History Recap / Barry

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# "[[Recap/BarryS4E8Wow wow]]"

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine A hitman searching for some direction.]]'']]
->'''Gene Cosineau:''' ''Barry, do you ever ask for what'' you ''need? Or do you just quietly feel shame at your own desires while sadly doing the bidding of others?''

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#"[[Recap/BarryS1E1ChapterOneMakeYourMark Chapter One: Make Your Mark]]"
#"[[Recap/BarryS1E2ChapterTwoUseIt Chapter Two: Use It]]"
#"[[Recap/BarryS1E3MakeTheUnsafeChoice Chapter Three: Make The Unsafe Choice]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS1E4ChapterFourCommitToYou}} Chapter Four: Commit...To You]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS1E5ChapterFiveDoYourJob}} Chapter Five: Do Your Job]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS1E6ChapterSixListenWithYourEarsReactWithYourFace}} Chapter Six: Listen With Your Ears, React With Your Face]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS1E7ChapterSevenLoudFastAndKeepGoing}} Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast, and Keep Going]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS1E8ChapterEightKnowYourTruth}} Chapter Eight: Know Your Truth]]"
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine A killer second act.]]'']]
->'''Barry Berkman:''' ''Am I evil? Am I like...an evil person?''

#"[[{{Recap/BarryS2E1ChapterOneTheShowMustGoOnProbably}} Chapter One: The Show Must Go On...Probably]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS2E2ChapterTwoThePowerOfNo}} Chapter Two: The Power of No]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS2E3ChapterThreePastEqualsPresentTimesFutureOverYesterday}} Chapter Three: Past = Present x Future Over Yesterday]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS2E4ChapterFourWhat}} Chapter Four: What?!]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS2E5ChapterFiveRonnyLily}} Chapter Five: ronny/lily]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS2E6ChapterSixTheTruthHasARingToIt}} Chapter Six: The Truth Has a Ring to It]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS2E7ChapterSevenTheAudition}} Chapter Seven: The Audition]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS2E8ChapterEightBerkmanBlock}} Chapter Eight: berkman > block]]"

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine You can’t bury your past.]]'']]
->'''Barry Berkman:''' ''Look. I believe — and some of this, I got from your teachings — that… That– That you can be the version of yourself that you wanna be.''
->'''Gene Cousineau:''' ''I never said that to you.''
->'''Barry Berkman:''' ''What I’m saying is… Is I never would’ve learned that if it wasn’t for you.''
->'''Gene Cousineau:''' ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion So I’m responsible for who you are?]]''
->'''Barry Berkman:''' ''[[DramaticallyMissingThePoint The positive side, yeah!]]''

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#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E1ForgivingJeff}} forgiving jeff]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E2Limonada}} limonada]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E3BenMendelsohn}} ben mendelsohn]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E4AllTheSauces}} all the sauces]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E5Crazytimeshitshow}} crazytimeshitshow]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E6710N}} 710N]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E7CandyAsses}} candy asses]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E8ChapterEightStartingNow}} starting now]]"
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine The Arresting Final Act.]]'']]

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#"[[Recap/BarryS4E1Yikes yikes]]"
#"[[Recap/BarryS4E2BestestPlaceOnTheEarth bestest place on the earth]]"
#"[[Recap/BarryS4E3YoureCharming you're charming]]"
#"[[Recap/BarryS4E4ItTakesAPsycho it takes a psycho]]"
#"[[Recap/BarryS4E5TrickyLegacies tricky legacies]]"
#"[[Recap/BarryS4E6TheWizard the wizard]]"
#"[[Recap/BarryS4E7ANiceMeal a nice meal]]"
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->'''[=NoHo=] Hank:''' ''Oh, my god... [[ComicallyMissingThePoint I mean, absolutely! Do I not tell you that enough?]]''

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->'''Barry Berkman:''' ''Look. I believe — and some of these, I got from your teachings — that… That– That you can be the version of yourself that you wanna be.''

