Barry took its final bow on Sunday, but who survived a very bloody series finale?
Sunday’s finale opens with Fuches luxuriating in the bath when he gets a call from Hank telling him he can deliver Barry, showing him a captive Sally and John on FaceTime as proof. An enraged Barry, meanwhile, buys an arsenal of guns, leaving the store fully strapped up with no one batting an eye. Plus, the D.A. announces he’s reopening Janice’s murder case, with Jim Moss accusing Gene of manipulating Barry into killing her. Sally admits to John that they’re fugitives because Barry escaped from prison after “he killed a lot of people.” She’s a killer, too, she adds, and she breaks down in sobs telling her son he’s a good person, apologizing profusely for being a bad mom.
Barry and Sally hole up in a motel room with John, and she tells Barry that she saw Gene and he might go to jail for Janice’s murder: “You need to turn yourself in.” Barry hesitates, though: “I don’t think that’s what God wants for me.” He believes he’s been redeemed, even though Sally reminds him he hasn’t done anything to earn that redemption. He says they’ll regroup once they get back home… but when he wakes up, Sally and John are gone. He rushes to Gene’s house, where Gene is locked in his bedroom with a gun and contemplating suicide after seeing all the news reports accusing him of killing Janice. Gene’s agent Tom tells Barry that Sally and John aren’t here, but Gene is in a dark place: “You’re the only one who can save him… This is an opportunity to do the right thing.” Barry considers this and tells Tom to call the cops so he can turn himself in — but just then, Gene bursts out of his bedroom, shooting Barry in the chest. Barry can only say “Oh wow” before Gene shoots him right between the eyes.
The movie’s end card tells us that Gene is now serving a life sentence for killing Janice and Barry, and Barry was buried at Arlington with full military honors. John seems satisfied with this ending — no matter how far it is from the truth.
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