Love's paranoias and insecurities, which drive her to commit literal murder, revolve around the question of whether Joe spared her life as the woman he loves or as the "host" of their then-unborn child. then take all precautions and don't get pregnant." "I feel like it is a separate - what I call them is, is 'You're a host.' And you know when you enter into a relationship, you're going to be that host, and so, you know.
"I understand that they feel like that is their body," state Rep. It was only a few years ago that an Oklahoma lawmaker introducing a bill that required the consent of the father of the fetus for someone to have an abortion, broke the internet for declaring pregnant people are just "hosts." But her frustration toward Joe's behavior extends from a greater societal issue: the dehumanization of pregnant people and mothers, whose pregnancies, culturally and politically, take on a life of their own. In Love's case, her pregnancy saved her life. Now, all that's stopping him from killing and disposing of her is their shared child.Īs with all facets of the show, it's a wildly extreme, but in some ways realistic, example of how women who become pregnant or become mothers are no longer treated as individuals, but as a dual being with their fetus or born child. Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter, Crash Course.ĭespite the couple's charade of suburban, marital bliss, Love knows the one and only reason her husband didn't kill her was her pregnancy.
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But for a serial killer who would put an axe in another woman's head for merely attracting Joe's interest, Love actually makes sense in this exchange.
Their body counts - and in this case, I do not mean sexual partners - speak for themselves. Of course, as an exasperated Joe points out, neither of them can trust each other. How do you think that makes me feel? I can't trust you!" "You act all pure and noble, like you have reasons for what you do, but when I do it, I'm crazy, I'm some manic nutjob," she says. "Oh wait, oh wait! 'She's a mom now! I guess I can't slit her throat!' is the only reason I'm alive. "Then we just went on, pretended like it didn't happen."Īlthough Joe makes an attempt to downplay and dismiss that almost-homicidal moment with his baby mama, Love isn't receptive. "You had a f**king hook to my throat, and then I said I was pregnant!" Love exclaims, on the brink of tears. or let go of, as we see Love dredge up the past. Despite their shared bloodthirst, Joe became enraged when he learned that she had targeted his neighbor, and is on the brink of killing her in turn. Fast-forward to the finale, and it's revealed that like Joe, Love is a serial killer. The explosive exchange takes place months after the events of the previous season when the couple first met and fell for each other in Los Angeles. Love Quinn (Victoria Pedretti) screams her anger and frustration at her partner Joe ( Penn Badgley) in the new season of Netflix's psychological thriller "You." The couple of serial killers, now parents to newborn Henry, are burying yet another body together, as such couples do, in the rain. "Why don't you love me anymore?! You know why and just won't say it!"
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