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Partway through “Atlanta” Season 4, Episode 9, Paper Boi finds a pack of feral hogs threatening some weed plants he’s growing in a shed on his farm. While at first he struggles to fend off the invasive pigs, near the episode’s end — and after a tractor accident injures his foot — he clobbers and kills one with a cast iron pan, in what essentially amounts to the first big win of his new rural lifestyle.
In a Reddit discussion thread about the episode, both users icarekindof and FrommundaCheese shared how much they enjoyed this moment, and wrote that they’ll miss “Atlanta” after it ends one episode later. Meanwhile, user Ok_Profession_5060 felt that this scene implies Al is exceptionally strong, given the force required to kill a pig with a blunt instrument. User iamthewalrus23 likewise emphasized this point, writing, “How many rappers can say that they literally killed a wild pig?”
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In an interview with Hypebeast, Brian Tyree Henry discussed his personal connection to Paper Boi. “I truly do love him. I love every single thing about him. He represents the parts of me that I’m a little afraid to show,” he said. For both Henry and the numerous viewers that count themselves as fans of the character, then, Alfred murdering a pig may rest as one of the character’s final series triumphs, simultaneously cathartic and absurd in typical “Atlatna” fashion.
