During a recent Gold Derby video interview, contributing editor Tony Ruiz spoke in-depth with Henry Winkler (“Barry”) about Season 4 of his HBO dark comedy, which is eligible at the 2023 Emmys. Watch the full video above and read the complete interview transcript below.
Spoiler Alert! The show’s final episodes find former acting coach Gene Cousineau (Winkler) suddenly accused of all of Barry Berkman’s (Bill Hader) crimes, to the point that even Gene’s own son believes in his father’s guilt. The series ends rather tragically for Gene, as he kills Barry in cold blood and then gets sent to prison.
When Winkler first learned about his character’s ultimate fate, “I went and had an avocado toast because I started to shake,” he confessed in our webchat. “I’m a pretty verbal guy. I had nothing to say.” The actor later added, “I think that in his mind,...
Spoiler Alert! The show’s final episodes find former acting coach Gene Cousineau (Winkler) suddenly accused of all of Barry Berkman’s (Bill Hader) crimes, to the point that even Gene’s own son believes in his father’s guilt. The series ends rather tragically for Gene, as he kills Barry in cold blood and then gets sent to prison.
When Winkler first learned about his character’s ultimate fate, “I went and had an avocado toast because I started to shake,” he confessed in our webchat. “I’m a pretty verbal guy. I had nothing to say.” The actor later added, “I think that in his mind,...
- 6/27/2023
- by Latasha Ford and Marcus James Dixon
- Gold Derby
In the HBO series Barry, some of the nuanced characters present in the narrative had a big impact on both the plot and Barry’s personal life. Gene Cousineau and Barry’s girlfriend Sally were two of the most important characters on the show since their presence in this entertaining dark comedy raised the bar and added complexity to the show. Gene Cousineau was one of the most complex characters, with a contradictory nature and a hilarious comic approach. Every time he appeared on screen, he had the ability to change the mood of the story. Viewers could go from hating him to sympathizing with him, finding his character engaging and very human. In fact, all the characters in Barry were portrayed as very human, highlighting the basic nature of humanity and our propensity to make mistakes. However, Gene Cousineau excelled at creating perilous situations for himself, making him one...
- 5/30/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
This article contains spoilers for the "Barry" series finale.
One of my favorite episodes of "The Sopranos" is "The Test Dream," in which Tony (James Gandolfini) falls asleep in a hotel room and has a surreal dream. Whenever "The Sopranos" needed to be especially foreboding, it went to dream sequences. Season 6 features a multi-episode one when Tony, in a coma and on death's door, has a vision of an alternate life for himself as a law-abiding middle-aged salesman. That's why when "Barry" started going surreal in season 3 — our eponymous protagonist (Bill Hader) saw himself standing on a beach alongside all his victims — my mind jumped to "The Sopranos."
The two HBO shows have more in common than you'd think, down to the same guiding question: can people change? "The Sopranos" is at its core about a man in therapy, a process that is supposed to help you reshape yourself. "Barry...
One of my favorite episodes of "The Sopranos" is "The Test Dream," in which Tony (James Gandolfini) falls asleep in a hotel room and has a surreal dream. Whenever "The Sopranos" needed to be especially foreboding, it went to dream sequences. Season 6 features a multi-episode one when Tony, in a coma and on death's door, has a vision of an alternate life for himself as a law-abiding middle-aged salesman. That's why when "Barry" started going surreal in season 3 — our eponymous protagonist (Bill Hader) saw himself standing on a beach alongside all his victims — my mind jumped to "The Sopranos."
The two HBO shows have more in common than you'd think, down to the same guiding question: can people change? "The Sopranos" is at its core about a man in therapy, a process that is supposed to help you reshape yourself. "Barry...
- 5/30/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for the "Barry" series finale.
Looking back, the relatively innocent first few episodes of "Barry" back in season 1 seem like they belong to an entirely different show compared to where the dark final season and the crushing series finale, "wow," winds up by the time the credits roll for the last time. From the very beginning, the show has played with the difference between the make believe drama on the theater stage and the high stakes consequences of the real world. Originally, the character of Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) chose Gene Cousineau's (Henry Winkler) acting class as a respite from moonlighting as a murderous hitman. However, as the series went on, the line between Barry's stage life and real life started to blur, causing every major character to become caught up in the wake of Barry's narcissism and delusions of grandeur.
Transitioning from more of an action comedy at its inception,...
Looking back, the relatively innocent first few episodes of "Barry" back in season 1 seem like they belong to an entirely different show compared to where the dark final season and the crushing series finale, "wow," winds up by the time the credits roll for the last time. From the very beginning, the show has played with the difference between the make believe drama on the theater stage and the high stakes consequences of the real world. Originally, the character of Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) chose Gene Cousineau's (Henry Winkler) acting class as a respite from moonlighting as a murderous hitman. However, as the series went on, the line between Barry's stage life and real life started to blur, causing every major character to become caught up in the wake of Barry's narcissism and delusions of grandeur.
Transitioning from more of an action comedy at its inception,...
- 5/29/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
In the thrilling final season of Barry, our protagonist sets out on a turbulent journey that is fraught with triumphs as well as tragedies. In Barry, every scene is a thrilling adrenaline rush that keeps us on the edge of our seats by adding continual twists and turns. As viewers, we are taken on a wild ride through this enthralling universe. However, with the eighth and final episode, Barry comes to a bittersweet conclusion, leaving an indelible mark on our minds.
In the previous episode of Barry, news surfaced about an upcoming Warner Bros. film based on Barry’s life. Fueled by a desire to prevent the film from seeing the light of day, Barry decided to kill Gene as he was collaborating with Warner Bros. in the making of this film. After remaining in hiding for eight years, Barry returned to Los Angeles in search of Gene. Meanwhile, anxiety...
In the previous episode of Barry, news surfaced about an upcoming Warner Bros. film based on Barry’s life. Fueled by a desire to prevent the film from seeing the light of day, Barry decided to kill Gene as he was collaborating with Warner Bros. in the making of this film. After remaining in hiding for eight years, Barry returned to Los Angeles in search of Gene. Meanwhile, anxiety...
- 5/29/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
This post contains spoilers for the series finale of Barry, which we recapped here.
Henry Winkler had already had the acting career of a lifetime decades before he got cast to play hacky, narcissistic acting teacher Gene Cousineau on HBO’s Barry. As Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli on Seventies and Eighties sitcom smash Happy Days, he became one of the most famous men in the world, and to this day still gets smiles, hugs, and invitations to dinner pretty much everywhere he goes.
But as iconic as Fonzie was, Cousineau...
Henry Winkler had already had the acting career of a lifetime decades before he got cast to play hacky, narcissistic acting teacher Gene Cousineau on HBO’s Barry. As Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli on Seventies and Eighties sitcom smash Happy Days, he became one of the most famous men in the world, and to this day still gets smiles, hugs, and invitations to dinner pretty much everywhere he goes.
But as iconic as Fonzie was, Cousineau...
- 5/29/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Bill Hader is bringing his hilarious, terrifying and haunting series “Barry” to a close. The show will air its fourth—and final—season finale on Sunday, May 28 at roughly 10:28 p.m. Et on Max. The series follows Barry Berkman, a former United States Marine who thinks his true calling might be on the stage. But until his movie career takes off, Barry makes ends meet as an assassin-for-hire. You can watch with a 7-Day Free Trial of Max.
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About 'Barry' Series Finale
Gene Cousineau was hailed as a hero after the arrest of Barry Berkman. But Berkman’s escape from prison and Cousineau’s subsequent flight to escape...
