Barry: Season 1

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Generally favorable reviews based on 196 Ratings

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: March 25, 2018

Summary: Low-level hitman Barry (Bill Hader) travels to Los Angeles to kill an would-be actor and finds his calling may actually be to act in this comedy from Hader and Alec Berg.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 1 Episodes

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S1:E7. Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast, and Keep Going
Air Date: May 6, 2018
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S1:E4. Chapter Four: Commit...to You
Air Date: April 15, 2018
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S1:E3. Chapter Three: Make the Unsafe Choice
Air Date: April 8, 2018

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The Daily Beast Kevin Fallon

Apr 25, 2022

It’s nice when a masterpiece returns and is still a masterpiece. This is still the best show on TV. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Mar 21, 2018

One of the best new comedies of the last few years. This clever surprise is an eight-episode series that starts strongly and only gets better as its plot becomes more brilliantly complex and its characters are more fully developed. And it’s a wonderful showcase for Bill Hader’s dry sense of humor. Read full review

Terry Terrones

Mar 22, 2018

This series is much deeper than a mere parody. The characters are layered and fascinating. Although the season gets off to a slow start, Barry is a must watch. Read full review

Richard Lawson

Apr 2, 2018

The show slowly earns our trust with its zany, disarmingly warm affect and amiable actors. Read full review

Troy Patterson

Mar 30, 2018

Barry does get good comedic mileage from juxtaposing the exotica of the contract-killer life style with the mundane flavor of the straight world. Yet the comedic ambitions of Barry--which Hader co-created with Alec Berg--are large enough to accommodate deathly seriousness. Read full review

Willa Paskin

Mar 23, 2018

Barry is a bit betwixt and between as a viewing experience: too violent for people who don’t like violence, not energetic or dramatic enough for people who do. (And for people looking for a comedy: Well, it’s as sporadically amusing as any prestige comedy these days.) Over the course of the season, Barry amounts to something, locating a hit man’s shared humanity not in his competence, his guilt, or his remorse, but in his delusional belief that he’s a decent person. Read full review

Verne Gay

Mar 21, 2018

Baffling, dull Barry is a bore, and so is the series named for him. Read full review

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johnmocon

Mar 26, 2018

I went to a special premiere screening while in Portland, and I must say that the series really has something special on it's hands. The good guys are funny, the bad guys are funny, all the while the plot remains engaging and witty. Music is spot on and the tone is more of a comedy withI went to a special premiere screening while in Portland, and I must say that the series really has something special on it's hands. The good guys are funny, the bad guys are funny, all the while the plot remains engaging and witty. Music is spot on and the tone is more of a comedy with sprinkled bits of dark subject matter.

Summation: Excellent… Expand

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DunyG

Apr 4, 2021

So hilarious yet so dark. Bill Hader and everyone else involved is amazing. I would encourage you to try it out, if you want to.

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geewah

Jan 12, 2021

An original, hilarious dark comedy that has some unforgettable characters who have been brilliantly cast.
One of 2018's best shows.

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eva3si0n

Jul 11, 2018

Comedy version of Dexter. Morals and life experience it is lowered in a plot. The plot is simplest and transparent. Chechens who speak bad Russian raise only a smile. As the start of a franchize the first season looks not bad. I expect the second season in which there will be more 8th episode.

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All_ButTrU4

Dec 19, 2021

Violently funny and endlessly captivating this unseemly debut kicks off an original unlikey presmise about an assassin who wants to become an actor(see:get shorty) but elevates it with pristine writing, astonishing casting and a dramedy for the ages.

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Voodoo123

Jun 27, 2018

Highly watchable dramedy punches above its weight class to produce entertainment that fails only by being predictable in places which reveals that the writing does, on many an occasion, lack depth. Excellent cast elevate certain key scenes allow the mostly two dimensional characters theHighly watchable dramedy punches above its weight class to produce entertainment that fails only by being predictable in places which reveals that the writing does, on many an occasion, lack depth. Excellent cast elevate certain key scenes allow the mostly two dimensional characters the illusion of greater depth.… Expand

4 of 5 users found this helpful41

3ebfan511

Jul 30, 2018

I've watched parts of 2 episodes and have no interest in seeing any more. The premise is simply not beiievable as a hitman and acting, if somehow brought together, would maybe be by some super extroverted type of person, not some introvert with no personality which he plays. So, thisI've watched parts of 2 episodes and have no interest in seeing any more. The premise is simply not beiievable as a hitman and acting, if somehow brought together, would maybe be by some super extroverted type of person, not some introvert with no personality which he plays. So, this character is neither belivable as a hitman OR as an actor...as literally 0 of the things portrayed. Making it rather boring and uninteresting from the get-go. Could not get into and it was not good in any way shape or form. I did like Henry Winkler in his role, and the premise had promise, but it was not very well done, or believable.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 4

tbd
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: April 16, 2023
Season 3

94
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: April 24, 2022
Season 2

87
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: March 31, 2019
Season 1

84
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 25, 2018
- tbd
  S1:E7. Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast, and Keep Going
  Air Date: May 6, 2018
- tbd
  S1:E4. Chapter Four: Commit...to You
  Air Date: April 15, 2018
- tbd
  S1:E3. Chapter Three: Make the Unsafe Choice
  Air Date: April 8, 2018
- tbd
  S1:E1. Chapter One: Make Your Mark
  Air Date: March 25, 2018