You Season 3: 12 Questions That Must Be Answered
7. Is Mr. Mooney Still Alive?
For two seasons now, the mentor and catalyst for Joe's cunning malice was Mr. Mooney. Only seen in the present-day once as a withered shell in an armchair, Mooney's influence in the flashbacks provide us with some context behind the actions of Joe Goldberg.
Knowing that Mr. Mooney protected Joe when he killed Candace' manager years ago also lets us know that he's an ally to Joe- a hostile and abusive ally of course, but more friend than foe nonetheless.
We have to assume that Mooney knows more than we've seen in flashbacks, and with Joe fleeing to Los Angeles to escape Candace, we have to assume he left Mooney with some explanation or instructions back in New York.
Should investigators start roaming around his bookstore asking questions about Guinevere Beck and the man she was dating, we can only assume Mooney will have means of warning Joe that he has detectives on his heels.
If nothing else, the show has made it clear that Mooney played a vital role in Joe's development and what he perceives as love. As the series continues, his influence would linger over Joe's subconscious like a bad odour.