Barry: a nice meal
May 22, 2023 11:06 AM - Season 4, Episode 7 - Subscribe
“I was talking about office supplies!”
Dammit, Sally, if you're going to keep wearing that halfway decent wig everywhere, at least try to properly secure it to your head!
That failed rocket launch had me damn near on the ground rolling with laughter, it was just beautiful.
Watching Gene's entrapment-via-ego-stroking was perfection. Honestly assuming that everyone left will either be dead or in prison when the final credits roll, but who knows?
I feel like Hank's wardrobe has gone full Batman cartoon villain (also true of the live-action 1960s TV series with Adam West) and I'm totally here for it.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 11:45 AM on May 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
That failed rocket launch had me damn near on the ground rolling with laughter, it was just beautiful.
Watching Gene's entrapment-via-ego-stroking was perfection. Honestly assuming that everyone left will either be dead or in prison when the final credits roll, but who knows?
I feel like Hank's wardrobe has gone full Batman cartoon villain (also true of the live-action 1960s TV series with Adam West) and I'm totally here for it.
posted by Unicorn on the cob at 11:45 AM on May 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
five hundred and ONE, am I right?
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 12:29 PM on May 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 12:29 PM on May 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
“He’s very frightened of the woods”
posted by staggernation at 12:37 PM on May 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
posted by staggernation at 12:37 PM on May 22, 2023 [4 favorites]
Who else thinks Hank send Barry to Fuches stronghold ?
posted by Pendragon at 12:38 PM on May 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Pendragon at 12:38 PM on May 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
What was the notebook Janice’s dad looked at?
posted by kat518 at 1:43 PM on May 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by kat518 at 1:43 PM on May 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
kat518, presumably it was the Vanity Fair reporter's notebook.
posted by cowlick at 2:44 PM on May 22, 2023 [3 favorites]
posted by cowlick at 2:44 PM on May 22, 2023 [3 favorites]
What was the notebook Janice’s dad looked at?
Remember that he got to the Vanity Fair journalist who was going to write up an article, and who was the audience of Gene's one-man show. I assumed it was information that the journalist saw in that show.
This whole season has been an enigma for me; I am not sure if I completely love it or if it is a few steps too crazy. I think maybe both. But I particularly loved that with the "Gene as drug lord and co-conspirator with the Raven" the police have (for seemingly the third or fourth time) now connected all the dots to make a clear picture that is the opposite of any reality.
posted by AgentRocket at 2:47 PM on May 22, 2023 [6 favorites]
Remember that he got to the Vanity Fair journalist who was going to write up an article, and who was the audience of Gene's one-man show. I assumed it was information that the journalist saw in that show.
This whole season has been an enigma for me; I am not sure if I completely love it or if it is a few steps too crazy. I think maybe both. But I particularly loved that with the "Gene as drug lord and co-conspirator with the Raven" the police have (for seemingly the third or fourth time) now connected all the dots to make a clear picture that is the opposite of any reality.
posted by AgentRocket at 2:47 PM on May 22, 2023 [6 favorites]
Did anyone notice if, during the credits, the football commentators on the TV in the background—one of them sounded like Stephen Root? I thought that would be a funny easter egg; I have no idea if those were real football play-callers or not (they sounded fake).
Anyway, I like the way they are having all the disparate threads, the characters having been tossed in all directions, coming back together, but wow it's dark. Nobody is an innocent party in this. Some more than others.
I loved the scene with Hank and the boxes in the kitchen. His character is the only one that has retained a comedic tilt through all of these layers of insanity. Everyone else has just seriously lost their beans.
And I do have a criticism: eight years in the future looks a lot like now—the cars, the tech... And, their kid looks a little old for an 8-year-old. I think he's an actor.
posted by not_on_display at 10:24 PM on May 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
Anyway, I like the way they are having all the disparate threads, the characters having been tossed in all directions, coming back together, but wow it's dark. Nobody is an innocent party in this. Some more than others.
I loved the scene with Hank and the boxes in the kitchen. His character is the only one that has retained a comedic tilt through all of these layers of insanity. Everyone else has just seriously lost their beans.
And I do have a criticism: eight years in the future looks a lot like now—the cars, the tech... And, their kid looks a little old for an 8-year-old. I think he's an actor.
posted by not_on_display at 10:24 PM on May 22, 2023 [1 favorite]
The rocket gag had some serious I told you we should have bought more than three bullets energy.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 10:41 PM on May 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by Parasite Unseen at 10:41 PM on May 22, 2023 [2 favorites]
their kid looks a little old for an 8-year-old.
Sure, but it wouldn't be the first time they cast an older actor to play a younger kid.
posted by Pendragon at 11:43 PM on May 22, 2023
Sure, but it wouldn't be the first time they cast an older actor to play a younger kid.
posted by Pendragon at 11:43 PM on May 22, 2023
Why did Barry collapse in the kitchen? Best explanation I can come up with is loss of blood, but I'm not really sold on that. Did I miss something?
posted by Paul Slade at 1:11 AM on May 23, 2023
posted by Paul Slade at 1:11 AM on May 23, 2023
Maybe that plus he hadn’t eaten or drunk any water for long enough to cause him to pass out?
posted by ellieBOA at 3:11 AM on May 23, 2023
posted by ellieBOA at 3:11 AM on May 23, 2023
I was wondering if Janice's dad -- who seems very good at reprogramming people -- successfully did something to him. On the other hand, that might be too goofy for the show this is shaping up to be?
posted by grandiloquiet at 4:00 AM on May 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by grandiloquiet at 4:00 AM on May 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
It was fake enough that one of the football teams was "Boston" (like, I had to wonder if maybe it was a college game or something.) I guess this underlines that Barry takes place in an alternate universe.
posted by whuppy at 6:41 AM on May 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by whuppy at 6:41 AM on May 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
Hank is totally sending Barry to Fuches house, given how he had talked about getting the Raven what he wanted and sent his men to find Barry. What I appreciated about this episode is that setup what's probably going to be a pretty violent next episode by establishing how dangerous Fuches' men are by how easily they dispatched the four hired assassins. At the same time, the episode ended with Bill Hader doing some incredible physical acting by simply moving his body to imply anger and an impending wrath. I'm guessing that Barry will eliminate Fuches' men, and thus, taking away his power once again, and they'll be confronting each other, both wounded, when the police pull up to arrest them. Fuches' previous power was built on Barry's lethality, after all.
