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- The third season of HBO’s hit series Barry came to a close on Sunday night.
- The series, largely written and directed by star Bill Hader, has a 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
- Hader is now deservingly being showered in praise from television and movie fans alike.
Editor’s Note: This article will contain spoilers for the entire third season of HBO’s Barry.
When Barry first premiered on HBO back in 2018, many television fans expect the new Bill Hader project to be similar to his unflinchingly hilarious work in the past: Saturday Night Live, South Park, Superbad, and so on and so forth. After all, with a basic premise of a hitman trying to become an actor, the comedy was built into the synopsis, was it not?
What the show was and ultimately is, though, is far different from that original perception, as the third season of the now-revered HBO dramedy just wrapped up a stunning and unrelentingly bleak third season that genuinely reminded me of an inverse version of Breaking Bad.
My adoration of Barry‘s third season, and its finale in particular, is certainly not an isolated incident as praise for Bill Hader has been pouring in from all corners of the pop culture world.
Television fans are blown away by Bill Hader’s work in the season three finale of Barry
Season finale and just the entire season of #Barry was such high level work all around. Acting, writing and directing.
— Ben Stiller (@BenStiller) June 13, 2022
Man, Bill Hader. Bravo.
Said this before: he’s got a Jordan Peele/Ben Affleck thing going where it’s obvious from jump street he’s a natural born STAR director.
To write, act, and direct #Barry into becoming one of TV’s best shows has me amped to see what he tackles next. pic.twitter.com/nUuwa9cqHz
— Eric Italiano (@eric_ital) June 13, 2022
There is a scene in the latest episode of Barry that pays off an otherwise throwaway line from earlier in the season in the most… spectacular way possible.
There is no one directing TV quite like Bill Hader right now. I can’t fucking believe this show, man. https://t.co/1ZWNr06VCi
— Cade Onder (@Cade_Onder) June 13, 2022
Bill Hader needs that third Emmy immediately. pic.twitter.com/so2aSQXSij
— ~ (@haderfilm) June 13, 2022
https://twitter.com/rejectedhannah/status/1536171666836963329
This scene was so good, Bill Hader is the best director working in TV today https://t.co/UulDiOYc4W
— Will 🦥 Menaker (@willmenaker) June 9, 2022
“directed by bill hader” aka after you witnessed the most horrifying sequence of events for 30 minutes straight
— ~ (@haderfilm) June 6, 2022
bill hader continues pushing the boundaries of the 30-minute comedy to its absolute limits…describing season three as anything less than a masterpiece would be disingenuous
— delaney (@femaIehysterias) June 13, 2022
Somebody please hire Jordan Peele and Bill Hader to make a movie together. #BarryHBO
— aakashgard (@akaashvaid) June 6, 2022
#Barry season 3 is a masterpiece in storytelling. Some of the most gripping episodes ever on television. Powerhouse performance and Bill Hader is one of the best tv directors right now. He, needs to do a feature film. The way this show balances humor and drama is extraordinary pic.twitter.com/OshpiuUtyB
— Rorschach's Journal (@jokerquinn299) June 13, 2022
Man, Bill Hader. Bravo.
Said this before: he’s got a Jordan Peele/Ben Affleck thing going where it’s obvious from jump street he’s a natural born STAR director.
To write, act, and direct #Barry into becoming one of TV’s best shows has me amped to see what he tackles next. pic.twitter.com/nUuwa9cqHz
— Eric Italiano (@eric_ital) June 13, 2022
I don’t want to spoil anything. But Bill Hader just gave one of the greatest dramatic performances in an episode of tv I’ve ever seen. #barry
— Sarah Bethe (@Lady_Macbethe) June 13, 2022
this shot of hank having his first violent moment of the series if not his entire life while passing by a portrait of cristobal’s family as he’s on his way to discover the love of his life undergoing conversion therapy… bill hader im gonna kiss you on the forehead pic.twitter.com/TuzOEZsL9G
— nonbinary hank 👨🏻🦲 (@wehohank_) June 13, 2022
https://twitter.com/MrRobertColeman/status/1536177171399593985
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. “Barry” is an immediate classic we’ll still be talking about 25 years from now.
Bill Hader might be the most talented person working in Hollywood and that doesn’t even include Stefon. pic.twitter.com/8zRMQIWlqR— Eric Alper 🎧 (@ThatEricAlper) June 13, 2022
Luckily for fans of Barry, the series was already renewed for a fourth season ahead of Sunday night’s finale, meaning the episode’s incredible cliffhanger ending will certainly be answered.
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