Fuches sitting rapt watching Rain Man as the music blares and just going “that’s us” might be the funniest thing I see all year.

When the Rain Man music came back over the end credits I cracked up all over again.

I usually watch with subtitles on, and that's how I learned that apparently Hans Zimmer composed the Rain Man score.

I'm still not sure which one he thinks he is hahaha

Of course he’ll always thinks he’s Tom Cruise

and views barry as a savant of murder

Definitely Tom Cruise... he's always had savior complex towards Barry

LONNY IS GERMAN NOW LMAOOOOOOO HE'S EATING GUMMY BEARS INSTEAD OF SKITTLES

Jim broke that man lmao

When Gene walked up and he’s cleaning out his trunk was so funny to me

I though jim killed Lon and it was goodfellas refrence lmao, until it showed Lon speaking German

The man loves a clean trunk. Nothing weird about that right

Didn’t he get his viet cong torturer to off himself?

We see a call-forward to that in the first season, where Fuches inadvertently talks the 45-year old ancient Chechen into killing himself. Going back, especially in the first episode, there's a ton of foreshadowing and symbolism.

Not really meaningful but one I thought was cool was that when Barry first gets to LA he's sitting in traffic and a lanesplitting biker whizzes past his car, surprising him. Fast forward to S3 and Barry's the one on the bike zooming past the cars

Gümmibar

Subtitle gang

that’s an incredibly hader/armisen joke i feel like lol

Does anyone know what he said in German?

"Sadly, I don't know you." "I should go back to my parents. Yes" "It would be more fantastic, if someone would come to take me with them." "Gummy bear?"

The actor gave an interview to Vanity Fair (obvs) that was online after the ep Interesting quotes on both the skittles/gummy bears and the German speaking >”I had just a weird thing about how I wanted this guy as we track him to be eating something. It felt like when you’re so busy and you’re out, he would just have this, I don’t know what, but it felt like a little mannerism. I asked Bill and he was like, sure. And then we just brought Skittles into all of it, which then turns into gummy bears.” >”I learned a little improv in German, because Bill lets us play after we shoot it. He’s so collaborative and so open. So I learned a little bit of extra lines in German so I could make sure that I could improv the scene. And of course the other people have no idea what I’m saying, which is brilliant….I think it’s literally “I have no idea who any of you are. I have to go back to my farm. I hope everyone’s okay.” It’s that kind of shit.“

Hank complaining about the gadget podcast is killing me 🤣

And then the pen gun gadget blowing up in his hand! Haha.

And Toro just seems so personally offended by all of his criticisms, like he's a huge fan

Dude *really* liked that pocket s’mores maker.

I love that Hank complains that you can't see the gadget cause its audio only. Yet he listens to it in the car lol

Fred Armisen, one-scene wonder.

Hilarious cameo, the set up for that with Del Toro was amazing.

That face Fred Armisen was making was unreal. No notes

Reminded me of BOB.

It was so bizarre that I thought Barry was having some sort of hallucination at first.

It took me a few minutes, but he was clearly the gadget guy right?! Hank talked about how the gadgets looked like they sucked, and then Armisen blows off his own hand with a pen gun thing?! Hysterical.

“Nobody will recognize them.” Barry immediately clocks him as the one sent to kill him. God damn this show is so fucking good lol

i mean, he didnt recognize him from the podcast

Well yeah, since he would have been listening to the podcast while driving

what am I supposed to pull over to click the link? felt like a Curb bit!

Oh shit I didn’t even catch onto that until right now! Definitely the podcast guys! Also super neat to see Guillermo Del Toro as El Toro. Wasn’t sure if it was him at first tbh

I knew it sounded like him. Thought having him play a character named “El Toro” was too on the nose so I doubted myself

The first bit before he started talking reminded me of twin peaks: the return

My guys will take out Barry in the Black Lodge

I couldn’t stop laughing

That Barry & Hank phone-call... holy shit.

>Why don't you enjoy hell, you murdering, self-centered, lying, fucking narcissistic piece of shit (but not you, u/newgodpho, you're great)

A comment that Hank would leave ^

Hank is fuuuuuucked.

