“Barry” is back and after four series, he’s going out with a bang, writes “Streaming” columnist NICK OVERALL.

This month the curtain drops on the popular series about a hitman-turned wannabe actor who can’t seem to escape his life of crime. 

Now streaming its fourth and final season on Binge, this sublimely deranged drama-comedy comes from the mind of “Saturday Night Live” star Bill Hader, who most will have seen turn up in one movie here or another TV show there.

Here, however, Hader is well and truly the star of the show. He’s Barry Berkman, a top-of-the-line mercenary paid to take out high-profile clients. His deadly career takes a turn when one of his assignments finds him in an amateur drama class where he falls head over heels in love with a fellow student. 

It’s not long after Barry decides it’s time to leave his murderous work behind for a shot at Hollywood fame. His trials and tribulations only become more bizarre as this outlandish show goes on.

It is by far Hader’s best work. He’s starred in, produced, written and directed a solid chunk of the show’s 24 episodes thus far, which together have racked up nine well deserved Emmy awards.

The series has also evolved into a scathing takedown of the entertainment industry, painting a clear bullseye on the hollow nature of Hollywood.

But even on top of its superb blend of drama and comedy, “Barry” features action sequences that are thrilling enough to rival the endless list of TV shows in the streaming world that solely dedicate themselves to delivering pacey thrills.

Minor spoilers ahead for those not caught up: Season three ended with Barry finally behind bars, leaving many to question how this final season will unfold. Hader promises that for his intriguing character, the final set of episodes will see him ready for his “breakout” role and I personally can’t wait to see how the performance unfolds.

THIS month Amazon Prime Video is serving up a wickedly hilarious premise with their newest comedy-reality show “Jury Duty”.

In it, a fake jury of actors all play out a carefully scripted case. The twist? One poor sod believes it’s all real and is unaware that everyone’s in on the hoax except him.

Like some kind of weird legal version of “The Truman Show”, the series creators said the idea stemmed from a core question: “Was it possible to make a sitcom like ‘The Office’ about a trial, populate it with brilliant comedic performers, and put a real person at the centre of the show who doesn’t realise he’s surrounded by actors?”

That real person is Ronald Gladden, a Los Angeles everyman whose reactions we observe as the case around him descends into absurdity.

No matter how off-the-wall things get, Ronald is never the butt of the joke. A lot of the comedy stems from his unwavering ability to remain cool and try to find solutions in even the most silly situations.

The first four episodes are available now and the show is releasing two new episodes each week.

AND this month in shows-that-nobody-asked-for there’s “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies” – a prequel to, would you believe it, “Grease”.

These days every remotely popular thing has to have a prequel, sequel, or cinematic universe attached to it and this time it’s the 1978 musical that’s getting the treatment on Paramount Plus.

Set four years before the events of the beloved film, audiences return to Rydell High to see the story of four outcast girls and their rise to coolness in the iconic school.

While the show does include a cast that sports much musical and acting talent, it’s not enough to save this otherwise bland and unnecessary addition to the celebrated source material. Even “Grease 2” is more enjoyable – and that’s saying something.

It simply comes down to the fact that not everything needs the spin-off treatment and this is a crystal-clear example. