“Admit that you fucked up. Admit that you were scared. That you hate yourself, that there’s some days you don’t think you deserve to live, and the only thing that’ll make you forget, is by being someone else.” The genius thing about this monologue is that it doesn’t just apply to Hank, it applies to every major character on the show. Barry, Fuches, Hank, Gene, Sally, they all are traumatized people who pretend to be someone else, they are all actors, literally and figuratively.
And the thing that makes it even better is that everybody who accepted this fact and embraced their true self survived, and anybody who resorted back to their persona died. Except Barry, who when he finally accepted who he was and decided to do the right thing was immediately shot, but at the point it was far too late for him
@@KeurigKmma Fuches said he finally discovered who he was, The Raven, and that he was heartless. That wasn't true. He proved this was a lie literally 10 seconds later when he jumped to cover Barry's son from the gunfire.
@@garrettfisher1792That wasn't Fuches intention. He saw John and remembered Barry. You can be an evil bastard and still be capable of good deeds. Fuches essentially got what Barry wanted. Inner peace, a chance of redemption, and maybe a family with the barista and the college educated daughter
At first I thought this was stupid, but for some reason the guy tossing the grenade sold the whole thing to me. It felt like the show's final gag before wrapping it all up, and I appreciate that.
I mean Barry had already cleaned house S2 Finale so it would’ve been pretty predictable but I think that’s what this ending did well… for the most part.
Something I just realized that I've been subconsciously appreciating about this show over its four seasons: there's never any shaky-cam bullshit. The action is always cleanly shot, and feels all the more impactful as a result.
Exactly. It shows the action as how it is: fast, messy, kind of boring. Even the car chase was like that. They contrast it beautifully with the Hollywoo-fied version of it in The Mask Collector movie.
Fuches was lying until the very end, wanting to BECOME The Raven, some heartless warlord, pretending he didn't have a heart. Clearly, through his actions, he proves that he did have a heart.
To be fair, both Barry and Sally come clean and are willing to change their ways at the end. Barry is willing to turn himself in when Gene shoots him, and Sally admits her faults to her son and changes her narcissistic ways.
@@MamadNobaribecause he jumped on Barry’s son to protect him. Something he never did for Barry. Feels like his last apology to barry for completely manipulating him and fucking up his life
@@mr.windmill4892 Yeah, but John being in danger in the first place is because of Fuches himself lol. He was always the reason all of this happened from the beginning. But yeah, it makes sense for him to survive the finale, but it was still surprising.
@@MamadNobari yeah I mean of course. Doesn’t mean fuches isn’t still a piece of shit, and it ends up not mattering at all anyway since sally just leaves with John the next morning. For the relationship between barry and fuches it’s significant though.
I honestly think Hank just couldn't handle the pain and guilt of what he did, and while the floodgates opened for a moment, he shut them and chose to live in denial, which lead to his death
Plus the way the Anthony Carrigan delivered that line. It's crazy how he played a ruthless Chechen gangster through the whole show, and still was able to make me think "Poor little guy."
@@jay1jayf it's a shame you didn't like it, but I found myself tuning in every week to see what it had in store. can't say that for any other shows in recent memory
Excellent finale. I like how it seems Fuches truly committed to his honesty and that saved him, whereas Hank reverted back to the persona and died. Though he was trying to save John and I love that he still had that heart.
I had my fingers crossed Sally would change.. but after her son says “I love you” and she replies with “Was the show good?” She’s still the same self centred person she always was.. Fuches is the only man who changed.
I like the fact that Hank and Fuches were both weirdly protective of John. Like, Hank didn’t want to bring him down and Fuches literally shielded him during the gun fight. Both of them were morally ambiguous till the very end.
I personally was wondering if Hank grabbed him at the end there to protect him because he thought Fuches was going to kill him, or if he was intending to harm him.
Fuches was more than willing to kill a kid in the past, but that was before he could admit to himself that he was a monster. I don't know if he would have felt the same about some random kid in this situation, but he owed it to Barry and himself not to be responsible for the destruction of his kid after having destroyed Barry.
Fuches really became a hero in this scene. Swallowed his pride and admitted to who he was, then risked his and his men's lives in order to save Barry's kid because he really did care for Barry.
Are you blind? Hank didn't even want to bring the kid there with all the men with rifles and shit ready for a standoff against Barry. Fuches brought the child to the room. Hank even told Sally, "it's not for me to decide", meaning Hank did not even want to hurt Sally or the kid, it was Fuches who brought him to that point. I feel like your eyes didn't see outside the box. But yes, I am glad Fuches finally came to terms to doing good and saving Barry's kid, but don't look the other way when all of this was his doing.
@@MeisterFuhrer Nah, the second Fuches heard on that phone call when he was in the bathtub that Barry had a son, and Hank had him, you can see a twitch in his eye. He didn't go there to hurt them, but to bring them to Barry. I'm pretty sure from that moment his mind was made up.
Stephen root carried this finale on his back. Not to diss anyone or anything else. He was just an incredible standout and his characters final scenes are some of the best of the show. Magnificent
This final season of BARRY could have been retitled SALLY. Love that Fuches lived. He and Sally finally faced who they were and won in the end. Hank & Barry were sympathetic but only to a point. Fuches just grew on me every episode. His final explanation to Hank was intense, heartbreaking and memorable. What a great way to say goodbye to Fuches. He saves John, nods to Barry and runs off in the darkness. Awesome.
"Admit that you fucked up. Admit...that you were scared..that you hate yourself..that there's some days you don't think you deserve to live..and the only thing that'll make you forget..is by being someone else." Fuck me the writing was top tier this episode.
B1 The Architect - FR I love how everything was caught in frame.. the action scenes and just the way the show is shot - always felt like a comic book or something.