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About 'Barry' Series Finale
Gene Cousineau was hailed as a hero after the arrest of Barry Berkman. But Berkman’s escape from prison and Cousineau’s subsequent flight to escape...
- 5/28/2023
- by David Satin
- The Streamable
The end of "Barry" is nigh, and while we don't know exactly where these characters will end up, we do know that the actors had a major say in it. The very nature of the show intertwines the roles of performer and creator: Bill Hader isn't just the star, he also co-created the series. He's written several "Barry" episodes and directed plenty too (including the entire fourth season), showing off his filmmaking chops in the process.
Hader's experience on both sides of the camera might be why, according to his co-stars, he's generous about letting their perceptions inform their characters. Ahead of the series finale, the "Barry" main cast sat down with the Los Angeles Times for a group interview. Henry Winkler (Gene Cousineau) and Sarah Goldberg (Sally Reed) both described how Hader gave them a voice at the table.
According to Winkler, he was concerned after the table read...
Hader's experience on both sides of the camera might be why, according to his co-stars, he's generous about letting their perceptions inform their characters. Ahead of the series finale, the "Barry" main cast sat down with the Los Angeles Times for a group interview. Henry Winkler (Gene Cousineau) and Sarah Goldberg (Sally Reed) both described how Hader gave them a voice at the table.
According to Winkler, he was concerned after the table read...
- 5/27/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
It’s clear by this point in the run of “Barry” that the show is no longer about whether or not its title character (series co-creator Bill Hader) is a redeemable human being; as Hader puts it, despite all of his lying and killing, “he doesn’t understand what he did wrong.” Instead, as the fourth and final season comes to a close, the more morally gray supporting characters are beginning to see the consequences of their own failings — ones they can’t blame Barry for.
Played by Henry Winkler, Gene Cousineau emerges from Episode 5’s time jump with a mission to do the right thing. He comes out of hiding after hearing that Warner Bros. is working on a movie about Barry’s murder of Cousineau’s girlfriend, detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). Enraged by the exploitation of Janice’s death, Cousineau begins to protest the film, but the...
Played by Henry Winkler, Gene Cousineau emerges from Episode 5’s time jump with a mission to do the right thing. He comes out of hiding after hearing that Warner Bros. is working on a movie about Barry’s murder of Cousineau’s girlfriend, detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). Enraged by the exploitation of Janice’s death, Cousineau begins to protest the film, but the...
- 5/22/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
This article contains spoilers through Barry season 4 episode 4.
“Starting…now.”
That’s been Barry Berkman’s (Bill Hader) unofficial mantra ever since he killed detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome) and shattered his chance at a new life. Barry hoped that closing his eyes and pressing an invisible reset button would wash away the sins of his past life as a contract killer, but the cyclical nature of violence, how it seeps out and infects everyone that it touches, has kept Barry in a spin cycle from which there is seemingly no escape.
Until now?
The fourth season of HBO’s Barry has immaculately shown the costs that Barry and everyone in his web must pay for the hitman’s crimes. Those costs have proven to be particularly meaningful for Hank (Anthony Carrigan), Fuches (Stephen Root), Sally (Sarah Goldberg), and Gene (Henry Winkler), but in “it takes a psycho” perhaps the...
“Starting…now.”
That’s been Barry Berkman’s (Bill Hader) unofficial mantra ever since he killed detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome) and shattered his chance at a new life. Barry hoped that closing his eyes and pressing an invisible reset button would wash away the sins of his past life as a contract killer, but the cyclical nature of violence, how it seeps out and infects everyone that it touches, has kept Barry in a spin cycle from which there is seemingly no escape.
Until now?
The fourth season of HBO’s Barry has immaculately shown the costs that Barry and everyone in his web must pay for the hitman’s crimes. Those costs have proven to be particularly meaningful for Hank (Anthony Carrigan), Fuches (Stephen Root), Sally (Sarah Goldberg), and Gene (Henry Winkler), but in “it takes a psycho” perhaps the...
- 5/2/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
It was an emotional rollercoaster watching Barry episode 4. In previous episodes of Barry, we saw Barry manage to escape the prison during the mayhem when the assassination attempt on him failed, and it ended up slaughtering all the Feds present in the room. However, things immediately turned grim in episode 4, as one of our favorite characters was killed off. But it wasn’t enough; Gene Cousineau once again made a bone-headed decision that caused him a personal loss. Overall, episode 4 is a thrill ride that will eventually make you laugh, cry, and be amazed by the most perplexing cliffhanger in all of the Barry episodes. Let’s look into it.
Spoilers Ahead
Is Gene’s Son Dead? Who Killed Him?
The fourth episode opens with the warden beating poor Fuches. He has just been through a lot. He is once again entangled in Barry’s mess. The warden asked Fuches...
Spoilers Ahead
Is Gene’s Son Dead? Who Killed Him?
The fourth episode opens with the warden beating poor Fuches. He has just been through a lot. He is once again entangled in Barry’s mess. The warden asked Fuches...
- 5/1/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
One of the reasons that HBO's "Barry" has become such an exceptional television series over the last four seasons is its ability to walk a tightrope between an offbeat comedy and a dark thriller. Co-creator and star Bill Hader has also successfully shifted himself as the leading man on center stage to one of many main characters in his own show. "Barry" has become just as much about examining the underbelly of dysfunctional relationships as it is about exposing the uncaring, ruthless machinations of the criminal underworld.
In season 4, episode 4, "It Takes a Psycho," there aren't a lot of romances to root for any longer. Barry and Sally (Sarah Goldberg) have gone from two innocent theatre nerds to being incredibly toxic for one another. Meanwhile, Cousineau is still heartbroken over the murder of his beloved LAPD detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome), which really leaves only one couple to champion that...
In season 4, episode 4, "It Takes a Psycho," there aren't a lot of romances to root for any longer. Barry and Sally (Sarah Goldberg) have gone from two innocent theatre nerds to being incredibly toxic for one another. Meanwhile, Cousineau is still heartbroken over the murder of his beloved LAPD detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome), which really leaves only one couple to champion that...
- 5/1/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "Barry."
While developing "Better Call Saul," Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould first envisioned the show as a half-hour "case of the week" legal comedy. Each episode would be about Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) dealing with his latest client, before the client of his lifetime — Walter White (Bryan Cranston) — came along in "Breaking Bad." If you've seen "Better Call Saul," you know they didn't take long to ditch that idea. Instead, the show was an hour-long dramedy about former con man Jimmy McGill trying to make an honest living — even though he was destined to fail. Instead of a show laughing at Saul Goodman's antics, we learned that the persona is a personification of Jimmy's tragic inability to grow.
Gilligan, speaking to Rolling Stone about the show "Better Call Saul" became, said:
"'Breaking Bad' is about 25-percent humor, 75-percent drama, and maybe this will be the reverse of that.
While developing "Better Call Saul," Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould first envisioned the show as a half-hour "case of the week" legal comedy. Each episode would be about Saul Goodman (Bob Odenkirk) dealing with his latest client, before the client of his lifetime — Walter White (Bryan Cranston) — came along in "Breaking Bad." If you've seen "Better Call Saul," you know they didn't take long to ditch that idea. Instead, the show was an hour-long dramedy about former con man Jimmy McGill trying to make an honest living — even though he was destined to fail. Instead of a show laughing at Saul Goodman's antics, we learned that the persona is a personification of Jimmy's tragic inability to grow.
Gilligan, speaking to Rolling Stone about the show "Better Call Saul" became, said:
"'Breaking Bad' is about 25-percent humor, 75-percent drama, and maybe this will be the reverse of that.
