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Guinevere Beck is n’t Joe Goldberg ’s first victim , but she ’s the central focal point ofYouseason 1 — and her expiry continues to haunt the narrative throughout the Netflix series . In fact , evaluate byYouseason 5 ’s trailer , it looks like the show will bring Joe ’s story full forget me drug , dredging up what go on with Beck as he returns to New York . And it ’s meet that Joe Goldberg ’s long line of victim should get tending as he returns to the place where the series started . But so much has happen that viewers may not call in what on the button happened to Beck .

Youseason 1 ’s endingis all the more tragic becauseBeck nearly escapes her grim circumstances at the hands of Joe Goldberg . While Joe locking her in his glass cage is probably the most memorable twist of the season , it ’s not actually how Beck dies . She get close to catch forth , but alas , Joe winds up with the upper hand . He also finds an easy style to frame someone else for her murder , ensuring he stand no consequence for Beck ’s death .

Guinevere Beck’s You Season 1 Death Explained: Why & How Joe Goldberg Kills Her

The Finale Doesn’t Show Beck’s Death On-Screen

Youseason 1 ’s finale , " Bluebeard ’s Castle , " open up with Beck inJoe Goldberg ’s cage , an outcome the total time of year is building to . He knocks her out at the end of the previous episode , after Beck discovers the box of memento hide in his bathroom ceiling — point that prove he was stalking her and sustain his involvement in Benji ’s and Peach ’s disappearances . Beck is understandably disturbed by what the boxful curb . substantiate this , Joe knocks her unconscious and locks her up in the basement of Mooney ’s bookstore .

Beck does n’t conk out in the cage , though ; she finds a way out despite confront an every bit tragic conclusion by and by on .

Beck does n’t die in the cage , though ; she finds a way out despite facing an evenly tragic goal later on . Beck manages to convince Joe that she can still make out him in " Bluebeard ’s Castle , " tricking him into opening the cage and kissing her . When he does , she steal the key from his pocket , then locks him inside the glass corner instead . Unfortunately for Beck , she does n’t have the key to open up the doorway leading back to Mooney ’s . And Paco does n’t respond her shout for help , as Joe economize him by killing the piece abusing his mother .

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When Beck yield to the cellar to recall the second keystone , she realizes that Joe is no longer locked off . Thanks to a scanty key he enshroud in the cage , he ’s able to attack Beck yet again . Although she hits him with a power hammer , she ’s still ineffectual to get out of Mooney ’s cellar . And because Beck does n’t land a violent death blow , Joe wakes up and grabs her . The Netflix serial publication does n’t give away exactly how he kills her ; it chute ahead four months to tell us that she ’s dead . However , Joe pass her to death in Caroline Kepnes ' record .

Beck likely dies from strangulation or blunt military force in the Netflix series , too , at least judging by the forceful way Joe grabs her .

Guinevere Beck Crying In You Season 1 against the show’s poster with an orange hue

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Beck likely pall from strangulation or blunt force in the Netflix series , at least judging by the emphatic way Joe grabs her . Youseason 1 avoids showing Beck ’s death on - screen , but we know Joe does n’t put her back in the John Milton Cage Jr. after she admits she could never love him . And it ’s unlikely he goes to other extreme . The two probably have a forcible battle that results in Beck ’s tragic fate .

How Joe Goldberg Frames Beck’s Therapist For Her Murder

The Story Beck Writes To Get Free Is What Incriminates Dr. Nicky

After kill Beck , Joe Goldberg frames her therapist , Dr. Nicky , for her murder — and tragically , Beck makes this Trygve Lie incredibly sluttish for him . As Beck is convince Joe to absolve her , she offers him his own freedom . With a private investigator have tightlipped to the verity about Peach , Joe is in red-hot water , even before locking Beck away . When Joe leaves a typewriter in the cage and tells Beck to pen , she indite a story about Dr. Nicky , telling Joe they can accuse him of killing Peach .

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Youseason 1 , episode 9 reveals that Beck and Dr. Nicky are having an affair , so there is a morsel of the true to Beck ’s account . She use that to thread the lie . However , she belike does n’t intend to redact her therapist for real , as she hopes to lock Joe up and escape . Upon her destruction , the give-and-take she types make it all too easy for Joe to spin the narrative surrounding her last in his favor . When he shares her manuscript , he ensures he ’s able to take the air free — even if sure citizenry , like the Salingers ' P.I. , still do n’t believe he ’s free .

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Why Joe Publishes Beck’s Book At The End Of You Season 1

It’s Partly To Frame Dr. Nicky & Partly A Twisted Expression Of Joe’s Obsession

spectator are told about Beck ’s death as Mooney ’s is stocking her Christian Bible , which Joe submits for publication after her dying . The main reason he does this is that it supports his report : it sets Dr. Nicky up as Beck ’s cause of death , and it takes any suspicion off of Joe . However , this is n’t the solitary motive for Joe vex Beck ’s book published . Joe ’s soliloquy at the end ofYouseason 1 also reveal that it ’s his twisted way of honour her , as Beck ’s inspiration was to be a author .

Making her dream follow straight likely eases the guilt feelings of pour down her as well , force home just how troubledYou ’s chief character really is .

This is why Joe does n’t just issue the word that incriminate Dr. Nicky ; he also compiles Beck ’s other work , claiming that this is his way of showing his love for her . The more accurate interpretation is that it ’s a twisted expression of Joe ’s obsession with Beck . Making her dream number true probably eases the guilty conscience of killing her as well , drive home just how troubledYou ’s main part really is .

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