It is interesting how Hank is polite and kind throughout the seasons, he only brings out the worst in himself when he is treated badly or is threatened, in the end he preferred to move away from his initial essence and ends up dead and Fuches started as someone completely manipulative and horrible but ends up recognizing and accepting all the bad he did but continues to live,. as Sally said "the only way to be redeemed is by taking responsibility for what you did"
@@rtl3956 I thought the same but it looked like he was staying somewhat in practice he was trying to get Sally to put the gun together. But he wasn’t the season one Barry like he lost his edge and situational awareness
Fuches becoming the most self-aware character and redeeming himself by shielding the kid with his own body was something I did not expect at all, with every other character failing to truly grow and hiding behind layers of denial.
Honestly couldn’t have gone down better. Fuches redeems himself by saving Barry’s son and doing a final good deed for his fellow soldier and protégé. Fuches is not a “no heart” and he proved it in this finale. Hank has such a tragic story honestly, even with all the men and money and guns, Cristobal was always on his mind. Never forget “ 50/50 with Cristobal”
It’s nice to see prime Fuches, instead of a coward running away to save himself, he puts himself directly at risk to make sure John is safe. He finally got it, he finally became the man he always wanted to be, a Father to Barry
The man's a veritable juggernaut of acting. Barring his more comedic roles such as Bill Dougherty from "King of the Hill", or Milton from "Office Space", or Gordon from "Dodgeball", the man has gone on to play both profound & menacing roles. He was "The Man in the High Castle" from the series of the same name...Mike The Hammer in the comedy-drama "Justified"...a memorable blind character from the psychological thriller "Get Out"...and a purely evil character from the animated series "The Legend of Vox Machina". Stephen Root has rapidly become the sort of actor you hire to add legitimacy to your production.
Anyone else spot that the theme of 'acting' never truly left the show? What Fuches speaks of here is Hank playing a role to distract from the truth. Instead - Hank doubles down on the role. Whereas Fuches had been playing a role - 'posing' - as he puts it. But he stopped playing that character & admitted he was just a selfish SOB.
It’s crazy how far these characters came. Fuches would hide behind anything or anyone to save himself, Hank was polite and kind for the kind of lifestyle he found himself in. Fuches dove in front of gunfire to save his surrogate grandson and Hank went out not backing down from another strong arm in his life.
Stephen Root is a national - no, scratch that - an international treasure. Character actors like him and, to mention just one other example, John Carroll Lynch are what makes the whole medium so exciting. They always elevate the material, no matter how small a part, no matter the quality of writing or directing. Simply amazing.
@@kstrazz3552 Yep. Robocop 3 - Stephen Root. Seinfeld - Stephen Root. Office Space - Stephen Root all over. Bicentennial Man - sure thing. O Brother, Where Art Thou? - there he is! Dodgeball - by all means, won't even recognize him. No Country For Old Men - who dat?! 24 - yeah, why not. Rango, Ice Age, Nemo series - yep, and multiple characters (sometimes in the span of a single movie). J.Edgar - sure. All The Way - also sure, but this time he is playing J.Edgar. Get Out - uhuh. Damn Robot Chicken AND Simpsons - well, what did you expect? Star Wars franchise - yes, munching on that yummy scenery. And around 250 MORE credits. And he somehow manages to be different. With every. Single. Performance.
It's kinda interesting to note that the guy who survived just long enough to throw a grenade actually turns and uses his own buddy as a human-shield at the start of the fight.
This season was different to the others. In a few ways it was hard to watch. But then The finale tied everything from the whole snow together and I found it incredibly satisfying. Amazing show
*In the end, Fuches, was the only character* who accepted who and what he was and still conjured the strength to do something good and against his nature and *Save somebody* … and that’s why he’s the only person who made it out alive a changed person.
“And the only thing that will make you forget is by pretending to be someone else” that’s the key to this show and whether or not you can redeem yourself after so many years of denial
I don’t know I think sally actually changed by loving her son and accepting that she wasn’t gonna have a big career as an actress, also that she didn’t need a man in her life
Did she? I dont see that way She leaves her son hanging when he said I love you in the end before going to his friend place. All she cared in their interaction was if her show was good or not. She is the same selfish narcisist person as always i would say.
@@gc5480 if she didn't love him in some way she would have left him with his father. love isn't always communicated verbally, and john seems like he turned out to be a good kid in spite of it all. she's traumatized and deeply broken but she's clearly healing and changing for the better
@@themoosehoof Her son is the man in her life. He validates her now. Sally's life as an actress was a brief attempt to be her own woman that she gave up on.
"I know." "It never is." "We all do." Never knew these words could carry so much meaning in the right context. Of couse they can but never seen it done in a way like this. Everything they are saying is so simple but full of wisdom and experience of life. One being in denial and one is full of acceptance. It's so relatable, you can put yourself in both of the characters shoes. Perfect delivery from the actors and perfect writing.
I’ve hated Fuches for the entirety of the show, and then in the final season he has one of the best arcs and ends better off than any other major character. He and Sally figured out that they have to confront and admit their guilt to move on, while Hank and Cousineau didn’t. Barry figured it literally seconds before getting a bullet to the face.
This entire series, you see various characters dance on the precipice of redemption or being their more ideal self, yet they revert to their norm. For Fuches in particular, you're lead throughout the seasons, to think he's gonna change for the better, but he goes the petty route; here he finally calls himself out on all his own bullshit and lives. Hank rides the line, but he reverts at the last second, and it costs him his life. Powerful scene.
03:18 …I have rarely seen such a PERFECT transition from utter despair into sheer rage. That is someone consciously pulling themselves away from the edge…I’m fatigued just from watching it. Whatta actor!
Really clever editing here. The flash from the grenade hides the cut that has to happen so they can implement the realistic blown off limbs and the slow tracking shot at the end. Fantastic work here!
I'm so shocked as to how much I love Fuches as a character. I was already in love with Hank, but I actively wanted Fuches to die at multiple points throughout the show. And here....I nodded in approval with every move he made, and thankfully, he was able to give Barry an "Atta Boy" and redeem himself.
