2:43 Having a Chechen henchman come in who looked vaguely like Cristobal out of focus was especially cruel. Gave us a tiny shred of hope only to snatch it away immediately when we heard him speak
That’s exactly how I felt when I saw this scene. I was like “oh, maybe they’ll reconcile and things will cool down” But when we hear his voice…goddamn…
Apparently Bill Hader said he got the actor who played that one Chechen to wear the exact same shirt as Cristobal and it’s shit like that which keeps me up at night thinking “Why is he like this? Why does this man have to be so good at directing and yet use his talents for evil?”
@@nont18411 I mean Barry murdered the women he loved. You would probabbly fuck him over too if you could. I mean I root for Barry but still..or are you reffering to his "act"? It was a naive stupid proud need for validity but he doesn't deserve this.
Hank was always a psycho. We laughed it off but he has no problem killing anyone who’s not in his immediate circle. He’s tried to kill Barry 3 times now, and wanted to kill Cristobal’s business partner so he could have him all to himself. When Barry shot up the monastery, he was only mad that Barry had “fucked his business” and didn’t give a shit about the casualties. Barry kills out of rage/insanity but unlike him Hank is truly out for himself
Last episode made me think, “Wow, I can’t believe that I’m actually rooting for Hank of all people to win at this point.” And then this happened, and I felt like the show was directly responding to my thoughts there by saying: “No, you shouldn’t root for Hank. You shouldn’t root for any of these people, because they’re terrible, and they will destroy everything good in their lives because they can’t help themselves.”
@@nont18411 Hank in the first two seasons was so cheerfully amoral (like Mrs. Lovett in “Sweeney Todd”), so it was always hilarious to me that we liked him so much. In Season 1, when he is talking to Barry about killing thair Bolivian informant, it is pretty clear that the concepts of loyalty and keeping promises don’t matter much to him, which is the fundamental irreconcilable difference between him and Cristobal: Cristobal believes that he must always be “impeccable with [his] word.”
The first 4 episodes are like the criticism on the audience and the characters in the show who love to blame everything on Barry and the mentality that once Barry’s gone, all the problems will go away. Nah, Barry is just a part of the problem but all these people are already evil without him. Even Hank, who is the most likable dude in the show, or Gene, who is the moral compass, still did evil acts without Barry’s influence.
I wouldn't exactly call Gene a moral compass. Jim Moss might have potentially been a moral compass, but it's pretty clear he's willing to resort to violence now to get revenge. I think the only truly moral character in the show was Janice. But I do agree that I love the way the show is calling us out for sympathizing with these characters, much like "Better Call Saul" called us out on caring about Mike in that Season 6 episode where he talks to Nacho's dad.
This is almost the opposite of many shows starring an anti-hero, where the audience will desperately move blame away from the protagonist, in favor of blaming it on his environment, his past, or his relationships. In shows like Breaking Bad or Sopranos, there are episodes where it hammers the point that the charismatic protagonists are at fault for the problems that surround them and those they care about. With Barry? He already went on to become an irredeemable villain in season 3, now season 4 is about how everyone else was capable of their ruin due to their own machinations. Gene wouldn't have ended up in this situation if he didn't go to that reporter. Hank wouldn't have needed to pull the trigger if he didn't put the hit on Barry. Sally would have gotten the future she desired if she refused to return to her old habits. Ironically, the only person who suffered as a consequence of selfless action is the vindictive Fuches, who tried to save Barry from the hit and he was beaten and abused for it, even though he felt betrayed by Barry just a few minutes ago.
Anthony Carrigan does such a great job with Hank. In the season three finale you could see part of Hank dying in his eyes when he had rescued cristobal, and you you see the same eyes here when he knows he loses cristobal, and therefore another part of himself. Really great job.
This scene reminds me of Barry's scene with Chris in the car in the first season where Barry tries and fails to convince Chris from talking to the cops.
@@xavier1752 It totally is! The other interesting thing about Hank’s transformation is that during his last conversation with Barry, he tells him the day he gets out will be his “birthday.” In a way, Barry’s escape has coincided with the birth (or rebirth) of a new version of Hank.
I think this feels especially more heartbreaking for Cristobal to hear because he was ready to die and stood up to his wife’s dad and the Bolivian cartel when they threatened to kill him and Hank, and Hank was not ready to do the same for him for what Cristobal sees of the situation. Sad to see him go.
Idk I’d argue hank did the same thing for him. They had the makings of an empire and hank knew he had two choices kill the competition and keep himself and cristobal safe or trying to fight the Chechen mob and risk losing everything when your allies betray you.
2:02 when Hank is walking back in, he glances up to his right clearly knowing one of the Chechens is about to pull the trigger. The acting, the directing. Phenomenal storytelling
People are confused here. Hank did not order his death, he’s trying to save him. He knows that if he leaves, the family will kill him as they feel that they can’t trust him. He “knows too much.”
This has by far been one of the emotionally heavy episodes in the series so far. Once it ended, I was like "dammmnnnn..." it hit so hard. What a great performance from all the actors.
They were both excellent in this scene. Much like Barry, when Hank was pleading with Cristobal, he wasn’t pleading for his own, he was pleading for his.
Right??? I thought the same thing. I could feel it as he acted it out. This was a breathtaking (literally) example of how emotions and trauma get swallowed and internalized.
