Even though his new obsession in You's final moments. He won't be able to hurt anyone ever again, considering he has multiple guilty charges for murder.

What's more, end of You season 5.

Bronte & Kate Needed To Survive Joe Goldberg In You Season 5

You Season 5 Focuses On The Takedown Of Joe Goldberg

The final season of You was all about unmasking and taking down Joe Goldberg, the serial killer who got away with far too much before being caught. That’s part of why they brought back You characters to speak out against Joe, giving a voice to those who couldn’t speak for themselves, and included flashbacks of the victims who died at his hands. For the season’s message to hit home, his remaining victims needed to help take him down, survive, and find a happy life afterward.

Bronte and Kate specifically were the central victims of You season 5, so they needed to thrive, even if I didn’t like it. I personally think Kate should have faced some kind of consequences for her actions because she falsified water safety records, and she’s tangentially related to her uncle's murder. You forgives her crimes way too easily. However, the remaining women Joe Goldberg obsessed over, Bronte and Marienne, as well as the victims he saw as collateral damage, Nadia and Maddie, couldn’t have their story end with tragedy because of Joe.

Some Of Season 5's Kate & Bronte Complaints Do Have A Point

Kate & Bronte's Survival Makes No Sense In You Season 5

Even though You needed Bronte and Kate to survive for the theme to land correctly, I complained about them surviving just as much as everyone else because it requires too much suspension of disbelief. The show provides audiences with zero valid explanation as to how Kate survived the gunshot wound to her stomach for so long without medical care.

On top of that, she was locked in the basement of a burning building long enough that the fire left her with major burns across her body. They didn’t fill in the blanks on how she survived that either. Ultimately, the wound, smoke inhalation, or the actual fire should’ve taken her out, but she somehow survived everything.

If just Kate or Bronte survived in unlikely circumstances, it might be easier to write off, but both unexpectedly living feels like too much to believe.

Bronte’s survival at the end of You season 5 is slightly less unlikely but still pretty strange under the circumstances. Joe drowned her but didn’t think to double-check that she was actually dead. Considering Candace survived because of the same mistake, his not checking feels wildly out of character. If just Kate or Bronte survived in unlikely circumstances, it might be easier to write off, but both unexpectedly living feels like too much to believe.

Ultimately, The Message Of You's Final Season Is More Important Than Believability

You Needed To Focus On Survival & Overcoming Abs

Over the series, You has become progressively less believable, requiring more and more suspension of disbelief. Frankly, I think You season 3 pushed the believability almost to a breaking point, and season 4 went full force past that limit. As such, I can understand why the reality of the situation wasn’t the priority for the finale. Instead, it’s better that they stuck to the message of You season 5. The themes might be a little heavy-handed and overly optimistic, but it’s important that the ending of You offers hope to survivors of abuse, manipulation, and gaslighting.