Barry, now in jail and utterly abandoned by (nearly) everyone, has hit rock bottom. Well, rock bottom for now.
.) While I’ve spent the past ten months curious about all the characters, I’ve kept returning to the core question: how cango on with its protagonist in jail? Following a season that finally forced Barry to take accountability for his actions, what story is left to tell here?sticking the landing. Season three was one of my favorite seasons of TV last year. But the longer the show goes on, the harder it has to work to justify itself.
With nobody left, Barry can’t even muster any of the murderous rage he once felt for Fuches, who is, of course, in the same prison. He actually tells Fuches he was right about Gene, who couldn’t be trusted in the end. He even depressingly verbalizes his final takeaway from the Los Angeles actor’s journey we’ve spent 24 episodes following: “If I hadn’t tried to understand myself, we wouldn’t be here.
In the end, Barry does find an unexpected ally: Fuches, who tosses his wire aside to apologize and hug Barry, potentially sacrificing his deal with the FBI for protection. Barry’s closed-mouth smile in his arms is one of those indelibleimages that might stick with me for years; it’s eerily tender and poignant in the most uncomfortable way.
That inexorable pull toward your worst instincts is present in basically every character of the show. Hank and Cristobal mutually agreeing to abandon their safe haven made me think of last season’s running joke of Fuches being offered idyllic lives with beautiful women, only to turn them down for revenge.
That’s why it’s so disappointing to see Gene contacting Lon at the end of the episode with an exclusive on how he took down Barry. You could say it’s a sudden turn — it’s only been a day since the arrest — but thiswho Gene was all along, even when he was more focused on protecting his family and getting justice for Janice than making himself look good. Just think of how long he spent in a state of helplessness and fear last season, placating Barry just to keep himself alive.
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