- 5/1/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
This article contains spoilers for "Barry" season 4 episode 1. "Barry" just entered its final season, and it's going out with a bang. A lot of mysteries still loom in the air and almost every character is floating, with their every attempt to reach out to one another thwarted at every turn. Will Barry make it out of prison? Will the other shoe drop for Cousineau? Will NoHo Hank make it out of season 4 alive? So much happens in the season premiere that one suspenseful moment almost slips through the cracks. When NoHo Hank calls Barry's phone, someone else picks up. Who is it, and how do they have it?
The most natural conclusion would be that the police have it. Barry is in prison for murder, so it's only natural that a branch of the police would take possession of his phone. Barry's ex-mentor/tormentor, Fuches, strikes a deal with the...
The most natural conclusion would be that the police have it. Barry is in prison for murder, so it's only natural that a branch of the police would take possession of his phone. Barry's ex-mentor/tormentor, Fuches, strikes a deal with the...
- 4/20/2023
- by Shae Sennett
- Slash Film
For the second week in a row, “Succession” reached its biggest audience yet.
The HBO drama reached 2.6 million viewers on Sunday night, when the fourth episode of its fourth and final season debuted. That’s an improvement of 4% from Episode 3, which featured a major character death and brought in a then-series high of 2.5 million viewers.
Immediately afterwards, HBO and HBO Max premiered the fourth and final season of “Barry” with two episodes. The first episode was watched by 710,000 viewers — the most the series has seen since the finale of Season 2, which benefited from airing directly after an episode of “Game of Thrones,” HBO’s most watched show ever. Episode 2 dropped by 23% to bring in 550,000 viewers.
Provided by Warner Bros. Discovery, these figures represent a combination of third-party data from Nielsen regarding viewership of both shows on HBO’s cable channel and Wbd’s own data regarding streams on HBO Max.
The HBO drama reached 2.6 million viewers on Sunday night, when the fourth episode of its fourth and final season debuted. That’s an improvement of 4% from Episode 3, which featured a major character death and brought in a then-series high of 2.5 million viewers.
Immediately afterwards, HBO and HBO Max premiered the fourth and final season of “Barry” with two episodes. The first episode was watched by 710,000 viewers — the most the series has seen since the finale of Season 2, which benefited from airing directly after an episode of “Game of Thrones,” HBO’s most watched show ever. Episode 2 dropped by 23% to bring in 550,000 viewers.
Provided by Warner Bros. Discovery, these figures represent a combination of third-party data from Nielsen regarding viewership of both shows on HBO’s cable channel and Wbd’s own data regarding streams on HBO Max.
- 4/17/2023
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
This article contains mild spoilers for "Barry" season 4.Through the first two episodes of "Barry" season 4 (read /Film's review), Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) is getting adjusted to life behind bars after his acting teacher and mentor, Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), helped capture him to avenge his girlfriend, Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). After getting confirmation from Cousineau that he worked with Janice's father, Jim Moss (Robert Wisdom), to arrest him, Barry is understandably shattered. Betrayed, he phones his ex-girlfriend Sally (Sarah Goldberg) who promptly tells him to never contact her again.
It's a devastating blow for Barry who is still coming to terms with the fact that becoming an actor didn't quell his desire to kill. In fact, unlocking his emotions only exacerbated the problem. Acting was supposed to be his creative outlet, but instead, moonlighting as an assassin was still his true, dark calling.
Without Sally, Barry immediately...
It's a devastating blow for Barry who is still coming to terms with the fact that becoming an actor didn't quell his desire to kill. In fact, unlocking his emotions only exacerbated the problem. Acting was supposed to be his creative outlet, but instead, moonlighting as an assassin was still his true, dark calling.
Without Sally, Barry immediately...
- 4/17/2023
- by Drew Tinnin
- Slash Film
This post contains spoilers for "Barry" season 4, episode 1, "yikes," and episode 2, "bestest place on the earth."
One of the most important relationships in "Barry" is between the eponymous hitman turned actor (Bill Hader) and his handler/honorary uncle, Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root). Fuches is the one who turned Barry into a hitman (he was already a killer from his military service in Afghanistan). So when Barry wants to try a new vocation and join the acting class of Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), Fuches objects, knowing that spells the end of his gravy train. Their partnership falls apart over season 1, and they've now tried to kill each other multiple times.
Season 3 of "Barry" ended with a sense of comeuppance. After entrapment by Cousineau, Barry was finally arrested for killing Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome) — Cousineau's girlfriend — back in the season 1 finale. Fuches was arrested too, courtesy of Janice's father Jim...
One of the most important relationships in "Barry" is between the eponymous hitman turned actor (Bill Hader) and his handler/honorary uncle, Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root). Fuches is the one who turned Barry into a hitman (he was already a killer from his military service in Afghanistan). So when Barry wants to try a new vocation and join the acting class of Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), Fuches objects, knowing that spells the end of his gravy train. Their partnership falls apart over season 1, and they've now tried to kill each other multiple times.
Season 3 of "Barry" ended with a sense of comeuppance. After entrapment by Cousineau, Barry was finally arrested for killing Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome) — Cousineau's girlfriend — back in the season 1 finale. Fuches was arrested too, courtesy of Janice's father Jim...
- 4/17/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
After a long wait, the last season of “Barry” has now premiered on HBO Max. As shown in the teaser, Barry is now in prison, so the hide-and-seek game he has been playing with himself for the previous three seasons has come to an end. He has lost every individual he ever considered to be a close friend, which has left his mental condition in shambles. After Gene set him up with Jim Moss’ assistance, Barry’s self-esteem collapsed since he had no one to trust or seek for the guidance he needed. He is alone in his jail cell, surrounded by prisoners who taunt him. However, when Jim Moss caught Fuches, we didn’t get to see where Fuches wound up, but season 4 of “Barry” shows that Barry and Fuches are now both inmates in the same prison.
Spoilers Ahead
What Happened To Gene?
The first episode of “Barry...
Spoilers Ahead
What Happened To Gene?
The first episode of “Barry...
- 4/17/2023
- by Poulami Nanda
- Film Fugitives
May will be a brutal month for fans of great television. Succession hangs up its necktie on 28 May at the end of its fourth season, bringing an end to the best drama of the last decade or so. The same night, on the same channel (HBO in the US; Sky and Now in the UK), Barry will also finish up its own stellar four-season run. Bill Hader’s showbiz satire/crime drama fusion has never quite hit the zeitgeist like its HBO compatriot, but those who did tune in have been transfixed by its inventive, blackly comic sensibility and first-rate performances. Season four, thankfully, sees it go out on a high.
The series picks back up with assassin-turned-actor Barry Berkman (Hader) at a low point, locked up in prison for the murder of police officer Janice Moss. Having been turned in by his former acting coach, the conceited Gene Cousineau...
The series picks back up with assassin-turned-actor Barry Berkman (Hader) at a low point, locked up in prison for the murder of police officer Janice Moss. Having been turned in by his former acting coach, the conceited Gene Cousineau...
- 4/17/2023
- by Louis Chilton
- The Independent - TV
The following contains spoilers for "Barry."
Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg) had a rough go of it in "Barry" season 3. She had a brief moment on the top of the world in the fourth episode, "all the sauces," when her semi-autobiographical streaming series "Joplin" (named after her Missouri hometown) premiered to rave reviews. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to save the series from cancelation by streaming service BanShe's almighty algorithm.
Over the season's second half, a distraught Sally blew up at her assistant Natalie (D'Arcy Carden), was dropped by her agent Lindsay (Jessy Hodges), and then murdered a home invader (Anthony Molinari) in self-defense. So, she decided to leave Los Angeles entirely and go back home.
