Barry: new HBO show

[SizzleChest 8283]

The timeframe for the "dream sequence" was probably less than an hour in real time, and Barry's going to die at Moss' hand.  It was a reverse Dallas.  They showed Barry's fantasy dream sequence as a way to show the future for the other characters, sans Sally.  Now, we zoom back to the present.  Moss bagged Barry at he and Sally's apartment at the end of S4E4. Sally's "Let's go" was the trigger for the start of Barry's dream.  Maybe she didn't really say that (and it was all in Barry's head), but, like Cousineau, she leads him to Moss and Moss takes it from there.

[TheStoicPaisano 9922]

Root out here looking like Mugatu in Zoolander 2.

Most of Berkman’s storyline sucks now, but I laughed at his pastor playlist (especially ol’ BB).

Edited May 15, 2023 by TheStoicPaisano

[Wade 464]

31 minutes ago, SizzleChest said:

The timeframe for the "dream sequence" was probably less than an hour in real time, and Barry's going to die at Moss' hand.  It was a reverse Dallas.  They showed Barry's fantasy dream sequence as a way to show the future for the other characters, sans Sally.  Now, we zoom back to the present.  Moss bagged Barry at he and Sally's apartment at the end of S4E4. Sally's "Let's go" was the trigger for the start of Barry's dream.  Maybe she didn't really say that (and it was all in Barry's head), but, like Cousineau, she leads him to Moss and Moss takes it from there.

That seems like a solid guess to me.  Been scratching my head the past few episodes.  Like others have said, not feeling this season. 

[Nivek 16922]

Pastor Bill Burr, I would listen.   Someone tell Bill to do that shit. 

[Deej 76755]

8 hours ago, Pam Cummings said:

Sally is weirdly sexier though with the dark hair.

I find most women are. 

[bschoolprof 6252]

I liked this season up until the time jump. 

[Scary Stranger 1714]

How many left?

[Ted Lange 16084]

Each season has been 8 episodes, if that holds, 2 more left.  

[HamsterHookah 112]

Trust the process. This season is fantastic still.

My theory is that Moss' dad has some technique or psychological torture skill to hypnotize people (e.g. journalist speaking German) and the last two episodes was him screwing with Barry's mind, and projecting what a sordid, sucky future would look like, so to play ball and confess and cooperate.

[kingkoopa6 8345]

Ooo. That ending tho 

[Lurch 5922]

What the hell was the eye poke about?!?

[wutang75 441]

NoHo Hank already in rare form.

“Add to cart….”

[TheStoicPaisano 9922]

From “My Left Foot”?

[wutang75 441]

From “My Left Foot”?

That’s a deep cut….

I’ve laughed out loud like 10 times already half way through.

[TheStoicPaisano 9922]

FUBKs don’t grow like mint. 

[bschoolprof 6252]

That episode was hilarious. 
 

what was the cop with the bleeding eye thing?

[TriStone 1724]

You might recall that Sally killed a guy.  She's having a bit of PTSD over that.  She's been seeing the guy all season.

[henrygandorf 29189]

4 hours ago, wutang75 said:

NoHo Hank already in rare form.

“Add to cart….”

500 confirmed kills. 

make that 501. 

[bschoolprof 6252]

The whole thing seems like dream sequence/hallucination (it has a very Mulholland Drive feel).  I thought it was Barry's, but now I'm thinking it may be Sally's.  The scene last week with the masked man/men and the wall being torn away were very dream like. I'm not sure when it began.  Last season?  After Barry comes back to her apartment after the prison break?

[HamsterHookah 112]

2 hours ago, bschoolprof said:

The whole thing seems like dream sequence/hallucination (it has a very Mulholland Drive feel).  I thought it was Barry's, but now I'm thinking it may be Sally's.  The scene last week with the masked man/men and the wall being torn away were very dream like. I'm not sure when it began.  Last season?  After Barry comes back to her apartment after the prison break?

Yea, it's certainly something going on.

