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- 1. Chapter One: Make Your Mark Mar 25, 2018
- A disillusioned hit man wants to start a new life after following his quarry to an acting class.
- 2. Chapter Two: Use It Apr 1, 2018
- Following shocking news, Gene encourages his students to channel their feelings into their work.
- 3. Chapter Three: Make the Unsafe Choice Apr 8, 2018
- Barry misses a class to honor an obligation; the Chechens rejoice when a legendary assassin arrives.
S4.E8 ∙ wow. Sun, May 28, 2023. Barry, having received a call from NoHo Hank, leaves to go save his family from his grasp. Barry then is confronted with a choice as he learns Mr. Cousineau is blamed for the death of Janice. 8.8/10 (6.9K)
Barry: Season 4. 8 EPISODES | TV-MA. WATCH NOW. Bill Hader stars as a depressed, low-rent hit man from the Midwest who falls in love with acting while on a job in LA in this series. 1.
HBO. Release. March 25, 2018. ( 2018-03-25) –. May 28, 2023. ( 2023-05-28) Barry is an American black comedy crime drama television series created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader that premiered on HBO on March 25, 2018, and concluded on May 28, 2023, after four seasons and 32 episodes.
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- "Change for the World" by Charles Bradley (seasons 1–3)
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The Emmy-winning dark comedy series returns for an eight-episode fourth season, in which Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) is hailed as a hero as Barry's arrest has shocking consequences. It's all been leading up to this… the explosive and hilarious final chapter of Barry. Barry stars Bill Hader as a depressed, low-rent hitman from the Midwest.
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- Verdict
By Emma Fraser
Updated: Apr 12, 2023 12:37 am
Posted: Apr 11, 2023 2:00 pm
Barry season 4 premieres on HBO on April 16.
Knowing when to end a TV show before it gets stale is a great skill, particularly when characters are constantly being painted into corners with seemingly no escape. Barry creators Bill Hader and Alec Berg have perfected the latter, and the final season of the hitman-turned-actor dark comedy is another HBO series going big before it goes home in 2023.
Thankfully, unlike the gap between the second and third season, we don’t have to wait three years to find out what happens to Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) after he finds himself in yet another impossible scenario. His luck evading the police had to run out eventually; if death didn’t get him, something else would. Or rather, someone else. As a surprise to everyone, the season 3 finale saw Barry’s acting teacher and surrogate father, Mr. Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), delivered the performance of his life, leading to Barry’s arrest for the murder of Detective Janice Moss. That episode is the series at its most audacious, and this enticing momentum continues in season 4, with the action picking up as Barry gets booked into prison.
Whether a person can change has been a prevailing theme, and this continues throughout the seven episodes (of eight) made available to critics. What sets Barry apart from other stories exploring someone trying to outrun their past is how guilt and narcissism overlap for every major player caught up in a web that started spinning when this hired killer tried his hand at an acting class. Out of that absurd premise has come brilliant, imaginative, edge-of-your-seat scenarios coupled with an unexpected emotional depth exploring regret, guilt, and free will.
No other show can create this many hold-your-breath-moments punctuated with farce.
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Considering this is still a comedy, it is impressive that no other show can create this many hold-your-breath-moments punctuated with farce. Yes, there are still laughs beneath the darker mood that has always been a prevailing Barry signature, even if the premiere episode leans harder toward the consequences of his actions.
Peeling back the layers of Barry’s apparent quest to become a good person when he's behind bars for a crime he did commit allows Hader to nail the despair that has lingered beneath the surface since the very first episode. Figures from his past haunt him (his body count is very high) in a purgatory-like state, emphasizing the existential crisis enveloping the titular character, and his complicated journey with absolution continues. In prison, surreal elements are destabilizing factors that add to the emotionally charged mood. While these scenes are undoubtedly brilliant, the simplicity of when Barry faces himself in the mirror is an image that will linger.
One of the reasons Barry has been so effective in balancing humor and horror is within its exploration of organized crime and Hollywood. The line between assassin and actor has always been thin in this series, showcasing how cutthroat both industries can be and that each requires you to wear a mask of sorts. Barry found a freedom in acting that let him reveal his truth in performance, and the showbiz aspect remains vital in the final season. Yes, some gags about streaming and superhero movies have an inside-baseball quality to them, but you don’t need to get every reference to understand Sally’s (Sarah Goldberg) drive and despair.
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Bill Hader’s choice to end Barry with just one more season after the audacious finale of season 3 proves to be a smart decision, and the tension increases throughout each of the first seven episodes (of eight) in season 4. Everything that unfolds emphasizes the overall themes of change and consequence while exploring the various players who make up...
- Emma Fraser
May 29, 2023 · The Barry we find in the finale hasn’t gotten much better at atonement. The morning after his non-death, he decides to turn himself in for Janice’s murder. Tellingly, he wasn’t interested in ...
Barry: Created by Alec Berg, Bill Hader. With Bill Hader, Stephen Root, Sarah Goldberg, Anthony Carrigan. A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.
