Recently I started watching You on Netflix and the main character, Joe Goldberg, gave me MAJOR Dennis Reynolds from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia vibes, so I tweeted this, reaching out into the abyss for validation and answers:
“You” on Netflix is like a companion to “It’s Always Sunny” expanding on one of Dennis Reynolds’ hijinks
Turns out, once I did some searching, other people happened to be thinking the same.
Some people theorize that You is a prequel to It's Always Sunny...
I started watching You on Netflix & the main character Joe Goldberg looks really similar to Dennis from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Joe is basically Dennis... You is definitely a prequel to IASIP and it becomes a lot funner to watch once you realise this. #YouOnNetflix
I’m convinced Joe in “You” is a Dennis Reynolds origin story @GlennHowerton
Joe DOES look like a younger Dennis. Maybe he used to live in New York and do actual work? It's possible!
Others agree, but also think he's using his infamous D.E.N.N.I.S. system on the woman he's stalking, Beck.
Joe from #You is the bulb of a younger Dennis Reynolds, who is bringing the https://t.co/ueIndMEV5j system to another level entirely.
...Or you could look at You as a spin-off of It's Always Sunny:
I'm watching the first episode of You on Netflix, and it's nuts they gave Dennis Reynolds his own spin off show
If that's the case, Dennis sure upgraded his car from the "amphibious exploring vehicle" he drove into the river.
This could be a universe, or time in Dennis's life, in which he actually had empathy for another human:
Joe from You on Netflix is basically Dennis Reynolds in love.
If You happened before It's Always Sunny, Dennis had a past as a murderer.
Joe from YOU is Dennis Reynolds from its always sunny 100% but a real life role play of how far he would take his moves
...Or maybe he never stopped?
At any rate, he sure does talk to himself a lot:
Reddit users had some *kisses fingers like an Italian chef* superb revelations about this connection, too:
OH, UHHH, NOT TO MENTION THE ACTORS PORTRAYING JOE AND DENNIS ARE NAMED PENN AND GLENN!!
And perhaps the most terrifying theory of all:
