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One of them, Charlie, has hired Barry to kill Jeff, who had slept with Charlies wife.
Hes asked for my forgiveness, Charlie explains to Barry.
You know, he made some valid points.
So Im forgiving Jeff.
On first viewing, this sequence plays mostly like a piece ofBarrys signature dark comedy.
A question: After you watched that scene, did you think about Charlie or Jeff again?
Did you wonder how Charlies wife felt when she found out both her husband and lover had been killed?
You probably didnt, and thats understandable.
Their lives are expendable, just small details in stories built around protagonists who demand our attention.
Psychologically and emotionally, we hold the violence directed at these victims at a distance.
Sally fights back, stabbing the guy in the neck with a fork.
We dont hear whats happening.
We witness Sallys violent behavior from a literal distance.
(Sarah Goldberg is incredible in this scene.)
The very next sequence inverts this approach to similar effect.
But we see none of it.
The tight shot of Hank widens, but not before we see the storm clouds gathering on his face.
The series demands we take note of them.
Each of these men serve as testimony that those three lives mattered.
Barry shouldnt forget that.
He never asks for Alberts forgiveness or apologizes for his sins.
He doesnt because he knows, already, that there is no forgiving Barry for what hes done.
In this trio of carefully crafted scenes,Barrymakes sure that we can feel that, too.
