Barry S2
comedydrama
140
Stimulating
Consistently challenges the viewer and rewards attention
Score Breakdown
Cognitive Stimulation/50
38
Educational Value/50
24
Craft & Quality/50
46
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
The second season of Barry — formally more ambitious, darker, and the culmination of the NoHo Hank subplot. The Chechen storyline produces some of television's finest absurdist sequences.
Bill Hader's direction in the penultimate episode is exceptional.
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