I'm kind of puzzled over the $250k aspect. Why didn't Gene tell anyone that he was basically told to take the money or Barry would kill his son and grandson? Wasn't that how the transaction happened? At his son's house?
Again, poor John.
Sally, well, we have full confirmation Sally is experiencing some next level psychosis from her killing of the intruder in the previous season. Upon reflection, her alcoholism was probably self-medication based.
The rocket attack scene definitely needs to be a hall fame moment for the show. It was magnificent.
posted by Atreides at 9:05 AM on May 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
I'm kind of puzzled over the $250k aspect. Why didn't Gene tell anyone that he was basically told to take the money or Barry would kill his son and grandson? Wasn't that how the transaction happened? At his son's house?
Again, poor John.
Sally, well, we have full confirmation Sally is experiencing some next level psychosis from her killing of the intruder in the previous season. Upon reflection, her alcoholism was probably self-medication based.
The rocket attack scene definitely needs to be a hall fame moment for the show. It was magnificent.
posted by Atreides at 9:05 AM on May 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
I'm a bit confused why they all conclude that Barry paying Gene 250k means that Gene orchestrated the hit, and not that Barry tried to buy Gene's silence (as was the case).
eight years in the future looks a lot like now
I mean, at least we know there will be "phone movies" soon.
Edit: on preview, Atreides and I have similar confusions.
posted by coffeecat at 9:05 AM on May 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
eight years in the future looks a lot like now
I mean, at least we know there will be "phone movies" soon.
Edit: on preview, Atreides and I have similar confusions.
posted by coffeecat at 9:05 AM on May 23, 2023 [1 favorite]
I assumed a phone movie was a movie released by a streaming service, which most people would watch on their phones.
posted by umber vowel at 9:38 AM on May 23, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by umber vowel at 9:38 AM on May 23, 2023 [2 favorites]
As someone who passes out when I get cut, or even (sometimes) the sight of blood, or (sometimes) even thinking about being cut and/or seeing blood...I think Barry was experiencing a classic vasovagal reflex. Basically, your body drops your blood pressure way down to the point where you get dark vision, ringing ears or even pass out completely. Usually only lasts about 30 seconds or so in my experience, but Barry's been under some pretty serious stress lately and who knows what was in that IV drip bag.
I do love that the cops continue to be so incompetent - even our ex-CIA with mind control superpowers cop.
posted by ssmith at 9:40 AM on May 23, 2023 [3 favorites]
I do love that the cops continue to be so incompetent - even our ex-CIA with mind control superpowers cop.
posted by ssmith at 9:40 AM on May 23, 2023 [3 favorites]
So many things don't make sense lately that I've just given in and see the show as fantastical.
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 1:04 PM on May 23, 2023
posted by Ivan Fyodorovich at 1:04 PM on May 23, 2023
So many things don't make sense lately that I've just given in and see the show as fantastical.
It's always kind of been that way, ever since that episode with the karate kid. I see it as sort of the same kind of universe as Broad City. It's the real world, only things are just very slightly off.
posted by bondcliff at 1:31 PM on May 23, 2023 [8 favorites]
It's always kind of been that way, ever since that episode with the karate kid. I see it as sort of the same kind of universe as Broad City. It's the real world, only things are just very slightly off.
posted by bondcliff at 1:31 PM on May 23, 2023 [8 favorites]
It was fake enough that one of the football teams was "Boston" (like, I had to wonder if maybe it was a college game or something.) I guess this underlines that Barry takes place in an alternate universe.
Remember the final episode of Newhart? I bet Bill Hader does.
posted by amtho at 3:29 PM on May 24, 2023
Remember the final episode of Newhart? I bet Bill Hader does.
posted by amtho at 3:29 PM on May 24, 2023
So many things don't make sense lately that I've just given in and see the show as fantastical.
I know I'm late to the party here, but I was really thrown off when Sally called Gene. In the scene where Gene reconnected with his son, Gene says he has a new phone number, yet Sally is able to call him and would only have known his old number. I know it's a minor thing, but why specifically call out that Gene isn't using his old number in the show and then ignore that?
posted by star gentle uterus at 9:20 PM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
I know I'm late to the party here, but I was really thrown off when Sally called Gene. In the scene where Gene reconnected with his son, Gene says he has a new phone number, yet Sally is able to call him and would only have known his old number. I know it's a minor thing, but why specifically call out that Gene isn't using his old number in the show and then ignore that?
posted by star gentle uterus at 9:20 PM on May 26, 2023 [1 favorite]
> Remember the final episode of Newhart? I bet Bill Hader does.
Who would he wake up as?
posted by not_on_display at 11:40 PM on May 26, 2023
Who would he wake up as?
posted by not_on_display at 11:40 PM on May 26, 2023
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This is the first time Noho Hank and Sally have met!
posted by ellieBOA at 11:06 AM on May 22, 2023 [1 favorite]