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Sallys obliviousness has been played for comedy until now, even as season two considerably deepened her character.
It becomes clear when Barry visits Sally at work.
But Barry … does not react well to being told no.
WE ARE NOT SAYING THE SAME THING!
Barry bellows, the loudness intensified by the wrongness of its setting.
IF I DONT DO THIS, I DONT LIVE.
I HAVE TO DO THIS TO FUCKING LIVE.
Sally doesnt cave, but you get the sense that she lost the battle anyway.
While thrown and clearly triggered on a subconscious level, Sallys reaction to Barry is surprisingly casual.
This might not have ever happened at her workplace, but it feels like it has happened before.
On some level, she knows this is different from just getting in an argument with your boyfriend.
But no prior trauma can prepare you for it to happen again.
And thats only the second scene.
(Narrator: It will not be enough.)
Not just from Gene, but from the other people hes hurt and from himself.
Everybody deserves a second chance, he insists later in the episode.
Thats not how it works, a casting director replies.
After a messy but successful escape attempt, Gene has arrived home to find that Barrys already there.
Its the second rock bottom in an episode of rock bottoms for Barry.
The slow, careful nod Henry Winkler gives, in arresting close-up, communicates so much.
First off: Cristobal has a wife and kids back in Bolivia!
His father-in-law, Fernando, flies in this week to take care of business.
He wants to decimate the Chechens so that Cristobal can return home but Boliviaisnthome anymore for Cristobal.Hankis home.
Luckily, he manages to warn Hank about the incoming ambush before Fernandos battalion shows up.
But this problem isnt going away, even if Cristobal thinks staying away from Hank will protect him.
I love the idea of telling aRomeo & Julietstory with these guys, though hopefully with a different resolution.
And watching Barry share his news aboutLaws of Humanitylike nothing happened is excruciating.
I will never, ever be with a violent man again, Sally said once last season.
The question now is how long itll take for Sally to see it.
Bullet Points
No Fuches this week, but I dont really mind.
His story feels like a slow burn at this point in the season.
Reporting Barry to HR or the police wouldnt accomplish anything since he didnt hit or threaten Sally.
Theyre adults, and I like my job, one writer puts it bluntly.
Sally: People just dont talk like that, in perfectly worded arguments.
One of her writers: I would disagree with that assumption.
Her naivete is a direct result of the history of subjugation of women by a draconian patriarchy.
Maybe we throw a few ums in there?
