On a night where the entire television world was fixated on the final episode of Game of Thrones, Barry‘s second season ended with 30 minutes of television that not only should be viewed and discussed by the masses but also capped off one of the best seasons of any show in recent memory. Barry has…

Fans of HBO’s Barry had to be wondering how the show would follow up on last week’s David Chase-like fever dream of an episode, “Ronny/Lily,” and what we were treated to was another tour de force of an episode. While opinions may vary on last week’s installment, I am firmly in the camp that it…

Season 2 of Barry is now halfway complete, and the stakes were raised considerably this week. Themes of identity and whether or not a person can really change took center stage in an episode that had the feeling of a midseason finale and was light on humor in favor of drama and furthering character arcs.…

I really enjoyed Season 1 of Barry but in my humble opinion, the show never hit its stride until the final two episodes of the season. My biggest question heading into Season 2 was if the show would be able to continue to head down the truly heart-wrenching yet hysterical path Season 1 ended on. The…

Originally published in March of 2018. Last night, Barry debuted on HBO, it’s first of an eight-episode season. Series lead Bill Hader directed the episode in addition to co-writing it with series co-creator Alec Berg (Silicon Valley). I will be going into spoiler territory here after this first paragraph so if you’re looking for a…