The way that hank begs for Cristobal not to leave because he knows that he'll be killed and then the shock on his face when he realizes that he can't save him is priceless. Such a good show
I love how this mirrors Janice and Barry's scene at the finale of season 1. Both characters are basically pleading to the other character for what seems to be this big issue when in reality he's (Barry/Hank) pleading for their (Cristobal/Janice) life. The moment Cristobal started saying "it's over" my heart sank and all I could do was hope I was wrong. Beautifully done.
a bunch of the reviews mentioned an unexpectedly dark turn halfway through the season and i really thought it was going to be barry's death. this is so much worse.
I like the David Lynch inspired cuts and sound design choices. That few seconds of him crying before we fully cut to the shot of him on the couch implies a small time jump. The way the final seconds are cut are so eerie. Lovely work from the crew that put this masterpiece together!
I like how the shot of Hank hugging Cristobal with a stone cold face is a parallel to his stone cold face when he saved him from the conversion electro shock therapy.
I cried when Cristobal left. Hank was begging him to come back. Honestly I wanted him to leave, but I didn't want him to die. Cristobal deserves so much better
Poor Cristobal man. He was too good for that life style. Poor guys face when he realized Hank betrayed his trust was sad. This was super good acting by these two btw. You could see the sadness and horror in Hanks eyes when he realized there's nothing he can do. Such a great scene. Hate to see it end for these two. Hanks about to take a dark road now it seems. Cristobal is a night and day difference to Bishop from mayans lol on that show he's an ass
Cristobal was also a criminal. I believe that Cristobal was so in love with Hank and the idea of going legit that he forgot that they cannot escape from that lifestyle. Hank has always been a bad person since season 1, but we just ignore it because he's funny. We know that Hank will always be loyal to its own family.
It took a second viewing for me to notice Hank looking to his top right at the assassin as he’s walking back inside, and I thought that was a subtle cue to have him take the shot, but it just occured to me that Hank running after Cristobal and hugging him was not only him trying to win him back and go back inside, bit he was also blocking the assassin’s shot.
So this is a strange statement to make, but hear me out: Eyebrows are IMPORTANT for performance. Their shape, their thickness and the width…they have been used to develop character. When performers get Botox, you can see in the brows the disadvantages they just gave themselves. When a performer has no eyebrows, they are missing a tool that most rely on to convey emotion, so they have to have extreme awareness of their face and their abilities to convey emotions that we have been programmed to detect through eyebrows. This is why Anthony is such an underrated and amazing performer. You can see every nuanced change of expression and feel every emotion he intends you to feel without what so many performers take advantage of. Even Bill Hader, who is GIFTED ACTOR, is known for the amazing way his brows move. And sure, it is the brow ridge that’s doing it, but on a pale man with no hair and smooth skin, seeing that subtle change is hard but Anthony makes sure it’s there. I love that. Just something I thought of.
I may be wrong here but I like to think that Cristobal understood what it meant to walk up to his car. In my mind he's a character that knows the criminal world. So he's accepting his death sentence. Because he can no longer live with the thought that even when he has found his true love, he was betrayed by him anyway. And one more thing and i know maybe I'm overthinking this but Cristobal letting himself killed shows to Hank that he's not in control of anything but the people above him are. So the naive character here isn't cristobal but Hank.
This scene was so hard to watch, yet I couldn't stop. I'm not entirely sure if it was Barry's consistent rejection of Hank, his experience trying to save Cristobal from his wife, growing up in Chechnya and being Chechan mobster, all of it, or just his fear of losing Cristobal that made him betray his trust. And that is why Barry is the best show of the decade to me. What starts as a somewhat silly side-character who you grow to love gets turned into something ugly, and twisted and I can fully accept it, and it makes me sad. He's still my favorite character, but Noho Hank has truly fallen
Probably the most bleak scene in the entire show so far, and one of the best performed. It's such a cruel costuming choice to dress that one goon so similarly to Cristobal that you think for a few moments that he actually changed his mind.
I kept expecting Barry to show up and waste him in front of Hank. This was so much darker since it was Hanks own doing. His last lines about how he loves him and he did everything for him. Disgusting. Not sure where the season is gonna go after that ending but I hope Hank gets what’s coming to him.
This was heart-wrenching. It feels so out of character at first. Why is he threatening to kill Cristobal? But I think he’s actually trying to warn him. When he says, “You know too much,” he’s hoping Cristobal understands what he really means: “They’re going to kill you if you leave.” But Cristobal doesn’t get it. And if Hank gave any indication of being “too soft,” he knows the Chechens will kill him, too. They should have stayed in the desert.
This was not always Hank, and I think the brilliance of the show is the fact that we SEE the events that made him this way. Hank wouldn't have done this in season 2, but it's incredibly important that Hank's fence-sitting in the first two seasons put him in the position he finds himself in s3, and had Hank not been confronted with the horror of his world in Bolivia, he would never never spiraled into this awful cycle of self-destruction masked as self-preservation.
From what it seems Hank didnt actually order for this to happen to Cristobal, I think what happened was the chechens were still uncertain of his loyalty to the deal since he wouldnt partake in any of the meetings and seemed absent minded from it. The Chechens are ruthless and would pretty much waste anyone who doesnt align with them, so they were probably forcefully spying on Hank to see why Cris wasn't joining along. A truly horrible scene and this is just so gut wrenching. I think Hank did some horrible shit but it was in an effort to save his relationship with Cristobal for both of them to live through everything. Cris was the only thing that mattered to him
the parallel of hank repeatedly saying “i love you” to cristobal and barry on the phone with cousineau in 4x1 repeatedly saying “i love you”… bill hader you are insane
@@magnusthered4973 So the Chechnyans were just there, waiting for his order despite Hank not really having much authority over them? Nah, he just knew his old crew better than anyone and knew full well what they were gonna do.