When we catch up with Sally in the season 4 premiere, "yikes," she's asleep on the flight to Joplin. So, she missed the news of Barry's arrest. When she wakes up, she checks her phone and finds...
Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg) had a rough go of it in "Barry" season 3. She had a brief moment on the top of the world in the fourth episode, "all the sauces," when her semi-autobiographical streaming series "Joplin" (named after her Missouri hometown) premiered to rave reviews. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to save the series from cancelation by streaming service BanShe's almighty algorithm.
Over the season's second half, a distraught Sally blew up at her assistant Natalie (D'Arcy Carden), was dropped by her agent Lindsay (Jessy Hodges), and then murdered a home invader (Anthony Molinari) in self-defense. So, she decided to leave Los Angeles entirely and go back home.
When we catch up with Sally in the season 4 premiere, "yikes," she's asleep on the flight to Joplin. So, she missed the news of Barry's arrest. When she wakes up, she checks her phone and finds...
- 4/17/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
“Barry” is back, and the fourth and final season of the Emmy-winning HBO series picks up pretty immediately where Season 3 left off. Bill Hader’s hitman-turned-aspiring-actor is in prison for the murder of Janice Moss, and the revelation that Barry is a killer has reverberations for everyone on the show. The first two episodes of Season 4 premiered on Sunday night, and TheWrap spoke with Hader – who directed all eight episodes of this final season – about putting it all together.
In the following extended Q&a, Hader talks about the alternate opening scene that was considered for the start of Season 4, an abandoned idea that would have seen the specter of Barry’s father appearing throughout the premiere episode, putting together Sally, Fuches, Gene, Hank and Cristobal’s storylines for Season 4, and the suggestion from Paul Rudd that made it into the first episode. Hader also talks about crafting those two extended oners,...
In the following extended Q&a, Hader talks about the alternate opening scene that was considered for the start of Season 4, an abandoned idea that would have seen the specter of Barry’s father appearing throughout the premiere episode, putting together Sally, Fuches, Gene, Hank and Cristobal’s storylines for Season 4, and the suggestion from Paul Rudd that made it into the first episode. Hader also talks about crafting those two extended oners,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Adam Chitwood
- The Wrap
This Post Contains spoilers for this week’s episodes of Barry, “Yikes” and “Bestest Place on the Earth.”
Late in “Yikes,” Barry’s Season Four premiere, Barry admits that Fuches was right all along about Barry taking Gene Cousineau’s acting class. “If I hadn’t have tried to understand myself, we wouldn’t be here,” Barry suggests.
In a plotting sense, this is exactly correct. Barry’s current predicament ties directly back to his murder of Janice Moss, which happened because he became Gene’s student. And many of...
Late in “Yikes,” Barry’s Season Four premiere, Barry admits that Fuches was right all along about Barry taking Gene Cousineau’s acting class. “If I hadn’t have tried to understand myself, we wouldn’t be here,” Barry suggests.
In a plotting sense, this is exactly correct. Barry’s current predicament ties directly back to his murder of Janice Moss, which happened because he became Gene’s student. And many of...
- 4/17/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
Spoilers follow.
Fame is a funny thing. Of course, on the HBO series "Barry," fame is a terrifyingly dangerous thing. "Barry" begins its fourth and final season with a two-episode premiere, exploring the darkest possible version of what fame can bring. The hitman-turned-wannabe actor is only ever a halfway-decent actor when he's channeling the immense rage that fuels him, and he's constantly lured back into the hitman lifestyle. But it took three seasons for that lifestyle to catch up with him in tangible ways. Last season wrapped with a shocker, in which Barry was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department thanks to a sting operation led by Jim Moss (Robert Wisdom), the intense father of the late Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome), who Barry killed at the end of the first season. Jim only got his man thanks to Barry's surrogate father figure and acting teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler...
Fame is a funny thing. Of course, on the HBO series "Barry," fame is a terrifyingly dangerous thing. "Barry" begins its fourth and final season with a two-episode premiere, exploring the darkest possible version of what fame can bring. The hitman-turned-wannabe actor is only ever a halfway-decent actor when he's channeling the immense rage that fuels him, and he's constantly lured back into the hitman lifestyle. But it took three seasons for that lifestyle to catch up with him in tangible ways. Last season wrapped with a shocker, in which Barry was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department thanks to a sting operation led by Jim Moss (Robert Wisdom), the intense father of the late Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome), who Barry killed at the end of the first season. Jim only got his man thanks to Barry's surrogate father figure and acting teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler...
- 4/17/2023
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
Spoiler Alert: The following story contains details from the first few episodes of Barry Season 4.
The end is nigh for Barry — but can the same be said for Bill Hader’s hitman, Barry Berkman? This is the big question looming over HBO’s dark comedy, which has just returned for its fourth and final season, teasing Chechen gangster NoHo Hank’s (Anthony Carrigan) decision to take the hitman out in the second of two new episodes.
This marks a major reversal on the part of Barry’s longtime ally, who in Episode 1 was plotting to free him from prison. Barry’s there, of course, for the Season 1 murder of detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). And after being reported to the authorities by his former acting teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), he mentally unravels, experiencing hallucinations, vivid childhood flashbacks, and delusionally optimistic visions of his future. Barry also, at one point,...
The end is nigh for Barry — but can the same be said for Bill Hader’s hitman, Barry Berkman? This is the big question looming over HBO’s dark comedy, which has just returned for its fourth and final season, teasing Chechen gangster NoHo Hank’s (Anthony Carrigan) decision to take the hitman out in the second of two new episodes.
This marks a major reversal on the part of Barry’s longtime ally, who in Episode 1 was plotting to free him from prison. Barry’s there, of course, for the Season 1 murder of detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). And after being reported to the authorities by his former acting teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), he mentally unravels, experiencing hallucinations, vivid childhood flashbacks, and delusionally optimistic visions of his future. Barry also, at one point,...
- 4/17/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Barry‘s final season kicks off with its titular hitman behind bars, and everybody else is feeling pretty trapped, too.
Sunday’s Season 4 premiere picks up with Barry getting locked up and using his one phone call to call Gene and ask: “Are you mad at me? Because I love you.” All Gene will say back is, “I gotcha.” Sally flies home to her hometown of Joplin and has a hyperventilating breakdown when she sees the news about Barry’s arrest — and that he killed Janice Moss while she was with him. (Her mom is unfazed, though. She’s clearly seen Sally hyperventilate before.
Sunday’s Season 4 premiere picks up with Barry getting locked up and using his one phone call to call Gene and ask: “Are you mad at me? Because I love you.” All Gene will say back is, “I gotcha.” Sally flies home to her hometown of Joplin and has a hyperventilating breakdown when she sees the news about Barry’s arrest — and that he killed Janice Moss while she was with him. (Her mom is unfazed, though. She’s clearly seen Sally hyperventilate before.
- 4/17/2023
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
Has there ever really been a show like "Barry"? On paper, "Barry" is a half-hour comedy about a hitman who gets bit by the acting bug. Sounds fun, right? Wrong. Well, sort of. Despite its comedic setup, it's probably not even fair to call "Barry" a comedy anymore. Alec Berg and Bill Hader's series started off somewhat light (or as light as a show with frequent murders could be) before descending into a remarkable, almost suffocating darkness. As "Barry" enters its fourth and final season, things have grown increasingly bleak. And if the bleakness doesn't get you, the feverish levels of anxiety will do the trick.
And yet, despite all this, "Barry" is funny. But it's also so much more than the comedy it began as. It's a show about horribly flawed individuals navigating an increasingly dangerous world. When this final season goes for comedy, it's very funny. But...
