Really hope this means my prediction for Janice still being alive is finally put to bed. But I'm still not 100% on it.
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So are we to assume the accordion guy backstabbed them specifically because Hank insulted him? Cuz that would make it even funnier, heh.
I'm not saying it really makes sense, just TV shows have a tendency to fuck with the audience when they're not showing the dead body. Also on the Behind the Episode last week the producer said "supposedly killed Janice." Hopefully he's just trolling.
Yea I get that, but like, there's no real reason for Barry to keep her alive, neither was there anything hinting at it.
I can't even say it'd be about his conscience, as he's clearly shown that when it comes down to it, he will murder the fuck outta someone to keep himself from going to jail
I mean, didn't they show those quick scenes of Janice getting shot when Barry was recalling during Sally's stage rehearsal?
And we got a glimpse of the body in the trunk?
And we got a glimpse of the body in the trunk?
Yeah, I get that too. I guess I'm just cynical of even great shows like this to commit to these sorts of choices (even though we've seen Barry do some heinous shit), and the fact they didn't fully show the corpse in the last episode keeps me from just fully letting it go.
Basically until I see her face I ain't satisfied.
They did. I'll admit, I held the faintest possibility of her being alive, like 1% left, which then got eradicated when we see Barry very clearly shoot Janice several times.
I felt that that was more a decision where only Gene, the one who cares about her, gets to look at her face. Also, if she's still alive, she should react a little. Imagine her just having fallen asleep or something, that'd be silly.
It's so good, thank god it comes right after GoT too, it's the perfect compliment with its humor
Just catching up and that rehearsal in episode 6 was tense as fuck. I was extremely worried Barry was going to lose it and for Sally's mental well-being. Violent assassin boyfriend playing the abusive boyfriend of a domestic violence survivor. Not a great combination.
It was too easy of a joke to make, so I knew someone would do it for me lol
Right? You would have thought he'd swing back around in all the time since to make the job complete.
I dunno... I think they're going to do it.. And that pisses me off. I love Gene and Barry's relationship so I'm legit a nervous wreck until Sunday. I really really hope they don't go through with it but Fuches doesn't give a fuck anymore and there was no sign of Barry. :(
Gene doesn't know that Barry is involved yet... Right? Fuches called police pretending to be Gene saying he killed his wife.
If Barry shows up to save him he will 100% know Barry is involved. So thats the problem. Barry can show up and save him, but hes going to have to kill him as well to cover up that he had anything to do with it. Hes fucked either way
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Does anyone else think that the body isn't Janice? I couldn't quite tell with Gene's reaction. It was definitely disgust, but not necessarily what I'd expect if it was her.
To me it feels like they're setting up for Barry to be running to the actual location of the body and Fuches / Gene somewhere else. Just doesn't seem like Barry to have left it there so carelessly. I just got the sense that was what the show was hinting at with the cuts to him running through the woods.
To me it feels like they're setting up for Barry to be running to the actual location of the body and Fuches / Gene somewhere else. Just doesn't seem like Barry to have left it there so carelessly. I just got the sense that was what the show was hinting at with the cuts to him running through the woods.
Yeah, they already pulled that card once this season with Sally in the hotel room with her ex so if he's there he'll have to reckon with it. Would feel kind of cheap for Barry to be there but not be seen just like in that episode.
I love what they're doing with fuches in this.
You can tell he genuinely cares about Barry in a sick and sadistic way. Fuches got extremely jealous when Gene talked about how proud he was of Barry, I thought he was gonna kill him right on the spot judging from his reaction.
His character reminds me a lot of Walter White, just a really bad person who manipulates and wants to control the person he, "made". (i.e Jesse/Barry)
You can tell he genuinely cares about Barry in a sick and sadistic way. Fuches got extremely jealous when Gene talked about how proud he was of Barry, I thought he was gonna kill him right on the spot judging from his reaction.
His character reminds me a lot of Walter White, just a really bad person who manipulates and wants to control the person he, "made". (i.e Jesse/Barry)
Yeah, I took the ending to mean Gene is gone. I don't see how he makes it out of this one, which is sad, cause Winkler is great.