What an incredible episode. That sand scene, with Gene, with Sally knowing where Barry is…everything about it was perfection. The series finale is going to be insane, I can feel it.
When you think about it, Hank has always been this dark. We just never thought about it because of how likable he was. Fuck, other than Barry shooting his friend, this might be the most intense moment of the series
On one hand, I refuse to believe he’s dead after all they went through in the season 3 finale. On the other… this just makes too much sense narrative-wise. Hank finally became a murder to save Cristobal, but going down that path was the very thing that cost him him in the end 😭 it’s so sad and iconic and I am NOT OK DAMN IT 😤
There’s nothing to indicate that he never killed anyone before the events of the show. I mean, Hank was pretty high up in the food chain in Season 1, and I don’t think he would have been Goran’s number one guy without killing a few people first.
@@garmadonthesensei59 In the very first episode Ryan is killed by the Chechens with Hank in the car giving the orders. Christobal was right in feeling betrayed and he didn't need saving. Hank killed the entire cute team while things seemed to be going pretty great.
@@kedrednael Hank didn't PERSONALLY kill anyone until the Season 3 finale. He ordered plenty of people to be killed, even watched it happen, but he never got his own hands dirty until he had to. And Cristobal tried to kill Hank and his entire gang on a bus in season 2. Both of them did some pretty messed-up stuff, but it's because they are crime bosses.
Haven’t finished up to this point in the series but idk what’s sadder. That I think Cristobal knows “You know to much” means and still left or that he didn’t, and didn’t understand he was literally walking to his death. Edit: After finishing this series, i believe this betray was far worse then i had hoped to be. Cristobal was right to leave. And yes, he did know. But he didn’t care. Because in his final breathe, he refused to be with a man who could backstabbed him in the back.
I knew they were going to kill Cristabal if he left, but i didn't think they'd do it on the spot. I figured that the guy was coming in to tell Hank that they have to kill him now, then they walked outside and I lost my shit to see he's already dead.
@@MDK2_Radio We don't know anything about Hank's life before the events of the show, but I'm guessing for him to rise in a Chechen crime family, he'd have to had done some pretty horrible things.
Ugh. I hate how in character this is for both of them. I love Hank, but Hank was always kind of playing all sides and acted brashly without thinking about the consequences of his actions. At the same time, Cristobal had always been extremely loyal and valued keeping his word/backing his guys. It’s horrible that this was inevitable.
Hank gives the ok to the shooter as he’s walking back inside, and you can actually hear the gunshot right before the door closes. The sound design has been on another level since season 3.
I'm listening on good headphones and am very confident that what we hear right before the door closes is a sniffle from Hank from the next shot (that's not unusual, editing-wise, for audio from the next shot to come in before the actual next shot starts). One could argue that the noise is meant to evoke a gunshot maybe, idk.
wow great scene Hank knew! he tried to warn him at least to keep him alive and knew he would not make it out alive then to have to go inside and hold it in so his crew would not hear him cry when they reported back to him
The acting in this fucking scene.... jeeeesus fucking christ... It´s amazing specially after you saw these two acting in such a cartoonish way. Damn... they killed this fucking scene.
Did Cristobal know that they weren’t alone? NoHo told him (just the scene before) that he was being “naive.” It seems like he wasn’t picking up on NoHo’s cues and thought he could just drive away free?
I think it’s weird that some people in the comments seem to think this is a hit Hank is carrying out on Cristobal or Hank showing his true colors as “a psycho.” He’s being coerced by the Chechens. He’s DOESN’T want to work with them again. He’s AFRAID they’re going to kill him and he thought that by going along with them he would be able to save himself and Cristobal. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.
Another great detail that I noticed is Hank's panicked glance to his right at 2:01. In hindsight, you can probably surmise that he was glancing towards the hidden goon who eventually kills Cristobal before he can leave.
Just reminds me as a combination of the Barry-Chris and Barry-Janice scene. The whole trying to convince the person to do otherwise but had to do what's necessary. Also Hank glancing to his right to the snipers was kinda like Barry looking to his right for the gun taped to the tree.
@@samstits8982 He tried. Cristobal kept saying get away from me. Not saying Hank is a good guy. nobody on the show is really. But he did try to warn Cristobal.
Me watching last episode: “Wow, this phone call is crazy, I can’t believe I’m actually rooting for Hank to win now” Me watching this episode: “….oh. oh no.”
I think that’s why Hank lashed out at Barry, he knew what he was going to do after Batir showed up and threatened him and he took it out in Barry on top of the FBI stuff.
Does anybody think it would’ve been darker if Cristobal died with the other gangsters in the sandpit by accident instead of them having the break up? I think Hank might’ve been even more fucked up if the scenario played out with him not being able to resuscitate Cristobal, and having to live with the fact he accidentally killed the love of his life because he felt he couldn’t rebel against his family. all that said tho, the argument was a phenomenal scene. The acting was incredible and the slow zoom with Cristobal walking out and Hank chasing him was sooooo crispy🔥 it really added a deeper level of sadness to the whole moment.
While that would have been equally tragic, I think this way was more narratively effective, because we see how ruthless Hank has become. Also, Cristobal in this scene was clearly a representation of Hank’s conscience, which adds even more layers to the story. Finally, we get the second tragedy of Hank being viewed as a monster by the one person who loved him.
To be fair, Cristobal was also a criminal, but to his credit, he was trying to move away from his violent past, and he always believed in keeping his word to people (as evidenced by his "Four Agreements" conversation with Goran in Season 1).