And yet, despite all this, "Barry" is funny. But it's also so much more than the comedy it began as. It's a show about horribly flawed individuals navigating an increasingly dangerous world. When this final season goes for comedy, it's very funny. But...
- 4/11/2023
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
Early in the new season of Barry, the show’s title character is told that while he has done bad things, “I’m sure you’re not a bad guy.” This is among the most clichéd sentiments of a 21st century television littered with stories of monstrous actions committed by seemingly less-than-monstrous individuals.
Barry has never been exactly that. Despite sharing DNA with the Walter Whites of the TV world, the series has felt wholly original from the jump, even as it’s evolved from Hollywood satire into something much darker and deeper.
Barry has never been exactly that. Despite sharing DNA with the Walter Whites of the TV world, the series has felt wholly original from the jump, even as it’s evolved from Hollywood satire into something much darker and deeper.
- 4/11/2023
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
"Barry" is one of the best shows on HBO right now. Although the series has competed at the Primetime Emmy Awards in the comedy categories, it's hard to call "Barry" a "comedy" anymore. The dark character study of a truly demented man may have a few outrageously funny moments, but it's also very bleak in its worldview. On the plus side, it's allowed Bill Hader to show his true dramatic range, with a performance that is both terrifying and sympathetic.
"Barry" is hardly the first dark comedy about an assassin, but unlike others, it's not a show that pulls its punches. The series pokes fun at Hollywood, the theater industry, and actors' volatile and sometimes dramatic nature, but the satire doesn't detract from the gravity of the material. If anything, it makes everything else hit even harder — and there's no better example than how each of the characters have grown and changed.
"Barry" is hardly the first dark comedy about an assassin, but unlike others, it's not a show that pulls its punches. The series pokes fun at Hollywood, the theater industry, and actors' volatile and sometimes dramatic nature, but the satire doesn't detract from the gravity of the material. If anything, it makes everything else hit even harder — and there's no better example than how each of the characters have grown and changed.
- 11/6/2022
- by Liam Gaughan
- Slash Film
The role of egotistical acting coach Gene Cousineau on HBO’s “Barry” earned Henry Winkler his first Primetime Emmy win in 2018 after nearly 50 years on television and more than a half a dozen nominations. Winkler is nominated again this year Best Comedy Supporting Actor for his work on the dark comedy’s acclaimed third season.
He’s nominated opposite his co-star Anthony Carrigan, “Ted Lasso” actors Brett Goldstein, Toheeb Jimoh and Nick Mohammed, Tyler James Williams of “Abbott Elementary,” Tony Shalhoub from “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and Bowen Yang from “Saturday Night Live.”
Winkler has submitted the third season finale of “Barry,” entitled “starting now,” to Emmy voters. In the episode Gene is contacted by Jim Moss (Robert Ray Wisdom), the father of Detective Janice Moss, Gene’s girlfriend that was killed by Barry (Bill Hader) at the end of Season 1. Jim knows that Barry killed Janice and wonders why...
He’s nominated opposite his co-star Anthony Carrigan, “Ted Lasso” actors Brett Goldstein, Toheeb Jimoh and Nick Mohammed, Tyler James Williams of “Abbott Elementary,” Tony Shalhoub from “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” and Bowen Yang from “Saturday Night Live.”
Winkler has submitted the third season finale of “Barry,” entitled “starting now,” to Emmy voters. In the episode Gene is contacted by Jim Moss (Robert Ray Wisdom), the father of Detective Janice Moss, Gene’s girlfriend that was killed by Barry (Bill Hader) at the end of Season 1. Jim knows that Barry killed Janice and wonders why...
- 8/30/2022
- by Tony Ruiz
- Gold Derby
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched “Starting Now,” the Season 3 finale of “Barry.”
Season 3 of “Barry” was the dark comedy’s darkest yet, which was achieved in no small part thanks to cinematographer Carl Herse.
“One of our big references is the Coen brothers’ balance between tragedy and comedy and how they find that line, allowing something to be meaningful but also comical and absurd at the same time,” Herse says about working with Bill Hader, who co-created the show, stars in the title role and directs many episodes, most recently including Season 3 finale “Starting Now.”
“Bill is very specific as a director. A lot of times on TV shows, you have showrunners who have a writing background but are not necessarily as visual, episodic directors who are trying to get many coverage options for the showrunners to decide what direction they want to go with,...
Season 3 of “Barry” was the dark comedy’s darkest yet, which was achieved in no small part thanks to cinematographer Carl Herse.
“One of our big references is the Coen brothers’ balance between tragedy and comedy and how they find that line, allowing something to be meaningful but also comical and absurd at the same time,” Herse says about working with Bill Hader, who co-created the show, stars in the title role and directs many episodes, most recently including Season 3 finale “Starting Now.”
“Bill is very specific as a director. A lot of times on TV shows, you have showrunners who have a writing background but are not necessarily as visual, episodic directors who are trying to get many coverage options for the showrunners to decide what direction they want to go with,...
- 6/15/2022
- by Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
This post contains spoilers for the third season finale of Barry, which is available now on HBO and HBO Max.
The Barry Season Three finale, “Starting now,” takes its title from a running gag in the Season One finale, where hitman/actor Barry (Bill Hader) kept insisting that he was going to live a violence-free life from that moment onward, only for more opportunities for murder to come up, most notably when he chose to kill cop Janice Moss after she figured out about his day job. When Barry said “Starting…...
The Barry Season Three finale, “Starting now,” takes its title from a running gag in the Season One finale, where hitman/actor Barry (Bill Hader) kept insisting that he was going to live a violence-free life from that moment onward, only for more opportunities for murder to come up, most notably when he chose to kill cop Janice Moss after she figured out about his day job. When Barry said “Starting…...
- 6/13/2022
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Rollingstone.com
This article contains spoilers for Barry season 3.
The mark of a good TV show is to make every season finale feel like a series finale. And through three years of superb storytelling, no TV show has embodied that virtue better than HBO dark comedy Barry.
The story of hitman-turned-actor Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) seemed as though it could have ended in the first season when Barry committed the ultimate sin of killing Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). It felt as though it could end for good in season 2 again when Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) uncovered Barry’s crime. Now, at the end of season 3, Barry presents its most conclusive ending yet. Barry is tricked into storming into Janice’s father Jim’s home to kill him only to be stopped by an entire LAPD Swat team and taken into custody.
How could a story about a hitman possibly continue after that?...
The mark of a good TV show is to make every season finale feel like a series finale. And through three years of superb storytelling, no TV show has embodied that virtue better than HBO dark comedy Barry.
The story of hitman-turned-actor Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) seemed as though it could have ended in the first season when Barry committed the ultimate sin of killing Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). It felt as though it could end for good in season 2 again when Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) uncovered Barry’s crime. Now, at the end of season 3, Barry presents its most conclusive ending yet. Barry is tricked into storming into Janice’s father Jim’s home to kill him only to be stopped by an entire LAPD Swat team and taken into custody.
How could a story about a hitman possibly continue after that?...
- 6/13/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
If you know the HBO series "Barry," you know the significance of the title of its third-season finale, "starting now." That's the two-word phrase that hitman Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) used a few times in the first-season finale, when he continually was promising to leave his violent past behind in favor of a calmer, happier one as an actor in Los Angeles. But as much as he can keep trying to bury his past, he can't really fight it. He said he was doing with his past life "starting now" right after he brutally killed Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome), who had figured out who...
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- 6/13/2022
- by Josh Spiegel
- Slash Film
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched “starting now,” the Season 3 finale of “Barry,” now streaming on HBO Max.
After three seasons of barely getting away with his many crimes, Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) has finally been caught.
