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Barry - Bill Hader in a dark comedy about a hitman - S2 - HBO Sundays
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The show has always managed to ground its silliness within a quasi believable reality, but that was entirely too stupid for me to take seriously. Hoping next week reveals it was all a dream or something.
I seriously cant stop chuckling to myself about this episode. Just when they walk in to get his suit case and you start seeing all the karate trophies and medals hes won.
It was actually a poll that they cgi'd a tree over
When he walks into the tae kwon so trophy room and you realize shit is gonna pop off. Godam so funny
This show has always dabbled with Surrealism, this episode goes on all in for sure.
I loved it.
I loved it.
ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
nothing really comes close to that but we'll see how this ages.
loved it, btw.
Except Pine Barrens was actually good and grounded in the reality of the world that was previously established.
And this was bad and not grounded in the reality of the world it has established?
Yeah I have no idea why this episode wasn't established to be in the reality of whats come before it. In fact in the after episode sessions the writers back in season 1 always spoke about how this show has a dream like quality to it. That felt very true throughout this episode, especially with the blackouts Barry was having.
It was amusing in a "what the fuck am I watching" kind of way, but no it wasn't grounded in the established reality at all. That little girl was a feral ninja with supernatural abilities for fuck's sake and her dad was the Terminator.
Episode had me laughing until I cried. The girl reminded me of the zombie girl at the beginning of the dawn of the dead remake.
And Barry is an unkillable serial hitman that can clear out warehouses of people by himself and never gets caught? That wasn't even the point I was trying to make though. I was trying to say that I think most fans will view this episode of Barry as fondly as Sopranos fans do the Pine Barrens episode when all is said and done.
I think this show started to embrace it's more surrealistic aspects once Barry was dodging sniper shots in his apartment without his girlfriend noticing lol This was a long time coming.
Or just never leaving a trace of himself in any regard in any situation he's been in... his friends car before he pushed his scalp back or when Barry manages to get his car back after the botched heist in the monastery.
OP
OP
You might have a point if he was dodging bullets like Neo, but he wasn't - the guy shooting at him didn't know how to use guns but felt intimidated by Hank to go along with the plan anyway. It was totally believable that someone like that wouldn't be able to shoot someone at long range.
You're actually right on the money.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/28/arts/television/barry-bill-hader-season-2-episode-5.html
NYT said:
Anyway, I LOVED this episode.
Wtf, this episode was hilariously weird af, loved it. That it also doubled as a way to kill off the cop that was blackmailing him was a work of art
I shared similar thoughts while watching this episode lol
I shared similar thoughts while watching this episode lol
This episode was amazing, one of the best ones imo.
At the part where they were in the store and he ran into Ronnie again, I legit thought for a moment that they were about to totally flip the series and bring in some kind of weird zombie'ish type of element (especially after what happened to him in the store).
Just chock full of great moments and lines, the part where Fuchs is getting his face bitten and then tells Barry he can't move cause he superglued his hands to the steering wheel was hilarious.
At the part where they were in the store and he ran into Ronnie again, I legit thought for a moment that they were about to totally flip the series and bring in some kind of weird zombie'ish type of element (especially after what happened to him in the store).
Just chock full of great moments and lines, the part where Fuchs is getting his face bitten and then tells Barry he can't move cause he superglued his hands to the steering wheel was hilarious.
That was INSANE! And amazingly well done. I couldn't stop staring at the tv anticipating what the hell was going to happen next lol
The absurdity in that scene comes from Sally whom is so out of touch with reality, she didn't even notice her boyfriend running out of the apartment with a handgun not to mention she was on face cam with the laptap facing the door lol
I understand the feral girl was a bit much but this show has already dabbled with dream like sequences and weirdness, especially after the end of S1. This episode felt very much like Twin Peaks Season 3 and I love it for that.
The best episode of the show so far, and one of the best pieces of television I've seen in months. Front to back fantastic; for whatever reason, the divergence from the show's typical reality landed right in the socket. Took it from a fun black comedy with dramatic leanings up to something working on another layer entirely.
i'm with Ratsky. not feeling it at all. i also was reminded of Pine Barrens, but it was like if Pine Barrens somehow got mixed up in the editing room with The Test Dream and wound up being as jarring as that combination sounds.
The trailer for next week showed Fuches with the wound still on his cheek, so that isn't likely.
Dang...that was a brilliant episode. Just when you thought Barry was gonna be a cool off episode after GOT, oh boy were we wrong. From the tension and the pacing to the elements of dark comedy it was freaking good. Night King is a chump compared to Lily.