#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E8ChapterEightStartingNow}} Chapter Eight: starting now]]"

#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E1ChapterOneForgivingJeff}} Chapter One: forgiving jeff]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E2ChapterThreeLimonada}} Chapter Two: limonada]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E3ChapterThreeBenMendelsohn}} Chapter Three: ben mendelsohn]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E4ChapterFourAllTheSauces}} Chapter Four: all the sauces]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E5ChapterFiveCrazytimeshitshow}} Chapter Five: crazytimeshitshow]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E6ChapterSix710N}} Chapter Six: 710N]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS3E7ChapterSevenCandyAsses}} Chapter Seven: candy asses]]"

->'''Barry Berkman:''' ''Look. I believe — and some reason of these, I got from your teachings — that… That– That you can be the version of yourself that you wanna be.''

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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine You can’t bury your past.]]'']]

->'''Gene Cousineau:'''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion So I’m responsible for who you are?]]''

!!Season One (March 31, 2019 through May 19, 2019)

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->'''Barry Berkman:''' ''You wanna know what I'm good at? I'm good at killing people. You know, when I got back from Afghanistan I was really depressed. You know, like I didn't leave my house for months, and uh, this friend of my dad's, he's like an uncle to me. He helped me out and he gave me a purpose. He told me that what I was good at over there could be useful here and, uh, it's a job...you know. All right, the money's good, and uh, these people I take out, like they're they're ''bad'' people, you know; like, they're pieces of shit. But lately, you know...I've like...I'm not sleeping and, uh, that depressed feeling's back, you know? Like...like I know there's ''more'' to me than that. Maybe...I don't know, maybe there's not. Maybe this is all I'm good at.''

The first season of the HBO dark comedy/drama series ''{{Series/Barry}}'' began airing in 2018. Created by and Creator/BillHader (of ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' fame) and Alec Berg (''Series/CurbYourEnthusiasm''), the first season consists of eight episodes, each thirty minutes in length. Along with creating the show, Hader also serves as its main star (in addition to writing and directing many episodes). It was ''very'' well-received upon arrival and would ultimately garner many award nominations and wins, including Outstanding Lead and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the [[UsefulNotes/EmmyAward 69th Annual Emmys]] for stars Bill Hader and Creator/HenryWinkler, respectively.


Season One adopts a policy of IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming, with each chapter title coming from a piece of acting advice dispensed within.

#"[[{{Recap/BarryS1E1ChapterOneMakeYourMark}} Chapter One: Make Your Mark]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS1E2ChapterTwoUseIt}} Chapter Two: Use It]]"
#"[[{{Recap/BarryS1E3MakeTheUnsafeChoice}} Chapter Three: Make The Unsafe Choice]]"

Following the rousing success of the first season, a second was ordered by HBO almost immediately. Bill Hader continues to write, direct, and star as everybody's favorite depressed hitman. This season was every bit as well-received as the first, garnering even ''more'' critical praise and award nominations; Hader himself would once again take home the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series.

This season also drops half of the first's [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming naming convention]]; keeping the "Chapter X," format but having more esoteric story titles. There does continue to be however, just eight thirty minute-long episodes.

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->'''Barry Berkman:''' You wanna know what I'm good at? I'm good at killing people. You know, when I got back from Afghanistan I was really depressed. You know, like I didn't leave my house for months, and uh, this friend of my dad's, he's like an uncle to me. He helped me out and he gave me a purpose. He told me that what I was good at over there could be useful here and, uh, it's a job...you know. All right, the money's good, and uh, these people I take out, like they're they're ''bad'' people, you know; like, they're pieces of shit. But lately, you know...I've like...I'm not sleeping and, uh, that depressed feeling's back, you know? Like...like I know there's ''more'' to me than that. Maybe...I don't know, maybe there's not. Maybe this is all I'm good at.

->'''Barry Berkman:''' Am I evil?...am I like, an evil person?

->'''Barry Berkman:''' You wanna know what I'm good at? I'm good at killing people. You know, when I got back from Afghanistan I, ah, was really depressed. You know, like I didn't leave my house for months, and, ah, this friend of my dad's, he's, uh he's like an uncle to me. He, uh, he helped me out and he gave me a purpose. He told me that, that what I was good at over there could be useful here and, uh, it's a job. You know. All right the money's good, and, uh, these people I take out, like they're they're bad people, you know, like they're pieces of shit. Um... But lately, you know, I've like, I'm not sleeping and, ah, that depressed feeling's back, you know. Like, like I know there's more to me than that. Maybe, I don't know, maybe there's not. Maybe this is all I'm good at.