Spoilers: All the main players in this show had their characters' arcs wrap up quite nicely. Fuches starts the show as a manipulative wuss that can't do any of his own dirty work and only looks after himself. He finishes with being a fully realized killer but manages to "repay" Barry for all the years of manipulation by saving his son, having a final goodbye as he recedes into the darkness, similar to how barry does in season 2 Hank starts off the show as the comic relief. A goofball who is incapable of doing things right, always hiding from his feelings trying to be a tough guy, trying to be safe. His character ends with him fully accepting who he is with some real depth. There's so much more i wanna elaborate and delve into but im writing this 5 minutes after the finale so please call me out on how right or wrong i am for my take lol
Say what you will, but this was real as fuck for Fuches to say, and the fact he saves Barry's son, returns him to him, and simply nods his head and departs from the narrative, makes Fuches the most real, genuinely interesting character in the show. He actually grew and evolved. Brilliant character. Stephen Root is a goddamned national treasure. Actually never noticed that Fuches dives over and protects Barry's son in the shootout. What a fucking gentlemen. Will always be my favorite character of the show, despite his flaws. In the end, he was literally the best of all of them.
What an incredible scene. The acting by both of them is amazing and Haders directing is perfect. To think of Srephen Roots comedy performances in office space and dodgeball to Fuches....just wow.
You can tell Fuches redeemed himself given the fact that he absolutely nailed Hank with a critical hit. This was an offer for Hank to admit, but Hank was too young and arrogant in comparison to Fuches. I'm starting to think that Fuches was the main character in this all. He's the only one who survives canonically. I wanted Hank to have a come to Jesus moment, but this was the cost.
Ok, I never thought that Fuches would be the only person in the end who deserves another chance. I didn't care for the Mask Collector ending but I loved Fuches and Hank's confrontation.
"You're a businessman, not some lowlife killer. You got all this through hard work, "seizing on luck," and... as a tribute to the love of your life. Who was murdered... by your enemies." Fuches expertly tears down Hank's defense mechanisms. In a show where every main character is dependent on denial and delusions, Fuches becomes the only one to truly accept who he is, and ends up as the most morally redeemable character.
Fuches of all people was the only one that truly faced up to his problems and learned to make a different choice. He went from my most despised character in this show to my most loved.
as much as i wanted to see Barry come in and clear the room.. the grenade throw at the end as the dudes dying is one of the funniest moments i've seen on tv in a while
I really thought they groups were gonna wipe each other out before Barry. I did not expect it to come down to a moral compass fight that triggered it, but it was perfect. Fuches still be lying to himself on not having a heart for covering John during the fun fight.
One of the least talked about line deliveries that just GUTS me is Fuches’ admission to realizing he’s a man with no heart. And NoHo can tell he is telling the truth.
Hank hated the mob life after Cristobal died, but couldn't escape what was handed to him. Hank wasn't out for revenge on Barry, he was out for revenge on all mobsters, in his vicinity. He organized this meeting, knowing fully well what Barry was capable of. Fuches knew hank wanted this, but had to dispatch Hank and his mobsters quickly before barry could, otherwise Sally and John would be everyone's first target.
There is no indication he hated mob life, he hated himself, he lived in denial, he created Nohobal as a fucked up way to cope with the fact that he decided to kill Cristobal, but at the same time achieve the dream "with" the love of his life. It could be argued he wanted Barry to kill everyone but at the end Hank chose denial
@@BEE-rg4ts Hank pretty much killed Cristobal, that's why he is in that much denial. That's why he didn't tell Cristobal that he was going to be killed when he got into the car.
@@sergiorosales8658 Ok yes Hank pretty much put Cristobal in the coffin, but the Mob themselves kind of forced Hank's hand into making the decision that ultimately got Cristobal killed, yes Hank definitely was the final nail, but the mob's system put both of them in that situation
@B E E this is the same exact problem I have with people being like "Walter messed everything up when it came to gus" he didn't. His hand was forced just like hanks was. Like follow the trail of what happened. Hank tells christobal he's going to get killed, he gets killed anyway. Hank doesn't kill those sand guys, the chechans STILL wipe them out but thsi time with Hank AND Cristobal anyway. I get the point that Hank felt guilty but Hank absolutely positively did NOT kill cristobal😊
To be real, I love this for every reason but specifically because, at least plot wise it makes perfect sense, the order it was structured of fuches finding out after Barry did about his family but the only reason fuches made it on time was because Barry needed to get more guns, which is great to show that he needs preparation and he can’t kill an army with just a pistol… sure he did back in season 2 finale, but Barry hasn’t been killing for what it seems to be 8 years, so from the time he left prison to the moment he got captured by moss, he has been incompetent in his ability to get the job done. He most likely would’ve died here in his sons arms or some shit but that’s not this show, this show is all about subverting your expectations and this scene was a master class in defining that
I like to think that John was Fuches' true, "final test." We see Fuches living his life peacefully while on the run from Barry throughout different moments. It could have ended there but the slightest thought of Barry sends him spiraling backwards into a jealous rage with a new scheme. He finally had the opportunity to hurt Barry for all he suffered, with John. Sounds like a cakewalk to use a child as a tool against their parent, for a man with no heart. He could have even tried to snatch John to raise on his own, wrapped around his finger as he did Barry. Instead, he protects John and delivers him safely, sending Barry off with a final nod. Fuches had nothing more than what seemed like an obsession with Barry holding him back, but there were moments where his love for Barry was undeniable (albeit toxic). I believe that had he not been genuinely reformed and had not already forgiven Barry in that pivotal moment, the finale would have ended in a far more gruesome, less poetic manner. Long live The Raven, all he had was heart for Barry.
