Fans of the hit series You on Netflix anxiously waited for the first part of Season 4 to drop on Feb. 9 but has left them with more mixed feelings than anticipation for Part 2’s release on Mar. 9.

You tells the story of a man, Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley), and how his love for other women has led him to a life of murder and crime. The lengths he will go to to get what he wants have consistently kept viewers on the edge of their seats because his moves have been pretty unpredictable. He moves from coast to coast running away from his problems and toward more women. Now, Joe’s actions have very much caught up to him in the United States, so in Season 4, he finds himself in London in an attempt to start over with a new identity and life. 

 The season itself begins with a glimpse into his new life in London, where he has a new job, persona, new everything. But of course, in classic Joe fashion, he finds himself entranced with his new neighbor, Kate. As time goes by, Joe begins to receive anonymous text messages that seem to know all about his past, and are framing him for murders beginning to pop up in his inner circle, which is full of upper-class, snobby socialites. This made it that much harder of a watch because in past seasons because in this case, the people were so incredibly stuck up and vile, it was difficult to root for any of them. The season so far has become a complete who dunnit, a modern-day Clue almost, but for a show like You, that doesn’t fit. 

This addition to the plot initially threw fans for a loop, as the follower has now become the followed, a creative twist on what we already knew. However, after watching Part 1 in its entirety, it’s far too drawn out. The addition of all the new characters takes too much attention off the main plot, making it hard to follow along in each episode. You digs deep into the psyche of Joe Goldberg, and that’s a big reason this show and true crime shows get so big. The human mind is a complex thing, and the show initially did a great job at portraying this concept, so why change what’s already been working? 

In Part 2, it would be great to see what we already find so compelling, the mind of Joe Goldberg. It’s natural for people to be curious about how people do such bad things. To understand their thought process and life choices that got them to where they are. If the show can pull more focus on this, rather than the copious amount of new characters that seem to appear every other episode, it would be a much better watch. 

On the other hand, if it’s anything like Part 1 with the addition of the new characters, it would also be interesting to get an inside look at some of the new faces, instead of having them in a couple of scenes with no development. You so far has been an extremely plot-driven show, with the exception of Joe’s character development over the course of the series, so it’d be refreshing to get this perspective on other characters. Joe Goldberg is notoriously a bad person on the show, but viewers begin to understand and even partially accept his actions because we get a full picture of his life and what caused him to become who he is now. The fully fleshed-out storyline can help a person warm up to characters (if that’s even possible in this series), and get a better understanding of what they’re watching. 

With Part 2 being released on Mar. 9, seeing how they move the story forward will be a vital piece that can either bring to light a new side of the series or flop. Is it too late to rekindle the old spark, or is Part 2 waiting to become everyone’s new obsession?