[Music] thank you [Music] what is going on to all my berry fans out there and welcome
back to my Channel movie files we are here today to break down and discuss this fourth and final
season and we're talking about episode 8 which is the series finale simply titled wow and wow
is definitely one word that comes to mind that I would use to describe this finale we got so much
to discuss but first I want to talk to you all in the comments what you think about the finale what
worked what didn't work did you end up feeling satisfied or disappointed by the finale what
was your overall thoughts of this fourth and final season and what will the Legacy be of this series
titled Barry let's have those discussions in the comments below we got a finale to break down full
spoilers ahead as we open with the Raven getting a call from Hank who's trying to make peace as
the Raven doesn't want to talk nor meet but once he sees Hank has Sally but more importantly he
has Barry's son we see he changes his tone and he's headed to meet with Hank now we see Hank
speaking to Sally about how Barry it makes you feel like you believe that he can help you out
as he wishes her and John good luck because their faith isn't up for him to decide now cut to Barry
during his best Neo impression from The Matrix as he's returned to the store for guns gotta say
watching this Hitman serial killer walking through the store passing all these families with assault
rifles attached to him is definitely an ultimate scary reality of the gun control that we suffer
with in today's climate as Barry is preparing to go to war to save his manufactured family
now we see the press conference being held on the reopening of Janna's case as we see Jim tells the
public that Gene is responsible for killing his daughter and all he wants is Justice for Janice
as we see Gina's watching this now I know it's missing to proven guilty and I know that there's
going to be a case and a trial ahead but am I the only one that was kind of surprised that Gene
managed to walk away from last week's moment with him being in a literal room with a D.A gym and a
police officer very surprised that he was able to make it out of that room without being handcuffed
but back with Sally John wants to know what's happening and for the first time ever Sally tells
him the truth now she tells John that his parents are fugitives and that his father killed a lot of
people and not because he's a soldier but because he's a murderer and she's one as well we see Sally
comes to realize that she deserves whatever is about to come to her but John doesn't deserve
this life because he's a good kid and that he's always done the right now to me this was a great
callback to the words that Barry latched himself onto seasons ago when he was told that he was a
good person this acknowledgment of Sally realizing that she's a bad mother and has been method acting
for the last eight years was such a great example to me of this episode having the main characters
finally coming to terms with them living a lie and creating a new story for themselves in order
to forget who they use to be but I also believe Sally saying over and over again that she's sorry
to John as she's crying and having him hug her and maybe John not really completely understanding or
processing everything she just told him but the fact that he still hugged her and accepted her the
real her to me the moment that she finally became his mother the Raven's men head to Hank we see the
players of being all set in place and we have the standing off between the two different groups now
the Raven doesn't want Sally he just wants the kid or else he's going to walk away from this deal as
they gather John we see the Raven tells Hank that he's lucky that Barry fell into his lap but he's
also lucky to have come across this Empire that was handed to him on a silver platter but then he
poses a question to Hank at what cost as he brings up the love of his life now I want you all to
notice that the Raven and this new made-up version of Hank was put aside during this scene as Fugue
submits that he created this false narrative in this image of him being a soldier who never fought
in the Battle of his his life and him being a fake mentor to men like Barry but it all changed when
he was beaten every day in prison and he realized he was a man with no heart now Hank doesn't want
to believe that he's anything like Fuchs as he's throwing insults at him and we see Fuchs pitches
him a new deal the deal is very simple he'll walk away forever all Hank has to do is to reveal his
true identity and accept that he killed the love of his life crystal ball and that he was scared
and he created this new person to forget what he did now if you look at the scene again for a
second there there's only two people in this room really Hank and Fuchs are the only two people that
are there no protection no Sally no John forget the fact that Barry's coming to kill them both
we're just witnessing two people who like Sally in the previous scene reveal themselves in a moment
of vulnerability as Jon finally enters the room we see Fuchs looks at him and sees something familiar
which to me speaks to Fuchs seeing a version of when he met little Barry for the first time and he
wants to handle things a lot differently as Hank stops crying after showing his true self he goes
back to the person he created and kills the deal which ends up getting him killed along with all
