S3 Finale (Spoilers)
I don't know if it's the writing or Bill Hader himself directing a few episodes, but the balance of tone went off-kilter in this 3rd season. I didn't know what I was supposed to think or feel after the finale.
shareI don't know if it's the writing or Bill Hader himself directing a few episodes, but the balance of tone went off-kilter in this 3rd season. I didn't know what I was supposed to think or feel after the finale.
shareThis should be the series finale. It wrapped everything up very nicely in a realistic way.
I truly don't think someone could get away with killing that many people in real life and not have that happen. There is no way he could continue an acting career or have a relationship with Sally doing what he did. The only question is if it would have affected Sally's career for it to come out that she was so close to a hired killer like that. I think that actually is why she went back to Missouri. Was that guy that she was nearly killed by her ex? That would make sense in my opinion. Now that he's gone it's basically safe for her to go back home at least for a while.
It's already been renewed for S4. And the guy she stabbed was the guy from the motocross gang that was hunting Barry. That's why he showed up where Barry was staying.
shareMakes sense. I just wonder how it will keep going.
shareThat's the idea. To make you curious as to how it could possibly continue. But technically, they don't have proof of anything other than him breaking in and pointing a gun. The rest is one man's word against another man's. And Fuches has suddenly adopted "The Raven" persona once in prison, so... Also, if the Feds want his help to go after the Chechens or Bolivians, he could cut a deal. There are some options to exploit here.
shareThat was a truly incredible piece of television.
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I really dug it. The episode was so freaking intense. Every scene. Every character had something major going on. It never let up.
And I have no idea where they go from here. I really don’t want to see an entire season of Barry in prison. So unless he somehow escapes incarceration in the first episode, I’m not sure how they can make it interesting.
Sure, but does it match the tone of the past 2 seasons? They even went all heavy with Hank this episode. It's hard to reconcile that with the comedy that used to be omnipresent. Making a joke of Cousineau charging Barry for an acting class, for every little side chat they had, seems a million miles away now. Or that detective letting him off the hook if he took care of his wife's other relationship. It went from dark comedy to just plain dark. And it seems to coincide with Bill Hader directing more and more eps.
shareThe episode was so freaking intense. Every scene.
Gene gave his greatest acting performance in duping him. And he's resigned b/c of the money he took to stay quiet. That's gone along with his revival and the relationship with his son. As for the "Why?" -- yeah, that never played with me, unless you're sticking with dark comedy, b/c logically, it doesn't work.
shareGene gave his greatest acting performance in duping him.
Not sure who has any real morality in this show.
I did not enjoy Season 3. Too depressing. The show is supposed to be a dark comedy, but we had very little comedy. The guy at the bakery shop giving advice was hilarious though.
shareIt still had Noho Hank, and he always brings the comedy!
shareErm, except from when he hears his mates getting ripped apart by some unseen beast / lion and then sees his gay buddy being subjected to electrocution therapy... Then he doesn't bring so much comedy to the table!
shareThis. Hank is definitely usually the funny one, but pretty much nothing funny in the finale. He stepped up when he needed to though.
shareI had a hunch about the final scene. I knew it was a setup because it doesn't make sense for Jim to invite Barry into his home.
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