Wherever Joe Goldberg goes, his glass cage follows. As “You” progresses by means of its 4 seasons, the baseball-cap-wearing serial killer strikes from New York to Los Angeles to (the fictional) Madre Linda to London, trapping a lot of his victims in a clear chamber at every new locale. When Joe’s cage reemerges in season 4 with a wide-eyed Marienne Bellamy locked inside, my first ideas had been, “Hold up, how the hell did this factor make all of it the way in which from California to England in a single piece? Did it journey by airplane? Boat? Did Joe get TSA PreCheck for it?” With these questions pestering me and plenty of different followers, I did a deep dive to dissect what I’m formally referring to as “The Mysterious Case of Joe Goldberg’s World-Traveling Glass Cage.”
Let’s throw it again to the cage’s first look: in season one, the glass construction serves as a temperature-controlled area to retailer uncommon books within the basement of Mr. Mooney’s bookstore. He typically shut Joe inside to show him numerous classes all through his childhood, which clearly rubs off on Joe’s psyche.
Upon fleeing to Los Angeles, Joe imprisons hacker Will Bettelheim in an identical vault and shares that he rebuilt it himself inside a storage unit. “Without Mr. Mooney’s assist, it took two full days to place this factor collectively. . . . Three-quarter-inch plexi’s a beast,” he says, referencing the plexiglass’s thickness. Though the field could look an identical to the one featured in season one, there are refined variations — there’s now an inside deal with on the door, and the hatch for delivering meals is situated larger up. (Yes, I painstakingly in contrast all 4 cages . . . y’know, for analysis.)
Several victims later, Joe relocates to the California suburb of Madre Linda for season three. In episode two, he and spouse, Love, are briefly seen carrying a big piece of glass into the basement of their new bakery to — you guessed it — construct one other freakin’ cage. Again, there are minute variations with Joe’s newest holding cell, such because the hatch deal with being positioned on the alternative aspect.
Does Amazon promote a DIY glass-cage package?
These observations primarily verify that Joe constructed the cage from scratch earlier than capturing Marienne in season 4 quite than having it shipped throughout the pond absolutely intact. Many viewers assumed the latter was the case, with one individual tweeting, “Bruh. How did Joe get the cage all the way in which to London? I would like solutions!” and many others airing related confusion. Even with that element cleared up, we nonetheless want extra solutions. For one, the place on earth does Joe buy the cage supplies? Does Amazon promote a DIY glass-cage package? Or does he solely store native, perusing {hardware} shops in every new metropolis? I’m additionally curious concerning the pricing — it positive would not look low cost, and Joe’s imagined to be dwelling on a professor’s wage in London.
Logistically talking, the vaults appear like a ache to place collectively. Seeing as Joe was visibly struggling to hold a single glass pane with Love’s assist in season two, are we actually anticipated to consider he moved a number of panes down the steps of the deserted constructing all by himself in season 4? And even earlier than that, how may he have repeatedly entered the caution-tape-strewn constructing a number of instances together with his supplies in tow with out alarming passersby? The folks must know. (It’s me. I’m the folks.)
At the tip of the day, this may increasingly simply be a “You” plot gap that endlessly goes unaddressed. But no less than it offers a clue for season 5, ought to Netflix renew the collection: that rattling cage will possible be popping again up within the Big Apple, the place all of it started.