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‘Barry’ keeps taking wild chances as the show takes a whack at its farewell season | CNN
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‘Barry’ keeps taking wild chances as the show takes a whack at its farewell season | CNN

CNN·Brian Lowry·about 1 month ago
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CNN  —  “Barry” has taken chances from the very beginning, which is certainly true of a fourth and final season that picks up where the third left off , with its hitman-turned-wannabe actor getting arrested. That paves the way for an even darker season that accentuates the show’s ensemble aspect while leaning a little too heavily on blurring lines with flights of fancy. Thanks to “Succession,” “Barry” won’t be the highest-profile goodbye on HBO this spring, but the Emmy-nominated series isn’t chopped liver either. It’s fair to say, in fact, that while these episodes don’t quite measure up to what’s gone before, even a less-lethal “Barry” is still very, very good. Bill Hader’s auteur turn as director-producer-star remains one of TV’s most unpredictable series, and the new season has a strong “Better Call Saul” vibe to it, triggered by fallout from the seemingly inevitable fact that Hader’s Barry couldn’t maintain his double life forever.…

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