‘You’ is a classic Netflix has-been... but in 2021, it had one chance to be great

‘You’ is a classic Netflix has-been... but in 2021, it had one chance to be great

Everyone’s favourite stalker is back on screens for a fifth and final season. There’s more murder, more cover-ups, and more grating voiceover, but there’s something – or someone – missing from the action, writes Annabel Nugent

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