That doesn’t make it OK (or legal), but as someone on the outside looking in, it does help make Joe the more palatable character. He's hurting someone Joe loves and therefore has to be dealt with. Yes, he’s still stalker-level obsessed with Marianne, and yes, he ultimately stabs her abusive ex Ryan to death.
And unlike Love, he’s able to control his impulses-up to a point. He sees his flaws and tries to correct them. He knows he’s dealing with past traumas, and he’s aware of his abandonment and mother issues. It’s the first time we see him openly acknowledging his faults-his failing marriage being one of them. With this new responsibility, he’s trying to be a better person and ignore the demons of his past. By season three, Joe is making small steps toward empathy, especially with his son Henry. But what ultimately sets him apart from his wife is his newfound self-awareness. Murderer, adulterer, obsessive stalker, check, check, check. Now, before you me, I’m fully aware of Joe’s less than stellar track record. “She needs to die,” I told my husband as we cued up the final episode. Her outburst against Theo was the last straw for me. Even the people Love cares about are bulldozed down (or locked in a giant box) the moment they get in her way. But Theo, the 19-year-old boy next door who is head-over-heels in love with her? He deserves better than a fire extinguisher to the face. It’s all your fault.Īnd remember when she whacks Gil over the head when she finds out he's an anti-vaxxer? Poor Sherry and Cary are simply unlucky, in the wrong place at the wrong time. You made me feel like I needed to protect you.” You, you, you. “You made me feel like you really saw me, like you were perfectly happy. “You made me kill Natalie!” Love screams during one of her infamous fights with Joe. She’s not responsible for her own actions, and she shows zero signs of guilt or remorse for the people she’s hurt.
Love often acts out in a fit of rage (“crimes of passion” one might call them, though for her they occur on a weekly basis). But her desire to be loved and accepted often clouds her judgment and her emotions swiftly take over. On one hand, you feel for her, having grown up in a home with absent parents and a codependent twin brother, forced to take on the role of caregiver at a young age. As a viewer, her jealousy and hypocrisy make it easy to hate her, but her violent impulsivity leaves you absolutely terrified. With each new act of violence, she becomes more and more detached, and like a whiny teenager, absolutely nothing is her fault. For me, it comes down to Love’s complete lack of empathy and inability to take responsibility for her actions.
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