Season 3 of Hader and Alec Berg’s increasingly dark comedy series “Barry” ends with the title character — a reluctant hitman whose attempts to avoid the consequences of his actions have caused increasingly greater tragedies — apprehended by a Swat team, heading to jail for the murder of detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). That act, which has hung over the series since Season 1, initially seemed like it would get Barry in jail even sooner, when her boyfriend Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) discovered that Barry, his student, was responsible for her death. But after intimidating Cousineau and convincing him not to tell anyone the truth, Barry doesn’t seem to have to...
After three seasons of barely getting away with his many crimes, Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) has finally been caught.
Season 3 of Hader and Alec Berg’s increasingly dark comedy series “Barry” ends with the title character — a reluctant hitman whose attempts to avoid the consequences of his actions have caused increasingly greater tragedies — apprehended by a Swat team, heading to jail for the murder of detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). That act, which has hung over the series since Season 1, initially seemed like it would get Barry in jail even sooner, when her boyfriend Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) discovered that Barry, his student, was responsible for her death. But after intimidating Cousineau and convincing him not to tell anyone the truth, Barry doesn’t seem to have to...
- 6/13/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
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[This story contains major spoilers to the season three finale of HBO’s Barry.]
If watching the latest season of Barry led you to believe there’s no possible way the title character can keep getting away with everything, well, you’re right.
The HBO pitch-black comedy, focusing on an assassin who can’t manage to escape a life of crime, ended its third season with a sobering finale Sunday. After an emotional breakdown in the desert during a confrontation with Albert (James Hiroyuki Liao), Barry is prepared to kill Janice Moss’ father (Robert Ray Wisdom) but is set up by Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) and ultimately apprehended by the authorities. Meanwhile, Sally (Sarah Goldberg) is left to wrestle with having defended herself against Shane (Anthony Molinari) with murderous rage, while Hank (Anthony Carrigan) shoots his way out of a potential encounter with a panther and emotionally reunites with Cristobal (Michael Irby).
For co-creator and star Bill Hader,...
[This story contains major spoilers to the season three finale of HBO’s Barry.]
If watching the latest season of Barry led you to believe there’s no possible way the title character can keep getting away with everything, well, you’re right.
The HBO pitch-black comedy, focusing on an assassin who can’t manage to escape a life of crime, ended its third season with a sobering finale Sunday. After an emotional breakdown in the desert during a confrontation with Albert (James Hiroyuki Liao), Barry is prepared to kill Janice Moss’ father (Robert Ray Wisdom) but is set up by Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) and ultimately apprehended by the authorities. Meanwhile, Sally (Sarah Goldberg) is left to wrestle with having defended herself against Shane (Anthony Molinari) with murderous rage, while Hank (Anthony Carrigan) shoots his way out of a potential encounter with a panther and emotionally reunites with Cristobal (Michael Irby).
For co-creator and star Bill Hader,...
- 6/13/2022
- by Ryan Gajewski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Spoiler Alert: Do not read if you haven’t watched “candy asses,” the seventh episode of “Barry” Season 3, streaming now on HBO Max.
In “710N,” the sixth episode of “Barry’s” third season, Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root) comes close to finally turning over a new leaf. The selfish, cowardly criminal, currently waging a war against his surrogate son and former crime business partner Barry (Bill Hader), gets shot and left for dead by a group of motorcyclists he hired for his latest plan. After getting nursed back to health by a kindhearted rancher living in the desert, he seriously considers abandoning his quest for revenge in favor of settling down with the man’s daughter, Anita. But when he sees a newspaper story about Barry and his other mentor figure, acting teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), he steals the rancher’s truck and races back to Los Angeles to get...
In “710N,” the sixth episode of “Barry’s” third season, Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root) comes close to finally turning over a new leaf. The selfish, cowardly criminal, currently waging a war against his surrogate son and former crime business partner Barry (Bill Hader), gets shot and left for dead by a group of motorcyclists he hired for his latest plan. After getting nursed back to health by a kindhearted rancher living in the desert, he seriously considers abandoning his quest for revenge in favor of settling down with the man’s daughter, Anita. But when he sees a newspaper story about Barry and his other mentor figure, acting teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), he steals the rancher’s truck and races back to Los Angeles to get...
- 6/6/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
It’s been a harrowing third season for bitter theater coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler). The knowledge that his student, assassin Barry (cocreator Bill Hader), killed Gene’s LAPD detective lover Janice Moss (Paula Newsome) nearly got him offed. Then Barry decided he could earn Gene’s trust back if he booked the long-shunned actor a gig on the TV series Laws of Humanity. Is the plan working? “He is constantly looking over his shoulder,” Winkler says. “He is so befuddled. If I take this job, is my family still safe? Does it maybe mean I’m back in business?” The Emmy winner teases the dark days ahead. (Credit: Merrick Morton/ HBO) Gene is on his own redemption arc, isn’t he? Henry Winkler: That’s the question of the season: No matter what you’ve done, can you come back? And how would you answer it? I’m not...
- 6/3/2022
- TV Insider
It’s been a harrowing third season for bitter theater coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler). The knowledge that his student, assassin Barry (cocreator Bill Hader), killed Gene’s LAPD detective lover Janice Moss (Paula Newsome) nearly got him offed. Then Barry decided he could earn Gene’s trust back if he booked the long-shunned actor a gig on the TV series Laws of Humanity. Is the plan working? “He is constantly looking over his shoulder,” Winkler says. “He is so befuddled. If I take this job, is my family still safe? Does it maybe mean I’m back in business?” The Emmy winner teases the dark days ahead. (Credit: Merrick Morton/ HBO) Gene is on his own redemption arc, isn’t he? Henry Winkler: That’s the question of the season: No matter what you’ve done, can you come back? And how would you answer it? I’m not...
- 6/3/2022
- TV Insider
This Barry review contains spoilers.
Barry Season 3 Episode 5
I’ve gone on the record praising Barry’s pacing and episode lengths. The show consistently moves at a clip, pushing the story forward with kinetic energy. That said, “crazytimesh*tshow” may be the first episode of the series to feel too overstuffed. Not only does this week’s episode explore Barry’s feelings after his and Sally’s breakup, furthers the war between the Chechens and Bolivians, and continues Sally’s Hollywood journey, but it also reintroduces Barry’s old Marine buddy Albert Nguyen as an FBI antagonist, continues to follow Julie (Annabeth Gish) and her son as they plot to kill Barry, introduces a new scorned woman from Gene’s past, and finds Fuches trying to stir up more trouble with Taylor’s sister.
It’s A Lot of moving parts, and they’re all compelling in their own ways,...
Barry Season 3 Episode 5
I’ve gone on the record praising Barry’s pacing and episode lengths. The show consistently moves at a clip, pushing the story forward with kinetic energy. That said, “crazytimesh*tshow” may be the first episode of the series to feel too overstuffed. Not only does this week’s episode explore Barry’s feelings after his and Sally’s breakup, furthers the war between the Chechens and Bolivians, and continues Sally’s Hollywood journey, but it also reintroduces Barry’s old Marine buddy Albert Nguyen as an FBI antagonist, continues to follow Julie (Annabeth Gish) and her son as they plot to kill Barry, introduces a new scorned woman from Gene’s past, and finds Fuches trying to stir up more trouble with Taylor’s sister.
It’s A Lot of moving parts, and they’re all compelling in their own ways,...
- 5/23/2022
- by Nick Harley
- Den of Geek
Barry‘s assignment isn’t ending anytime soon: HBO has renewed the Bill Hader hitman comedy for Season 4, TVLine has learned.