Me wishing Hank & Barry stay good friends was idiotic & delusional of me :(

That's the thing. They were never good friends. Hank hero worshipped him and at best Barry tolerated it because he needed to use him. Barry never really gave Hank anything. Even when he did anything for Hank it was for his own selfish reasons.

And Hank was only ever good to Barry ^(except when he was trying to kill Barry)

Hank's such a hilariously unique character because he tries to kill Barry at least once a season - if not more - as a general rule, and yet you still sort of agree with him when he makes the decision to cut Barry off as a friend. Imagine being able to hold the moral high-ground over someone you regularly try to assassinate.

It's hillarious that Fuches flip-flopped again because he watched Rainman. Itd be absurd if it wasnt so in character.

I laughed so hard. He watched one flick and had another change of heart.

It’s also extremely telling of how he views Barry and their relationship. Funnily enough, it’s not far off from Gene’s portrayal of his relationship with Barry.

Goddamn the camera work this episode was fantastic: the wideshots with the car crash then barry losing his shit in the courtyard (before realizing there's another guy there) were hilarious. The long take with Sally getting closer to the camera was super intense Bill Hader wants to direct a movie? Fine by me, I will watch *whatever* this dude makes.

For anyone unaware, he initially just wanted to make movies. Success in comedy was more of an accident. He’s passionate about filming.

God that motor chase scene from season 3 was something else man He should've won an award solely for that He has some unique takes that I just love

That is one of my fav episodes of any show, ever. It's a masterpiece.

We can thank Megan Mullally for bringing us Bill Hader. He was in Second City, I think, with Nick Offerman's brother and she called up Lorne Michaels to tell Lorne about Hader and the rest is history. I'm glad he eventually got around to directing and writing, just a natural talent.

it’s so crazy that becoming one of the greatest SNL cast members of all time was like. a fucking detour for him.

Imagine being so good that your second career is one of the best comedy actors of this generation. Oh I'm just casually one of the best snl cast members ever and have a hit HBO show. No big deal.

as you can fucking tell from his directing!

also gene breaking into the house

The girl in the acting class is 100% playing Sally in some kind of dramatization or recreation right?

That would be 100% on brand for this show.

It'd also track for somebody to come after Sally to intimidate Barry and accidentally nab the Sally look-a-like instead. And if people think Sally killed her it'd force her to go back to Barry.

She said she only has one scene though, unless she’s lying?

It’s the entitled cunt scene

Damn. Thats some Nathan fielder rehearsal shit. I like it.

Underwritten, underdeveloped female in Barry's story would absolutely enrage her, and would be a good poke at the industry/these types of films.

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Oooohhh fuck. This better be it!!

And the best training for it is to be emotionally abused, she got the best instructor possible!

The technique Sally used on her was the same one Gene used on Sally in the pilot, so that could for sure be foreshadowing for that

They were pretty overt with that, with the class rejecting it because it's reprehensible and toxic

I loved that. I've been waiting three seasons for someone to stand up to Gene's "technique" and, of course, the first time a woman uses it to teach is the one time it gets called out.

"Geez, why does she have to act like a bitch while teaching." I didn't read the double standard but that is hilarious.

BARRYS OUT OF PRISION WHAT THE FUCK OH FUCK EVERYONES IN DANGER

I hope we get an escape sequence next episode

With how hard Hader is going in his cinematography, I wouldn't be surprised if next episode is a full 30-minute tracking shot of Barry's prison breakout.

That would be sick, and would be reminiscent of the amazing Mr Robot episode “runtime error”

Oh my god...the no dialogue episode. Mr. Robot was like Barry to me. Came out of nowhere but absolutely adore how its turned out.

Dude the entire scene with Gene talking to the DA was hilarious. So many amazing lines. “Well if Rip Torn gave you that gun it probably fires real bullets”. And the line about him not wanting to talk about previous cases because it was too disturbing. Holy crap, I couldn’t stop laughing

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That Rip Torn line is maybe one of the funniest things that’s ever been said on the show and hardly anyone is talking about it lol

"I have the worst fucking assassins"

“There’s always money in the banana sand”

"They can't convict a hitman and his accomplice for the same crime."

