Maybe probably the most contentious relationship in Gene’s life is that of his son. His baby (Andrew Leeds) was estranged from him for a lot of his life whereas he pursued an appearing profession, however he miraculously grew into an emotionally mature grownup with out his father’s assist. He and Gene have performed quite a lot of therapeutic over the previous two seasons, however all that work could be destroyed in a single instantaneous.
Cousineau is distraught with paranoia after Barry’s arrest. He fears Barry’s retaliation, however it’s extra doubtless his personal guilt over blackmailing the killer and talking to the reporter that’s actually haunting him. Regardless of the cause, his concern drives him to a cabin within the woods. Forgetting that he requested for his son to carry him an costly takeout meal, he errors his personal baby for an intruder and shoots him.
Gene’s self-centered responsible conscience drove him into the woods, satisfied him that somebody was coming after him, and pulled the set off on his son. It could have been a mistake, however it’s laborious to see Gene’s morality — or his glad household — getting back from this one.
“I’ve a metaphor that Gene is that form of insect that skirts the highest of the water, by no means will get moist,” Winkler advised Inverse. “So he is in a properly and he flies as much as the solar and he lands on the rocks that encompass the properly, after which his wing breaks and he falls proper again into the properly, and I do not know if he is drowned or not.”
He would possibly intention to do the appropriate factor, however Gene is eternally pulled again into amorality by his ego. The characters of “Barry” appear to solely additional entrench themselves in poisonous cycles in season 4. May Gene break his sample earlier than the collection ends?
“Barry” airs on HBO and HBO Max on Sundays at 10 p.m. ET.