Barry

Moss dad is involved in Gene coming out of hiding knowing it will lure Barry out

She doesn't really care about Barry except when she can gain something and uses him from the moment she realises he likes her when they are at the bar in Episode 1.
Only supports his acting when she can benefit from it.

She's abusive to him many times while he is going out of his way to be nice to her.
Very self centered throughout her acting career and refuses to accept being wrong.(see the debate and fallout in regards to if Barry was bad for killing people in the army).
Her past has shaped her but she's by no means a victim in what we've seen.

Psycho wise just see her meltdowns at her assistant/rival and how she kills the biker and wanted to kill again.


If I can find the video I'll post it as it does a really good job talking about her character and I agreed with it all.

a brillant translation of past unresolved trauma. Think the guy she tried to strangle ramming the house was real, but that brought her straight into a flashback of her past, I presume between father/mother and how that manifests in her mind at that moment. Chills when I saw the black figure, knew exactly where we were going. Her drinking is a result of her father's exact same behaviour, and she's doing the same to her kid.

And it's that shadow of generational trauma that's led Sally to who she is. She herself is abusive and seeks abusive relationships because it's all she's known. If you don't know what healthy is, what it looks like, how it feels, you'll be drawn to what's familiar, even if it's wrong and bad for you. You'll justify it internally with shame and denial, until it explodes in breakdowns and outbursts and addiction. Which you then pass on down to your children, who do the same, and the cycle repeats...

Similar themes for NoHo and his guilt/denial of Cristobal's death, the weird idolising company. Gene and his narcissism in reappearing, to shut down the film but secretly "hey, look at me, I'm back". Fuchs trying to be a 'good guy', now making peace with the arsehole he is, and embracing the criminality. Weird with the barrista and daughter, but okay.

And here's us enjoying the entertainment of a cast who clearly all need therapy. We're just part of it too, 'cause we're not as fucked up as them, right ?

the biker is the guy looking at her from behind the plane seat. Also sat in the audience when she's trying to teach acting class

Barry to lead them to the others or something in particular

Why isn't Hank calling in the Chechens to deal with Fuches?

heads in the box scene

the documentary on the events was spot on Hollywood BS.

Though i do feel the way Gene was throughout the show be would have been more willing to clear his name.

Fuches surviving was unexpected

And nice move on the older version of John

Barry's army buddy from 3 just disappeared when you would think he would get involved again.

poor Gene, with that ham English actor. The title moment was beautifully played, setting up that he'd shot himself, and at first I thought the bullet had travelled through the wall, two birds one stone.

But noooo. Perfect.

As for Fuches, is it that Noho finally admitted/stopped denying his part with Cristobal, whereas Fuches accepting he's evil hasn't quite taken, and he still runs away with some denial on his part ? Or that he's realised that he's no longer needed as Barry's 'only' family, now he has a son ?

Feel the shot of Sally's bouquet resting on the car seat was symbolic of it resting on a gravestone, that part of her life with Barry now dead, but also the death she caused, whether more denial or she's made her peace ? Needed a bit more with that tbh.

And John, who'll need therapy at some point down the line, that childhood confession by Sally conflicting with the Holwood revision spinning in his head, probably about his early 30s lol.

but I presumed Barry killed him. Wasn't that final scene between them before he went to Gene and the Moss trap ?