The following contains spoilers for Barry S3E3, “ben mendelsohn” (written by Emma Barrie and directed by Alec Berg) As I’d hoped, Barry S3E3 shows us the dynamics between Gene and Barry on the set of Laws of Humanity. It’s an uncomfortable, dark, poignant and short-lived situation, which sees Barry moving ever further into delusion before […] More
Welcome back! Each week in this space, our writers come together to offer their recommendations to you. Sometimes these things might be new, sometimes they might be older, but they’ll always be worth your time. Let us help you cut through the noise of our (post)modern world a bit and check back every weekend to […] More
The following contains spoilers for Barry S3E2, “limonada” (written by Bill Hader & Alec Berg and directed by Bill Hader) So it turns out Barry’s plan to fix his relationship with Gene Cousineau (in light of the knowledge that he murdered his girlfriend) is to…get him a part on a TV show. This is ludicrous, […] More
The following contains spoilers for Barry S3E1, “forgiving jeff” (written by Bill Hader & Alec Berg and directed by Bill Hader) What a season premiere! It’s clear some time has passed since the events of the Season 2 finale (as Fuches is hiding in Chechnya and Sally is now the lead in her own TV […] More
It’s time for another round of the venerable TV Obsessive Awards! A word as to the ethos that guides the entries that follow (which also gets to a broader kind of ethos around here): we’re not claiming that our choices are the “best of the year” as though we can inhabit some objective point of […] More
Each year, the 25YL staff—or, well, those who answer the open call anyway—convenes to determine the prestigious 25YL TV Awards. Everyone knows these are the definitive awards in the business because we make no pretense to claiming that a show was the best of the year, or naming the best actor, etc. Instead, we list […] More
There was a lot of great TV in 2019! Here’s what we loved, who we loved, what we were disappointed about and what we’re looking forward to next year! Andrew Grevas, Editor-in-Chief Favorite New Show of 2019: I’m sure this will be a popular pick but it has to be Watchmen for me. Culturally, this series […] More
Recently several members of the 25YL team sat down to discuss Barry’s second season. The roundtable discussion was moderated by Editor in Chief Andrew Grevas, and the panel consisted of Executive Editor Caemeron Crain as well as Editors Bryan O’Donnell, John Bernardy & Steve Wandling. Andrew: Let’s start big picture. Overall thoughts on Season 2? How […] More
On a night where the entire television world was fixated on the final episode of Game of Thrones, Barry‘s second season ended with 30 minutes of television that not only should be viewed and discussed by the masses but also capped off one of the best seasons of any show in recent memory. Barry has […] More
This week’s Barry episode—“The Audition”—was another classic in what’s shaped up to be quite the season already. Bill Hader and Alec Berg’s show could have been a simple palate cleanser for Game of Thrones. It could have settled to be a pleasant dark comedy with amazing improv-style actors, but that wasn’t good enough for this […] More
Fans of HBO’s Barry had to be wondering how the show would follow up on last week’s David Chase-like fever dream of an episode, “Ronny/Lily,” and what we were treated to was another tour de force of an episode. While opinions may vary on last week’s installment, I am firmly in the camp that it […] More
I recently had the pleasure of speaking with actor John Pirruccello (Detective Loach on Barry, Chad from Twin Peaks) about a number of topics, including the recent episode of Barry that everyone is talking about. There are a lot of spoilers for the first five episodes of Barry’s second season in this interview. AG: When […] More
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