Introduction
Barry is an American dark comedy–crime television series created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader that premiered on HBO on 25 March 2018.
Hader stars as Barry Berkman, a former US Marine and a hitman, from Cleveland who travels to Los Angeles to kill someone but finds himself joining an acting class taught by Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler), where he meets aspiring actress Sally Reed (Sarah Goldberg) and begins to question his path in life as he deals with his criminal associates such as Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root) and NoHo Hank (Anthony Carrigan).
Outline
Sally suggests to Barry that they should take a break from each other, only to immediately discover they have been cast as scene partners in the Shakespeare showcase. Detective Moss returns to the acting class and re-interviews three men, including Barry, who could match the photo of the tall, unrecognizable figure from the lipstick camera. Barry provides an alibi with the help of Fuches, who tells him to kill Taylor once the raid is done; Barry reluctantly agrees despite his qualms about killing a fellow Marine. The acting class discusses the morality of Macbeth and Barry, feeling the moral weight of his profession, has an emotional outburst, yelling at the class, “I’ve killed people. I should just go blow my brains out?” The class assumes this is about the time that he served in the Marines. Gene replies, “If you kill outside of war, you’re a fucking psycho. Then you’re irredeemable.” That night, Barry and Taylor successfully raid the stash house, killing several men, with Taylor doing most of the killing as well as saving Barry’s life. The next morning, Barry meets with Fuches, who is happy to see Barry alive. Taylor soon joins, revealing Barry did not follow Fuches’ advice.
Barry Series
You can find a full index and overview of Barry here.
You can find a full index of Barry Series 01 here.
Production & Filming Details
- Director(s): Hrio Murai.
- Writer(s): Ben Smith.
- Release Date: 22 April 2018.
- Running time: 26-35 minutes (per episode).
- Rating: TV-MA.
- Country: US.
- Language: English.
Video Link
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