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Ivan Mooney

Ivan Mooney Joe's Adoptive Father

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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

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.

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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)[]

Season 2 (1/10)[]

Season 3 (2/10)[]

Season 4 (2/10)[]

Relationships[]

Joe Goldberg

  • Relation: Apprentice / adoptive son

Henry Goldberg

  • 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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Season 1 Characters
Allison Mott | Annika Attwater | Anya Beck | Barry Salinger | Benji Ashby | Blythe | Bridey | Candace Stone | Claudia | Clyde Beck | Dr. Nicky | Edward Beck | Elijah Thornton | Ethan Russell | Guinevere Beck | Ivan Mooney | Janice | Jimmy Stone | Karen Minty | Lynn Lieser | Maddie Johnson | Nancy Whitesell | Nico | Paco | Paul Leahy | Peach Salinger | Raj | Roger Stevens | Ron | Ross | Whitesell Siblings


Season 2 Characters
Alec Grigoryan | Calvin | Candace Stone | David Fincher | Delilah Alves | Dr. Nicky | Dottie Quinn | Ellie Alves | Forty Quinn | Gabe Miranda | Gigi | Henderson | James Kennedy | Jasper Krenn | Lucy Sprecher | Milo Warrington | Natalie Engler | Rachel | Raphael Passero | Ray Quinn | Sandy Goldberg | Sofia | Sunrise Cummings | Will Bettelheim

Season 3 Characters
Acacia Kim | Alan Brigham | Andrew Tucker | Brandon | Cary Conrad | Conrad Brothers | Chandra | Dante Ferguson | Derek | Dottie Quinn | Fiona | Gil Brigham | Harriet Goodwin | Henry Goldberg | Jackson Newhall | Jakey | Jean Peck | Juliette Goodwin | Kiki | Lansing | Laura Kealy | Leez | Margaret Brigham | Marienne Bellamy | Matthew Engler | Mimi | Natalie Engler | Paulie | Ruthie Falco | Ryan Goodwin | Sandy Goldberg | Sherry Conrad | Theo Engler | Travis | Wes | Zoe Brigham

Season 4 Characters
Adam Pratt | Beatrice | Blessing Bosede | Blue Cahill | Connie | Cynthia Bell | Dawn Brown | Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull | Edward | Elliot Tannenberg | Emma | Gemma Graham-Greene | Greta Galvin | Hugo McNamara | Jace Pratt | Jamie | Juliette Goodwin | Kate Galvin | Larry | Malcolm Harding | Marienne Bellamy | Monifa Sunday | Nadia Farran | Niko Leandros | Peter Andrews | Phoebe Borehall-Blaxworth | Roald Walker-Burton | Simon Soo | Sophie Soo | Steve | Tom Lockwood | Vic

Season 5 Characters
Bronte | Clayton | Dominique | Harrison | Henry Goldberg | Kate Lockwood | Maddie Lockwood | Marienne Bellamy | Marquez | Nadia Farran | Phoebe Borehall-Blaxworth | Phoenix | Reagan Lockwood | Teddy Lockwood | Will Bettelheim

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