- Director
- Bill Hader
- Writers
- Alec Berg, Bill Hader
- Rating
- TV-MA
- Running Time
- 29 minutes
- Airs
- Sundays 10pm starting April 24th
- Channel
- HBO, HBO Canada
Overall Score
Rating Summary
The following is a spoiler-free review of the Season 3 premiere of Barry, premiering this Sunday at 10pm on HBO and HBO Canada.
It’s been a while since the lovable assassin turned actor has graced our screens but now Barry is back for a new season that sees him and the other characters back to their old antics. As far as this episode was concerned, it was all about tying up some loose ends from the season 2 finale as the season attempts to reposition the series moving forward.
This episode saw Barry in a rut while looking for some work and some purpose, passing his time with some frustrating menial work. Meanwhile, Sally was busy and became all Hollywood while in the middle of working on her own show. Suffice it to say the power got to her head. This left Barry in a precarious position, trying to live both lives once again as each began to bleed into the other.
The police and Detective Mae Dunn (Sarah Burns) caught up with Hank, however, the prospect of his first interrogation excited him. Hank certainly did not miss a beat here as somehow talking his way out of it in typical Hank fashion, as he was proud of himself for setting the wheels in motion as the Chechens’ plan was to pin it all on Fuches who was cleverly hidden away.
Cousineau corroborated Hank’s story with the police. However, he still had his mind set on revenge for Moss’ death. Luring Barry to the site of their acting class, things did not go according to plan with a comedic mishap undercutting some palpable tension between the two.
Clearly conflicted, the episode ended on a cliffhanger as Barry had a breakthrough about how to salvage the situation. Whatever that meant remains to be seen but the preceding sequence of events was some great acting from Hader and Winkler, writing, and direction.
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