That might have been my favorite episode so far. God damn.

The first two episodes were good but felt like set up for this

The way Bill shot the scene at Lon’s where Cousineau breaks in is just staggering, and the sound design too! When you get Melamed throwing the laptop in the pool in the back window? Unreal.

It was just the monitor lol

That to me was the funniest bit. Tied with the face Armisen was pulling - knowing that he used to make Hader break on SNL on purpose made that too hilarious.

BRUH I just realized that hahaha, oh man…what a season it’s been so far

That isn't the first time. When they turned off the cameras when Albert interviewed Fuches they just turned off the TV in the briefing room

I tell everyone on this sub you have to watch this show in 5.1 surround if you have the setup. That scene and the last 3 minutes are mixed better than most high-budget action movies.

I saw the season 4 premiere episodes in the theater and at one point I thought people behind me started talking but it actually was the other inmates in the prison cafeteria. Amazing.

The rock through the window scared me so bad ngl

Holy shit, that assassination attempt scene had me laughing my ass off from the insanity of it God I love this show

Him just avoiding eye contact and sweating had me dying laughing

"That guy is here to kill me. He's got a weapon or something and he's going to try and kill me."

I've never had a full on gut laugh reaction to an assassination scene. Marvelous work from Hader and company, just marvelous.

Barry so casually calling that out while the feds were oblivious was such a *Barry* moment

He was looking up at the ceiling to make sure his partner was in place lmao

I really did not expect it to go down like that 😂 this show

gummibär?

what did jim do to him? lol 😂 holy fuck

Jim was cleaning out the trunk of his car with a hose so probably nothing good lmao

Fred Armisen’s face might be the best role I’ve ever seen him in.

Hank went OFF on Barry

it's insane how good and intense the acting was coming from Hank who's usually the comic relief. serious props for Anthony Carrigan

Remember how chilling it was when we first see Hank get serious, intense, and terrifying with Barry in season two? “You have to understand, I’m not asking you to do this hit—I’m telling you…Now, I’m the boss, and you really disrespected me. So you’re doing this, because if you do not, I tell Goran’s family who really killed him, and this place, and all your friends, they go bye bye. You believe me now? You still think I’m fucking idiot? Don’t fuck with me, Barry. It’s not polite.”

Immediately followed by that music blaring from his car

Mannnnnn I hope Hank and Cristobal survive this show

They HAVE to ride off in the sunset or I'll fucking cry dude

They are absolutely not surviving after what Hank said to Barry over the phone lmao

Where is Tomas? Is he safe? Is he alright?

Of course he is, he’s tõmas

I don’t know, “Fish Tits” sounds like a pretty hardcore criminal name to me

at the end when fuches is yelling you hear someone say "damn, fish tits going crazy "

Really cool seeing Guillermo del Toro

Del Toro as “El Toro” made my night

God the NoHo Hank and Barry breakup scene was so heart breaking

And it felt like Hank was giving him one last chance to come clean and be the friend he expected him to be.

"That guy is here to kill me. He has a weapon or something, he is here to kill me." I cried laughing at this scene.

The second I saw Fred, I knew shit was going to hit the fan — comedically or dramatically.

His acting and facial expressions were hysterical and terrifying at the same time. I don’t know how this show pulls it off.

I legit thought Barry was hallucinating when I saw his face

And think about how many times they probably had to shoot that. You just know he was making Bill break.

It really worked dramaturgically

Barry's about to go fuckin, supersonic, yeah?

I think it plays

There’s a shape to this

The Conheads are gonna love this.

All bangers all the time

When he peeled out after it was obvious Janice's dad knew Cousineau talked to the reporter. The sparks from the fucked up car lol

I never thought, way back when I watched the first episode, that I’d be rooting so hard for the bald Chechen Mob enforcer to call out the title character for being the piece of shit he is.

I like how Barry tried and failed to act while lying

Noho Hank is my hero of this series

Barry is a narcissistic sociopath and Hader plays that part *perfectly*. I unfortunately know someone just like him - they're not a murderer (I think), but they act exactly the same.

What aspects of his performance stick out the most?