@@jkta97 yeah exactly and that’s what I kinda thought would happen to them this season. Like I guess I kinda thought Cristobal and hank was where all the comedy would come from this season but I guess even they aren’t safe from the dark ass direction this show is taking lol
Hank has always been a bad person, but tries to be different and find a different way to avoid that side of him. We just ignore his true self because he's goofy and likes playing around. Like everyone has said, without Barry around eveyone else shows their true natures. Hank is no exception. He knew what was coming for Cristobal but couldn't do anything to stop him, that's just business. If you leave, you die. Barry is just an excuse for them to justify their evil ways.
This scene was so fucking sad, I liked Cristabal and Hank. I know Hank was afraid of Barry and he most likely did all of it for help from the Chechens, but seeing Cristabal look so completely betrayed to the point that even Hank touching him and pleading him to stay disgusted him is tragic as fuck.
It wasnt just about protection from barry..the chechens wthreatened him that ifbhe continued on with these alliances they would take down hank and cristobal. This was a if you cant best em join em, while getting protection from barry and protecting cristobal at the same time.
It's so sad. Cristabal was never a character i became attached to. As in i never saw him as a big character or one of my favorites. but this death still hurts.
Hank had no choice. He always cared about Cristobal more than everyone but his family haunted him whole series. He thought Cristobal would be fine and continue to live with him. Hank deserved better.
Someone tells you "you know too much", its time for a new plan. At least that guy Barry murdered in the car realized his situation and tried to get out of it.
That scene with the goon walking back in was perfect, may trick some people into thinking it was Cristabal coming back in
It got me for sure. I noticed Hank hardly reacted then I noticed it was a different guy.
It tricked me. Lol
I feel pain for this
It tricked me too!
THE WAY I FELL FOR IT 😭
2:43 Having a Chechen henchman come in who looked vaguely like Cristobal out of focus was especially cruel. Gave us a tiny shred of hope only to snatch it away immediately when we heard him speak
That’s exactly how I felt when I saw this scene. I was like “oh, maybe they’ll reconcile and things will cool down”
But when we hear his voice…goddamn…
@@jsiasoyco9281 MY EMOTIONS!
I knew right away that it was that guy from earlier.
same thing when gene thinks its barry from the silhouette
Apparently Bill Hader said he got the actor who played that one Chechen to wear the exact same shirt as Cristobal and it’s shit like that which keeps me up at night thinking “Why is he like this? Why does this man have to be so good at directing and yet use his talents for evil?”
Gene and Hank being so afraid of Barry hurting the people they love the most, but in the end, they were the ones to hurt them.
I’m really hoping Leo isn’t dead!
@@jkta97 I want Leo to die. I want Gene to live with the consequences of his own actions.
actually i think they were more afraid of hurting them than the people they love
@@gabrielwillians1385 wdym
@@nont18411 I mean Barry murdered the women he loved. You would probabbly fuck him over too if you could. I mean I root for Barry but still..or are you reffering to his "act"? It was a naive stupid proud need for validity but he doesn't deserve this.
This is a “Barry killing Chris” moment for Hank.
Chris did it to himself unfortunately tho
@@avgnfandon2 I told you to get out of the car, man
far worse
Hank was always a psycho. We laughed it off but he has no problem killing anyone who’s not in his immediate circle. He’s tried to kill Barry 3 times now, and wanted to kill Cristobal’s business partner so he could have him all to himself. When Barry shot up the monastery, he was only mad that Barry had “fucked his business” and didn’t give a shit about the casualties. Barry kills out of rage/insanity but unlike him Hank is truly out for himself
Hank is a representation of
Likability =/= being moral
Last episode made me think, “Wow, I can’t believe that I’m actually rooting for Hank of all people to win at this point.” And then this happened, and I felt like the show was directly responding to my thoughts there by saying: “No, you shouldn’t root for Hank. You shouldn’t root for any of these people, because they’re terrible, and they will destroy everything good in their lives because they can’t help themselves.”
@@nont18411 Hank in the first two seasons was so cheerfully amoral (like Mrs. Lovett in “Sweeney Todd”), so it was always hilarious to me that we liked him so much. In Season 1, when he is talking to Barry about killing thair Bolivian informant, it is pretty clear that the concepts of loyalty and keeping promises don’t matter much to him, which is the fundamental irreconcilable difference between him and Cristobal: Cristobal believes that he must always be “impeccable with [his] word.”
I think that’s why he’s always liked Barry. Barry is someone like him he can relate to
@@halfmettlealchemist8076 Every character other than Barry had a chance to have a better life but their egos wouldn’t allow them.
The first 4 episodes are like the criticism on the audience and the characters in the show who love to blame everything on Barry and the mentality that once Barry’s gone, all the problems will go away.
Nah, Barry is just a part of the problem but all these people are already evil without him. Even Hank, who is the most likable dude in the show, or Gene, who is the moral compass, still did evil acts without Barry’s influence.
I wouldn't exactly call Gene a moral compass. Jim Moss might have potentially been a moral compass, but it's pretty clear he's willing to resort to violence now to get revenge. I think the only truly moral character in the show was Janice. But I do agree that I love the way the show is calling us out for sympathizing with these characters, much like "Better Call Saul" called us out on caring about Mike in that Season 6 episode where he talks to Nacho's dad.
@@jkta97 Gene was a “moral compass” for Barry, which is not a high bar considering how Barry’s mental health is so fucked up in the first place.
@@nont18411 Ah, I see what you mean!
This is the most pointing opinion of the last chapters
This is almost the opposite of many shows starring an anti-hero, where the audience will desperately move blame away from the protagonist, in favor of blaming it on his environment, his past, or his relationships. In shows like Breaking Bad or Sopranos, there are episodes where it hammers the point that the charismatic protagonists are at fault for the problems that surround them and those they care about. With Barry? He already went on to become an irredeemable villain in season 3, now season 4 is about how everyone else was capable of their ruin due to their own machinations.
