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The end of season 2 (Spoilers)

posted 4 years ago by Mister Babadook (2621)
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Ok theres no hope for Joe lol, in the back of my mind i always thought if Joe could find a girl with the right circumstances who accepted him for who he truly was and she loved him that he would live happily ever after. No more stalking new girls and scheming to keep his love intrest from finding out his dark secret.

And here at the end of season 2 he literally has the perfect girl he could ever dream of (For him i mean) shes just like him, she knows all his dark secrets and still loves him and would protect him, and shes also pregnant with his kid. He seemingly has his ideal life, a woman that loves him for who he truly is, and she shares all his same qualities.

Yet he still can't help himself, he's got this perfect life, fancy house, money, his soulmate a woman who truly accepts him, they're gonna be parents, but he sees a new pretty girl next door and his cycle begins again, you can't satisfy him. He's likely NEVER gonna find another girl like Love who accepts him for who he is yet he still can't help himself but latch on to a new pretty girl and start the chaos again.

[–] bohemianroxie (2471) 4 years ago

Yeah, I almost thought he'd redeemed himself and he even seemed to be thinking he could keep Love and her family in check and control their worst impulses ............until that parting shot.
Set up for another season..?

[–] Mister Babadook (2621) 4 years ago

Yeah thats what i was thinking, Joe for the most part always seemed to be getting into sticky situations but he acted as if it weren't for those situations he'd be a normal guy, like if Beck never found his secret box he'd live happily ever after with her. But after that final shot of season 2 it wouldn't have mattered if Beck would have found the box or not he still would have eventually seen another girl and would have slowly lost interest in Beck.

That final shot of season 2 annoyed me cause i was like, seriously? after all this shit getting Love and everyone that could cause problems for you finally gone you're home free with the perfect life, and you're seriously gonna look at another girl and pursue her?

It honestly seemed like some last minute addition cause they heard they got renewed for a season 3 so they had to throw in some kind hook for it. Imo that would have been the perfect ending for the show, no predictable Joe dies or gets put in prison, but he finds his soulmate and lives happily ever after, no one would expect that ending.

[–] atomicx (234) 4 years ago

I haven't seen the show, but I guess they ended it like that to allow for yet another season. I can tell you that the 2nd book doesn't end that way, so you may want to read the books. You may find them more satisfying.

[–] olioz (3301) 4 years ago

Interesting, I didn't know this show was based on a book. How does the second book end?

I actually liked the ending of season 2. I love the dark humor in this and to me it was perfect that Joe found another girl to stalk, he is never gonna change, he is a psychopath. Even if there isn't another season I think it still works as an ending for the show.

[–] atomicx (234) 4 years ago

The second book ends with Joe being arrested and put in jail. Dr. Nicky was able to give the police enough information about Joe that they are eventually able to find out who he is, track him down and arrest him.

[–] exatera (3942) 4 years ago

Well, he is incapable of actually loving a person, he doesn't know what love is. All he ever does is obsess over some fantasy he has concocted in his head - he didn't know Beck when he "fell in love" with her, and he didn't know anything meaningful about Love either (remember the past lives comment that he didn't realize wasn't a joke? he really had no idea what kind of a person she was or what she believed in).

Also, like a true psychopath, he is convinced that he is intrinsically good, and thus is worthy of someone pure and decent, and now that he's seen Love's true self, she just isn't worthy of his love anymore in his mind. The moment he learned the truth all his "I would die for you, I would kill for you" feelings for her just instantaneously turned off like a faucet.

There was a comparison on here earlier with Dexter - well, Dexter had no illusions about himself and was happy to pair up with a fellow psychopath. Joe is much less self-aware and much more hypocritical.

[–] LordBAElish (2015) 4 years ago

Joe finally found someone just like himself, Love is a crazy sociopath. Season 3 is gonna be interesting as Joe pursues his neighbor while he lives with Love. She will kill the neighbor or Joe will kill Love (post birth of their child). Gonna be interesting - I think season 3 should be the last season. While S2 was still good, you can only replay the same plot each season before it gets stale. Is there a third book?

Also wondering what happened with delilah, her death never really got closure, imo. Maybe that becomes a key point in S3, someone figures it out and Joe or Love kills them. Also want to see more into Joe's past. S2 revealed his troubled childhood, but how did he end up at the bookstore ultimately?

[–] exatera (3942) 4 years ago

What do you mean Delilah's death never got closure? Love explained in great detail what she did, and the police seemed satisfied with the death threats explanation. Meaning that neither Joe, let alone Love, would be their persons of interest.

I would guess that Joe's flakey mother never did come back for him, and Mr. Mooney was his foster father. It was my guess in season one that Joe had something to do with Mr. Mooney's stroke, too.

[–] [email protected] (1288) 4 years ago

I was wondering about Delilah too...I may have missed the closure on that, but what about the body? Who was blamed for her death?
I actually didnt like this season. I thought it should have ended without him peering at the neighbor but its a segway for season 3.
I do feel he lost his feeling for Love when she admitted she is just as nuts as he is. Something just changed in him when she revealed herself. The baby was what made him stay with her.

[–] LordBAElish (2015) 4 years ago

Agreed. Her whole reveal that she was nut like him turned Joe off to her. You would figure two sociopaths like that would be good for each other, but Joe thought she was pure and her being murderer shook him. As I said before, I can see Love killing the neighbor or Joe killing Love so he can be with his neighbor.

[–] Wint3rFir3 (6911) 4 years ago

There's definitely no hope for Joe, but there never has been tbh. I think a lot of people see him as a guy in love fighting his psychopathic tendencies, but it's kind of the other way around in my mind. He's a psychopath who romanticizes his psychopathy in order to justify it. He doesn't really fall in love with anyone, nor does he even want to. That's just the way he rationalizes his fixation on damaged women - and the fact is, he chooses damaged, unstable women specifically so that they will betray him. Otherwise, he would've already been satisfied staying with Karen in season 1.

[–] Xcalat3 (3701) 4 years ago

I knew he would not get a happy ending. He's a 'predator' always searching for 'true love' and will never be content. but it does seem he found his mach in Love and I wonder how having a kid with her will change him.

[–] Mister Babadook (2621) 4 years ago

Yeah i know, i mean he can't just discard the mother of his child can he? its a much different situation than he's ever been in. Well i guess thats whats gonna be so interesting about season 3 seeing what Joe will do, will he stay with Love, can he bring himself to kill the mother of his child or even leave her? Will having a child change him in some way?

[–] Xcalat3 (3701) 4 years ago

He will probably kill her 'by accident' be a single parent and move on to his next victim.

[–] Geiri (844) 4 years ago

He doesn't fall in love with real women only a perfect fantasy version of them. The moment he knew the truth about Love it was basically over. The irony considering she's the perfect match for him on paper.

[–] imatosser182 (305) 4 years ago

The ending was like a parody of the whole show, ridiculous scene