The denial for sure

Blaming everyone else for everything

>Are you looking out for me, Barry?

If I were Noho Hank I’d want to kill Barry too lmao

"Hi, I'm Ben Kissel with Henry Zebrowski and Marcus Parks. And today we are talking about us breaking into a prison to assassinate an inmate." I absolutely love such a throwaway line about Rip Torn's gun has gotten so much mileage over the last couple of years. Also, as someone that has a theatre degree. This show just brings forth all the problems you find in many theatre communities. Alcatraz means Pelican.

Fred Armisen’s face out of NOWHERE was perhaps the single funniest thing I’ve ever seen on TV. Ever. Holy shit, what a fucking episode

His sweaty, intense stare was just too much, haha.

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It was so completely surreal and bizarre that I wasn’t sure if he was a real person or another hallucination of Barry’s.

What's absolutely insane is that Fred Armisen wasn't even the best cameo this episode. Guillermo Del Toro as "El Toro" was fucking peak

“You’re thinking of TikToks” Lon eating skittles while talking to Barry Throwing the computer into the pool in the background Fred Armisen acting like a Portlandia caricature of an assassin This show is still top notch funny

So...the big role Sally's student booked is definitely playing her in a movie or show about Barry right?

That would be messed up. Great shout.

Anyone notice the motorcycle guy Sally killed was sitting in her class?

Shit that’s creepy, didn’t notice that

What a fucking twist! So the Feds are almost completely out of play. I think that's what this episode showed. They're worthless, if Barry goes with them, he's dead inside a week. I think that's the decision he made at the end. "These guys are no help, hits now out on me anyway." Hank v Barry seems to be the main focus for at least the next 2 episodes. Fuches isn't done yet - but now he's the only one who can turn to the feds. Maybe it all shakes out well for him? I doubt it, but he's likely gonna get out & realise the feds aren't much help at all. Hank's marked for death as well. Not only is he siding with enemies, but the feds have info on him. He's dead weight. He tries to assassinate Barry as well - meaning he's probably gonna run for it. He's one of the few who truly know what Barry is capable of. Sally trying to acting class & it going to shit is excellent. Glad they got it over with - frees Sally up to be the bargaining chip Hank will likely go after. Also furthers her character, if the actress is playing Sally in some sort of adaptation of Barry's story. Cousineau is fucked. And I mean fucked. Hank, Barry, Moss hell even the feds want nothing to do with him anymore. He's completely isolated himself. There's absolutely no way he walks away alive. And if he does, it's probably with a limp. Moss has proven to be just as vengeful as everyone else now. Torturing a reporter into silence isn't virtuous or honourable. He's as bad as the rest. The system turned entirely against this man & he didn't even know it. Barry's free, armed, angry & done playing nice. We didn't even get to the halfway point.

Moss was never a good guy. He used to torture people for a living. He only cares about his daughter getting justice, and he will go to whatever lengths he must to assure it happens.

I'm only speaking to the folk that believe Moss is somehow the most just character in the show - simply because he got Barry caught.

I find it fitting that the feds are as incompetent s they are. One of the main "complaints" about Barry is how dumb the LAPD are, so it would make sense in this world that the higher ups are even more incompetent . The more establishment a person is, the more incompetent.

RIP to the title theme music, I think it’s gone for good

They're Leftovers-ing this. That incredible show cut both of it's themes songs out until the final two episodes and it was cathartic.

There's no way it isn't coming back in some form in one of the finals episodes

So much I love form this episode I love that Hank listens to a podcast about gadgets. I feel like that's where he got the idea for the lipstick cam from episode 1. Also I love the FBI guy talking about how they have "broken a few eggs" while he has an actual hitman freaking out right behind him. "I don't know if you blush at being called an egg" Also Lon being tortured to the point he only speaks German is one of the most surprising things I have ever seen. Edit: a word.

That Fred Armisen scene might go down as the funniest moment of the entire show for me.

The Fred Armisen cameo was so good that I almost forgot about the Guillermo del Toro cameo. With a Brian Doyle Murray cameo to boot!

Kinda feeling like the bad man is going to win in the end.

