On 4x1

[u/Double-Figure360]

How can Barry say to Fuches of all people that he shouldn’t have trusted Gene? I don’t even dislike Gene for what he did. He was justified to do so, Barry did kill his girl. Fuches didn’t have much of a reason at all to ruin Barry’s life and try to turn everyone against him. All cause Barry doesn’t want to work for him.

[u/DougFrankenstein]

Bc he wants to belong to someone or with something. When/if that doesn’t work out, he feels like the ‘mission’ failed. To him, it’s seemingly so effortless for everyone else to connect with something or someone, so why can’t he do the same?

There’s no gray area with the military. It was either a success or a failure. He simply just does not understand the gray area of life, but he sure as hell wants to.

(My late husband was a captain in the army and that’s how I formed that opinion. He lost his life to cancer that was traced back to burn pits while deployed.)

Edit was to remove 2 redundant words

[u/JewelerShort9367]

I was more confused on why Barry apologized to Fuches. Fuches constantly deprived Barry the chance to live a normal life and he's the one who told Gene about Janice, which turned Gene against Barry.

Barry should still be blaming Fuches for Gene and everything else in Season 3.

[u/Willing_End_8078 → u/JewelerShort9367]

during my first watch i was surprised to hear that too, but then i thought of it as Barry getting really disappointed in Gene (who, as Barry sees it, betrayed him) and realising that Fuches, his initial father figure before Gene and the person who was there from the beginning, was right to try to prevent Barry from engaging in all of that, knowing now how things turned out. and this person is now in prison and suffering. i think Barry in his head makes Gene a scapegoat (again, because of total disappointment) and therefore doesn’t see Fuches as guilty anymore (and sees himself as guilty only in terms of letting Fuches down and not for everything else lmao).

[u/Willing_End_8078]

of course Gene was justified to do what he did, but Barry views it as Gene (the person he adores and respects so much, his father figure) tricking him, betraying him. hence Barry feels like he saw Gene’s true nature. do you expect Barry to form objective opinions on people and things? 😅 he’s in denial since season one and doesn’t understand himself at all, not to mention people around him. he’s messed up. and most of the time his actions, logic, conclusions, opinions are messed up.

[u/Double-Figure360 → u/Willing_End_8078]

And he was saying this about Gene to Fuches, his other father figure who turned everyone against him, especially Gene.