"‘Barry’ Season 2 Review: Bill Hader’s Exceptional" Topic

… Series Returns Sharp and Devastating.

"For anyone questioning the choice Barry made at the end of its first season to see Barry (Bill Hader) secure his future with a very personal murder, the new season delivers a startlingly confident reply. Picking up in the weeks following Janice's (Paula Newsome) disappearance, Barry sees the unraveling of his plan almost immediately. An inconsolable Gene (Henry Winkler) is ready to shut down production and quit the acting class, and everything Barry hoped to preserve beings to fall apart. He lets slip to his girlfriend Sally (Sarah Goldberg) in one chilling aside about the calculation: "Then it was all for nothing."

One of the things that made the first season of Bill Hader's HBO series so exceptional was how it managed to make violent shifts in tone feel completely organic. Every short half-hour episode is a rollercoaster ride of emotions, from the always-hilarious exploits NoHo Hank (Anthony Carrigan) to a suddenly deeply dark exploration of Barry's first kill. Barry has extraordinary balance, much like its titular character in the way he must also juggle his duel natures of assassin and am-dram actor…."
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Loved first season!.

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Armand

I am keeping my HBO subscription mainly to see more of this show. Disturbingly appealing.

The first chapter was great!!

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Armand