January 14, 2019
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Penn Badgley (left) plays Joe Goldberg on "You," while Glenn Howerton (right) plays Dennis Reynolds on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."
After 13 seasons of "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," each member of the Gang has left a distinct impression on us. You can't mistake it when you see their (mostly) terrible influence on the world.
One of TV's hottest new show's is the Lifetime-turned-Netflix series "You," a bingeworthy examination of the fine line between love and obsession.
Joe Goldberg, a superficially adoring boyfriend and ideal kind of guy, is secretly a manipulative freak. His grasp on grad student Guinevere Beck proves more and more disturbing as the show's first season progresses.
Played Penn Badgely, Joe has a striking physical resemblance to Glenn Howerton's Dennis Reynolds, perhaps the most unabashed misogynist and all-around creep on television.
The similarity has not been lost on fans of both shows, who are pointing out the parallels on Twitter.
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
— Maggie Jo (@createdestroyy) January 8, 2019
Joe is actually Dennis Reynolds pic.twitter.com/v6afPUDnsm
— 🧛🏽‍♀️ (@hagflesh) January 12, 2019
I'm finally watching You on Netflix, and Joe reminds me of Dennis Reynolds, especially from when they were on that ship. #YouNetflix #ItsAlwaysSunny pic.twitter.com/Hn6sPCJcT7
— What Is This Feeling? (@SloaneBueller) January 13, 2019
the whole time i watched You i felt like Joe was really just Dennis Reynolds
— AnneMarie (@annemarieclague) January 14, 2019
i can’t get over the resemblance between joe goldberg from you and dennis reynolds from its always sunny
— kayla:/ (@kaylamkolinekk) January 11, 2019
Dennis reynolds walked so Joe Goldberg could run
— emsa (@emilyvalentina_) January 7, 2019
Joe from #You is the bulb of a younger Dennis Reynolds, who is bringing the https://t.co/ueIndMEV5j system to another level entirely.
— Francis Gray (@franco_gray) January 5, 2019
The D.E.N.N.I.S. system, of course, is Reynolds' patented method of gaining the trust of women in order to sleep with them and then ditch them, as explained in the clip below.Â
What's more, it seems that Howerton and Badgley have spent some time together in real life.Â
Dennis Reynolds teaching Joe Goldberg the D.E.N.N.I.S. System pic.twitter.com/jANKO6IvEf
— Barry McCockinner (@MasterSteel72) January 12, 2019
Netflix will take "You" into future seasons now that the series has caught fire with streamers. Finally, we'll all be able to see how horrific the D.E.N.N.I.S is in practice, and hope that it fails miserably.Â
