.anniexlyons on Barry's brutal Season 3 finale, which confronts the damage left behind
At the start of the Season 1 finale, Barry Berkman vows to his handler Fuches that he’s done killing. A tall order for the hitman, but maybe attainable once he makes it to a picturesque getaway with girlfriend Sally , acting teacher Gene Cousineau , and Janice, Cousineau’s girlfriend. That is, until Janice deduces Barry’s involvement in recent murders. He murders her to protect his secrets, then climbs back into bed with Sally. He can still leave behind his past, he assures himself—“starting.
By the show’s own design, Barry’s rising body count has never overpowered the accompanying dark comedy. Bloodshed is simply par for the course for a show with a reluctant contract killer tangled up in the warring factions of a criminal underworld. And whiledidn’t shy away from his most ruthless acts, the murders of Janice and his Marine buddy Chris , it was also easy for us to keep rooting for Barry to get away with it.
Conversely, the finale’s violence is brutal and exacting. Throughout the stomach-ache-inducing episode,forces us to confront the aftermath of violence in uncomfortably close quarters. Hader keeps these moments from being gratuitous though, instead telegraphing their impact by lingering on characters’ changed faces.
Similarly, it’s another closeup that breaks Cousineau’s resolve when Jim interrogates him, sitting so close that we see their noses touching. Of course, Cousineau never actually forgave Barry this season, but his fearful silence became much easier to swallow after Barry’s actions led to his success. Cousineau embarked on a forgiveness tour of his own that, while seemingly sincere, also wasn’t entirely unselfish. In contrast, his choice to help Jim seems to come from love.
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