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Just when Barry thinks he's out, they pull him back in...
“I pray that human beings can change their nature. Because if we can’t, then you and I are in deep trouble.”—Gene…
Barry
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Even as it spins its wheels, Barry showcases Bill Hader's excellent performance
Personally speaking, reactive performances are generally much more interesting to watch than traditionally active ones.…
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Barry tries to break the cycle as his past catches up to him
“Am I evil?” Barry quietly asks Hank. “Am I, like, an evil person?”
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Barry returns from the brink funnier and darker than ever before
When Barry’s first season ended last May, a common refrain from critics was that it functioned perfectly well as a…
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Barry makes a horrible decision and gives a performance of a lifetime
After Chris emphatically tells Barry that he wants to come clean to the cops about murdering a Bolivian gang member and…
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Barry's world starts to unravel as he loses control of his two lives
When Barry chose not to kill Taylor after their stash house raid, and subsequently tried to fold him into Fuches’…
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A guilt-ridden Barry tries to wash the blood from his hands
When Lady Macbeth somnambulantly monologues about the imaginary bloodstains that cover her hands in Act V Scene 1 of Mac…
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Barry tries (and fails) to take charge of his life
For the past three episodes, Barry has tried to run from his past, but, predictably, his past keeps catching up to him.…
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Barry or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Make the Unsafe Choice
Barry moves between many different modes—existential hitman profile, showbiz comedy, whimsical mafia farce, low-key cop…
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Barry turns a somber memorial into amateur night in a funny second episode
When Gene Cousineau informs his acting class about Ryan Madison’s gruesome death, they first mourn, and then they plan…
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Bill Hader creates a new life on stage in the Barry series premiere
In just about every professional field, passion exists in spades, but talent is hard to come by. Putting aside the vast…
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Bill Hader owns the spotlight in pitch-black comedy Barry
On the surface, the premise of Bill Hader’s new dark comedy, Barry, seems like it could have been pieced together from…