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| “ | You're trying to be a hero? Is that what you think this is? You feel like a piece of sh-t so you're trying to be a hero. Ruining my life is not going to save you from your demons, alright? What we went through stays. No amount of sex or drugs or religion or surviving f--king ball cancer, that's not gonna save you, okay? Nothing can. | „ |
| ~ Henderson trying to connect Joe Goldberg. |
| “ | Love is the biggest phony of them all! You want something real? An orgasm is real! Pain is real! All the dirt we try to keep in our basement is real! If you think that destroying me is gonna make you better even for a second then you know what? You're more f-cked up than me! | „ |
| ~ Henderson's breakdown, moments before his death. |
Joshua "Henderson" Bunter is one of the two secondary antagonists (alongside Forty Quinn) in Season 2 of the Netflix show You. He is a famous, wealthy comedian who is secretly a serial rapist who targets teenagers.
He was portrayed by Chris D'Elia.
Biography[]
Prior to the beginning of the series, Henderson became a popular comedian in social circles and was also old friends with Forty Quinn. Quite recently, he was also diagnosed with and managed to defeat testicular cancer, which further boosted his celebrity status.
Joe Goldberg first meets Henderson at a party. Upon seeing that Joe's finger has been severed, Henderson tells him to go to a hospital where a friend of his works to get his finger reattached.
Joe learns from his landlord, Delilah, that Henderson raped her when she was a teenager and has a long history of sexually abusing teenagers. Delilah is looking into finding evidence of Henderson's crimes to send him to prison. Joe later finds out that Delilah's little sister, Ellie, is Henderson's apprentice and sees him a lot. He uses a tracking device he installed on a phone he bought Ellie to track her so he can keep her safe from Henderson.
After being invited to a party hosted by Henderson, one where Forty was not invited but tags along, Joe looks for evidence of Henderson's guilt, and steals his laptop. Returning to the party to leave, Forty is ranting on about a potential screenplay idea, and Joe tries to calm him down, only to get filmed doing so (which is how he is later found by Candace). Henderson finds them, sees that Forty is high, and tries to ask him to leave so he doesn't hurt himself. When Forty appears offended that he is being asked to leave, Henderson chooses to end the party early so everyone leaves, so Forty doesn't feel targeted. Later, as Joe uses Will to look through Henderson's computer, it is revealed to be clean, with no evidence of any rape victims on it. Forty, however, informs Joe that Henderson has a secret basement to his house, and Joe suspects that the evidence might be hidden there.
Joe sneaks into Henderson's house again and finds photos of several teenage victims, half-naked and drugged, in the basement. He anonymously gives the photos to Delilah so she can use them against Henderson. The photos ultimately end up being useless, apart from giving Delilah the courage to write about her experience.
In the end, Ellie ends up knocking on Henderson's door, asking to come in and show him a short film she has produced. Henderson initially refuses, stating that there is no other adult to accompany them. Ellie reminds him that he promised to see her short film, and so he lets her in. Joe, who had sneaked into Henderson's house, recognizes that this is Henderson being deceitful and trying to make Ellie think that she’s safe and that it was her idea for them to spend time together. Henderson and Ellie watch the latter's movie, and Henderson approves of it. He then decides to hear out Ellie’s movie pitch and prepares drinks for them both; while doing so, he secretly drugs hers.
Joe then throws a small bottle of salt against a wall to distract him. While Henderson cleans it up, Joe drugs Henderson's drink as well, being sure to give him a stronger dose so he passes out first. Both Henderson and Ellie drink and pass out. Joe takes the unconscious Henderson to the basement, ties him up, and attempts to torture Henderson into confessing his crimes. Henderson begs for mercy and reveals that his stepfather sexually abused him as a child. Henderson proceeds to say that Joe exposing him won't free him from whatever is tormenting him, but Joe believes that he's only trying to get into his head. He then breaks out of the rope and head butts Joe before running up the stairs in an attempt to flee for his life. Joe gives chase and holds him back once he reaches the top, chucking him backwards. Henderson falls down the stairs and snaps his neck upon hitting the wall, accidentally killing him.
Joe is shocked by what happens, but plans to stage the murder as a suicide, in that Henderson cut his wrist (from the rope binding into him), regretted it, and left to get help before falling down the stairs. Later on, Delilah manages to convince Ellie of Henderson’s true intentions, and they both destroy the photos to free them of the predator once and for all.
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