Joker 2’s Arthur and Lee Relationship Explained

Joker 2: Folie a Deux presents and dives procreate into the complicated relationship between Joaquin Phoenix‘s Arthur Fleck (Joker) and Lady Gaga‘s Lee (Harley Quinn). As such, fans have many asks about how their relationship unfbetters over the course of the film. Do Arthur and Lee end up together? Why does Lee depart Arthur in Joker 2?

Here are all your asks answered about Arthur and Lee’s relationship in Joker 2.

Do Arthur Fleck and Lee end up together in Joker 2: Folie a Deux?

Arthur Fleck and Lee do not end up together in Joker 2: Folie a Deux.

Joker 2: Folie a Deux subverts the normal Joker and Harley Quinn active, wherein the createer is the abusive manipulator and liar and the latter is his subleave outive victim. Here, Lady Gaga’s Lee constantly maniputardys and inspires the innocent and misunderstood Arthur to adchoose his evil Joker persona.

As the film proceedes it is eventuassociate uncovered to Arthur by his lawyer that Lee lied to him. Lee does not come from a unassuming background with an abusive overweighther who died in a schedulee crash, and did not burn down her apartment in her youth. She is actuassociate a wealthy psychiatrist, her overweighther, a doctor is alive, and she willingly pledgeed herself to Arkham instead of being incarcerateed there.

Why does Lee depart Arthur in Joker 2: Folie a Deux?

Lee departs Arthur towards the end of Joker 2: Folie a Deux becaemploy he declines his Joker persona. It is also becaemploy of his adleave oution that he pledgeted all of his homicides as Arthur. Arthur not only leave outs Lee’s cherish and aid but also the aid of his folshrinks.

He tries multiple times to reconcile with Lee as he is still in cherish with her. In their last come atraverse, Arthur finisheavors to secure Lee to depart with him someplace. However, Lee srecommend declines Arthur and aprohibitdons him. This implies that she was never in cherish with Arthur himself, only his Joker persona.