# The big finale on HBO **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 20, 2019, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-finale-on-hbo/834222 "2019-05-20T08:12:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-finale-on-hbo/834222/1 "2019-05-20T08:12:06Z")
I’m talking, of course, about “Barry”. Anyone else digging this show? I was surprised not to find a thread. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-finale-on-hbo/834222/2 "2019-05-20T08:55:53Z")
I’m really digging it. I’m a big Bill Hader fan. I watched each episode as it came up for the first season, but I’m a little behind this season. I’ve only watched the first five episodes this year so far and it’s just getting better and better. I laugh my balls off. NoHo Hank is my favorite character on the TeeVee right now. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-finale-on-hbo/834222/3 "2019-05-20T15:42:50Z")
Pretty sure there’s a season 2 thread somewhere around here. I thought it was fantastic. Loved Barry raging out on _everybody_ as he hunts down Fuches for his revenge. Will be interesting to see his teacher’s reaction next season. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-finale-on-hbo/834222/4 "2019-05-20T21:32:18Z")
I love how Sally has shown great artistic integrity, passing on a bigtime TV producer’s show, but still displays a hilariously facepalm-inducing tendency to be self-absorbed: like when she interrupted her own–amazing–monologue to wonder if she was the voice of a movement. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-finale-on-hbo/834222/5 "2019-05-20T22:14:18Z")
I need to re-watch the last episode, but when did Sally decide to change the scene with her ex? Because originally, he’s the one to push the chair over, yell at her and threaten her, but in the big show, she changed to a female empowerment message, where she flipped the chair over and asserted herself. It seemed to be a surprise to Barry but he wasn’t all there, so he may have missed when she told him that’s what she planned. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-finale-on-hbo/834222/6 "2019-05-20T22:31:33Z")
The thread is for both seasons: [https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=861593](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=861593) As for Sally’s scene: I don’t think she had planned to be the aggressor (knocking over the table and given the defiant speech). I think she was just reacting in the moment to Barry’s rather absentee performance. Once she slapped him backstage, that seemed to set her on the path toward the “empowerment” version. ---
**Author:** ![SlackerInc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slackerinc/32/275_2.png) [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-big-finale-on-hbo/834222/7 "2019-05-21T02:32:06Z")
Right, exactly. That’s weird that I couldn’t find the Barry thread either on Google or on the site’s search. I guess it’s just a common name that comes up too often. (I don’t know if I tried adding “HBO”.)