Hader stars as hitman-turned-actor Barry Berkman, who is trying to leave his bloody day job behind for a career in Hollywood. (Hader also co-created the series with Alec Berg.) Henry Winkler costars as Barry’s acting teacher Gene Cousineau, with Sarah Goldberg as Barry’s actress girlfriend Sally, Stephen Root as his hitman handler Fuches and Anthony Carrigan as goofy Chechen mobster Noho Hank.
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Hader stars as hitman-turned-actor Barry Berkman, who is trying to leave his bloody day job behind for a career in Hollywood. (Hader also co-created the series with Alec Berg.) Henry Winkler costars as Barry’s acting teacher Gene Cousineau, with Sarah Goldberg as Barry’s actress girlfriend Sally, Stephen Root as his hitman handler Fuches and Anthony Carrigan as goofy Chechen mobster Noho Hank.
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- 5/19/2022
- by Dave Nemetz
- TVLine.com
This article contains spoilers for Barry season 3 episodes 1 and 2.
It’s hard to have a more vibrant TV acting career than Henry Winkler.
First introduced as the jukebox-slapping, shark-jumping, thumb-extending Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli on classic sitcom Happy Days, Winkler would go on to have a prolific second act as a comedy character actor in projects like Scream, The Waterboy, Arrested Development, and much more.
Everybody knows Winkler from something, and perhaps even has their own personal favorite performance. For the man himself, however, nothing tops his current project: Barry.
“It’s a kettle of fish that I don’t think I have ever tasted in my entire career,” Winkler tells Den of Geek prior to the Barry season 3 premiere.
It’s a bold claim from the man who once donned TV’s most iconic leather jacket…and it also might shockingly be a correct one. Barry won Winkler his first...
It’s hard to have a more vibrant TV acting career than Henry Winkler.
First introduced as the jukebox-slapping, shark-jumping, thumb-extending Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli on classic sitcom Happy Days, Winkler would go on to have a prolific second act as a comedy character actor in projects like Scream, The Waterboy, Arrested Development, and much more.
Everybody knows Winkler from something, and perhaps even has their own personal favorite performance. For the man himself, however, nothing tops his current project: Barry.
“It’s a kettle of fish that I don’t think I have ever tasted in my entire career,” Winkler tells Den of Geek prior to the Barry season 3 premiere.
It’s a bold claim from the man who once donned TV’s most iconic leather jacket…and it also might shockingly be a correct one. Barry won Winkler his first...
- 5/2/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
This Barry review contains spoilers.
Barry Season 3 Episode 2
For as complicated as people appear to be on the surface, when it boils down to it, we’re all simple creatures looking for the same thing: love. Whether from romantic interests, our families, friends, or the adoration of the outside world, most of us just want to be seen and appreciated for who we are. That said, sometimes in pursuit of that love, people do unsavory or even heinous things that make attaining that affection even harder.
It’s clear within “limonada” that all our central Barry characters are either looking for love, trying to hold onto the love they’ve found, or are left emotionally battered after the loss of love. Sally’s pursuit of acting seems driven by her past abusive relationships; she’s seeking the attention and approval of Hollywood and subsequently TV viewers to fill the gap.
Barry Season 3 Episode 2
For as complicated as people appear to be on the surface, when it boils down to it, we’re all simple creatures looking for the same thing: love. Whether from romantic interests, our families, friends, or the adoration of the outside world, most of us just want to be seen and appreciated for who we are. That said, sometimes in pursuit of that love, people do unsavory or even heinous things that make attaining that affection even harder.
It’s clear within “limonada” that all our central Barry characters are either looking for love, trying to hold onto the love they’ve found, or are left emotionally battered after the loss of love. Sally’s pursuit of acting seems driven by her past abusive relationships; she’s seeking the attention and approval of Hollywood and subsequently TV viewers to fill the gap.
- 5/2/2022
- by Nick Harley
- Den of Geek
This Barry review contains spoilers.
Barry Season 3 Episode 1
Three years is an eternity in TV time, but that’s how long we’ve been without Barry, Bill Hader’s immaculately produced hitman-turned-actor dramedy for HBO. As with all good things, Covid-19 impacted that show’s production schedule, but allowed Hader and co-creator Alec Berg more time to polish scripts and chart the season’s trajectory. That extra time feels apparent in the Season 3 premiere, “Forgiving Jeff,” (the title of which is stylized in all lower-case as all Barry episodes are) which reestablishes status quo with our returning characters, but also addresses last season’s big cliffhanger.
The last time we saw Barry, Henry Winkler’s Gene Cousineau had been led out into the woods by a vindictive Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root) to the location of the car owned by his slain girlfriend, Detective Janice Moss. Fuches showed Cousineau the body,...
Barry Season 3 Episode 1
Three years is an eternity in TV time, but that’s how long we’ve been without Barry, Bill Hader’s immaculately produced hitman-turned-actor dramedy for HBO. As with all good things, Covid-19 impacted that show’s production schedule, but allowed Hader and co-creator Alec Berg more time to polish scripts and chart the season’s trajectory. That extra time feels apparent in the Season 3 premiere, “Forgiving Jeff,” (the title of which is stylized in all lower-case as all Barry episodes are) which reestablishes status quo with our returning characters, but also addresses last season’s big cliffhanger.
The last time we saw Barry, Henry Winkler’s Gene Cousineau had been led out into the woods by a vindictive Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root) to the location of the car owned by his slain girlfriend, Detective Janice Moss. Fuches showed Cousineau the body,...
- 4/25/2022
- by Nick Harley
- Den of Geek
Spoiler Alert:Do not read if you haven’t watched “Forgiving Jeff,” the Season 3 premiere of “Barry,” now streaming on HBO Max.
Nobody is more critical of Gene Cousineau than the actor portraying him. Since 2018, Henry Winkler has been playing the acting coach on Alec Berg and Bill Hader’s HBO crime dramedy “Barry.” And while the role has provided Winkler some of the best reviews of his career, along with an Emmy for the show’s debut season, the TV icon known for playing the Fonz on “Happy Days” doesn’t mince words when describing Cousineau, referring to him as “selfish,” “self-centered” and with “no loving ability.”
When Season 3 of “Barry” begins, Cousineau seems to have changed, in ways both good and bad. Following the events of Season 2, he’s mended the rift between himself and his long-estranged son Leo (Andrew Leeds) and his grandson, who now both live with him.
Nobody is more critical of Gene Cousineau than the actor portraying him. Since 2018, Henry Winkler has been playing the acting coach on Alec Berg and Bill Hader’s HBO crime dramedy “Barry.” And while the role has provided Winkler some of the best reviews of his career, along with an Emmy for the show’s debut season, the TV icon known for playing the Fonz on “Happy Days” doesn’t mince words when describing Cousineau, referring to him as “selfish,” “self-centered” and with “no loving ability.”
When Season 3 of “Barry” begins, Cousineau seems to have changed, in ways both good and bad. Following the events of Season 2, he’s mended the rift between himself and his long-estranged son Leo (Andrew Leeds) and his grandson, who now both live with him.
- 4/25/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
Warning: Major spoilers ahead for “Barry” Seasons 1 and 2
We last saw Barry Berkman in the midst of a rage blackout, gunning down criminals in pursuit of the man who betrayed his most terrible secret.
If the details are a little hazy, that might be because it’s been three years since the Emmy-winning series “Barry” was on air. Co-created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader – who also wrote and directed several episodes – the dramedy chronicles the life of Barry (Hader), a depressed veteran and hitman who discovers a passion for acting when he takes a class to get eyes on his latest mark. But extricating himself from the criminal world is harder than he realized, and the deeper he gets invested in his new life, the more complicated burying his past becomes.
