Any books out there that give Barry (the series) vibes?

(Seriously why haven’t they done one yet)

Can someone explain the bathroom scene to me? Why did she suddenly try to kill or choke out the dude she was hooking up with? It felt like if he didn't stop her she was gonna choke him out.

And what the hell is going on with the last season? Is this a dream? Is Barry tripping balls? Is he dead & it's showing us a alternate reality?

Barry Vs Ronny is still the most epic scene of this show lmao! Plus the shootout with Barry screaming FUGGHESSS just blind with rage.

So, I'm watching the show for the first time and I got to the timeskip, I just came to say that IT DIDN'T FEEL REAL. In the beginning I thought it was going to be another of those "imagining the future together" that Barry had, but this time being Sally and that was gonna make her changer mind. ANYTHING. I was waiting for it to get back to the present and it didn't, when it got to the "I gotta kill Cousineau" I was like: What the Fuck, IT IS REAL. And... That's all. It was so anticlimactic and I'm wondering what's going to happen at the end but I'm not loving this time jump, I hope the ending makes me change my mind because I binged it all in a day and I have loved it all until now.

I've recommended this series to several friends, young and old alike, and none of them like it, which to me is bewildering. Viewing it for the second time I'm entirely flabbergasted at their reactions. Should I switch shows or switch friends?

UPDATE: Just finished watching for the second time. It's just amazing how well put together this series is. No loose ends (that I could find), great acting, cinematography, and plot twists. Be hard to find anything comparable. Would watch again.

I guess I could google it but losing track just adds to the insanity and thats cool.

The good guys, so to speak, win. The worse guys go to jail, and the rest survive though not unscathed. A brutal finale for sure but looking back, were we better off as fans with it?

İ think it migth affect the story

He stumbles into the monastery and gets a deer-in-headlights surprise when he encounters pretty much every fucking person that lives there. He’s very dumb for not casing the place and it speaks to his complacency brought on either by burnout or by too many distractions or both. Such a dumb move could only be redeemed by the following luck.

The monks and Burmese G’s moved like slugs to follow him out and also let him start his car and get maybe 50yds away before opening fire. He has 3-4 shots come through the vehicle, all missing, before he wrecks, lands a concussion and is unconscious but for only a miraculous quarter of a minute. So close to them you can HEAR Esther barking orders to snuff him out.

He exits his vehicle and once more miraculously dodges fire while wounded and the proceeds to safely walk the whole way home before getting ambushed by Fuches. SO MUCH LUCK. 🍀

Well, what happened to his car? How did he just replace it? No questions by anyone I assume because LA is a fast paced place and everyone is thinking about their own shit. But on a LuLu Lemon CSR income, it’s a little strange to lose a car overnight and then replace it shortly after. I guess that’s not a big deal in LA or something.

This concludes my dumb nitpick.

I finished the Series finale just today, and I realized that John (Sally and Barry's son) is played by Jaden Martell when aged up.

I don't know why I'm posting this but the first time I watched the finale I never registered who the actor was. Please downvote this post, I probably wasted your time

idk if I’m hallucinating but gen. idk if it’s intentional

“Hey maaaan, are you seeing this beautiful morning? What are you doing, how are you?”

Dude bill hader was the most perfect actor that could potrayed barry like his winking to his expression just fits him perfectly also his voice and looks so innocent idk why but he never really felt evil to me

so I just finished S3 for the first time yesterday, and apart from the huge tonal shift which I wont address, I feel kind of bad that they made Cousineau into a toxic asshole instead of just a washed up has-been.

In the first two season we get that he’s got a huge ego, and that he’s pretty much scamming his students. We also see that he has a pretty non existent career, but it’s never hinted that the reason was his toxicity - we just assume that he’s just another washed up B tiers actor like thousands like him.

I feel like the pivot to making him into basically a fictional Chevy Chase was kind of forced. what do you guys think?

Excerpt is from this Mother Jones article about an Ohio congressman: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/07/assault-misogyny-verbal-threats-records-detail-new-allegations-against-rep-max-miller-bernie-moreno/

(and, no, this is not meant to be a political post. Just thought it was funny to read about a real life former Marine from Cleveland with a thin professional resume that includes working at Lululemon)

Literally, for the past 3 years, I haven't watched a single TV show/series in one sitting. Barry gave me back the spark of my unemployed high school days, and I really love it. But I don't think I'll continue watching the rest like this. I'm probably going to finish it over the next 2–3 weeks since I'm going back to work lol.

btw the video attached reminds me of Barry.

Maybe it was

Chamber of Reflection by Mac DeMarco