Chapter Four: Commit... to YOU
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Episode 4
| "Chapter Four: Commit... to YOU" | |
|---|---|
| Barry episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | Maggie Carey |
| Written by | Sarah Solemani |
| Cinematography by | Paula Huidobro |
| Editing by | Kyle Reiter |
| Original air date | April 15, 2018 |
| Running time | 32 minutes |
| Guest appearances | |
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"Chapter Four: Commit... to YOU" is the fourth episode of the first season of the American tragicomedy crime television series Barry. The episode was written by co-producer Sarah Solemani, and directed by Maggie Carey. It was first broadcast on HBO in the United States on April 15, 2018.
The series follows Barry Berkman, a hitman from Cleveland who travels to Los Angeles to kill someone but finds himself joining an acting class taught by Gene Cousineau, where he meets aspiring actress Sally Reed and begins to question his path in life as he deals with his criminal associates such as Monroe Fuches and NoHo Hank. In the episode, Barry reconnects with an old friend from the Marines, although his relationship with Sally may take a turn for the worse. Meanwhile, Moss meets with Gene for information on Ryan Madison's murder, although Gene uses it as a date instead.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.511 million household viewers and gained a 0.2 ratings share among adults aged 18–49. The episode received positive reviews from critics, who praised the character development and performances, with many highlighting Henry Winkler. For this episode, Winkler won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards.
Sally (Sarah Goldberg) creates a Facebook profile for Barry (Bill Hader) under his stage name "Barry Block", which he uses to reconnect with an old military friend, Chris Lucado. Sally has an audition and they plan to meet at a party held that night by Natalie (D'Arcy Carden).
Barry meets with Fuches (Stephen Root), who informs Barry that the Chechens want him to carry out a dangerous raid on a Bolivian stash house. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Police Department brings in a technician to unlock the lipstick camera after Moss (Paula Newsome) exceeds the amount of password attempts. Moss calls Gene (Henry Winkler), who is at an audition and claims to have information regarding Ryan which he offers to disclose over dinner at a restaurant. Sally's manager Mike Hallman (Robert Curtis Brown) makes unwelcome advances towards her while practicing for the audition, and plays it off as a joke.
At class, Gene criticizes Barry's delivery of a monologue from Glengarry Glen Ross and says he can use his military background to improve his acting. Inspired, Barry later confronts Fuches and refuses to do the raid. As Sally waits for her audition, she learns that Mike has dropped her as a client, causing her to break down. Barry, still daydreaming about a life with Sally that includes Jon Hamm joining them for a barbecue party, buys a laptop as a gift.
At the party, Sally lies about the audition to Barry and is uncomfortable with being gifted an expensive laptop. A lonely Barry texts Chris to come along with two of his Marine friends. Fuches appears, hands him the stash house intel, and tells Barry he can keep going to acting class if he continues as a hitman. Barry bonds with Chris at the party, while Chris's friends Taylor (Dale Pavinski) and Vaughn (Marcus Brown) begin roughhousing to Natalie's chagrin. Barry jealously confronts an actor named Zach Burrows (Ross Philips) who is talking with Sally, who berates him for being possessive and leaves with Zach.
Moss meets a flirtatious Gene and decides to stay for dinner despite him failing to provide useful information. When she returns to the station, the lipstick camera has been unlocked, but the hitman's image is too blurry to easily identify. Meanwhile, as Barry gets into his car to leave the party, Taylor finds the stash house intel and tells him he wants in on the raid.
Production
Development
In February 2018, the episode's title was revealed as "Chapter Four: Commit... to YOU" and it was announced that co-producer Sarah Solemani had written the episode while Maggie Carey had directed it.
Writing
According to Henry Winkler, the episode helped develop Gene's character, with the episode representing him as "the sadness of wanting to be somebody and maybe not becoming that person you want to be. So you create it in this artificial space."[1] Winkler also mentioned that the scene where his character auditioned for an extra role inspired "profound sadness" in series creators Bill Hader and Alec Berg.[2]
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