibility for him being likeable in the way that he is," Badgley told ET.

"I don't want to just say that it's problematic and that the viewers themselves have a problematic reaction. I think what's inspiring about it is that at a time when we're striving for the empowerment of women and for the equality of men and women, that we are also simultaneously able to be transfixed and charmed by a character like Joe.

"It speaks to how deeply ingrained a lot of these standards and norms are where we love to see a guy behaving like him. In a way, Joe is a great cultural touchpoint to say, 'We still have a lot of work to do'."

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Badgley also discussed the reaction to Joe during an interview with W.

"It's fascinating that people are drawn to this character," he said. "It's not surprising. I think we all kind of knew what we were doing and getting into. Although I think the show touches on a nerve that creates a space for a deepening of this conversation we're having maybe socially, thinking about violence against women, thinking about the empowerment of women, thinking about the equality of men and women, and truly understanding that we don't know what that looks like because we live in a world that has been so unjust for so long.

"Interestingly, this show called You, seems to tap into that in a pretty interesting and unexpected way because it's also extremely watchable. It's very bingeable. It's not all together too heady. I mean, you can binge the whole thing in like a day and that tends to be what people do. So people are consuming this character at an alarming rate."

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He was also asked how he feels personally about the character that he's playing: "No [I don't like him]. The greatest challenge I have playing him is not judging him, which as an actor, is just death for spontaneity.

"It's death of being an actor really, if you judge your character."

He continued: "When the character that I was playing as Dan on Gossip Girl was meant to be the good guy, I think it was the least likeable I've ever been. And now that I'm playing not just a villain, not just a stalker, not just a bad guy, but also a compulsive murderer, people love me. They love it."

You season 2: Will Shay Mitchell feature?

The Pretty Little Liars actor, who played the role of Peach Salinger, was shot dead by Joe, who then wrote a fake suicide note to make it look like she'd killed herself.

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But we never actually discover what happened to the gun, so there's a strong possibility that that will feature heavily in season two, with Peach's family determined to get to the bottom of her death – and that could certainly mean a return for Mitchell in the form of flashbacks.

Or maybe, just maybe, she's not even dead. Fancy that!

You season 2 trailer: When will it land?



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