Chapter Eight: Know Your Truth
- Episode aired May 13, 2018
- TV-MA
- 38m
In the season finale, Barry vows to give up his life of crime. Elsewhere, Pazar enlists a replacement to take care of Fuches. Detective Moss closes in on an arrest that they hope will crack ... Read allIn the season finale, Barry vows to give up his life of crime. Elsewhere, Pazar enlists a replacement to take care of Fuches. Detective Moss closes in on an arrest that they hope will crack the Madison homicide case.In the season finale, Barry vows to give up his life of crime. Elsewhere, Pazar enlists a replacement to take care of Fuches. Detective Moss closes in on an arrest that they hope will crack the Madison homicide case.
- Sasha Smith
- (as Kirby Howell-Baptiste)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaBarry uses the phrase "starting now" three times in this season finale. Four years later, this would be the title the season 3 finale.
- Quotes
Barry Berkman: Janice, listen. I used to work for a man who who talked me into doing some really bad stuff. But that's not who I am, okay? I, uh, I realized what I was doing was wrong, and I, uh, I did everything I had to do to put it behind me. And I did it. It was hard, but I did it. And everything's so good right now. I'm a good person. I help people out. And if you could just walk away from this and forget about it, everybody's life will be better.
Detective Janice Moss: You know I can't do that, Barry.
Barry Berkman: Yes. No, yes, you can. Janice, you can, because we want the same thing. We- We wanna be happy. We want love. We want a life. And we're doing it, Janice. We're the same.
Detective Janice Moss: But we're not. We're not the same, Barry. 'Cause I'm a cop and you're a fucking murderer.
- ConnectionsReferences Rashomon (1950)
- SoundtracksChange for the World
Written by Charles Bradley, Thomas Brenneck, David Guy, Leon Michels, Nick Movshon, Homer Steinweiss, Nicole Wray
Performed by Charles Bradley
Many people have said that the show changed over time and went away from the dark comedy aspect that it had to begin with. I couldn't disagree more. The satire never left the show, which was especially visible in the show's seventh episode, which did a great job of balancing the heavy drama with the funny comedy, creating a hybrid that offered a lot of dark humor. This episode did that as well. Alec Berg and Bill Hader are very twisted people if we go from what we've seen in the show. Whether it's a mob enforcer making a guillotine instead of just killing his victim, or Barry playing the police by embracing a stereotype, this show is not afraid of being satirical in a way that's very refreshing. Doing that over and over can easily become old, but the show is able to keep it fresh by putting a new spin on it every time. There's never a dull moment when these are characters are involved. Also, the characters have changed a great deal, but it's all growing through the performances that the actors are giving, and I have to give huge credit to Bill Hader. To be as funny as he is and play the character as the most straight person in the whole show is why his character comes across as so funny, so I appreciate Hader for subduing himself here and giving a performance that's really changing his image and showing that he can do everything when it comes to comedy.
"Chapter Eight: Know Your Truth" was a great chapter to close this season. It left off on a huge cliffhanger, but it was mostly dependent on its storytelling to tie up the loose ends left over, and it was all done through great writing and great acting, with Hader just killing it in this episode.
- lassegalsgaard
- May 18, 2021
Details
- Runtime38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 16:9 HD