You boss: Season 2 on Netflix allows us to take more risks

Entertainment Weekly

“We were very clear that we weren’t going to try to make season 1 again,” You showrunner Sera Gamble tells EW of Season 2, dropping the day after Christmas. “That love story only worked because you were getting to know Joe for the first time. Season 2 is a completely different challenge because now you know Joe really well. We saw that as an opportunity to double down on the stuff that we loved about Joe’s character. I always feel like season 2 of a show is an opportunity to take more risks and to go bigger and deeper with the story. If you’ve got a rocket, you want to aim it straight down into the darkest heart of the characters you’ve created in season 1.”

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