Barry (HBO) TV Show • Page 62

Also read this yesterday and really helps to make sense of Sally’s decision in all of this

warning: potential spoilers for anyone who wants to know what takes place (or doesn’t take place) in the 8 year gap and some of Sarah Goldberg’s interpretations of the characters and events can possibly lead you to certain conclusions you want to formulate on your own

 

i'm gonna be that guy to say it, episode was honestly bad. first installment of the show that's just actively not good

it's like their pitch on the whiteboard was 'let's take this dynamic, vibrant show and make it as dull as possible'

 

I am not convinced yet either after the time jump but it's one episode, I'll wait for the rest and then make a conclusion.

 

You ever feel like you’re watching a different show than some people?

Sally lured a dude into a bathroom then nearly choked him to death. Barry is still so freaked out that he stood outside all night with a gun after a knock at their door. Why did Barry not buy his kid a comforter? Where has Gene been?

I don’t think it’s dull at all

 

Have the writers earned my trust after 3.5 seasons? Yeah.

Was this my least favorite episode of the entire series and I kinda hate the direction they took? Also yeah.

 

They can’t all be ronny/lily

 

but they have up til now all been insanely great. this was uhh

 

It didn’t necessarily feel dull to me. Just such a left turn that it was hard to feel it be as cohesive as the rest has been since S3. I’m still fully onboard until the end.

 

They should have aired it with another episode, I think it would’ve worked better

Still really liked the episode

 

I'm interested in where this time jump goes, but I'm definitely not fully on board at the moment. Gene being the catalyst for coming out of hiding seems... weird. Barry had all the motivation to kill him when Gene was talking to the press. I guess he was too focused on starting a life with Sally?

Still, there was some great stuff in here. Barry trying to show his son that great people do bad things was a pretty funny way of trying to absolve himself of guilt. Also, the baseball clips were freaking hilarious.

Sally's behavior was odd at first, but looking back at the rest of the season, it seemed to make sense. She's clearly enjoyed having power over people going back to last season. It's continued this season with her abusing people in the acting class and it's just manifested in a more violent way now that she can't really use her craft (though it's a nice touch that she is clearly treating hiding as being in character).

I still trust Hader to pull this off.

 

Also, does anyone else feel like that's probably not their kid? Sally seems very disinterested in him (with the exception of that great shot of them hiding in the tub together). I know they're a weird couple in general, but I just don't think he's theirs for some reason.

 

it's definitely crossed my mind

 

I thought that too but in the recap pod Bill said he chose 8 years time skip for their to be time for Barry and Sally to have a kid, which makes it seem like it’s theirs

 

Finally started the season and caught up. Have a million thoughts while also not knowing what to think at all. Have had lots of laughs and lots of sads and that’s the way it’s always been so I’m letting Bill cook

 

Good episode, but didn’t love it. Interested to see where this goes next week…

 

man, I just don’t know

 

In what way? I thought the ending made a lot of sense

Also note that when Barry left the kid said "are we gonna have to move again?"

 

where is Barry finding all his podcasts haha also him living in the middle of nowhere and having airpods is so funny

 

Thought tonight was great!

 

omg Fuches lmao

 

I fucking knew that was going to happen…

 

These last few weeks have been the first time that I've ever felt that the short length of this show started working against it, this episode ended just when it felt like it was getting started.

I guess I'm getting on board with the timeskip now, although it's still not the way I would have taken it (although who am I to say that lol). Really not sure what else to say about this episode, it felt like it was just all setup

 

Bill Burr voice cameo

 

OH, that scene with Sally alone in the house was absolutely terrifying, I was so on edge that whole time, and then the shadow (her guilt?) looming over her was so effectively creepy. Hader really is killing it as a director

And yeah I recognized Burr's voice immediately lol