If you're anything like us, you have been *locked in* to You 's final season. The culmination of the serial killer thriller sees anti-hero Joe Goldberg ( Penn Badgley) embarking on a new life as the husband to Kate Lockwood, a former art dealer who's sooo filthy rich that Joe is able to reclaim his real identity and return to NYC.

Penn Badgley has some thoughts. This article contains spoilers for the final season of You. “It’s unfair, putting all of this on me. Aren’t we all just products of our environment? Hurt people hurt people.

The man who has played the infamous character for five seasons talks with The Hollywood Reporter about bringing the Netflix series to a close, that intense season finale and displaying Joe as the monster he truly is.