of his men as we get this Quentin saratino-like scene of complete chaos and Carnage as all the men
beguile to kill one another as we see limbs flying over the place we have a grenade being thrown it's
a complete Massacre now the camera pans over we see that Fuchs is covering John to protect him
and he wants to get him to his father showing that he does have a heart Barry finally arrives and he
is prepared to die as he prays to God that he's willing to sacrifice himself for John and that by
doing this he will redeem himself and he will sit next to God in his rightful place in the Kingdom
of Heaven Wildberry delusional In This Moment here as we know Barry was looking for a sign from God
two episodes ago well it appears that this sign that he was looking for in his prayers have come
true as he's reunited with John without having to sacrifice himself but we get a very special moment
between another father and son like relationship between Fuchs and Barry as John hugs his dad with
happiness Barry and Fuchs say no words but they just give each other a look that says it all Barry
knows he left him in prison to rot and Fuchs knows that he created a monster Hitman but both say
sorry without actually saying the words as fuke's way of saying sorry in this moment for all the
years of manipulating Barry is by protecting and saving his son as he runs into the Shadows like
the legend of the Raven is known to do as we cut back to Hank who's on his dying breath he looks
up at Crystal Ball as we get one of the saddest shots of this episode as he holds the hand of the
love of his life one last time before he dies I'm not gonna lie I definitely got emotional saying
goodbye to NoHo Hank I want to thank you NoHo Hank for being one of my favorite characters on
TV in the last five years but speaking of goodbyes it's time to wrap up this episode back together as
a family we see Sally sees and reads the article about Gene being the murder suspect in a Janice
case and she knows this isn't the truth as John lays between them almost like a perfect example
of the manifestation of a lie being created between these two eight years ago it's time
for Barry to face his own truth as Sally tells him he has to turn himself in in order to make things
right but like Hank Barry doesn't want to face the truth and he wants to believe that God answered
his prayers and he's been spared and he has been redeemed talk about wow Barry doesn't want to take
accountability no responsibility for his actions but I'm not gonna lie in this moment I said to
myself did Sally really take responsibility of what she allowed Barry to do to cover up her
murder very curious about your thoughts on that but as we cut to the next morning Barry wakes up
to find his family is missing and he immediately heads over to Gene's house now at Gene's house
he's locked himself in the bedroom to look at all the stories of him being guilty and there's even
an article of his son Leo completely throwing his father under the bus now I want to point
something out and that is the stories being said about these characters being the driving force of
this final season Barry not wanted Gene to tell his silent story Gene not wanted his version of
story of Janice being told Sally not wanting her story to be written by Hollywood of her 15 minutes
of fame and even NoHo Hank not one of the story of him killing the love of his life because he
was afraid the stories and the narrative is such an important key factor of this finale As Time
pretends to be the last friend that has jeans back we see that this was all alive because he's all
packed up and ready to leave and he doesn't want to be looked at as a potential accomplice in this
case involving Janus as he opens the door Barry has arrived we see Barry is screaming for Sally
and John as Gene is in the other room getting that gun that was gifted to him as he's ready
to finally use it we see Tom tellsberry that this is such a coincidence or a sign that Barry arrived
at this exact point because Barry is the only one who can save Gene as Barry has his chance
to redeem himself and save someone close to him very similar to what Fuchs did to him earlier but
the question is will Barry pay it forward as the camera zooms into Barry's face we can see that
he's made up his mind and more importantly Barry realizes he's never gonna see his family again and
he drops the lie and wants to take responsibility of his actions as he tells Tom to call the police
and he wants to turn himself in in bang Gene shoots him in the upper chest as Barry says wow
as if he wouldn't ever imagine Gene taking that shot as Gene shoots Barry in the head killing him
as we cut to back we see jeans sitting there and we pan out to see Barry Berkman is dead I want
to take a moment to appreciate the extraordinary work from Bill Hader not only from what he brought
to this character but the amazing work he did directing these episodes writing these episodes I
will also remember him being a master Storyteller and Barry being one of the most simple but also
complex characters on TV in recent memory now as this Scene goes there's a few things I want
to point out it's so ironic that Gene could have avoided life in prison after what he just did if
he would have simply allowed Barry to live but I would imagine killing Barry must have been the
most just thing that was in Gene's mind but again seeing both characters wanting their version of
