The psychological thriller You has come to its gripping conclusion with Season 5, now streaming on Netflix as of April 24. Joe Goldberg, played by Penn Badgley, returns to New York City, where his dark journey began,

"He needed to be as dangerously close to being witnessed finally as a sexual predator that he was," Badgley tells PEOPLE of his character Joe Goldberg

In an interview, Penn Badgley breaks down the series finale of Netflix's You and why Joe Goldberg's downfall had to happen the way it did.