I like to think that the reason Fuches started to talk about Cristobal's death to Hank wasn't only for him to finally accept the fact that he cant keep running away from the truth, but because he knew that saying so would trigger Hank and start the shootout I mean, he is the first to shoot and his first reaction was to protect John, so i dont think that this is a stretch One last manipulation of the raven
Everyone was talking about a hank spin off… honestly we need a fuches spin off. He has so much past to go through as well as potentially future they could literally do a better call Saul with fuches. Hank would be cool but I mean they could explore that like they did with gustavo fring in a fuches spin off or “the raven”
Its crazy how 1 speech made me completely flip on Fuches as a character. Hes the one character who actually grew as a person by living the most authentically out of everyone. Hes the character we wanted to see punished throughout the entire show, but by the end i was happy he survived and got to go free. He may be a scumbag, but hes an authentic one
Hank and Cristobal joined syndicates. They stayed in business fully knowing they dealt death. When it came to it in the end, Hank could have chosen to send Cristobal away and stayed. He could have kept running with Cristobal. But he chose the life that would have kept HIMSELF more comfortable.
The chechans would have found Cristobal if he was sent away they had eyes ALL over hank. If he would have ran he would have been killed himself. Hanks hand was forced he didn't kill Cristobal
The casual grenade throw before dying.. gold
I like how you can see the middle guy's leg fly off and spin around to the ground.
He had the right call of duty perk 😂
Martyrdom perk was enabled
Thats what I'm gonna miss the most about the show. Those exact little moments
The “awkward” violence makes it more realistic tbh
“Admit that you fucked up. Admit that you were scared. That you hate yourself, that there’s some days you don’t think you deserve to live, and the only thing that’ll make you forget, is by being someone else.”
The genius thing about this monologue is that it doesn’t just apply to Hank, it applies to every major character on the show. Barry, Fuches, Hank, Gene, Sally, they all are traumatized people who pretend to be someone else, they are all actors, literally and figuratively.
And the thing that makes it even better is that everybody who accepted this fact and embraced their true self survived, and anybody who resorted back to their persona died. Except Barry, who when he finally accepted who he was and decided to do the right thing was immediately shot, but at the point it was far too late for him
@@KeurigKmma Fuches said he finally discovered who he was, The Raven, and that he was heartless. That wasn't true.
He proved this was a lie literally 10 seconds later when he jumped to cover Barry's son from the gunfire.
Spot on! The show is brilliant!🤘
@@garrettfisher1792That wasn't Fuches intention. He saw John and remembered Barry.
You can be an evil bastard and still be capable of good deeds. Fuches essentially got what Barry wanted.
Inner peace, a chance of redemption, and maybe a family with the barista and the college educated daughter
@@garrettfisher1792 you said it here bro.
Really subverted my expectations by having them wipe each other out in 5 seconds rather than Barry coming in and sweeping.
At first I thought this was stupid, but for some reason the guy tossing the grenade sold the whole thing to me. It felt like the show's final gag before wrapping it all up, and I appreciate that.
They said they didn’t want to repeat seasons and we got season 2s ending already to be fair
i think that was the point, to leave us thinking that Barry would just kill everyone and yet the party is over when he get's there
I couldn't agree more. I was expecting a little more for the last episode.
I mean Barry had already cleaned house S2 Finale so it would’ve been pretty predictable but I think that’s what this ending did well… for the most part.
Something I just realized that I've been subconsciously appreciating about this show over its four seasons: there's never any shaky-cam bullshit. The action is always cleanly shot, and feels all the more impactful as a result.
I noticed 'The Mask Collector' was absolutely full of shaky-cam, especially during the flashback-monologue sequence.
Exactly. It shows the action as how it is: fast, messy, kind of boring. Even the car chase was like that. They contrast it beautifully with the Hollywoo-fied version of it in The Mask Collector movie.
The Russo Brothers can take some notes.
Both Succession and Barry ended on the same day and their styles of filmmaking are pretty much polar opposites.
The matter-of-fact simplicity of the cinematography also adds a level of humor to the violence. It's unglorified and awkward.
"A man with no heart." proceeds to save Barry's son. Fuches was the only character who redeemed himself and he's the last one I would expect that of.
Fuches was lying until the very end, wanting to BECOME The Raven, some heartless warlord, pretending he didn't have a heart.
Clearly, through his actions, he proves that he did have a heart.
hank knew. thats why he calls him a liar.
Technically he said he took a look at himself at the time. He wanted to redeem himself
To be fair, both Barry and Sally come clean and are willing to change their ways at the end. Barry is willing to turn himself in when Gene shoots him, and Sally admits her faults to her son and changes her narcissistic ways.
Meanwhile Gene, who can’t admit he’s a terrible person, refuses to change his ways, and commits his worst deed killing Barry.
There was always a feeling that Hank would die, but never did I expect Fuches would be the one who killed him
its weirdly fitting
And Fuches actually be the one who fuckin survives.
@@MamadNobaribecause he jumped on Barry’s son to protect him. Something he never did for Barry. Feels like his last apology to barry for completely manipulating him and fucking up his life
@@mr.windmill4892 Yeah, but John being in danger in the first place is because of Fuches himself lol. He was always the reason all of this happened from the beginning. But yeah, it makes sense for him to survive the finale, but it was still surprising.
@@MamadNobari yeah I mean of course. Doesn’t mean fuches isn’t still a piece of shit, and it ends up not mattering at all anyway since sally just leaves with John the next morning. For the relationship between barry and fuches it’s significant though.
Fuches only came there to save Barry’s son, because deep down he loves Barry
Hank wanted to die, that’s why he said deals off
Yeah Hank gets triggered when someone mentions the love of his life.
Very good take
i don't think Hank wanted to die at that moment, he was just angry because Fuches mentioned Cristobal
I honestly think Hank just couldn't handle the pain and guilt of what he did, and while the floodgates opened for a moment, he shut them and chose to live in denial, which lead to his death
Hank said deal was off because fuches broke him. Made him indirectly confess to his crime.
"I just wanted to be safe."
"We all do."
Fuck, Bill Hader directed his ass off. Just brilliant across the board.
Plus the way the Anthony Carrigan delivered that line. It's crazy how he played a ruthless Chechen gangster through the whole show, and still was able to make me think "Poor little guy."
hopefully barry viewers one day grow up and realize how cringe and bad this show actually is.
