5 burning questions before Barry’s final season

Now that Barry is set to return on April 16 for its fourth (and final!) season, let’s rewind way back to the simpler times of summer 2022 and dig into all of the questions we had after the sensational third-season ender “starting now.” That episode (helmed and co-written by Bill Hader) had a bit of everything we love about this HBO show’s season finales: a thrilling twist of an ending that made complete sense yet threw us in the moment, some darkly comedic violence, and excellent direction, all painting a more complex portrait of a main character we thought we finally nailed down. It also raised a ton of questions. Here are the ones we’re considering most as the series’ sendoff looms.

This article was originally published in June 2022 after the third-season finale of Barry. It was updated on March 30, 2023.

1. How can Barry possibly get out of this?

We’re now in end-of- territory, in which the jig is finally up for Barry and the secret half of his life is on full display. So, now that a SWAT team has carted him off (past his betrayer Gene, who looked at him calmly in a loyalty-is-our-demise Shakespearean moment), what can the show do with Barry locked up? (Also, sub-question: How did Barry, with his training and skills, not notice said SWAT team?) What will he do with Fuches in prison? And will he escape, perhaps to Mexico, where his roommates are trying out their act? We’re fully aware we answered this question by asking four more. But we’re on pins and needles to see how Barry season four captures this new setting.