Gene wouldn't have ended up in this situation if he didn't go to that reporter. Hank wouldn't have needed to pull the trigger if he didn't put the hit on Barry. Sally would have gotten the future she desired if she refused to return to her old habits.
Ironically, the only person who suffered as a consequence of selfless action is the vindictive Fuches, who tried to save Barry from the hit and he was beaten and abused for it, even though he felt betrayed by Barry just a few minutes ago.
Anthony Carrigan does such a great job with Hank.
In the season three finale you could see part of Hank dying in his eyes when he had rescued cristobal, and you you see the same eyes here when he knows he loses cristobal, and therefore another part of himself. Really great job.
In fact, the shot is exactly the same in both scenes. Compare them. Great details.
Cristobal was also losing himself after each slaughter of peopel
This scene reminds me of Barry's scene with Chris in the car in the first season where Barry tries and fails to convince Chris from talking to the cops.
yup exactly what I was thinking
Thinking about it, both the dead guys are named “Chris” (Chris and Cristobal) as well.
@@nont18411 Woah, that’s wrinkling my brain!
I felt like this entire scene maybe even this whole episode was Hank almost imitating behaviors Barry has done in previous seasons
@@xavier1752 It totally is! The other interesting thing about Hank’s transformation is that during his last conversation with Barry, he tells him the day he gets out will be his “birthday.” In a way, Barry’s escape has coincided with the birth (or rebirth) of a new version of Hank.
I think this feels especially more heartbreaking for Cristobal to hear because he was ready to die and stood up to his wife’s dad and the Bolivian cartel when they threatened to kill him and Hank, and Hank was not ready to do the same for him for what Cristobal sees of the situation.
Sad to see him go.
Idk I’d argue hank did the same thing for him. They had the makings of an empire and hank knew he had two choices kill the competition and keep himself and cristobal safe or trying to fight the Chechen mob and risk losing everything when your allies betray you.
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2:02 when Hank is walking back in, he glances up to his right clearly knowing one of the Chechens is about to pull the trigger. The acting, the directing. Phenomenal storytelling
Good catch
i hadn't seen it!
It became even worse! 🤯🤯🤯
@@Elle-xf8mw Do you condemn Hamas?
@@chrisdawson1776 what's that got to do with this ?
People are confused here.
Hank did not order his death, he’s trying to save him. He knows that if he leaves, the family will kill him as they feel that they can’t trust him. He “knows too much.”
Yup
Absolutely
He did give the okay to the sniper though. But yes, it was clear that this was a “his hands were tied” situation.
@@jkta97 when did he give the okay to a sniper ?
@@hefoughtabear118 As he was walking back into the house, you see him give a quick look above to the sniper.
This has by far been one of the emotionally heavy episodes in the series so far. Once it ended, I was like "dammmnnnn..." it hit so hard. What a great performance from all the actors.
Funny, the description for this episode on HBO Max was "Damn..."
@GamePoy oh really? Lol I didn't know that. What a fitting title 😅
@@AnotherRed Do you condemn Hamas?
that was some incredible acting, i may be exaggerating it but damn, i know exactly how it feels to cry like that and he acted it out perfectly.
They were both excellent in this scene. Much like Barry, when Hank was pleading with Cristobal, he wasn’t pleading for his own, he was pleading for his.
Anthony did 7 takes of the crying scene!
@@djsixdeuce and Hader said they all looked pretty much the same, fucking crazy
Right??? I thought the same thing. I could feel it as he acted it out. This was a breathtaking (literally) example of how emotions and trauma get swallowed and internalized.
The way that hank begs for Cristobal not to leave because he knows that he'll be killed and then the shock on his face when he realizes that he can't save him is priceless. Such a good show
The best
I love how this mirrors Janice and Barry's scene at the finale of season 1. Both characters are basically pleading to the other character for what seems to be this big issue when in reality he's (Barry/Hank) pleading for their (Cristobal/Janice) life. The moment Cristobal started saying "it's over" my heart sank and all I could do was hope I was wrong. Beautifully done.
I love that Hank's men cared for his feelings and truly hoped they didn't have to do it.
I love how the show always has comedic elements but never fails to remind you that these characters are murdering criminals 😢
Even Sally and Gene have murdered someone by now.
@@matthewriley7826
I know 😯
Nobody's hands are clean 😈
Yeah. I found myself pulling back from any sympathy for Hank when I remembered he drowned his men in sand.
a bunch of the reviews mentioned an unexpectedly dark turn halfway through the season and i really thought it was going to be barry's death. this is so much worse.
I like Barry more than I liked Cristobal.
I like the David Lynch inspired cuts and sound design choices. That few seconds of him crying before we fully cut to the shot of him on the couch implies a small time jump. The way the final seconds are cut are so eerie. Lovely work from the crew that put this masterpiece together!
noticed that on rewatch
so good
Didn't pick up on the fact that he went the opposite direction of the couch... Goddammit
1:36 this is shot the same as when hank saved cristobal from his wife’s shock therapy. Speechless after this episode..
The parallels between this and Janice’s death are wild. Both had “It’s done” as their final words pretty much.
I like how the shot of Hank hugging Cristobal with a stone cold face is a parallel to his stone cold face when he saved him from the conversion electro shock therapy.
