Barry deals with his past in prison while finding Fuches with him. Sally returns home. Gene has a spark of new fame after his help with capturing Barry.Barry deals with his past in prison while finding Fuches with him. Sally returns home. Gene has a spark of new fame after his help with capturing Barry.Barry deals with his past in prison while finding Fuches with him. Sally returns home. Gene has a spark of new fame after his help with capturing Barry.
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- GoofsThe Los Angeles Times article about Barry's arrest that Sally reads on her phone is rife with grammatical and punctuation errors, and additionally refers to Barry as "the real killer" of Janice Moss. No major media organization would use that language for a person who had just been arrested for a crime and is awaiting trial, they would use language like "the primary suspect".
- Quotes
Officer Birdwell: Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.
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Great Starter but Way Too Short Unfortunately
A great start to the last season of Barry that gives every important character of the show their own screen time and it's not just 20 minutes of Barry being in the prison, and showing us the same prison arc cliché in every movie and show where some prisoners gang up on him to kick his ass or something. None of that. Just Barry being alone to himself reminiscing the past within the walls of this prison thinking about how he got there.
What I like about this episode and I think this show excelled in this aspect in the past too, is that you don't really need flashbacks for every character like Barry to know why they are who they are. From the moment you are introduced to Sally's mom, you immediately understand why Sally is Sally. It's a great way of naturally progressing your story without halting it with some flashbacks and exposition to give characterization and backstory, you give your character characterization by moving her story forward and just having her interact with her mom and dad she hasn't seen for a long time.
This episode also does a really great job of introducing us to the new environment, and the new and different tone of the show. The comedy is still there and it is funny, but it is more serious than ever. The show has had always a serious tone alongside the dark comedy aspect of it, but it is way more serious now since all of the relationships are ruined and everyone hates each other. And ironically, everything had to go haywire for a certain character to be reunited with someone and to love them again which I'm trying so hard not to spoil but I think it's obvious enough. I just find this contrast really interesting.
They do a lot of this type of integrating flashbacks to the present scenes in this episode which I didn't find annoying at all since it was executed so well and it wasn't done to death to make it lame.
And I gotta say the direction of this episode was amazing. The way they decided to shoot and do a lot of scenes is just great and it shows that Bill Hader still got it. The cinematography of some particular scenes is just as great as previous seasons' and once again reminds you that this isn't just another regular drama show you're watching.
NoHo Hank is once again great and I'm glad that they hinted at how he's going to connect to Barry's plotline in this episode because so far, his and his boyfriend's plotline doesn't seem that interesting but I'm sure it's gonna result in some crazy shenanigans.
We're still not sure what Gene's motive here is yet, but something tells me he's not gonna be 100% hating Barry here.
Overall, I thought this episode was a great openner to the season and giving all the characters sufficient time in such a short runtime and introducing and developing new plot lines without being them rushed. The direction is fantastic and I'm sure it's gonna get better with Bill having directed of them himself. I'm looking forward to the crazy episodes we're gonna get in the second half of the season like every previous season.
What I like about this episode and I think this show excelled in this aspect in the past too, is that you don't really need flashbacks for every character like Barry to know why they are who they are. From the moment you are introduced to Sally's mom, you immediately understand why Sally is Sally. It's a great way of naturally progressing your story without halting it with some flashbacks and exposition to give characterization and backstory, you give your character characterization by moving her story forward and just having her interact with her mom and dad she hasn't seen for a long time.
This episode also does a really great job of introducing us to the new environment, and the new and different tone of the show. The comedy is still there and it is funny, but it is more serious than ever. The show has had always a serious tone alongside the dark comedy aspect of it, but it is way more serious now since all of the relationships are ruined and everyone hates each other. And ironically, everything had to go haywire for a certain character to be reunited with someone and to love them again which I'm trying so hard not to spoil but I think it's obvious enough. I just find this contrast really interesting.
They do a lot of this type of integrating flashbacks to the present scenes in this episode which I didn't find annoying at all since it was executed so well and it wasn't done to death to make it lame.
And I gotta say the direction of this episode was amazing. The way they decided to shoot and do a lot of scenes is just great and it shows that Bill Hader still got it. The cinematography of some particular scenes is just as great as previous seasons' and once again reminds you that this isn't just another regular drama show you're watching.
NoHo Hank is once again great and I'm glad that they hinted at how he's going to connect to Barry's plotline in this episode because so far, his and his boyfriend's plotline doesn't seem that interesting but I'm sure it's gonna result in some crazy shenanigans.
We're still not sure what Gene's motive here is yet, but something tells me he's not gonna be 100% hating Barry here.
Overall, I thought this episode was a great openner to the season and giving all the characters sufficient time in such a short runtime and introducing and developing new plot lines without being them rushed. The direction is fantastic and I'm sure it's gonna get better with Bill having directed of them himself. I'm looking forward to the crazy episodes we're gonna get in the second half of the season like every previous season.
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- MamadNobari97
- Apr 16, 2023
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- Runtime26 minutes
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- 1.78 : 1
- 16:9 HD
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