@@jay1jayf it's a shame you didn't like it, but I found myself tuning in every week to see what it had in store. can't say that for any other shows in recent memory
@@jay1jayf or. OR. You could let people enjoy things that are subjective.
@@joshfolsom1785 I've seen people compared Barry to Ozymandias from breaking bad, I've had enough.
Excellent finale. I like how it seems Fuches truly committed to his honesty and that saved him, whereas Hank reverted back to the persona and died. Though he was trying to save John and I love that he still had that heart.
Also the fact that Fuches accepted his penance and grew from it, while every other character denied it and died for it
Yeah
The characters who couldn't let go of their pride and be honest with themselves about their mistakes didn't have a happy ending haha
I had my fingers crossed Sally would change.. but after her son says “I love you” and she replies with “Was the show good?” She’s still the same self centred person she always was.. Fuches is the only man who changed.
@@firstlast9846 At least saved John from a continued life of isolation with Barry, that's gotta count for something even if she's still self centered
I like the fact that Hank and Fuches were both weirdly protective of John. Like, Hank didn’t want to bring him down and Fuches literally shielded him during the gun fight. Both of them were morally ambiguous till the very end.
I personally was wondering if Hank grabbed him at the end there to protect him because he thought Fuches was going to kill him, or if he was intending to harm him.
Well, John is just a kid, Hank is a criminal but he's not a monster, and Fuches wanted to protect him because he was Barry's son
And Fuches covered John's eyes while he walked him out of there.
Fuches was more than willing to kill a kid in the past, but that was before he could admit to himself that he was a monster. I don't know if he would have felt the same about some random kid in this situation, but he owed it to Barry and himself not to be responsible for the destruction of his kid after having destroyed Barry.
Now I think of it, I remember in the semifinal episode, when Sally and John got captured, Hank (probably told one of the Chechens) gave John a soda.
Fuches really became a hero in this scene. Swallowed his pride and admitted to who he was, then risked his and his men's lives in order to save Barry's kid because he really did care for Barry.
Fuches being the one to win in the end is fitting.. bro survived the most intense, bizarre things in the show.
Are you blind? Hank didn't even want to bring the kid there with all the men with rifles and shit ready for a standoff against Barry. Fuches brought the child to the room. Hank even told Sally, "it's not for me to decide", meaning Hank did not even want to hurt Sally or the kid, it was Fuches who brought him to that point. I feel like your eyes didn't see outside the box. But yes, I am glad Fuches finally came to terms to doing good and saving Barry's kid, but don't look the other way when all of this was his doing.
This is the moment Fuches became Jesse Pinkman
@@MeisterFuhrer Hey dude relax, i Agree with you. But there is no need to be a dick, especially when hiding behind a screeen.
@@MeisterFuhrer Nah, the second Fuches heard on that phone call when he was in the bathtub that Barry had a son, and Hank had him, you can see a twitch in his eye. He didn't go there to hurt them, but to bring them to Barry. I'm pretty sure from that moment his mind was made up.
Stephen root carried this finale on his back. Not to diss anyone or anything else. He was just an incredible standout and his characters final scenes are some of the best of the show. Magnificent
I don’t know about carried it. But gave it a proper pedestal, sure.
I bet you he finally got his friggen' stapler back!
When he and Barry gave each other one last look...
WEEN!
This final season of BARRY could have been retitled SALLY. Love that Fuches lived. He and Sally finally faced who they were and won in the end. Hank & Barry were sympathetic but only to a point.
Fuches just grew on me every episode. His final explanation to Hank was intense, heartbreaking and memorable. What a great way to say goodbye to Fuches. He saves John, nods to Barry and runs off in the darkness. Awesome.
"Admit that you fucked up. Admit...that you were scared..that you hate yourself..that there's some days you don't think you deserve to live..and the only thing that'll make you forget..is by being someone else."
Fuck me the writing was top tier this episode.
What an incredible scene. These actors absolutely killed it
Also the choreography and framing of that 5 second action scene was fucking incredible. I love the absolute chaos of that scene.
B1 The Architect - FR I love how everything was caught in frame.. the action scenes and just the way the show is shot - always felt like a comic book or something.
Heh, “killed” it
@@demondog108 oh wow...
It is interesting how Hank is polite and kind throughout the seasons, he only brings out the worst in himself when he is treated badly or is threatened, in the end he preferred to move away from his initial essence and ends up dead and Fuches started as someone completely manipulative and horrible but ends up recognizing and accepting all the bad he did but continues to live,. as Sally said "the only way to be redeemed is by taking responsibility for what you did"
I dunno lol doesnt fuches have to now acknowledge and own up to what he did to Hank? It's not like he was redeemed in any real way he just got lucky
is fuches taking responsibility for something hes done to others
@@gobblegobble831 yeah, it's not like he jumped on Barry's son, it was just lucky for Fuches lol but she says he says, it's just a show.
Life Triumphs
@@gobblegobble831 what did he do to hank?
we all knew Barry could've sweeped, we've seen him do it already so this subversion was honestly great and emotional
We got season 2s ending already as well
Dude spent 8 years doing nothing he absolutely couldn’t “sweep”.
@@rtl3956 it’s kinda like riding a bike
@@rtl3956 I thought the same but it looked like he was staying somewhat in practice he was trying to get Sally to put the gun together. But he wasn’t the season one Barry like he lost his edge and situational awareness
This isn't subversion. I expected it. Barry has had no agency since the time-lapse. Why would this be different?
Amazing acting by Anthony Carrigan & Stephen Root
Carrigan is root's red stapler.
You can see how Fughes jumps on top of John (Barry’s son) to make sure he’s safe. He’s really come full circle.
Fuches becoming the most self-aware character and redeeming himself by shielding the kid with his own body was something I did not expect at all, with every other character failing to truly grow and hiding behind layers of denial.