I love how the narcissism is such a disease that Couseneau can't help himself. He wants so much to be a good guy but he's so diseased with it that as soon as they start talking about big names he can't help himself with the tipping point being the Four Season in BH lololol.

Also, Sally Reed actress is killing it this season. 

[Jerry Callo 8698]

I would hate it if they pinned the murder on Couseneau.     

The whole brainstorming of how to keep the women from experiencing the next killing spree was hilarious.

[Scary Stranger 1714]

I'm hoping that the only survivor next week is Hank.

[bschoolprof 6252]

there were tons of funny bits in this episode, and Hank was in top form.  One comedic bit I love in this show is when they show shenanigans in a wide shot off in the distance, like Hank's failed assault this episode or the "shoot em up" raid in season 2 or 3 (seasons are starting to run together for me).

 

[henrygandorf 29189]

1 hour ago, bschoolprof said:

there were tons of funny bits in this episode, and Hank was in top form.  One comedic bit I love in this show is when they show shenanigans in a wide shot off in the distance, like Hank's failed assault this episode or the "shoot em up" raid in season 2 or 3 (seasons are starting to run together for me).

yeah, they love shit like that and it works every single time they do it.

[blacklab 11926]

yeah, when Couseneau is telling his agent about the interview and they go to a wide shot I knew the car was going to crash and started laughing even before it did. Then the added touch of metal dragging as the agent pulled away a few minutes later was the chef's kiss.

[Lurch 5922]

6 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

The whole brainstorming of how to keep the women from experiencing the next killing spree was hilarious.

That was a great scene.  Random, but perfectly played imo.  I have no idea what the guy said in Spanish but it worked so well with no further explanation.  And the way Root plays it straight just kills me

I'm sure I've probably posted this a dozen times on Shaggy/Surly, but Root's straight-man masterpiece has to be Super Karate Monkey Death Car.  Brilliant!

 

[HamsterHookah 112]

1 hour ago, Lurch said:

That was a great scene.  Random, but perfectly played imo.  I have no idea what the guy said in Spanish but it worked so well with no further explanation.  And the way Root plays it straight just kills me

I'm sure I've probably posted this a dozen times on Shaggy/Surly, but Root's straight-man masterpiece has to be Super Karate Monkey Death Car.  Brilliant!

 

Is that Ron Jeremy in the audience?

"The Raven"'s turn has been fun this season. From when it dawned on him after getting the crap beat out of him and not saying anything everyone respected him to when he was released, you could envision the 8 years of working out and tattoos.

[Lurch 5922]

Is that Ron Jeremy in the audience?

Yep!

[veritas aequitas 442]

The fast and furious discussion was some funny shit. 

[Pam Cummings 9639]

Yeah i gotta say, that was a great episode. Lots of funny shit. I laughed my ass off at only bringing one rocket.

Edited May 23, 2023 by Pam Cummings

[TexEx15 17509]

57 minutes ago, Pam Cummings said:

Yeah i gotta say, that was a great episode. Lots of funny shit. I laughed my ass off at only bringing one rocket.

You told us to watch the budget!

[HamsterHookah 112]

The funniest part of that whole sequence was a dirty from head to toe Hank leaving the old ladies house and the way he thanked for her for letting him use the phone implying he really got it on with the old lady and was chewing the fat on her plastic covered couch for some time, and his disgust once out of immediate sight for the full-bodied coca-cola.

[bschoolprof 6252]

1 hour ago, HamsterHookah said:

The funniest part of that whole sequence was a dirty from head to toe Hank leaving the old ladies house and the way he thanked for her for letting him use the phone implying he really got it on with the old lady and was chewing the fat on her plastic covered couch for some time, and his disgust once out of immediate sight for the full-bodied coca-cola.

Yeah that was peak Hank (that and commenting on the foxiness of the decapitated hitman).  The audio from bouncing down the hill on the cell phone was great too.  

That whole scene was gold.  Once the rocket went off and did it's own thing, I lost my shit.  

 

[Nivek 16922]

At this point the actor who plays Hank will never live this role down.