I cried when Cristobal left. Hank was begging him to come back. Honestly I wanted him to leave, but I didn't want him to die. Cristobal deserves so much better
Poor Cristobal man. He was too good for that life style. Poor guys face when he realized Hank betrayed his trust was sad. This was super good acting by these two btw. You could see the sadness and horror in Hanks eyes when he realized there's nothing he can do. Such a great scene. Hate to see it end for these two. Hanks about to take a dark road now it seems. Cristobal is a night and day difference to Bishop from mayans lol on that show he's an ass
Cristobal was also a criminal. I believe that Cristobal was so in love with Hank and the idea of going legit that he forgot that they cannot escape from that lifestyle. Hank has always been a bad person since season 1, but we just ignore it because he's funny. We know that Hank will always be loyal to its own family.
Ironically in Mayans show as well he's also homophobic
It took a second viewing for me to notice Hank looking to his top right at the assassin as he’s walking back inside, and I thought that was a subtle cue to have him take the shot, but it just occured to me that Hank running after Cristobal and hugging him was not only him trying to win him back and go back inside, bit he was also blocking the assassin’s shot.
Well one things for certain, Hank doesn’t want to just manage hotels anymore.
I guess optometry is also out too…
I love how much of a drastic tonal change the show has from Season 3 onwards. It’s like everyone’s on a path of self-destruction.
So this is a strange statement to make, but hear me out:
Eyebrows are IMPORTANT for performance.
Their shape, their thickness and the width…they have been used to develop character. When performers get Botox, you can see in the brows the disadvantages they just gave themselves.
When a performer has no eyebrows, they are missing a tool that most rely on to convey emotion, so they have to have extreme awareness of their face and their abilities to convey emotions that we have been programmed to detect through eyebrows.
This is why Anthony is such an underrated and amazing performer. You can see every nuanced change of expression and feel every emotion he intends you to feel without what so many performers take advantage of.
Even Bill Hader, who is GIFTED ACTOR, is known for the amazing way his brows move.
And sure, it is the brow ridge that’s doing it, but on a pale man with no hair and smooth skin, seeing that subtle change is hard but Anthony makes sure it’s there. I love that.
Just something I thought of.
The way he literally swallowed his grief in a matter of moments was insane.
I may be wrong here but I like to think that Cristobal understood what it meant to walk up to his car.
In my mind he's a character that knows the criminal world. So he's accepting his death sentence. Because he can no longer live with the thought that even when he has found his true love, he was betrayed by him anyway.
And one more thing and i know maybe I'm overthinking this but Cristobal letting himself killed shows to Hank that he's not in control of anything but the people above him are.
So the naive character here isn't cristobal but Hank.
I, too, think that Cristobal knew, especially when he looked at Hank at the doorway when he said you know too much.
I agree. It would be very sad if he had lost faith in Hank to the point where he chose to die.
Their acting is incredible. Emmys all around.
The distance between Cristobal and the car emphasized in the shot actually makes the scene more intense on rewatch knowing what happens.
The look when he hugs him, almost identical to when he saved Cristobal, full circle
This scene was so hard to watch, yet I couldn't stop. I'm not entirely sure if it was Barry's consistent rejection of Hank, his experience trying to save Cristobal from his wife, growing up in Chechnya and being Chechan mobster, all of it, or just his fear of losing Cristobal that made him betray his trust. And that is why Barry is the best show of the decade to me. What starts as a somewhat silly side-character who you grow to love gets turned into something ugly, and twisted and I can fully accept it, and it makes me sad. He's still my favorite character, but Noho Hank has truly fallen
This was brutal. Even the assassin wasn’t crazy about it.
Probably the most bleak scene in the entire show so far, and one of the best performed. It's such a cruel costuming choice to dress that one goon so similarly to Cristobal that you think for a few moments that he actually changed his mind.
I think that was the intention.
Totally thought he had come back until k saw that the shirt was buttoned instead of unbuttoned.
I kept expecting Barry to show up and waste him in front of Hank. This was so much darker since it was Hanks own doing. His last lines about how he loves him and he did everything for him. Disgusting. Not sure where the season is gonna go after that ending but I hope Hank gets what’s coming to him.
I think this scene is meant to pull the facade of Hank’s likability out and make the audience sees Hank for who he truly is, a stone-cold killer.
Barry was always the protagonist. Everyone used him to kill and wouldn't let him change his life. They all got what they deserved this episode.
@@1fyouseekayQ didn't even notice that everyone who has used Barry (and is still breathing) suffered in this episode
@TheBadWolf except for the one... the guy that put him in jail. That's the showdown I'm looking forward to.
@@1fyouseekayQ That guy killed his own son though
This was heart-wrenching. It feels so out of character at first. Why is he threatening to kill Cristobal? But I think he’s actually trying to warn him. When he says, “You know too much,” he’s hoping Cristobal understands what he really means: “They’re going to kill you if you leave.” But Cristobal doesn’t get it. And if Hank gave any indication of being “too soft,” he knows the Chechens will kill him, too. They should have stayed in the desert.
This was not always Hank, and I think the brilliance of the show is the fact that we SEE the events that made him this way. Hank wouldn't have done this in season 2, but it's incredibly important that Hank's fence-sitting in the first two seasons put him in the position he finds himself in s3, and had Hank not been confronted with the horror of his world in Bolivia, he would never never spiraled into this awful cycle of self-destruction masked as self-preservation.