Honestly couldn’t have gone down better. Fuches redeems himself by saving Barry’s son and doing a final good deed for his fellow soldier and protégé. Fuches is not a “no heart” and he proved it in this finale. Hank has such a tragic story honestly, even with all the men and money and guns, Cristobal was always on his mind. Never forget “ 50/50 with Cristobal”
Cristobal statue standing over them all at the end too
Fuches isn't REALLY a soldier though, I mean sure, he technically was, but he was a cook.
It’s nice to see prime Fuches, instead of a coward running away to save himself, he puts himself directly at risk to make sure John is safe. He finally got it, he finally became the man he always wanted to be, a Father to Barry
if anthony carrigan doesn’t get an emmy for his performance this season im going to scream my head off
He nearly got one once but lost to Ted Lasso
Fuches always knew how to get in ppls heads, but this time he seemed genuine as Hank was cracking. Probably my favorite scene this episode.
To think all of my childhood I always saw Stephen Root as Bill Dougherty
I never knew he had this level of talent in him
The man's a veritable juggernaut of acting.
Barring his more comedic roles such as Bill Dougherty from "King of the Hill", or Milton from "Office Space", or Gordon from "Dodgeball", the man has gone on to play both profound & menacing roles.
He was "The Man in the High Castle" from the series of the same name...Mike The Hammer in the comedy-drama "Justified"...a memorable blind character from the psychological thriller "Get Out"...and a purely evil character from the animated series "The Legend of Vox Machina".
Stephen Root has rapidly become the sort of actor you hire to add legitimacy to your production.
Root was stellar in O Brother Where Art Thou? It was a small role but he was fantastic. Also in True Blood. A small role but a memorable performance.
@Kelli Franklin he had a small role in Boardwalk Empire too.
Look up Tripping the Rift, mans versatile as fuck.
William “Bill” Fontaine de La Tour Dauterive*
Don’t disrespect the Billdozer by getting his name wrong.
Anyone else spot that the theme of 'acting' never truly left the show?
What Fuches speaks of here is Hank playing a role to distract from the truth. Instead - Hank doubles down on the role.
Whereas Fuches had been playing a role - 'posing' - as he puts it. But he stopped playing that character & admitted he was just a selfish SOB.
Right? There's so much performance in the final season: Barry as "Clark," Sally as a southern-fried waitress, Hank in psycho mode. It's so good.
maybe the best scene of the show. finale did NOT disappoint
3:18 hell of a actor.
It’s crazy how far these characters came. Fuches would hide behind anything or anyone to save himself, Hank was polite and kind for the kind of lifestyle he found himself in. Fuches dove in front of gunfire to save his surrogate grandson and Hank went out not backing down from another strong arm in his life.
This is a show with so many wild character transformations. Phenomenal series.
Stephen Root is a national - no, scratch that - an international treasure. Character actors like him and, to mention just one other example, John Carroll Lynch are what makes the whole medium so exciting. They always elevate the material, no matter how small a part, no matter the quality of writing or directing. Simply amazing.
no matter what kind of movies you are into, you've probably seen Stephen Root act in something you like. That's whats so cool about him.
@@kstrazz3552 Yep. Robocop 3 - Stephen Root. Seinfeld - Stephen Root. Office Space - Stephen Root all over. Bicentennial Man - sure thing. O Brother, Where Art Thou? - there he is! Dodgeball - by all means, won't even recognize him. No Country For Old Men - who dat?! 24 - yeah, why not. Rango, Ice Age, Nemo series - yep, and multiple characters (sometimes in the span of a single movie). J.Edgar - sure. All The Way - also sure, but this time he is playing J.Edgar. Get Out - uhuh. Damn Robot Chicken AND Simpsons - well, what did you expect? Star Wars franchise - yes, munching on that yummy scenery. And around 250 MORE credits. And he somehow manages to be different. With every. Single. Performance.
PAN SHOT!!!!
This scene shocked me to my core
Don’t worry, it shocked Hank to his core as well, literally.
@@nont18411 BROOO 😭😭😭
@@nont18411 His name is ASAC Schrader
the way they just give you a view of the entire scene rather than close up cuts, its almost like watching a dance. wonderfully artistic
It's kinda interesting to note that the guy who survived just long enough to throw a grenade actually turns and uses his own buddy as a human-shield at the start of the fight.
I already miss Hank
3:20 Anthony’s emotional performance is so powerful, you can feel and see the rage and heartbreak just boiling out of him
This season was different to the others. In a few ways it was hard to watch. But then The finale tied everything from the whole snow together and I found it incredibly satisfying. Amazing show
Not gonna lie, I was hoping to see Bill Hader in action just one last time.
We all were, but this was so perfect.
Yeah.. I think most people wanted a shootout sequence - but this whole sequence of “accept who you are or die” was just as good
ending of the previous episode suggested we'll get it
I sat through this whole season for the last big badass shootout. Instead, we got this. Very disappointed
@@Reacher_2215 the ending we got makes more sense.
*In the end, Fuches, was the only character* who accepted who and what he was and still conjured the strength to do something good and against his nature and *Save somebody* … and that’s why he’s the only person who made it out alive a changed person.
Fuches laid down on the kid to shield him, holy shit, I didn't see that the first time.
He became a family man.
Fr this show is so good at hiding things in plain sight
This is the moment that Fuches became Heisenberg
“And the only thing that will make you forget is by pretending to be someone else” that’s the key to this show and whether or not you can redeem yourself after so many years of denial
This is my favourite scene in the entire show, Because it’s the only time a character ACTUALLY changed.
I don’t know I think sally actually changed by loving her son and accepting that she wasn’t gonna have a big career as an actress, also that she didn’t need a man in her life
Did she? I dont see that way
She leaves her son hanging when he said I love you in the end before going to his friend place. All she cared in their interaction was if her show was good or not.
She is the same selfish narcisist person as always i would say.
@@gc5480 if she didn't love him in some way she would have left him with his father. love isn't always communicated verbally, and john seems like he turned out to be a good kid in spite of it all. she's traumatized and deeply broken but she's clearly healing and changing for the better
Barry changed in the first season but they flanderized that away.