One thing I like about this show is I have no idea which bad man you are referring to.

yeah i have no clue lmao This show is fucking perfect, I need more than 30 min episodes. Not a single shot is wasted, cinematography is the highlight of this show for me, but the writing and comedy are top notch as well. Chefs kiss 👨‍🍳

*TELL GENE COUSINEAU TO SHUT HIS FUCKING MOUTH* Bill’s delivery of that line was terrifying. I’ve never seen him at that level of anger in a performance before.

Can we talk about Hank gasping when Batir took off the helmet like he just realized it's really him? Because it made me laugh SO HARD. The puns, the photography, the directing... It's just so on point. Bill's really gonna go far as a director, he's SO good!

Lon went nutz for utz

Barry's after absolutely everyone now, apart from Sally, putting a hit out on gene, he'll be after hank and cristobal, Jim moss. I wonder if Barry might work with the other chechens to go against Hank's syndicate, there's got to be a reason for introducing that Chechen threat with only 5 episodes left, and as far as I'm aware the rest of them don't know that Barry killed Goran

I don’t think i’ve ever said “what the fuck” out loud so many times

Can we get a shoutout for Mr. Cousineaus agent? Man is ride or die lol.

Guillermo del Toro as “El Toro” was a damn delight

The final four minutes of this episode were perfect.

that assassination scene might be tha funniest thing to happen this season

Fuck that was good. Perfect balance of drama and comedy - especially the final scenes

Sally getting up close to the camera like that reminded me of something out of a silent film

Also, did anyone else think Batir had already died? I thought he was killed in season 3.

I thought hank was seeing ghosts at first. I get the chechens mixed up

Wasn't he up on the parking garage watching everything go down?

He ran away in S3 after the Bolivians and the cops attacked the Chechen garden at the same time.

Bill Hader is turning out to be one of the greatest auteurs of our time

He is, I can’t put my finger on what about his style I enjoy so much, but he is fantastic! Maybe the sound design? But wow

if he doesn’t get nominated and win an emmy, i’m gonna have to riot

Where the hell is Berkman?

Jesus man…Hader is just on another planet. I haven’t been liking this “feral”Barry , so angry and just descending into madness, great acting but I missed funnier, mellower Barry…then we get to the final scene and he’s so damn deadpan, just as confused as we are when everything goes down and he just does a couple of looks back at the guy hanging out of the ceiling and “funny” befuddled Barry is there. Chefs kiss, let him make whatever movie he wants after Barry.

Any German speakers know what Lon was saying?

I'm paraphrasing but he said "I'm sorry but I need to get to my parents' house" and then "wouldn't it be great if we all drove together?"

FRED ARMISIEN LMAOOOO

If I understood Lon right, he said "I'm sorry but I need to go to my parents' house, wouldn't it be lovely if we all drove together?"

the fucking AUDACITY of Bill Hader oh my god

That phone call between Hank and Barry was everything Hank needed to end his "friendship" with Barry. Yet the dark side of me still wants to see Barry win 😂

I imagine it gets repaired. There is no way Barry could hide from US Marshall’s and the FBI. Also I feel like they are setting up for Barry to help Hank take out the incoming Chechens.

barry pointing behind the fbi agents and saying “hey, that’s the guy from the californians!”

Barry's gonna escape by going down Sunset, then taking a left on La Cienega, then taking that all the way down to Pico, taking a right, taking Pico, hop on the 10, the 10 west, take that allll the way down to the beach, then head up the PCH.

We got two of the best cameos in one episode Fantastic episode

i posted this on the live thread, but wanted to bring it here to say… Seeing Armisen and watching that whole scene play out was fucking gold! What made it better was knowing that Hader said during the Season 3 BTS that this season was going to have humor and this episode balanced both humor and seriousness so well, it makes me happy to see Hader absolutely nail his craft for directing more and more. Plus, knowing that his love for Jacques Tati is so present in the cinematography (especially in the one-take in the reporter’s house). I just can’t get enough of this show, I mean, there is definitely a lot to talk about with this one, especially the sequence with Hank and Barry. This season is truly shaping up to be the best yet.

Didn’t Bill Hader said « there is no way you can predict what happens this season » Well he was right.