Barry Berkman did this.
And amid all this, we had a monastery slaughter and an acting showcase.
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Im like, Wow, were really lucky to be after that show.
We got like 2 million more viewers once that started.
It really just gravitated from the ending of episode 7.
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But unlike Barry, Fuches cant kill anybody.
He thinks he can, but he cant.
But then he can kill that relationship in a Fuches way, which is just to tell Gene.
And that was a big discussion in the writers room.
Okay, hes got this gun to his head, why doesnt he kill him?
If someone pulls a gun on someone, they shoot them, right?
Thats such a bad trope, of a guy pulls a gun and he cant do it.
Hes in shock, does he know that happened?
So it was more because of Fuches than wanting Gene to know.
It was like, Goddamn it, Fuches would tell him, so now Gene knows.
If were being honest with the characters, that is what would happen.
It wasnt an argument, but it really was tense in the writers room on that day.
It was a massive move for the show to be happening at the end of season 2.
I think a lot of shows would like that to happen a lot later.
But for me, I was adamant that that is what Fuches would do.
Why wouldnt he just say that?
And if I was watching that, I would be like, Just tell him!
and he was like, Yeah, I dont know.
So it will probably be like, So, Gene knows, what do you think?
And this was literally just after he told Genes son that people can change.
Initially, Barry went in and just started killing people for like no reason.
And it was not a good idea.
I remember looking at it like, So hes just like a serial killer or a mass shooter?
Because I was basically telling Alec what the end of season 2 was.
There has to be a reason.
Kill, thats the only thing on your brain.
Barry is basically describing to him, This is how Im going to kill you.
Like with Moss, is that something that will continue to haunt Barry moving forward?Oh yeah.
And then at the end is him walking away into darkness and all of the lights going out.
When I watch that, its this weird acceptance of who he is.
The title of this episode could have been Fuches was Right.
Barry is a violent piece of sh.
The cynical character is right at the end of the season.
And I actually believe him as well, so that sucks.
Shes a self-obsessed ahole.
And we were always like, But Barry kills people.
And theyre like, Yeah, but hes trying to be better, shes just awful.
I feel like Sally always works when shes just being honest.
Her meanness and directness is just her being honest.
In episode 6, she turns around and tells Barry, Really,youregoing to help me with this?
I bet she could do that.
And she did she just killed it.
That monologue came during Barry practicing for his big audition.
It came from auditions that Ive gone on in my life.
You see it a lot where the title is just right there.
Like theres a version of our show where its calledHitman Actor.
And I would get scripts like that, where like the pitch was the title.
Im like the guy going, You shouldforget about Sarah Marshall!
[Laughs] Its Year One, Jack.
For moreBarry, readEW critic Darren Franichs reviewof the finale and season 2 in its entirety.
