“In my mind, it got very quiet and empty.”
, Barry Berkman and Gene Cousineau effectively switch roles. The series finale climaxes with Gene, Barry’s former acting teacher played by the great Henry Winkler, firing the two shots that take out the hitman on the run. It’s a devastating final beat for the doomed pairing, one that sends Barry to his grave and Gene to prison for all of Barry’s crimes. But to hear Winkler tell it, such deliberately awful moments on— and there were many! — are even more startling when it’s time to perform them.
I have to tell you, I was looking into an endless abyss. In my mind, it got very quiet and empty. I didn’t think of the consequences. I didn’t think of anything. I just accepted my world now is nothingness. . He goes to his son, who says, “Well, you never really tell the truth, so we don’t know.” I mean, he flips his wig.It felt like my life was over. I’ve run out of plays, I’ve run out of tricks. No matter what I did, this entire tragedy somehow boomeranged and stuck on me.
When Gene comes back to L.A. after hearing about this movie about Barry, he acts as though he’s concerned about Janice’s legacy and doesn’t want the movie to be made. Were his motivations really that honorable? Or was it “I don’t want Barry to become a star”?
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