[HamsterHookah 112]

I don't know how you people have the time to watch every acclaimed or talked about show, between families and careers and other hobbies, as I can only handle about 3 or 4 shows in the offseason. 

I'm so glad that I happened to stumble upon Barry a few years ago and made it in the regular rotation because, much like JoJo Rabbit did as a movie, this show came out of nowhere and unexpectedly walloped me in the face and became my favorite show and series of the last decade.

Succession is cool and Ted Lasso is mid, but Barry...now Barry is S-tier.

Edited May 23, 2023 by HamsterHookah

[HornPhD 1368]

I love how Couseneau was more excited about Mark Wahlberg than DDL

[bschoolprof 6252]

It was also great that the agent/actor was his former student and he had no idea.

[LonghornSean 3989]

On 5/22/2023 at 3:23 PM, Lurch said:

That was a great scene.  Random, but perfectly played imo.  I have no idea what the guy said in Spanish but it worked so well with no further explanation.  And the way Root plays it straight just kills me

Just watched it and think I could make out: “jefe” “amor” and “más importante”, so I think he said something along the lines of “quit your yapping fellas the boss’ love(r) is more important”.
 

Ok ok, just trying to show off my shoddy Spanish. Your point is right, it didn’t actually matter. The scene was hilarious.

[Ted Lange 16084]

Sally is Coach Beard’s girlfriend level annoying.  Absolute eyeroll anytime she is in a scene. 

[TriStone 1724]

WTF?!?

[veritas aequitas 442]

Nice twist. Not your cookie cutter hollywood ending there.

[SizzleChest 8283]

Oh wow.

[DDD Dad 14325]

A little let down but I don’t know how they could have done it to not let me down somehow. 

[SizzleChest 8283]

I thought that was a pretty brilliant ending, but a lot of people won't get it.

Hader doing some pretty solid truth-telling.

[HamsterHookah 112]

56 minutes ago, SizzleChest said:

I thought that was a pretty brilliant ending, but a lot of people won't get it.

Hader doing some pretty solid truth-telling.

Yes. This.

Tour de Force, all around. Bill Hader has arrived.

[RPM 26317]

Excellent

[TriStone 1724]

1 hour ago, SizzleChest said:

I thought that was a pretty brilliant ending, but a lot of people won't get it.

Give me your interpretation please, because I take things at face value and I'm at a complete loss as to how a case could be made that put all the murders on fucking Cousineau.  And what about Jim Moss?  The guy fucking psychologically tortured a guy into speaking a completely different language but he couldn't get the "truth" out of Cousineau when he questioned him?  And what about Albert?  Albert saw Barry rolling a corpse into a grave right next to the grave of two other guys Barry murdered previously. 

 

 

Edited May 29, 2023 by TriStone

[Ted Lange 16084]

Wow, that ending was beyond MEH.  Good lord.   Oh well, third season was pretty much crap.  

[Ted Lange 16084]

1 hour ago, HamsterHookah said:

Yes. This.

Tour de Force, all around. Bill Hader has arrived.

HAHAHAHA.  OK.   This third season was the definition of MID 

1 hour ago, TriStone said:

Give me your interpretation please, because I take things at face value and I'm at a complete loss as to how a case could be made that put all the murders on fucking Cousineau.  And what about Jim Moss?  The guy fucking psychologically tortured a guy into speaking a completely different language but he couldn't get the "truth" out of Cousineau when he questioned him?  And what about Albert?  Albert saw Barry rolling a corpse into a grave right next to the grave of two other guys Barry murdered previously. 

 

 

[wutang75 441]

Spoilers of course.

Great but not amazing ending. Pretty straight forward - if you come to terms with who you are - redeemed, if you don’t, not so much.

Completely agree that the Jim Moss storyline made no sense. No way he gets played like that.

We got great scenes from Fuches and Sally. Barry walking out and getting in to his car awkwardly with all that on his back was great.

I’m satisfied, but not texting all my TV friends “holy shit”.