Ehh remember he was on the phone with him just moments before. Fuches that is I mean. Gene told Barry himself he was at the cabin. Barry could always say he had a bad feeling with the way guy on the phone sounded, or that it sounded like a guy who became enemies with him in the war and decided to head over and make sure Gene was okay, or that he wanted to be there to help Gene look because of all Gene had done for him, etc. There are a billion bullshit reasons he could have made up as Gene already specifically told Barry himself where he was. They're not all believable, no but that could be the thread moving forward... That Gene *suspects* Barry knows more than he's letting on, etc.
But no, in actuality I think Gene is fucked :(.
That doesnt work because they're in the woods in the middle of nowhere. The only way barry could get there would be if he knew where the car and janice were. Which gene would realize.
Fuches found the car before we saw inside the trunk, and he definitely could have put planted a body there himself.
Idc how irrational it is, I'm holding out that Janice is still alive. >:(
Idc how irrational it is, I'm holding out that Janice is still alive. >:(
I think there are three outs:
* Barry outs himself to Gene in order to save him, and the consequences of that are dealt with over the course of the episode. Remember that Fuches impersonated Gene to the cops and made a fake confession, so Gene would need to convince the cops he didn't do it in order to effectively implicate Barry.
* A comedy of errors occurs, like faux-military man Fuches failing to turn off the safety, and a fight breaks out between Gene and Fuches. Gene could be knocked unconcious or run away, allowing Barry to step in on Fuches.
* Fuches freaks out at the idea of having to personally kill someone, which he's presumably never done and fails to follow through. Barry watches from a distance and this complicates his decision on Fuches.
Nah the episode prior showed how far into the wood fuches went in order to find the vehicle. He was out there a full day, over night, and the next morning before he found it.
Yeah I remember that, but I thought that was just due to Fuches absolute incompetence. Otherwise, how would Fuches tell Gene while in the cabin "let's take a walk" and then 5 minutes later whoop de do they're at the car?
A lot more time passed than that. Barry driving out of LA alone would have taken hours due to how bad traffic is, and then he would have to get to the cabin, and the woods, and this was shown to be happening as Fuches was about to kill him.
I guess I just find it hard to believe Gene would be so dumb as to follow a complete stranger miles into woodlands on foot without food or water lol. That may now be my most glaring issue with this show.
Edit: Losing Winkler is going to be a HUGE fucking mistake.
This seems like a likely outcome. Gene being knocked out and not seeing Barry makes sense. I just really don't know how he's going to explain the phone call to the cops.
I'm hoping for a big adjustment with the next episode. I want Barry to off Fuches while managing to keep his involvement a secret to Gene. In order to keep the tension with his hitman life, I think he needs to land the movie role and have it blow up. That way his face will be out there and I feel like it could pull in former clients from Cleveland. It would be a natural conclusion to the Fuches arc this season and would up the tension with all of his acting buddies. Maybe stresses there would cause him to realize his new friends aren't as great and he goes back to Hank or something?
Started watching Sunday night. Now on season 2 episode 3. It's definitely funny and dark, but surprisingly and uncomfortably relatable in ways I wasn't expecting making the darker actor aspects a bit tougher to sit through. Like the show, but not sure how much further I want to go down this rabbit hole. That thing with Sally remembering that night so much differently than her friend was eye opening. But then that text mishap with Sasha was hilarious and also really fucked up.
I kinda expect Fuches' to screw up and have his shot graze Gene in the back of the head, putting him in a coma, but not killing him. Barry drives an unresponsive Gene to the hospital, but runs before he can be identified and then seeks revenge on Fuches.
Boom, I just saved Henry Winkler. What do I win?
Boom, I just saved Henry Winkler. What do I win?
I think Barry is going to hit Fuches but not kill him. Gene turns around to see Fuches has a gun and/or has been shot and takes off. Gene is apprehended by the police and arrested for the murder of his girlfriend. Fuches and Barry both take off so as not to be picked up by police. The scene we see in the preview is Barry visiting Gene in jail. Barry will need to pin the murder on Fuches to save Gene.
I've figured it out. Fuches is about to pull the trigger on Gene, and then, outta nowhere, a young girl in a karate outfit mauls him to death.