Who is ‘b’? The inclusion in the YOU season five opening credits explained

During the opening credits of YOU season five, you might have noticed a new inclusion of a credit for someone called “b”. The short name hasn’t been featured in the show before, so many people are wondering who they are – and what their involvement in the show actually was.

“Who is b in opening credits in the season five episodes?,” one person on Reddit said. “I noticed at the beginning of each of the episodes as the opening credits are rolling I noticed there is a singular letter ‘b’ among the cast.”

It turns out there’s a very simple reason we’ve never seen the short name included in the credits before – b is a new addition to the cast of YOU for season five. Here are all the details, and where you may have seen the actor before.

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So, who is ‘b’ from the YOU season five opening credits?

So, b is the name of an actor who has joined the show for season five. Actor b plays Phoenix, one of Bronte, or shall we say Louise’s, online sleuthing friends. Phoenix is part of the gang who have heard about Joe Goldberg, and want to take him down. Phoenix is friends with Clayton, who turns out to be the son of Dr Nicky – the therapist Joe framed for Beck’s murder.

The official character description for Phoenix reads: “Phoenix can be seen milling around the downtown scene, and is a resourceful member of that social set who also has a strong ethical code.” The actor b has been in a few other shows, too. They’ve appeared in The Terror, Elsbeth, and WeCrashed.

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