Warning: This article contains spoilers for Barry season 4.Now that Barry Berkman (Bill Hader) is in prison for murder, and NoHo Hank and Cristobal are looking to start a legitimate business, Barry season 4’s main villain isn’t going to be who fans think. As Barry’s mind slowly unravels in prison, his old handler Monroe Fuches (Stephen Root) has flip-flopped on his relationship with the hitman, but their fate seems tied to one another if they’re ever going to have a life on the outside. Each of them has lucrative deals with the FBI on the table, but what they reveal could implicate former associates, leaving NoHo Hank no choice but to neutralize any threat to his operations.
With Barry locked away and the Chechens, Bolivians, and other cartels lying low, a new antagonist has room to provide tension for the dark comedy series. It becomes clear who the culprit is as Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) begins to unravel his yarn to any media who will listen. A nosy reporter starts sniffing around Barry’s story. Only one person who’s been hurt beyond measure and has nothing to lose will prove to be the most dangerous character in Barry, and they’ve been front and center for the last two seasons, hiding in plain sight.
Jim Moss Is The Real Villain Of Barry Season 4
After helping to bring Barry down for the murder of his beloved daughter in the final, nail-biting episode of Barry season 3, Jim Moss (Robert Wisdom) has been keeping tabs on the hitman and anyone he’s associated with. He’s been tracking his former girlfriend Sally and maintaining a careful watch on Barry’s old acting teacher, who is already shaping Barry season 4 with his self-serving schemes to be in the spotlight. After threatening Gene’s life and turning the Vanity Fair reporter into a quaking puddle of fear, Jim Moss has become the real villain of Barry season 4.
Jim’s protective instincts around his daughter’s murder have made him the type of Barry character who’s aggressive and imposing, particularly toward Gene and anyone else who stands in his way. His personality is intimidating and calculating. Gene explicitly told him that they shouldn’t cooperate with the media, but now it seems that was because Gene wanted to be the one to tell the exclusive story. Jim isn’t above threatening anyone, but more importantly, he can get away with whatever he does as a former law enforcement officer with influence higher up in the LAPD.
Jim Moss Might Be The Person To Finally Bring Barry Down
Barry is inside prison for now, but after the catastrophic failure of NoHo Hank’s hired podcast assassins, he could escape, and if that happens, Jim Moss will probably be the man to hunt him down. He knows where Sally is, and as the one to outsmart Barry in the first place and manipulate Gene into luring him to his house to be arrested, he knows she’s probably the first person Barry will go looking for. So it’s not out of the realm of possibility that Jim will stake out wherever he thinks Barry will run to and set up a trap.
There are a lot of theories on how Barry season 4 ends, but Jim Moss will undoubtedly factor into it somehow. Like Barry from previous seasons, he’s methodical, disciplined, and not afraid to get his hands dirty, but unlike Barry now, he’s focused. Jim will get retribution and justice no matter the cost to his safety because he’s already lost what matters most to him in this world, so the second-best thing is making sure Barry stays behind bars. Half the fun of Jim’s character is not knowing what he’ll do next, and the unpredictability of such a mysterious character makes for an enigmatic and highly watchable Barry villain.
