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| “ | I know the demons that drive 𝐘𝐎𝐔. I have them too. That's why I work 𝐘𝐎𝐔 so hard, why I demand perfection. My love for books. Respect. I'm trying to teach 𝐘𝐎𝐔 a code to live by so that 𝐘𝐎𝐔 don't end up like your father. Because I love 𝐘𝐎𝐔.
―Ivan Mooney to his adopted son, Joe Goldberg
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Ivan Mooney or simply Mr. Mooney, is a recurring character in YOU. He is portrayed by Mark Blum. He was Joe Goldberg's adoptive father and raised him until he reached adulthood. He is portrayed by Mark Blum
He is the owner of a book store named after him called Mooney's. He was the adopted father of the show's protagonist, Joe Goldberg.
Biography[]
Ivan Mooney is the owner of Mooney's book store. He is a former Sovietic prison guard. At some point in Joe's adolescence, Mr. Mooney took him in. He cared for him but also was abusive to him believing that he was guiding him. He would often lock Joe in his glass cage in the basement to teach him various lessons, telling him that he is doing it out of love and to make sure Joe does not end up like his father, drug and alcohol addict.
Mr. Mooney comforts Joe after Joe murders Elijah
After Joe killed Elijah, who was having an affair with Candace, by pushing him off of a roof, Joe turns to Mr. Mooney for guidance and confesses what he had done. Mr. Mooney disposes of Joe's clothes and tells him as long as he never tells anyone, it was going to be okay. He assures Joe that some people deserve to die. According to what Joe tells Beck, Mooney has a stroke and is left lying on the floor for days unable to move because Joe Goldberg was away after what he says was a devastating break up with Candace. This leads to Mooney being left in vegetative state.
Appearances[]
Season 1 (4/10)[]
- Pilot (flashback)
- The Last Nice Guy in New York (flashback)
- Candace
- Bluebeard's Castle (flashback)
Season 2 (1/10)[]
- P.I. Joe (flashback)
Season 3 (2/10)[]
- And They Lived Happily Ever After (mentioned)
- What is Love? (mentioned)
Season 4 (2/10)[]
- Joe Takes a Holiday (mentioned)
- Portrait of the Artist (mentioned)
Relationships[]
- Relation: Apprentice / adoptive son
- Relation: Adoptive grandson
Trivia[]
- In the books, Mr. Mooney seems to appear rather casual than in flashbacks, he is visited usually by Joe and lets him borrow his car to stalk Beck when she goes to Bridgeport. There is also no mention of Mr. Mooney abusing Joe, looking like that he treats Joe much normal.
- What happens to Mr. Mooney afterwards is unknown, as he wasn't in seasons 2 or 3, and giving the actor Mark Blum who portrayed Mr. Mooney has sadly passed away in March 2020 from complications associated with COVID-19. Mr. Monney is likely still in New York, or may have died from unknown causes, giving that there is no mentioning of him.
- Originally in season 3, Mr. Mooney was going to return and there was going to be a major storyline, but this was scrapped due to the actor's passing, before filming started in November 2020.
- In Portrait of the Artist, Joe says Mr. Mooney loved detective books.
Book Comparisons[]
Quotes[]
"Some people deserve to die."
"I know the demons that drive you. I have them too. That's why I work you so hard, why I demand perfection. My love for books. Respect. I'm trying to teach you a code to live by so that you don't end up like your father. Because I love you."
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References[]
- ↑ 1x10: Bluebeard's Castle