You Season 3: 12 Questions That Must Be Answered
8. Is Sandy Goldberg Still Alive?
A majority of the second season flashbacks focused on an adolescent Joe and the relationship he shared with his troubled young mother. While we learn that he and his mother endured abuse from a physically violent father, the circumstances in which Joe ends up under the care of Mr. Mooney soon become clear.
The day of reckoning comes and we learn that Joe's first kill was in fact his own father; shooting him to death to save his mum, Sandy Goldberg.
So far this is the last we know of Joe's mother; implying that she is not only very much alive but a catalyst in the decision-making and longing Joe desires for love.
His attachment issues and paranoia stem not from jealousy or anger but from abandonment and the reveal during an alternative medicine therapy was acted brilliantly by Penn Badgley.
Knowing Sandy Golderg is alive or dead would add another layer to the story: If she's alive she could make an appearance and become a rival in Love's quest for Joe's affections. And if she's dead; the how, who, when and why would raise enough questions to warrant suspicion on Joe and possibly Mr. Mooney.