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Barry, Sally, and John retreat to a hotel, where Barry learns that acting coach Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) is now under suspicion for the murder of Janice Moss (Paula Newsome). Barry goes to Gene’s house, and seconds after he tells Gene’s lawyer Tom Posorro (Fred Melamed) to call the police so he can turn himself in, Gene shoots Barry in the chest and head, killing him.
Viewers are then treated to one brief moment of relief in a scene showing a glimpse of Sally and John’s future, where Sally is a high school drama teacher, and John (Jaeden Martell) appears to be a well-adjusted teenager. In the only scene in the entire episode that even remotely approaches comedic territory, John sits down with his friend to watch “The Mask Collector,” the docu-drama about Barry and Gene’s lives.
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The laughs are found in the comparison between Michael Cumpsty’s performance as the fictionalized Gene Cousineau to Henry Winkler’s throughout the four seasons of “Barry,” a role which earned Winkler two Emmy nominations and one win as Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.
The only other real comedy in the “Barry” series finale is a small series-long gag regarding the gun Gene uses to kill Barry, a gift from actor Rip Torn that appears multiple times in the series along with its accompanying note reading, “Couscous, Try Not To Blow Your D— Off With This. — Rip [Dictated but not read].”
