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"starting now" is the eighth episode and season finale of the third season of the American tragicomedy crime television series Barry. It is the 24th overall episode of the series and was written by series creators Alec Berg and Bill Hader, and directed by Hader, who serves as lead actor. It was first broadcast on HBO in the United States on June 12, 2022, and also was available on HBO Max on the same date.
The series follows Barry Berkman, a hitman from Cleveland who travels to Los Angeles to kill someone but finds himself joining an acting class taught by Gene Cousineau, where he meets aspiring actress Sally Reed and begins to question his path in life as he deals with his criminal associates such as Monroe Fuches and NoHo Hank. In the episode, Barry is confronted by his past while Gene is questioned by Jim Moss about Janice's death. Meanwhile, Hank plans his escape from Bolivia.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.221 million household viewers and gained a 0.04 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. The episode received universal acclaim from critics, who praised its writing, directing, performances (particularly Carrigan, Goldberg, Hader, Liao, Root, Wisdom, and Winkler), lack of humor, sound mixing, horror elements, and set-up for the next season. At the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, the episode received a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Additionally, Bill Hader and Henry Winkler submitted the episode to support their nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, respectively.
Barry (Bill Hader) hallucinates himself on a beach populated by people he killed, seeing Gene (Henry Winkler) and Sally (Sarah Goldberg) among them before waking up in the hospital. He goes back to his apartment, where he finds Sally, who asks him to spook Natalie the way he suggested previously with the BanShe executive.
Dunn (Sarah Burns) questions Fuches (Stephen Root), claiming the Chechen pin found on Janice's body belongs to him and they linked him to Goran Pazar's murder. Fuches is then sent to prison, where he now claims to be "The Raven", although Dunn remains suspicious about him and what he said to Albert (James Hiroyuki Liao). Jim (Robert Ray Wisdom) makes Gene come to his house and drives him to tears interrogating him about Janice and Barry. At the apartment, Barry tries to dissuade Sally, but they are interrupted by the surviving member from Taylor's gang (Anthony Molinari), who knocks Barry unconscious before attempting to strangle Sally. Sally manages to stab him and then kill him with a baseball bat. Witnessing this upon waking up, Barry pulls her away and tells a traumatized Sally he will take responsibility and tells her to leave.
In Bolivia, a captured Hank (Anthony Carrigan) listens in horror as the Bolivians unleash a panther on Akhmal (Troy Caylak) and Yandar (Nick Gracer) in the neighboring cell, killing them. As the panther starts tearing apart his cell wall, Hank escapes from his handcuffs, fights a henchman for his rifle, and kills the panther. Finding his way to a luxury house, he discovers Elena (Krizia Bajos) subjecting Cristobal (Michael Irby) to electroshock conversion therapy using a male dancer. Hank kills Elena and the dancer and embraces Cristobal, though he remains visibly traumatized.
Barry takes the attacker's corpse and buries it in the outskirts of Los Angeles, only to be confronted by Albert. Holding him at gunpoint, Albert berates him over Chris' death and the murders he has committed. Albert then chooses to forgive Barry, telling him that he has a daughter now who would not be alive if Barry had not saved him in Korangal Valley. However, he tells Barry that he needs to stop being a hitman "starting now" and leaves Barry sobbing.
That night, Barry calls Sally, telling her everything will be fine and makes plans to leave town together. Unbeknownst to Barry, Sally has boarded a plane back to her hometown, Joplin, Missouri. He then receives a call from Jim, who wants to meet immediately with him. Barry hangs up and calls Gene, who cryptically states that Jim is trying to ruin their lives and that they need to stop him. Barry arrives and takes the handgun from Gene, telling him to go home, despite Gene telling him not to go in the house as Jim knows Barry killed Janice. Barry enters the house and aims the gun at Jim, only to be ambushed by a police squad led by Dunn. Seeing Gene staring at him, Barry realizes he was tricked. As Barry is taken away, Gene and Jim share a moment of bittersweet relief.