Season 2 took place in the aftermath of the murder of Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome), who also happened...
We last saw Barry Berkman in the midst of a rage blackout, gunning down criminals in pursuit of the man who betrayed his most terrible secret.
If the details are a little hazy, that might be because it’s been three years since the Emmy-winning series “Barry” was on air. Co-created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader – who also wrote and directed several episodes – the dramedy chronicles the life of Barry (Hader), a depressed veteran and hitman who discovers a passion for acting when he takes a class to get eyes on his latest mark. But extricating himself from the criminal world is harder than he realized, and the deeper he gets invested in his new life, the more complicated burying his past becomes.
Season 2 took place in the aftermath of the murder of Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome), who also happened...
- 4/24/2022
- by Harper Lambert
- The Wrap
Turns out there’s a business even more brutal than the hit-man trade. Welcome to Hollywood, where fates and dreams can be crushed because, as a streaming executive puts it, “The algorithm felt it wasn’t hitting the right taste clusters.” I’ll tell you what sends my taste cluster (whatever that may be) off the chart: HBO‘s Barry, a thrilling concoction of pitch-black humor and nail-biting suspense. Now in its long-awaited third season, full of shocking twists with unexpected emotional impact, the series is grounded in the peculiar journey of Barry Berkman (two-time Emmy winner Bill Hader), a Marine sniper turned assassin who just wants to act. (Credit: HBO) His greatest role on the explosive road to redemption may be convincing those who know him best — including his appalled acting coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler doing career-high work), now aware that his prize student is responsible for the death of his beloved Det.
- 4/23/2022
- TV Insider
The last time HBO’s “Barry” aired on TV, the final season of “Game of Thrones” was unfolding, Donald Trump was president of the U.S. and nobody on Earth had ever heard of “Covid-19.” It was a much simpler time!
It’s been nearly three years since Emmy winner Bill Hader last played Barry Berkman, everyone’s favorite part-time assassin and aspiring actor. Barry has successfully avoided arrest following several murders, while also growing as a thespian and dating fellow actor Sally (Sarah Goldberg), but Season 3 puts him in his most precarious position yet. Barry’s former handler, Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root), has fully turned against him. In the Season 2 finale, it’s revealed that Fuches told Barry’s acting coach, Gene M. Cousineau (Henry Winkler), that Barry killed Cousineau’s girlfriend, police officer Janice Moss (Paula Newsome), in the Season 1 finale.
With Cousineau aware of the truth about Barry,...
It’s been nearly three years since Emmy winner Bill Hader last played Barry Berkman, everyone’s favorite part-time assassin and aspiring actor. Barry has successfully avoided arrest following several murders, while also growing as a thespian and dating fellow actor Sally (Sarah Goldberg), but Season 3 puts him in his most precarious position yet. Barry’s former handler, Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root), has fully turned against him. In the Season 2 finale, it’s revealed that Fuches told Barry’s acting coach, Gene M. Cousineau (Henry Winkler), that Barry killed Cousineau’s girlfriend, police officer Janice Moss (Paula Newsome), in the Season 1 finale.
With Cousineau aware of the truth about Barry,...
- 4/22/2022
- by Jordan Moreau and Selome Hailu
- Variety Film + TV
Half reluctant serial killer for hire, half wannabe actor: How will Barry (Bill Hader) split the difference?
HBO’s Emmy-winning “Barry” kicks off Season 3 on April 24, and it’s clear from the teaser trailer that Barry has found himself in an even deeper mess than before. The Chechen mob is after him while the Los Angeles police department closes in thanks to former boss Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root) tipping off Barry’s acting teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) about the murder of his cop girlfriend Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). And Barry is still trying to make a relationship work with fellow actor Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg).
Our heads are spinning more than after reciting a Shakespearian monologue. Keep scrolling to see where Barry Blockman left off in Season 2, plus get all the details about Season 3 before its premiere.
1. Who Is Barry Running From?
Ah, the age-old question: Which villain is chasing our hero now?...
HBO’s Emmy-winning “Barry” kicks off Season 3 on April 24, and it’s clear from the teaser trailer that Barry has found himself in an even deeper mess than before. The Chechen mob is after him while the Los Angeles police department closes in thanks to former boss Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root) tipping off Barry’s acting teacher Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) about the murder of his cop girlfriend Detective Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). And Barry is still trying to make a relationship work with fellow actor Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg).
Our heads are spinning more than after reciting a Shakespearian monologue. Keep scrolling to see where Barry Blockman left off in Season 2, plus get all the details about Season 3 before its premiere.
1. Who Is Barry Running From?
Ah, the age-old question: Which villain is chasing our hero now?...
- 4/14/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Thanks to the Covid-19 pandemic, TV fans have gotten quite used to lengthy delays between seasons of their favorite shows. But even with that in mind, the wait for Barry season 3 has been a particularly excruciating one. The season 2 finale of HBO’s beloved dark comedy concluded with quite a cruel cliffhanger.
When we last left off, hitman-turned-actor Barry Berkman a.k.a. Barry Block (Bill Hader) was possibly exposed as a murderer to one of the most important people in his life, acting coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler). How Cousineau would react to such a betrayal has hung out there in the TV ether ever since May 2019. Now, some three years later, we’re about to finally see the fireworks go down.
Barry season 3 officially has a release date, trailer, episode count, and much more! Here is everything we know about the new comedy classic.
Barry Season 3 Release Date...
When we last left off, hitman-turned-actor Barry Berkman a.k.a. Barry Block (Bill Hader) was possibly exposed as a murderer to one of the most important people in his life, acting coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler). How Cousineau would react to such a betrayal has hung out there in the TV ether ever since May 2019. Now, some three years later, we’re about to finally see the fireworks go down.
Barry season 3 officially has a release date, trailer, episode count, and much more! Here is everything we know about the new comedy classic.
Barry Season 3 Release Date...
- 4/5/2022
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
After a three-year delay, Barry Berkman is stepping back into his spotlight.
HBO has released the official trailer for Season 3 of “Barry,” the critically-acclaimed comedy and crime series created by and starring Bill Hader.
Hader stars as Barry Berkman, a marine-turned-hitman who attempts to abandon his deadly profession after he discovers a love for acting, joining a community of aspiring Los Angeles theater performers. But his connections to the criminal world refuse to let go, and Barry finds himself having to live a very violent double life. In addition to Hader, the series also stars Henry Winkler as Barry’s vain acting coach Gene Cousineau; Stephen Root as Barry’s handler Monroe Fuches; Sarah Goldberg as Barry’s love interest, aspiring actress Sally Reed; Anthony Carrigan as mob leader NoHo Hank; and Sarah Burns as May, a detective investigating Barry.
Season 2 of “Barry” ended on a huge cliffhanger for the series,...
HBO has released the official trailer for Season 3 of “Barry,” the critically-acclaimed comedy and crime series created by and starring Bill Hader.
Hader stars as Barry Berkman, a marine-turned-hitman who attempts to abandon his deadly profession after he discovers a love for acting, joining a community of aspiring Los Angeles theater performers. But his connections to the criminal world refuse to let go, and Barry finds himself having to live a very violent double life. In addition to Hader, the series also stars Henry Winkler as Barry’s vain acting coach Gene Cousineau; Stephen Root as Barry’s handler Monroe Fuches; Sarah Goldberg as Barry’s love interest, aspiring actress Sally Reed; Anthony Carrigan as mob leader NoHo Hank; and Sarah Burns as May, a detective investigating Barry.
Season 2 of “Barry” ended on a huge cliffhanger for the series,...
- 3/16/2022
- by Wilson Chapman
- Variety Film + TV
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