@@themoosehoof Her son is the man in her life. He validates her now. Sally's life as an actress was a brief attempt to be her own woman that she gave up on.
"I know."
"It never is."
"We all do."
Never knew these words could carry so much meaning in the right context. Of couse they can but never seen it done in a way like this. Everything they are saying is so simple but full of wisdom and experience of life. One being in denial and one is full of acceptance. It's so relatable, you can put yourself in both of the characters shoes. Perfect delivery from the actors and perfect writing.
I love how a Fuches men won the short gun battle with multiple survivors but the grenade just wiped them all out lol
I had a feeling Fuchs was going to save John somehow. Brilliant.
Django unchained mood
GOD, You´re genius Bill Hader
God, when Hank holds the hand of Christobal's statue, it's just poetic and heartbreaking :(
I’ve hated Fuches for the entirety of the show, and then in the final season he has one of the best arcs and ends better off than any other major character. He and Sally figured out that they have to confront and admit their guilt to move on, while Hank and Cousineau didn’t. Barry figured it literally seconds before getting a bullet to the face.
i love how you can see fuches used his body to shield john, you just know he sees young barry in him
This entire series, you see various characters dance on the precipice of redemption or being their more ideal self, yet they revert to their norm. For Fuches in particular, you're lead throughout the seasons, to think he's gonna change for the better, but he goes the petty route; here he finally calls himself out on all his own bullshit and lives. Hank rides the line, but he reverts at the last second, and it costs him his life. Powerful scene.
This is the moment when Fuches became Heisenberg
The way this show uses a simple wide shot and minimalistic sound design to deglamorize violence is just magnificent
03:18
…I have rarely seen such a PERFECT transition from utter despair into sheer rage.
That is someone consciously pulling themselves away from the edge…I’m fatigued just from watching it.
Whatta actor!
This scene is so good I keep rewatching it
This series was a masterpiece of this generation, Story telling, Framing, Scenes all perfected and I can't believe each episode is 30 minutes!
great performances from both actors here.
Really clever editing here. The flash from the grenade hides the cut that has to happen so they can implement the realistic blown off limbs and the slow tracking shot at the end. Fantastic work here!
I'm so shocked as to how much I love Fuches as a character. I was already in love with Hank, but I actively wanted Fuches to die at multiple points throughout the show.
And here....I nodded in approval with every move he made, and thankfully, he was able to give Barry an "Atta Boy" and redeem himself.
3:50 there’s very obvious freeze frames in this shot.
Spoilers:
All the main players in this show had their characters' arcs wrap up quite nicely. Fuches starts the show as a manipulative wuss that can't do any of his own dirty work and only looks after himself. He finishes with being a fully realized killer but manages to "repay" Barry for all the years of manipulation by saving his son, having a final goodbye as he recedes into the darkness, similar to how barry does in season 2
Hank starts off the show as the comic relief. A goofball who is incapable of doing things right, always hiding from his feelings trying to be a tough guy, trying to be safe. His character ends with him fully accepting who he is with some real depth.
There's so much more i wanna elaborate and delve into but im writing this 5 minutes after the finale so please call me out on how right or wrong i am for my take lol
Good take, tho I’d say hank’s unwillingness to realize who he really is is what killed him
Lmao a spoiler warning under a video of the last episode of the show
Love the transformation of Hank through the series… lovable goof to badass Chechen crime boss
To everyone who thinks AI can replace writers, here’s your homework assignment:
1: watch this
2: stfu
Say what you will, but this was real as fuck for Fuches to say, and the fact he saves Barry's son, returns him to him, and simply nods his head and departs from the narrative, makes Fuches the most real, genuinely interesting character in the show. He actually grew and evolved. Brilliant character. Stephen Root is a goddamned national treasure.
Actually never noticed that Fuches dives over and protects Barry's son in the shootout. What a fucking gentlemen. Will always be my favorite character of the show, despite his flaws. In the end, he was literally the best of all of them.
The way Hank died holding Cristobal’s hand.. beautifully tragic
The acting in this finale was a masterpiece. Hank, Barry and Sally in particular, they stole the show.
I do think what he said to Hank here is something Barry needed to hear as well.
What an incredible scene. The acting by both of them is amazing and Haders directing is perfect. To think of Srephen Roots comedy performances in office space and dodgeball to Fuches....just wow.
“I know”
“It never is”
“We all do”
What an absolutely PHENOMENAL exchange.
You can tell Fuches redeemed himself given the fact that he absolutely nailed Hank with a critical hit. This was an offer for Hank to admit, but Hank was too young and arrogant in comparison to Fuches. I'm starting to think that Fuches was the main character in this all. He's the only one who survives canonically. I wanted Hank to have a come to Jesus moment, but this was the cost.
Ok, I never thought that Fuches would be the only person in the end who deserves another chance.
I didn't care for the Mask Collector ending but I loved Fuches and Hank's confrontation.
To think, it took being beat to an inch of life everyday in prison to make him realise he wasn't going to get his stapler back
"You're a businessman, not some lowlife killer. You got all this through hard work, "seizing on luck," and... as a tribute to the love of your life. Who was murdered... by your enemies."
Fuches expertly tears down Hank's defense mechanisms. In a show where every main character is dependent on denial and delusions, Fuches becomes the only one to truly accept who he is, and ends up as the most morally redeemable character.
@@RandoLePerson He was quoting Hank, but I get what you mean
Fuches of all people was the only one that truly faced up to his problems and learned to make a different choice. He went from my most despised character in this show to my most loved.
I don’t know why the grenade going off was so funny but I died laughing. My wife side eyed me.
as much as i wanted to see Barry come in and clear the room.. the grenade throw at the end as the dudes dying is one of the funniest moments i've seen on tv in a while
I really commend this show as a whole. Stuff like this is so different from anything else right now and I love it.
I really thought they groups were gonna wipe each other out before Barry. I did not expect it to come down to a moral compass fight that triggered it, but it was perfect. Fuches still be lying to himself on not having a heart for covering John during the fun fight.
