I really enjoyed this season of Barry and I have to say that the show seems to get better and better as it goes on (which has me excited for the final season). I think there seems to have been an increase in the budget this season which definitely made some of the action stand out more and I really appreciated this. To me though, the real highlight of this season was the acting; it's not like Barry had bad acting previously but Bill Hader (Barry), Sarah Goldberg (Sally), Anthony Carrigan (NoHo Hank), Henry Winkler (Gene) and Michael Irby (Cristobal) all went HAM this season. Each one absolutely killed multiple emotionally complex and layered scenes and they really elevated the stakes of the show. I initially thought this show would fall into the Bojack Horseman category (which I always felt never quite fully realised its potential despite flashes of brilliance) but Barry has stuck the landing (so far) in a way that I have really liked.

When I started watching Barry, never in a million years did I think I'd end up seeing so many crazy powerful moments. I mean wow, some of these episodes have left me completely drained, feeling like I'd just survived a few weeks alone in the wilderness. I love how trippy a lot of the season was, almost like they added a little Ron/Lily vibe to the whole season (in varying amounts). Hader is just brilliant, he won an Emmys for S1 and S2 and I'd bet everything I own that he wins again for this. I've been totally blown away by him (and Adam Scott in Severance), it's cool seeing traditionally comedic actors killing it in more dramatic roles. Also the Beignet dude is one of my favorite random side characters of all time and I'll watch that dude in anything.