Forgiving jeff

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"**forgiving jeff**" is the first episode of the third season of *Barry*. It was written by Alec Berg and Bill Hader & directed by Hader. It is the seventeenth episode overall.

## Plot

Barry searches the dark web for jobs; Sally, now the creator and star of her own show, begins to feel the pressures of success; Noho Hank braves his first big test in interrogation; Gene Cousineau ruminates over Fuches' crushing reveal.

## Summary

In the outskirts of LA, Barry assists a man in contract killing another man named Jeff, who slept with his wife. Barry is frustrated by the man constantly changing his plans, like refusing to make him dig his own grave. When the man decides to forgive Jeff for his sincere "apology", a disillusioned Barry kills them both and shouts "There's no forgiving Jeff!".

Detective Mae Dunn interrogates Hank to question him about the shootout at the monastery. She shows him the pin he gave to Barry, stating that they found it near Moss' corpse, and evidence points to Hank being at the monastery days before the events, linking the cases. Hank says that the pin belongs to the shooter, whom he identifies as Fuches instead of Barry, using the alias of a Chechen hitman named "The Raven". Meanwhile, Fuches is revealed to have settled at a cabin in Chechnya and is constantly guarded by Chechens while the situation calms down.

Gene is also called for interrogation and while he claims Barry was involved in all the bad things that happened to him, including deciding to close the theater, the police refuse to take his accusations seriously. Sally now stars in and writes her own TV series, *Joplin*, a family drama that deals with abuse, although some network executives are still unconvinced about the angle the series is going for. Barry, who took a job at the dark web to kill a woman's husband, visits Sally onset and hallucinates Sally being shot by an unseen shooter. Furthermore, Barry and Sally's relationship is shown to have become lifeless, with Sally's priorities now mostly focused on her show.

Barry visits Hank, who is living with and dating Cristobal. Barry asks for work, citing his struggle, but Hank refuses, unwilling to cooperate with him after the events at the monastery. Barry receives a text from Gene, who wants to meet with him the next morning. Gene loads a gun and in the morning, bids farewell to Leo and his grandson, who are both unaware of his intentions. Barry and Gene meet at the closed theater, where Gene states his knowledge of Moss' murder and prepares to use the gun, but he accidentally spills out the bullets and the chamber. Barry then takes Gene to the outskirts, intending to kill him. Gene pleads for his life, saying they can go through this and that he can "earn" forgiveness. Barry hesitates but then has an idea, telling Gene to get into the trunk.

## Cast

* Bill Hader as Barry Berkman
* Stephen Root as Monroe Fuches
* Sarah Goldberg as Sally Reed
* Anthony Carrigan as NoHo Hank
* Henry Winkler as Gene Cousineau
* Sarah Burns as Detective Mae Dunn

### Guest Appearances

* Elizabeth Perkins as Diane Villa
* D'Arcy Carden as Natalie Greer
* Michael Irby as Cristobal Sifuentes
* Jessy Hodges as Lindsay Mandel
* Andrew Leeds as Leo Cousineau
* Nick Gracer as Yandar
* Turhan Troy Caylak as Akhmal
* JB Blanc as Batir
* Elsie Fisher as Katie Harris
* Gary Kraus as Chief Krauss
* Marika Domińczyk as Anna
* Cullen Douglas as Charles

## Media

### Videos

Barry Season 3 - Barry Is Back - HBOAn inside look at the episode.