Warning! This article contains spoilers for YOU season 3
YOU followed Joe Goldberg (Penn Badgley) and Love Quinn-Goldberg (Victoria Pedretti) as they moved to Madre Linda in Northern California. Now married and raising their son Henry, the new parents are surrounded by entrepreneurs, popular bloggers, and self-obsessed biohackers. For Joe's part, although claiming to be committed as a husband and father, he once again finds himself obsessing over new potential romantic partners.
Two of the new faces that Joe and Love meet soon after moving to the Madre Linda suburbs are Sherry (Grant) and Cary Conrad (Travis Van Winkle). An ostensibly happy married couple, Sherry and Cary begin an uneasy friendship with Love and Joe. Although, near the endpoint of YOU season 3, the Conrads find themselves roped into the chaotic lives of the Goldbergs. After finding out that Love had killed Natalie (Michaela McManus) in a fit of jealously, Sherry and Cary get locked in a cage. For the most part, it seems the pair has very little chance of surviving their ordeal.
In an interview with TVLine, Grant itted that she was initially disappointed to learn that her character wouldn’t be killed off in season 3. The NCIS: New Orleans alum explained she’d never filmed a death scene before and that she’d been "practicing" how to convey the moment for the cameras. Still, Grant ultimately says that she appreciated the fact that Sherry and Cary survived it all. Read her full comments below:
“When I found out we were going to survive, I was like, ‘God damn it!’’ I’ve never died on camera, and I was practicing how I was going to die. But when we got into the thick of it — once we got to Episode 6 or 7 — I was like, ‘Of course these people are going to survive!’ These are two people who know they’re going to succeed in life. I also thought it was very poetic that while they survived this dehumanizing situation, the house of Love had to burn down.”
Given the high body count of YOU season 1 and season 2, it's understandable that Grant assumed that Sherry and Cary wouldn't make it. However, one of the surprising ways that the thriller series changed things up for season 3 is to have most of its ing characters survive, and even thrive, after their near-fatal encounters with Joe and Love. Grant’s character is, perhaps, the prime example of this new approach. After escaping the cage, the Conards turn their horrific experience into a teachable and profitable lesson by writing a book and appearing at sold-out events.
YOU season 3 was largely characterized by the way it flipped the audiences’ expectations. The Goldbergs show up in Madre Linda with a bevy of pre-conceived notions about their neighbors, but while some of those notions prove to be accurate, it hardly paints a full picture. ing characters, like Scott Speedman’s Matthew Engler and Sherry herself, are more likeable despite their flaws than Joe and Love. Ultimately, the story and character subversions across YOU season 3 acted as an effective reminder to viewers that Joe is the true villain of the story, and there is no doubt more dark developments ahead in season 4.
Source: TVLine