What we know about the third season of You, including its planned return to Netflix in 2021.
You season 3 has officially finished filming – and Netflix has confirmed a release date is coming in the last quarter of 2021. Obsessive lead Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) remains a problematic favorite for many Netflix subscribers, and fans have been waiting for new episodes for a long time. You season 2 launched back December 2019, so by the time these new episodes land, around two years will have passed between seasons. You started life as a modest cable hit, until Netflix turned the thriller series into a gigantic success – and now fans find themselves as obsessed with the show as Joe himself is with the women in his life, albeit in a slightly healthier way. While we don’t know You season 3’s exact release date yet, there’s plenty more we know about the show besides, from new cast members to where the story might take us next. Here’s everything we know about You season 3 so far. Netflix has now confirmed that You season 3 will release in the second half of 2021 in a letter to investors. That’s a relief for fans waiting to see how Joe’s descent continues. In a follow-up conversation, Netflix narrowed the official release date down to the last quarter of 2021 – so some time between October and the end of December. You season 3 resumed filming in November 2020, and officially wrapped filming on April 24, 2021, according to the show’s official Twitter account: That means the show should have no problem hitting its late 2021 release date. While we haven’t heard much about You season 3’s story yet, we do know that Caroline Kepnes, the author behind the novels from which the show is inspired, has finished the third book in the series. You Love Me was published in April 2021, continuing the story. In November 2020 we got a huge number of new You season 3 cast announcements (see all their character backgrounds at Variety). Here’s the core cast, including the 13 new names, the fresh cast members they’ll join, and the returning faces: Earlier this year we also got confirmation of two (obvious) returning cast members: Badgley will return as Joe, and Victoria Pedretti as Love. The continued presence of Love in Joe’s life was a pretty sure thing given how season 2 ended, with the couple in a pretty unholy union (more on what that twist means for season 3 below).
