Summary: Barry prepares to kill Paco, but Hank calls him, telling him to wait until a bullet is sent to Bolivia for dramatic effect. Barry is frustrated by this. Sally goes to an audition but runs into an old friend who is more successful. Sally breaks down and messes up the audition, so she goes to Barry for comfort. Barry wants to comfort her but he gets the ok to kill Paco so he goes to do that first. Barry strangles Paco so he can go to Sally's quickly. They have sex. Meanwhile, the Chechens bring in their own hitman Stovka to kill Barry and Fuches after everything. Stovka is depressed and after talking with Fuches he kills himself. Goran is distraught and bonds with Fuches, who offers to get Barry into his service to replace Stovka.
The Good: All of my praise from previous episodes holds up here. This is more of the same and it is a lot of fun. I still adore the black comedy, and there are creative jokes in every episode. Like before, the show finds a way to make really dark and disturbing scenes funny, and I thought that this was done with better effectiveness here than in the previous episode. The highlights were Barry getting busted trying to stealthily kill Paco and Stovka shooting himself after a hilariously depressing speech while Fuches talks about the wonders of LA. Barry's given a good conflict throughout the episode. He's not allowed to kill Paco for the most absurdly hilarious (yet believable) reason, so he grapples with waiting outside of Paco's house for the moment he is allowed to kill him and spending some more time with Sally at acting class. There are a lot of good moments for Barry in the episode, and he's put on the spot to make a crucial decision a couple of times, and those scenes worked really well. I also appreciate that there was some added humour in Barry just switching between phone calls from Hank and Sally without either one noticing. I like that Sally got some added depth in this episode. We don't really know much about her, but now we get some insight into her past and we get more characterization as Sally nicely plays up her bitchy side in this episode. Of course Barry doesn't see this as a problem since Sally is the closest to love he has ever been, so he simply enjoys his time with her and even dreams of going to the grocery store with her in what was another really funny scene. The Bad: Some of the stories aren't quite working. The cops storyline remains pretty dull and I'm still not hooked on it. I also didn't enjoy the scenes between Fuches and Goran as much as everything else in the episode. I don't think I'm invested enough in Fuches and the Chechens to justify spending so much time with them instead of Barry. Most TV shows like to spend maximal time with the main character before introducing side plots. This way we can get invested in the story through the eyes of the main character in the long run, that way when the focus shifts from the main character, it's still interesting. "The Walking Dead" and "Better Call Saul" are great examples of this. "Barry" is trying to both develop the main character and the story at the same time, and that's resulting in a little bit of roughness in these early episodes. Compared to the previous episode, I don't think this episode had quite as much of an impact. The emotion and comedy wasn't as strong as the previous episode, though I do think that this one was executed a bit better. The Unknown: Who is the guy following Barry? The Chechens don't acknowledge him, so is he not one of them? Best Moment: There were lots of good moments. I'll go with the funniest scene this time, which was Stovka shooting himself. Black comedy at its absolute best. Character of the Episode: Barry. Conclusion: This was more wonderful black comedy. While there are some small flaws in storytelling that prevent this from being great, it's still very funny, very entertaining television. Score: 64
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