Barry: Season 3

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HBO | Season Premiere Date: April 24, 2022

Summary: Barry finds it's not just other people stopping him from leaving his past behind in the third season of the dark comedy from Bill Hader and Alec Berg.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 3 Episodes

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S3:E9. starting now
Air Date: June 12, 2022
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S3:E8. starting now
Air Date: June 12, 2022
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S3:E7. candy A.
Air Date: June 5, 2022

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TV Guide Magazine Matt Roush

May 5, 2022

A thrilling concoction of pitch black humor and nail-biting suspense. [9 - 22 May 2022, p.5] Read full review

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Jen Chaney

Apr 22, 2022

Exceptional. ... It’s so good this season that I not only want to recommend it to Vulture readers, I want to hand out flyers to random people on the street, imploring them to watch. Read full review

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Lorraine Ali

Apr 25, 2022

His quest for forgiveness begets ever more violence, pulling the story in masterfully funny, tense and disturbing directions, and proving that this half-hour comedy is still one of television’s best suspense-filled thrillers. Read full review

Collider Robert Brian Taylor

Apr 18, 2022

In Season 3, the show has fully outgrown its cutesy premise to become one of TV's best thrill rides. Read full review

Darren Franich

Apr 22, 2022

Barry has never been scarier, and Hader has never been better. ... There's nothing on TV quite like Barry. The laughter is loud, but that makes the terrified silence more deafening. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Apr 24, 2022

Barreling forward without much apparent thought to its own longevity, “Barry” returns without missing a beat, fearlessly racing through story with a mix of darkly comic violence and drop-dead-funny visual gags. Delving deeper into Hollywood’s quirks and its title character’s double life, the crackling third season continues to operate like a high-wire act without a net. Read full review

Verne Gay

Apr 18, 2022

Still strange, dark, harrowing and often — unexpectedly — very funny. Read full review

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All_ButTrU4

Apr 25, 2022

Already my favorite show of the year. It's as funny as ever returning as if it never left,it's irreverent blend of violent comedy is a heady affair that succeeds in pulling you into it's darkest season yet. Barry is an unstable wreck in the ruins of his previous murder spree which left himAlready my favorite show of the year. It's as funny as ever returning as if it never left,it's irreverent blend of violent comedy is a heady affair that succeeds in pulling you into it's darkest season yet. Barry is an unstable wreck in the ruins of his previous murder spree which left him blacklisted . His relationship is an empty commitment and without Fukes and Couisene he's alone in his sordid life. This season promises to be darker,funnier and more immediate. Truly worth the wait.… Expand

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jamess

May 4, 2022

Early in its third season Barry enters the Parthenon of series that have obtained the degree of storytelling that is perfect. It's firing on all cylinders. Bill Hader's direction alone puts this in the league of the best dramatic series of recent years. It may be billed as a comedy, andEarly in its third season Barry enters the Parthenon of series that have obtained the degree of storytelling that is perfect. It's firing on all cylinders. Bill Hader's direction alone puts this in the league of the best dramatic series of recent years. It may be billed as a comedy, and there are many comedic elements, but the desperation that seeps through each character is indelible.… Expand

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johndoe2014

Jun 7, 2022

This is a show about Karma. It is brilliantly written and acted. Winkler and Root are masterful. It is more shakepear or Greek comedy than a modern show. But works on all levels.

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Mal81

Jun 19, 2022

Absolute masterclass. Hader has revealed himself to be an true artist through the entirety of this show. Gripping performances, gritty uncomfortable closeups, and writing that is darkly funny and heartbreaking. Really leaves a mark.

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SuperbaDMIke

Jun 27, 2022

Barry is a funny and dark comedy about a retired hitman. Yeah, full on jokes in this masterpiece.

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JoA1973

Sep 6, 2022

Fantastic! The writers keep proving that, however rare, good scripts ARE possible in modern Hollywood.

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OlivierPiel

Jun 29, 2022

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The evolution of this show is very symptomatic to the American series as an "art" form. While the first season was iconoclastic and realistic, and drew heartfelt parallels between the pathetic nihilism facing war vets and wanna-be actors, it jumped the proverbial shark in season 2 and veered into full-blown cartoonism: Garrish one-dimensional characters (unbearable gay cliché Hank), loud inflation of gratuitous yet nonsensical violence, constant terrible 180 degree plot twists (Cousineau wanna kill, protect, kill, protect, kill, protect Barry...) have ruined a once nuanced and finely-tuned show that ran like chamber music.
Sadly, music blaring horns, drums and one-tonal motifs has always appealed to the immature populace. And this is not an exception.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

88

Series Overview
Season 4

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

94
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: April 24, 2022
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  S3:E9. starting now
  Air Date: June 12, 2022
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  S3:E8. starting now
  Air Date: June 12, 2022
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  S3:E7. candy A.
  Air Date: June 5, 2022
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  S3:E6. 710N
  Air Date: May 29, 2022
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  S3:E5. crazytimesh*tshow
  Air Date: May 22, 2022
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  S3:E4. all the sauces
  Air Date: May 15, 2022
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  S3:E3. ben mendelsohn
  Air Date: May 8, 2022
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  S3:E2. limonada
  Air Date: May 1, 2022
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  S3:E1. forgiving jeff
  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