From what it seems Hank didnt actually order for this to happen to Cristobal, I think what happened was the chechens were still uncertain of his loyalty to the deal since he wouldnt partake in any of the meetings and seemed absent minded from it. The Chechens are ruthless and would pretty much waste anyone who doesnt align with them, so they were probably forcefully spying on Hank to see why Cris wasn't joining along. A truly horrible scene and this is just so gut wrenching. I think Hank did some horrible shit but it was in an effort to save his relationship with Cristobal for both of them to live through everything. Cris was the only thing that mattered to him
the parallel of hank repeatedly saying “i love you” to cristobal and barry on the phone with cousineau in 4x1 repeatedly saying “i love you”… bill hader you are insane
Well Beignet by Mitch was wrong on this one, it was Hank that ended up betraying Cristobal, not the other way around.
I want to believe Hank knew they were listening and had to be the bad guy to protect Cristobal.
exactly what happened. hank was trying to save him.
@@Adam-xg1ch he gave the ok to the shooter slow down the clip as he’s walking inside
@@magnusthered4973 no he didn't. he knew cristobal was going to be killed, but he didn't give the order.
@@Adam-xg1ch he gives a nod when walking in he gave the order
@@magnusthered4973 So the Chechnyans were just there, waiting for his order despite Hank not really having much authority over them? Nah, he just knew his old crew better than anyone and knew full well what they were gonna do.
What an incredible episode. That sand scene, with Gene, with Sally knowing where Barry is…everything about it was perfection.
The series finale is going to be insane, I can feel it.
When you think about it, Hank has always been this dark. We just never thought about it because of how likable he was.
Fuck, other than Barry shooting his friend, this might be the most intense moment of the series
This is how you make a show with gay characters, unlike the pandering bullshit from other shows 💀
On one hand, I refuse to believe he’s dead after all they went through in the season 3 finale. On the other… this just makes too much sense narrative-wise. Hank finally became a murder to save Cristobal, but going down that path was the very thing that cost him him in the end 😭 it’s so sad and iconic and I am NOT OK DAMN IT 😤
There’s nothing to indicate that he never killed anyone before the events of the show. I mean, Hank was pretty high up in the food chain in Season 1, and I don’t think he would have been Goran’s number one guy without killing a few people first.
I find it telling that Cristobol was the one who was able to overcome his trauma more effectively than Hank did.
@@jkta97 There’s EVERYTHING to incident he’s never killed anyone
@@garmadonthesensei59 In the very first episode Ryan is killed by the Chechens with Hank in the car giving the orders.
Christobal was right in feeling betrayed and he didn't need saving. Hank killed the entire cute team while things seemed to be going pretty great.
@@kedrednael Hank didn't PERSONALLY kill anyone until the Season 3 finale. He ordered plenty of people to be killed, even watched it happen, but he never got his own hands dirty until he had to.
And Cristobal tried to kill Hank and his entire gang on a bus in season 2. Both of them did some pretty messed-up stuff, but it's because they are crime bosses.
Literally teared up holy shit this was cinema
Thinking back, I believe Cristobal was the most innocent supporting character in the show. RIP CristoNoHo
Haven’t finished up to this point in the series but idk what’s sadder. That I think Cristobal knows “You know to much” means and still left or that he didn’t, and didn’t understand he was literally walking to his death.
Edit: After finishing this series, i believe this betray was far worse then i had hoped to be. Cristobal was right to leave. And yes, he did know. But he didn’t care. Because in his final breathe, he refused to be with a man who could backstabbed him in the back.
This shit made me feel sick what an episode man
This started out as a show about a disillusioned Hitman and evolved into a study in narcissism.
Cristobol almost died 3 other times just to die by the one he loves. At least we get a chance to see Barry go after them.
I loved how cristabal was disgusted just by Hank touching him.
I have so much admiration and respect for Anthony Carrigan. He owned this character. He was phenomenal. He's what pure brilliance looks like.
I knew they were going to kill Cristabal if he left, but i didn't think they'd do it on the spot. I figured that the guy was coming in to tell Hank that they have to kill him now, then they walked outside and I lost my shit to see he's already dead.
I will never forgive Bill Hader for this
It was always there in Hank. He may have been the most sympathetic character but he was a killer already.
@@MDK2_Radio We don't know anything about Hank's life before the events of the show, but I'm guessing for him to rise in a Chechen crime family, he'd have to had done some pretty horrible things.
Hank is like Mike Ehrmantraut.
Both of them are very likable that the audience love to overlook how they are criminals and killers.
Ugh. I hate how in character this is for both of them. I love Hank, but Hank was always kind of playing all sides and acted brashly without thinking about the consequences of his actions. At the same time, Cristobal had always been extremely loyal and valued keeping his word/backing his guys. It’s horrible that this was inevitable.
THANK YOU FOR BEING SO FAST I LOVE YOU
i hope people realize even though this is a different situation , this is basically what happened with barry and chris
Walter White in the car - HANNNK HANNNKKKK!!!
The acting in this scene is really good in my opinion.
Hank gives the ok to the shooter as he’s walking back inside, and you can actually hear the gunshot right before the door closes. The sound design has been on another level since season 3.
I'm listening on good headphones and am very confident that what we hear right before the door closes is a sniffle from Hank from the next shot (that's not unusual, editing-wise, for audio from the next shot to come in before the actual next shot starts). One could argue that the noise is meant to evoke a gunshot maybe, idk.
I did catch the look
That is acting folks. Perfect.
What a phenomenal episode. Brilliant.
wow great scene Hank knew! he tried to warn him at least to keep him alive and knew he would not make it out alive then to have to go inside and hold it in so his crew would not hear him cry when they reported back to him
My eyes were bugging tf out and my jaw hung open for the rest of the episode holy fuck
This has got to be the coldest breakup of all time. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong.
I only comment to agree with your comment. This is how most breaks up go well mine go like that lol.
