‘Barry’ star Sarah Goldberg says it’s never been a love story for Barry and Sally

Barry actress Sarah Goldberg has hinted at the somewhat dire ending of the show’s currently airing fourth and final season, saying that the journey between her character and the titular hitman has “[n]ever been a love story.” Goldberg — who has played Barry’s love interest, Sarah, in all four seasons of the dark comedy — spoke of the pair’s relationship during a recent interview with Variety.  

“I don’t think there’s a happily ever after for these two,” Goldberg said. “I don’t think it’s ever been a love story between Barry and Sally.” The actress went on to describe the pair’s relationship as one of “convenience” and “survival” as opposed to a love story, and said that Barry and Sally are emblematic of the remaining characters. “There’s not really any character that has a happily ever after,” Goldberg explained. 

“All the characters are so morally bankrupt, and we all walk this line the whole time, it’s challenging for anyone to be in any kind of meaningful, loving relationship when they’re constantly making the selfish choice.” Elsewhere in the interview, Goldberg elaborated on the eight-year time jump that occurred in a recent episode, saying the flash-forward allowed her to explore Sally in “the darkest depths that we could.”

When asked where Sally is in the next eight years, Goldberg said she couldn’t answer, but said she hoped her character would “find some peace, and find a way to make just one selfless choice.” Likewise commenting on the surprise time skip in episode four, Barry leading man and writer Bill Hader said the plot device was “more interesting” to him than watching Sally and Barry on the run in real time. 

“It was more about them being there. It’s been eight years, and this is where they’re at,” Hader told The Hollywood Reporter. “That was just more interesting to me.” In other Barry news, The Shape of Water director Guillermo del Toro and CODA director Sian Heder both made cameo appearances in the show’s fourth and final season. Barry’s series finale episode will air on May 28.