I finally finished Barry

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FFDragon
11/10/2023
06:29 PM
#1
Oh. Wow.

What an absolute ride. Quite easily the best show of the past five years and one I can't find a way to accurately recommend to people.
If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?
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HanOfTheNekos
11/10/2023
06:34 PM
#2
I mean, it's up there but there's way too much good competition to call it the best when it had some notable wobbling in quality in the latter half.
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FFDragon
11/10/2023
06:40 PM
#3
The only other show since 2018 I feel the same way about is Severance.

Like there are a bunch of other good shows for sure, we have definitely been in a pretty solid era of TV, but I can't think of anything else is put in the toppest of tiers.
If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?
#theresafreakingghostafterus
HanOfTheNekos
11/10/2023
06:54 PM
#4
In just this year

Winning Time
Succession
The Bear

But I think Barry just hits people differently. Some people like the full arc of it all and some people don't like the turns it took mid-series.
"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic
Johnbobb
11/10/2023
06:58 PM
#5
Barry is definitely in my top 5 of the past 5 years
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Snake5555555555
11/10/2023
07:01 PM
#6
Season 4 got a little messy but in general yeah, 10/10 show and just the way it experimented with different genres and storytelling methods was just incredible.
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FFDragon
11/10/2023
07:16 PM
#7
The Bear is good, I tried to get into Succession and failed several times the show is just not for me, and I haven't heard of Winning Time but after looking it up it's a basketball show and I'm not a basketball guy.
If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?
#theresafreakingghostafterus
FFDragon
11/10/2023
07:19 PM
#8
But yeah I never had a problem with the turns Barry took because I fully embraced the growing absurdity of it all.

ronnie/lily is an all-time classic
If you wake up at a different time, in a different place, could you wake up as a different person?
#theresafreakingghostafterus
colliding
11/10/2023
08:17 PM
#9
One of the best shows of the last ten years. Still not as good as Succession but an amazing time for prestige TV.
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HanOfTheNekos
11/10/2023
08:54 PM
#10
FFDragon posted...
I'm not a basketball guy.

Me neither.
"Bordate is a pretty shady place, what with the gangs, casinos, evil corporations and water park." - FAHtastic
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