@@ericthegeneric1611 Your boyfriend got murdered after he left?
This whole episode was so insane. Everything about it.
The acting in this fucking scene.... jeeeesus fucking christ...
It´s amazing specially after you saw these two acting in such a cartoonish way. Damn... they killed this fucking scene.
50/50 with Cristobal no more.
Did Cristobal know that they weren’t alone? NoHo told him (just the scene before) that he was being “naive.” It seems like he wasn’t picking up on NoHo’s cues and thought he could just drive away free?
this has to be the greatest love tragedy since Romeo and Juliet.
Hell no
This scene is giving off Kim and jimmy McGill break up vibes but with a death to spice things up in the end lol
100/0 with cristobal
I think it’s weird that some people in the comments seem to think this is a hit Hank is carrying out on Cristobal or Hank showing his true colors as “a psycho.” He’s being coerced by the Chechens. He’s DOESN’T want to work with them again. He’s AFRAID they’re going to kill him and he thought that by going along with them he would be able to save himself and Cristobal. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.
Holy shit hanks actor is amazing. The breakdown and then swallowing his grief was astounding
I was expecting a car bomb but this was even better.
Another great detail that I noticed is Hank's panicked glance to his right at 2:01. In hindsight, you can probably surmise that he was glancing towards the hidden goon who eventually kills Cristobal before he can leave.
Time can be cruel. Fonzzy has turned into a human ALF.
Just reminds me as a combination of the Barry-Chris and Barry-Janice scene. The whole trying to convince the person to do otherwise but had to do what's necessary. Also Hank glancing to his right to the snipers was kinda like Barry looking to his right for the gun taped to the tree.
Anthony deserves to win an oscar for this scene alone.
I agree. He should win best supporting actor!
You mean an Emmy?
Anthony better win all the awards. And it’s interesting that (bc he knows that world), Cristobal likely got Hank’s warning and still chose death
Hank covering up Cristobal when he walks back into the house is masterful
Bill Hader ruined my life
Oh really🙄
Was Cristobal just stupid or what? What was he expecting when Hank told him he can't leave because he knows too much?
Apparently
I mean he really tried to warn Cristobal knowing they were listening. Cristobal wasn't picking up on it sadly.
He could’ve whispered the situation to him, he wanted him dead.
@@samstits8982 He tried. Cristobal kept saying get away from me. Not saying Hank is a good guy. nobody on the show is really. But he did try to warn Cristobal.
Me watching last episode: “Wow, this phone call is crazy, I can’t believe I’m actually rooting for Hank to win now”
Me watching this episode: “….oh. oh no.”
I think that’s why Hank lashed out at Barry, he knew what he was going to do after Batir showed up and threatened him and he took it out in Barry on top of the FBI stuff.
That sand scene was creepy as hell
Does anybody think it would’ve been darker if Cristobal died with the other gangsters in the sandpit by accident instead of them having the break up? I think Hank might’ve been even more fucked up if the scenario played out with him not being able to resuscitate Cristobal, and having to live with the fact he accidentally killed the love of his life because he felt he couldn’t rebel against his family. all that said tho, the argument was a phenomenal scene. The acting was incredible and the slow zoom with Cristobal walking out and Hank chasing him was sooooo crispy🔥 it really added a deeper level of sadness to the whole moment.
While that would have been equally tragic, I think this way was more narratively effective, because we see how ruthless Hank has become. Also, Cristobal in this scene was clearly a representation of Hank’s conscience, which adds even more layers to the story. Finally, we get the second tragedy of Hank being viewed as a monster by the one person who loved him.
That would've been too much specifially if it happened in the same episode in which gene shoots his son
Man just when I was starting to love Cristobal
To be fair, Cristobal was also a criminal, but to his credit, he was trying to move away from his violent past, and he always believed in keeping his word to people (as evidenced by his "Four Agreements" conversation with Goran in Season 1).
@@jkta97 yeah exactly and that’s what I kinda thought would happen to them this season. Like I guess I kinda thought Cristobal and hank was where all the comedy would come from this season but I guess even they aren’t safe from the dark ass direction this show is taking lol
Hank has always been a bad person, but tries to be different and find a different way to avoid that side of him. We just ignore his true self because he's goofy and likes playing around. Like everyone has said, without Barry around eveyone else shows their true natures. Hank is no exception. He knew what was coming for Cristobal but couldn't do anything to stop him, that's just business. If you leave, you die.
Barry is just an excuse for them to justify their evil ways.
Hank’s beautiful relationship with Cristobal is no more!
This scene was so fucking sad, I liked Cristabal and Hank. I know Hank was afraid of Barry and he most likely did all of it for help from the Chechens, but seeing Cristabal look so completely betrayed to the point that even Hank touching him and pleading him to stay disgusted him is tragic as fuck.
It wasnt just about protection from barry..the chechens wthreatened him that ifbhe continued on with these alliances they would take down hank and cristobal. This was a if you cant best em join em, while getting protection from barry and protecting cristobal at the same time.
Despite how likeable Hank is, this is what he's always been.
A coward who wants to consolidate all his power for himself.
As of ep 3
I didnt see this coming
But after about 10 mins of this episode i knew it was gonna happen
It's so sad. Cristabal was never a character i became attached to. As in i never saw him as a big character or one of my favorites. but this death still hurts.
Great scene man
Hank had no choice. He always cared about Cristobal more than everyone but his family haunted him whole series. He thought Cristobal would be fine and continue to live with him. Hank deserved better.
Someone tells you "you know too much", its time for a new plan. At least that guy Barry murdered in the car realized his situation and tried to get out of it.
my heart 🥲