What I’m Watching: Barry

Barry: Season 3, Episode 7 “candy asses” (B+)

Obviously, Barry wasn’t going to die since his name is literally the title of this show, but it still was a rough patch for him, nearly suffocating then miraculously being strong enough to get up, which tracks since Sharon isn’t a professional poisoner. It was particularly interesting to see the ethical choices that people who picked up hitmen made in this episode, with George deciding to drop him at the hospital and then end his own life rather than Barry’s, and Jim driving Fuches straight to the police station while he was telling him all these things that he somehow knew about his daughter’s murder. The conclusion that Fuches was the Raven was obviously the right one, but Albert was more concerned with exacting his own form of justice, and he may now have what he needs to confront Barry, the first person with a real chance of being able to take him out since he both knows who he is and how to get to him. Cousineau has taken his new lease on life seriously and chose not to implicate Barry in something he knows he did, a smart move that should protect him given Barry’s inevitable survival. Sally going ballistic on Natalie in the elevator when she found out that she got her own show was unexpected, and her terrible attempt at an apology suggests that perhaps she and Barry are more well-suited to each other than she thought, and I’d love to see them get back together since that’s what she wants in her life, provided he doesn’t direct that rage at her. Noho Hank continues to be one of the best parts of this show, and I love that he knew he was going to get knocked out but wasn’t going to say anything because he was trying to be polite.