5 Things We'd Love To See In Barry Season 3
5 Things we would love to see in Bill Hader's underrated Emmy-winning HBO series.
Barry is one of the most underrated gems in the television world. Co-created by Bill Hader and Alec Berg, the show also stars Hader as a hitman, who decides he wants to be an actor.
From the premise alone, it sounds a little old-fashioned or possibly a bit one-note, but with really surprising and subversive writing, the end result is a real under-appreciated treat.
Hader is joined by a terrific supporting cast, including Sarah Goldberg as Barry’s driven and self-centred actress girlfriend; Stephen Root as Barry’s fatherly mentor, Fuches; Henry Winkler as Barry’s acting mentor, Gene, and Anthony Carrigan as a strange and naive crime lord, NoHo Hank.
Because of the show’s contradictory depictions of a crime underworld and more banal, realistic scenes, Barry has been praised as “the new Breaking Bad”. Although it still has a while to reach those heights, it definitely feels like it is improving with each episode, and we can’t wait to see where it goes next.
Here, we will go through all the things that we would love to see in Barry’s forthcoming Season 3.
5. A Bigger Role For One Of Cousineau’s Students
All of Cousineau’s acting students (minus Barry and Sally, obviously) have always been very interesting. However, they have lacked proper development.
It would be really interesting to see any of them have a bigger role in Season 3, possibly having a closer friendship with Barry or Sally, or maybe even getting involved in some of Barry’s crimes.
Also, it would be a shame if some of these cast members are wasted. D’Arcy Carden gave a brilliant performance as artificial being Janet in The Good Place, and with that series coming to an end earlier this year, she can now commit fully to Barry. Also, Kirby Howell-Baptiste has had really great supporting turns in the hit shows Killing Eve, Love, and The Good Place, and it would be wonderful if she finally got a more leading role in the next season of Barry.
Either way, we really hope these characters are better utilised in the future.