Fuches found where Barry stashed Gene's girlfriend Det. While Barry may have gotten away with this death, actions like that tend to have consequences down the line. Please enable cookies on your web browser in order to continue. Things seem pleasant and normal until Moss recognizes on the poster for Barry and Sally’s show that he uses Barry Block as a stage name. Will Gene start looking into Moss' death and realize the only person it could be is the person who launched into an effortless "monologue" about his time as a trained killer? Will Gene turn his loss into another book and transition to being a self-help author? Filled with humor, pathos, and tension, Barry was quickly able to establish dramatic stakes with an inventive hitman story that took the bones of Grosse Pointe Blank and infused them with the moral quandaries, existential ennui, and downbeat, spirit-sucking compromises of Better Call Saul. The future of Barry's life is uncertain, but one thing that seems to be all but confirmed is that audiences won't be seeing Detective Moss again any time soon. With such a quiet, powerful ending, “Chapter Eight: Know Your Truth” had me lingering in my seat long after the credits rolled completely stunned by the excellence of Barry’s first season. By clicking “I agree” below, you consent to the use by us and our third-party partners of cookies and data gathered from your use of our platforms. “I’m a good guy,” Barry says to Moss in their final moments together, but he’s trying to convince her as much as he’s trying to convince himself. As trailers for Barry Season 2 have shown, Detective Moss has been declared missing after the events of the Season 1 finale, in which Moss finally puts together the clues that Barry is the very murderer she had been chasing when she had met Gene. Join Facebook to connect with Barry Moss and others you may know. We know that Barry has the skills to get out of this jam, we also know that he’d really rather not have to kill again, so we hope along with Barry that his pleading to Moss that she forgets all of this and walks away actually works. However, once Barry starts talking to Sally and she compliments his acting and suggests that they work together on a play, Barry is sucked right back in. Det. Nick Harley is an entertainment journalist and alumnus of Ohio University's E.W. While on a double-date lake house vacation with Gene and Sally, Barry and Moss appear to have a showdown of sorts that results in a gunshot sound and Barry safely returning to bed. When the police arrive at Goran’s with a warrant but find him and several others dead, they quickly pin things on the Bolivians, because Barry was sure to fire his killshots from a low vantage point to suggest that someone short carried out the murders. Bill Hader’s original idea for a series pitch to HBO centered around a character based on a friend from high school back in Hader’s native Oklahoma, Eric Singleton, the same friend that inspired Hader’s character in Hot Rod. We then jump ahead into the future, where Barry seems to be living one of his day dreams. The ending implicates that Barry kills Moss, and the fallout is sure to fuel the main conflict of Season 2. Ad – content continues below. The final confrontation between Barry and Moss is heartbreaking while also being unnervingly suspenseful. The episode begins in the immediate aftermath of last week’s episode, with Barry returning bleary eyed to his hotel room. Gene Cousineau has always had a penchant for the dramatic, whether he's on a stage, in front of a camera, or simply talking to a police officer investigating a recent homicide. The fact that someone recognizes worth in Barry other than his ability to kill is enough to keep him rapt. The setup came the previous week, when Detective Loach (John Pirruccello) finally confirmed that hit man Barry (Hader) murdered his former partner, Detective Moss (Paula Newsome). However, now, he's dealing with some genuine grief and how that grief manifests itself could have an effect on Barry. He was also in a TV show called Hillbilly Preppers that aired just a few months ago. Janice Moss smells a rat, but her feeling might get in the way of a murder investigation. twist! The Essential DanMachi Moments, Barry Episode 8 Review – Chapter Eight: Know Your Truth (Season Finale). Hader’s work in this scene rivals that monologue from the premiere, hitting even harder when you see his eyes change from begging determination to regretful submission to what must be done, just like when he decided to murder Chris. We use cookies and other technologies to customize your experience, perform analytics and deliver personalized advertising on our sites, apps and newsletters and across the Internet based on your interests. Between blows to the face, Fuches informs Barry that the Chechens want them both dead, but Barry couldn’t care less. A midnight Facebook search reveals the connection between Barry, Chris, and Taylor, then one last look at the recording of the original Chechen killing proves that Barry was her suspect all along. The season finale of HBO's Barry is satisfyingly complete, yet still leaves you wanting more. While there's a slim chance that Barry delivered the monologue of his life to try and get Moss to disappear under cover of darkness and fired off a warning shot, the chances of Detective Moss being found alive are incredibly slim — but that slim chance could be all the faith that Gene needs to hope that she's still out there. They hold a press conference, linking Ryan, Taylor, and all the other principle players save Barry, which wraps a bow on the case and ends suspicion with Barry. Stephen Root has made a meal out of Fuches, simultaneously presenting him as a wacky ne’er-do-well and intimidating, manipulative antagonist. Barry, however, isn't a traditional television show and it's pretty much assumed by both fans and characters that Detective Moss is really dead, despite the fact that her death scene did not directly show her death. We rely on readers like you to uphold a free press. There's an unspoken rule in television that if the audience does not see a character die onscreen, then they aren't dead. NoHo Hank, who earlier in the episode is chastised for his polite nature, survives and takes the living Chechens to join forces with the equally distinguished Cristobal. Both Barry and Moss are visibly torn between not wanting to go through with something incredibly difficult but knowing that they must. Ad. See our, Read a limited number of articles each month, You consent to the use of cookies and tracking by us and third parties to provide you with personalized ads, Unlimited access to washingtonpost.com on any device, Unlimited access to all Washington Post apps, No on-site advertising or third-party ad tracking. The ending implicates that Barry kills Moss, and the fallout is sure to fuel the main conflict of Season 2. A killer as professional as Barry surely would know how to dispose of a body in a way that would keep the police off of his trail and make Moss' disappearance look like anything other than a murder.