Bill Hader on ‘Barry’ Episode 5’s Big Swing: ‘It Was Nice to Do Something That Felt Completely Different’

“It’s definitely an episode that I understand if people are like, ‘What the f–k was that?’ But it’s my favorite,” the actor/writer/director tells TheWrap

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The following contains spoilers for “Barry” Season 4 Episode 5.

After a jaw-dropping cliffhanger from last week’s “Barry,” the HBO series takes a hard left turn midway through its final season to offer something completely different: heaven. Or, at least, Barry’s version of heaven.

“Barry” Season 4 Episode 5 picks up eight years after the events of the last episode with Barry (Bill Hader) and Sally (Sarah Goldberg) now living on the run under different names, and as parents to an eight-year-old son named John. For Barry, this is idyllic: an isolated house in the middle of nowhere with the family he always wanted.

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