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Barry leaves with narrative satisfaction. Strong acting & writing from start to finish. You walk away asking the question that has lingered on the subconscious throughout the show: who was I rooting for & why? A show that never once became predictable or subject to cheap tricks. Raw, messed up, dark, ominous, funny, goofy. NoHo Hank remains an all-time character on tv. Bill Hader should be able to get any acting/writing/directing job he wants from here on it. Dude crushes it. Henry Winkler's best role. It feels designed for him. All things considered, a gripping & earned finale to tie a bow on a consistently fresh & unique show.

Last episode left us with so many unanswered questions and many thought it would be difficult to tie up all lose ends in just one episode. But the writers have done it again. They continue to surprise and make us laugh until the credits roll. A very fitting ending for this show. Every character's arch has been completed. Have we ever witnessed a finale like this before? Unpredictable and funny.

It's funny while also being serious. The characters decisions make sense and everything that has happened the past four seasons has led to this. Was there any other way it could end? Not this show. A great ending to a very unique show we have had the luxary of enjoying these past years.

My reading on the Barry series is it's a deeply critical observation of the shallow self obsessed nature of the industry that made this series.

It accurately depicts the players who create fiction from reality at the expense of those around them.

Gene and Sally personifying this and the final movie twisting the details for 'entertainment' value as so many real films have done (Argo, King in the Carpark, Zero Dark 30, etc etc), it's self critical and self referential. Barry's religiousness and how he selectively chooses his inspiration and truth was a welcome late arrival parting shot critique that also delivered insight and laughs.

The crime stuff is played for laughs and mostly delivers.

How do you end a complex series like Barry? This episode and the last4 did feel rushed. Ultimately I'm not blown away by it but it was not disappointing in a Game of Thrones way. It did land and the series as a whole was outstanding tv comedy drama.

The cinematography was next level. Well done Team Barry.

From the beginning it is known that Barry was always in constant search of his purpose, refusing to accept that he was a bad person and with the desire to have a happy ending with Sally and fit into the world of acting. However his links to crime were unveiled as each episode progressed, this already gave us a clue that his destiny was headed for disgrace and this makes his ending quite digestible.

The first 2 seasons were always loaded with a very black and satirical humor, with well-structured plot twists. But from the third season onwards it becomes more somber and the comic moments are limited, a detail that is not superfluous due to the ambitious approach of the protagonist to make amends for his enemies and the episodes of post-traumatic stress he suffers as a result of his past in the army. The secondary characters always maintain their endearing personalities, facing their own tragedies.

It concludes in a way that although difficult to assimilate because of its impact, it could not be more successful; with a rather superb production and brilliant performances by the cast without exception. It is undoubtedly a dramatic comedy that adapts with excellence an amalgam of emotions through the theatrical journey.

I'm truly stunned. I was a little disappointed when I heard the finale was going to be the same length as any other episode. I felt a little unsure about whether or not one of, if not my favorite series of all time could give us a truly satisfying conclusion to the whole show in just a half hour.

I don't know why I ever had any doubts.

This is about as perfect a culmination of the entire show as I can possibly imagine. An unbelievable episode of television that remains wholly true to the show's core while still managing to fit in laughs, tension, excitement, surprises, and satisfyingly perfect conclusions to each and every character's story. There's not a single thing I would change about this ending.

The best episode of the entire show, one of the best episodes of TV of all time... I just really am beside myself, I can't believe they stuck the landing this hard.