One of the least talked about line deliveries that just GUTS me is Fuches’ admission to realizing he’s a man with no heart. And NoHo can tell he is telling the truth.
Hank hated the mob life after Cristobal died, but couldn't escape what was handed to him. Hank wasn't out for revenge on Barry, he was out for revenge on all mobsters, in his vicinity. He organized this meeting, knowing fully well what Barry was capable of. Fuches knew hank wanted this, but had to dispatch Hank and his mobsters quickly before barry could, otherwise Sally and John would be everyone's first target.
There is no indication he hated mob life, he hated himself, he lived in denial, he created Nohobal as a fucked up way to cope with the fact that he decided to kill Cristobal, but at the same time achieve the dream "with" the love of his life. It could be argued he wanted Barry to kill everyone but at the end Hank chose denial
@@sergiorosales8658 the mob literally fucking killed hanks husband, I'm pretty sure he hates the mob
@@BEE-rg4ts Hank pretty much killed Cristobal, that's why he is in that much denial. That's why he didn't tell Cristobal that he was going to be killed when he got into the car.
@@sergiorosales8658 Ok yes Hank pretty much put Cristobal in the coffin, but the Mob themselves kind of forced Hank's hand into making the decision that ultimately got Cristobal killed, yes Hank definitely was the final nail, but the mob's system put both of them in that situation
@B E E this is the same exact problem I have with people being like "Walter messed everything up when it came to gus" he didn't. His hand was forced just like hanks was. Like follow the trail of what happened. Hank tells christobal he's going to get killed, he gets killed anyway. Hank doesn't kill those sand guys, the chechans STILL wipe them out but thsi time with Hank AND Cristobal anyway. I get the point that Hank felt guilty but Hank absolutely positively did NOT kill cristobal😊
the succession finale didn't have a single moment one half as powerful as this
Fun-Fact: At about 3:39 you can see the mum (very briefly) running away in the left side of the screen. She fled and left her son.
To be real, I love this for every reason but specifically because, at least plot wise it makes perfect sense, the order it was structured of fuches finding out after Barry did about his family but the only reason fuches made it on time was because Barry needed to get more guns, which is great to show that he needs preparation and he can’t kill an army with just a pistol… sure he did back in season 2 finale, but Barry hasn’t been killing for what it seems to be 8 years, so from the time he left prison to the moment he got captured by moss, he has been incompetent in his ability to get the job done. He most likely would’ve died here in his sons arms or some shit but that’s not this show, this show is all about subverting your expectations and this scene was a master class in defining that
Anthony is a great fucking actor I can’t wait to see him in dceu
I definitely can't be the only one who thinks barry and fuches last scene resembles the last scene with jesse and walt in breaking bad
Yesss! I couldn’t not see it my first time viewing it
Fuches was the real winner of the series, props to Steven Root. (and the rest of the cast of course)
Am I the only one that felt that final look between Barry and Fuches felt reminiscent of the last looks between Walter White and Jesse?
I like to think that John was Fuches' true, "final test." We see Fuches living his life peacefully while on the run from Barry throughout different moments. It could have ended there but the slightest thought of Barry sends him spiraling backwards into a jealous rage with a new scheme. He finally had the opportunity to hurt Barry for all he suffered, with John. Sounds like a cakewalk to use a child as a tool against their parent, for a man with no heart. He could have even tried to snatch John to raise on his own, wrapped around his finger as he did Barry. Instead, he protects John and delivers him safely, sending Barry off with a final nod. Fuches had nothing more than what seemed like an obsession with Barry holding him back, but there were moments where his love for Barry was undeniable (albeit toxic). I believe that had he not been genuinely reformed and had not already forgiven Barry in that pivotal moment, the finale would have ended in a far more gruesome, less poetic manner.
Long live The Raven, all he had was heart for Barry.
For some reason I keep coming back here
Was brilliant to send Barry rampaging after two small armies just to have basically everyone dead by the time he got there.
I like to think that the reason Fuches started to talk about Cristobal's death to Hank wasn't only for him to finally accept the fact that he cant keep running away from the truth, but because he knew that saying so would trigger Hank and start the shootout
I mean, he is the first to shoot and his first reaction was to protect John, so i dont think that this is a stretch
One last manipulation of the raven
3:50 if you look at the mook in the bottom left corner you'll notice a bit of a choppy movement courtesy of editing
The hiding yourself quote suits perfectly for saul as well
One detail I noticed is that both Hank and Cristobal died in similar patterned clothing & in white.
Everyone was talking about a hank spin off… honestly we need a fuches spin off. He has so much past to go through as well as potentially future they could literally do a better call Saul with fuches. Hank would be cool but I mean they could explore that like they did with gustavo fring in a fuches spin off or “the raven”
Its crazy how 1 speech made me completely flip on Fuches as a character. Hes the one character who actually grew as a person by living the most authentically out of everyone. Hes the character we wanted to see punished throughout the entire show, but by the end i was happy he survived and got to go free. He may be a scumbag, but hes an authentic one
The writing, acting, cinematography, character arcs, etc are just so fucking sublime in this scene
That cut at 3:45/46, though. Tried to make it a single long take and probably just couldn't get the prop thrown correctly. Man, good editing though.
Theres a cut right at 3:50, grenade guy dies in a very weird and unnattural motion
That grenade scene is "award" worthy
Hank and Cristobal joined syndicates. They stayed in business fully knowing they dealt death.
When it came to it in the end, Hank could have chosen to send Cristobal away and stayed. He could have kept running with Cristobal.
But he chose the life that would have kept HIMSELF more comfortable.
The chechans would have found Cristobal if he was sent away they had eyes ALL over hank. If he would have ran he would have been killed himself. Hanks hand was forced he didn't kill Cristobal
Excellent acting. Great show.
The Counter Strike sound effects for the grenade pull and chunk. 😹😹😹
That last guy was running martyrdom