

One of the best examples of how Sally’s pursuit of perfection leads to her own ruin can be seen in her short-lived show, Joplin. Her righteous crusade towards earning the fame she believes she has earned is often her undoing as we’ve seen throughout the past several seasons. Her eagerness to achieve her goal and prove her mettle is so potent that it often manifests into toxic behavior, blowing her chances countless times at the fame she so desperately craves. Sally has her fair share of trauma from her abusive ex-husband and rough upbringing that makes for quite the dynamic between the pair.įrom the very beginning, Sally has had one thing on her mind, a career as a successful and famous Hollywood actor. For starters, one of the actors is actually a hitman acting as an actor, but it isn’t just Barry who wields the trauma torch. From the moment the two aspiring actors first met, we knew it would never be a happy ending.

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The majority of the excitement from the finale comes from its unique and meta end as we see the story of Barry Berkman ( Bill Hader) twisted through a revisionist biopic called The Mask Collectorwhich reveals his real-life fate of being laid to rest with full honors at Arlington Cemetery.īut perhaps even more depressing than Barry’s end is the closure we get for his paramour, Sally Reed ( Sarah Goldberg).

Entitled “wow,” the single word perfectly encapsulates the gut reaction that’s prompted by the series' shocking end. Editor's note: The below contains spoilers for the Barry series finale.After four seasons, Barryhas finally come to a close and more than earned the right to the name of its final episode.
