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Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in "You" (Clifton Prescod/Netflix)

"You" and the illusion of change

Erin Qualey
Bill Hader in "Barry" and Ed Speleers in "You" on retro TVs (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty images/Netflix/HBO/Merrick Morton)

Our fascination with audacious grifters

Melanie McFarland
Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in "You." (Courtesy of Netflix)

Grading Joe from "You" as a professor

Alison Stine
Penn Badgley (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Penn Badgley on "You" and his killer act

Melanie McFarland
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Michael C. Hall in "Dexter: New Blood" (Seacia Pavao/SHOWTIME)

"Dexter" takes another stab at closure

Melanie McFarland
Penn Badgley and Victoria Pedretti in "You" (John P. Fleenor/Netflix)

"You" tries and fails at polyamory

Kylie Cheung
Victoria Pedretti and Penn Badly in "You" (John P. Fleenor/Netflix)

The "You" COVID storyline makes no sense

Kaitlin Thomas
Victoria Pedretti and Penn Badgley in "You" (Netflix)

On "You," pregnancy ends personhood

Kylie Cheung
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Penn Badgley as Joe Goldberg in "You" (JOHN P. FLEENOR/NETFLIX)

"You" makes a killing in the 'burbs

Melanie McFarland
Matthias Schweighöfer in "Army of Thieves" (Netflix)

Netflix's October: Heists, haunts & more

Kylie Cheung
Woman up close to the TV (Getty Images)

The case against binge watching TV

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Victoria Pedretti and Penn Badgley in "You" (Beth Dubber/Netflix)

"You" gives love a bad name in Season 2

Melanie McFarland
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What TV streaming dominance will cost us

Melanie McFarland
Caroline Kepnes

The dark side of Twitter

Laura Barcella
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