Review: You - Season 2, Episode 1 "A Fresh Start"
Joe’s back. But now he’s Will. And he may have a new name, but he’s still as creepy as they come.
Will lives in Los Angeles now. He moved there because he felt like Candace would never find him, and also because the show writers were in the mood to poke as much fun at LA as possible. People Who Live in LA, how do you feel about this portrayal? Do you guys spend all your time on “socials” to the point that you think it’s as important as brushing your teeth everyday, or is that just the opinion of the overly precocious teen’s sister? Do you spend your days seeking out murals to pose in front of and think the only purpose of taking photos is to post them on the Internet? Just wondering.
One girl who is A-OK in my book so far is this chick Candace. Not only is she not taking any of Joe’s shit, but she also eats her fries with ranch, which is pretty much the only way to eat fries. Speaking of Joe’s shit, you know who’s eating it up? That guy who just hired him because – “you’re reading a book? You’re perfect for the job!” (I guess I’ll just call Joe/Will Will now since that’s his new name.)
On Will's way out of his new workplace, a woman stops him to be like, “Hey, doesn’t this peach look like an ass?” That’s pretty much the worst pickup line I’ve ever heard, but it works on Will because he knows an easy target when he sees one. They then talk about other fruits/veggies that look like body parts, and I can’t help but start to wonder…did Candace plant this new love interest to try to trap Will?
“My name is Love.”
Yep. Whose actual name is Love? No one. This has to be a setup.
Will spends his first day on the new job in the backroom jerking off because he’s trying to lay low and not look like a total creep (?) and then heads back to his apartment that the previous tenant left ‘in a hurry.’ Yep, no red flags there.
On one of his walks, he notices Overly Precocious Teen filming him, confronts her and ends up breaking her cell phone by accident. So, he’s not suspicious of a woman named Love who was instantly smitten, but he is completely suspicious of a teenage girl playing with a cell phone. Got it.
He feels bad about breaking the phone and decides to buy Overly Precocious Teen a new one, but first he goes to the DMV to set up a scene to show just how dedicated to equality and love Love is get a new driver’s license with his new name.
He brings the new phone to Overly Precocious Teen, and then she gives him a lesson in being cool on the Internet. (I’m sorry, but hasn’t he spent enough time on the Internet stalking women that he should know what he’s doing by now??)
He friend requests Love and then falls asleep on a tree, resulting in a sunburn. Then he calls out of work. Because he has a sunburn. For a dude who murders people, he’s pretty weak.
Love shows up at his apartment because she’s a sunburn expert. (Side note: Love looks SO much like Hilary Duff to me. Or maybe it’s just her mannerisms?) I never knew about this sunburn remedy she speaks of, but it did give her the opportunity to get really close to his face and make him fall even more in love with her, so I guess it was a good plot device.
Love then takes him on a tour of food throughout LA, ultimately breaking into their place of work so she can concoct for him ‘the perfect bite.’ Hopefully the owner’s douchey kid doesn’t discover the whole breaking and entering thing because you just know that dude is a total tattletale.
I forgot to mention that Will discovers Love is married after she accepts his friend request. Well, he quickly learns that her husband passed away, which is…suspicious. Until we learn that he died two years ago and couldn’t possibly have been killed by Will…right?
Will heads home, and I guess Overly Precocious Teen is the new Paco because she also hangs out in stairwells and chooses to get mixed up in Will’s messes even though SHE SHOULD PROBABLY JUST RUN AWAY NOW. She lets him know that some guy named Jasper came by and left him a creepy message, and also, she took a photo of Jasper on her phone.
Will heads to his storage facility and…RETURN OF THE CREEPY GLASS BOX! So that’s where he got the name Will. The real Will is staying in this glass box cage thing until he…kills him? Not sure what his plan is, but I wish I made enough money to afford all the shit Joe/Will has. Of course, I’d buy way less creepy stuff like clothing and golf carts and dogs.
And so we’re pretty much back where we started. Will is back to his creepy Joe tricks, and it turns out this entire ‘fateful’ meeting with Love was actually completely planned and thought out.
Stay creepy, Joe.