the story to be out there ended up ending them both the fact that both men came to La for for
one thing and that was for Barry to kill Gene and Gene wanted to kill the movie but both ended up
killing each other one clearly dead and the other serving life in prison because they allowed their
past selves to be their demise Gene wanted Fame Barry wanted Revenge as we end the episode with
another time job that was maybe eight to ten years into the future as we see Sally now an
acting teacher on stage getting a round of appalls from the audience as we see John now
being played by Jaden Martel who looks at his mom with happiness because of what she accomplished
we see Sally gets invited on a date by a new teacher but she declines because you have to
imagine that after her last two relationships one being an abuser and the other being a hit
man fallen in love isn't a top priority for salad as John is going to hang out with a friend for the
night we got a very special moment between the two characters John asks if she's gonna be okay
when she's going home alone he tells her he loves her now this moment to me gives us a look on that
eight year to ten year time Jump and we get a better idea what their relationship has become
number one we could see that their relationship has grown but also Sally doesn't need anyone to
make her feel safe anymore but also do want to point out in this moment that Sally still needs
a little bit of validation of her work as she asks John what did he think of the play so it
just goes to show that she's still just a little bit insecure about the quality of her work but
briefly going back on stage for a moment there I thought Sally was recreating her own version of
The Barry Bergman story but speaking of Sally we see her driving home and she looks at the flowers
that was given to her and for a second I was nervous that she was going to maybe get hit by
a car but no she's looking at those flowers and to me this is literally her getting the flowers out
of making it out of the events that we witnessed during this show as I look at the Sally character
but also connected to Fuchs as these were the characters who finally accepted their wrongdoings
and they they endured their pain of seeing their true selves with open eyes and the universe
showing the mercy versus looking at Barry and NoHo Hank being the ones who denied their true selves
and were ultimately punished for waiting to the last minute to accept who they've become now as
my theory of John watching The Barry Berkman movie which ended up being titled the mass collector it
ended up coming true to an extent as we witness a big theme of the show come to light as Hollywood
has completely changed the narrative what we see play out in this movie is a version of the story
that makes Barry turn out to be the hero it's no longer a story about a soldier suffering from PTSD
and becoming a violent Hitman who lied to his acting teacher before murdering his girlfriend
in inevitably threatening to kill his family but instead is now a story about a military hero who
accidentally got stuck in this war of drugs and crime and he found out that his mentor slash
teacher was the actual killer and then he died at the hands of his teacher when he refused to take
part of his world by the way I gotta point out the meta nature of seeing the movie was just so well
put together and hilarious at the same time which by the way this finale was extremely dark and had
very little moments of levity but this being one of them I definitely would have paid a ticket to
see this Barry Burke movie in his entirety but in all seriousness I have a question for you all
do you all believe that John watching this movie he saw father as a hero or did he see his father
as the Hitman killer that his mother told him about eight years ago because to me as we see
the final text on the movie screen saying that Gene went to prison but Barry was laid to rest
at this Cemetery with full honors I personally believe that John remembered what his mother
told him when he was an eight-year-old and yes he might have internalized that and he remembers what
it might have meant but I think personally John wants to accept the fact that the man who raised
him to be a good person and not with the film or what everyone else included his mother had to say
about the story of Barry in conclusion that's the show John will have the comfort of knowing
his father will be remembered as a good man for Better or For Worse but the facts aren't always
what people want to believe but instead stories are what people want them to believe and the thing
this show and this finale proved was that everyone can tell a story and wow what a story Barry was I
will forever cherish and remember this story and this series as an all-time great series not just
for HBO I'm sorry Max but as one of the best shows in my book overall I feel satisfied with
this conclusion and think this season overall was one of if not the best season of the series but
enough from me what did you all think thoughts on the finale the season and what will you remember
about this show overall I want to take this time to thank every single one of you all for
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worked what didn't work your overall thoughts of the finale the season the series as a whole
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