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"starting now" is the eighth episode and season finale of the third season of the American tragicomedy crime television series Barry. It is the 24th overall episode of the series and was written by series creators Alec Berg and Bill Hader, and directed by Hader, who serves as lead actor. It was first broadcast on HBO in the United States on June 12, 2022, and also was available on HBO Max on the same date.
The series follows Barry Berkman, a hitman from Cleveland who travels to Los Angeles to kill someone but finds himself joining an acting class taught by Gene Cousineau, where he meets aspiring actress Sally Reed and begins to question his path in life as he deals with his criminal associates such as Monroe Fuches and NoHo Hank. In the episode, Barry is confronted by his past while Gene is questioned by Jim Moss about Janice's death. Meanwhile, Hank plans his escape from Bolivia.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.221 million household viewers and gained a 0.04 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. The episode received universal acclaim from critics, who praised its writing, directing, performances (particularly Carrigan, Goldberg, Hader, Liao, Root, Wisdom, and Winkler), lack of humor, sound mixing, horror elements, and set-up for the next season. At the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, the episode received a nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series. Additionally, Bill Hader and Henry Winkler submitted the episode to support their nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, respectively.
Barry (Bill Hader) hallucinates himself on a beach populated by people he killed, seeing Gene (Henry Winkler) and Sally (Sarah Goldberg) among them before waking up in the hospital. He goes back to his apartment, where he finds Sally, who asks him to spook Natalie the way he suggested previously with the BanShe executive.
Dunn (Sarah Burns) questions Fuches (Stephen Root), claiming the Chechen pin found on Janice's body belongs to him and they linked him to Goran Pazar's murder. Fuches is then sent to prison, where he now claims to be "The Raven", although Dunn remains suspicious about him and what he said to Albert (James Hiroyuki Liao). Jim (Robert Ray Wisdom) makes Gene come to his house and drives him to tears interrogating him about Janice and Barry. At the apartment, Barry tries to dissuade Sally, but they are interrupted by the surviving member from Taylor's gang (Anthony Molinari), who knocks Barry unconscious before attempting to strangle Sally. Sally manages to stab him and then kill him with a baseball bat. Witnessing this upon waking up, Barry pulls her away and tells a traumatized Sally he will take responsibility and tells her to leave.
In Bolivia, a captured Hank (Anthony Carrigan) listens in horror as the Bolivians unleash a panther on Akhmal (Troy Caylak) and Yandar (Nick Gracer) in the neighboring cell, killing them. As the panther starts tearing apart his cell wall, Hank escapes from his handcuffs, fights a henchman for his rifle, and kills the panther. Finding his way to a luxury house, he discovers Elena (Krizia Bajos) subjecting Cristobal (Michael Irby) to electroshock conversion therapy using a male dancer. Hank kills Elena and the dancer and embraces Cristobal, though he remains visibly traumatized.
Barry takes the attacker's corpse and buries it in the outskirts of Los Angeles, only to be confronted by Albert. Holding him at gunpoint, Albert berates him over Chris' death and the murders he has committed. Albert then chooses to forgive Barry, telling him that he has a daughter now who would not be alive if Barry had not saved him in Korangal Valley. However, he tells Barry that he needs to stop being a hitman "starting now" and leaves Barry sobbing.
That night, Barry calls Sally, telling her everything will be fine and makes plans to leave town together. Unbeknownst to Barry, Sally has boarded a plane back to her hometown, Joplin, Missouri. He then receives a call from Jim, who wants to meet immediately with him. Barry hangs up and calls Gene, who cryptically states that Jim is trying to ruin their lives and that they need to stop him. Barry arrives and takes the handgun from Gene, telling him to go home, despite Gene telling him not to go in the house as Jim knows Barry killed Janice. Barry enters the house and aims the gun at Jim, only to be ambushed by a police squad led by Dunn. Seeing Gene staring at him, Barry realizes he was tricked. As Barry is taken away, Gene and Jim share a moment of bittersweet relief.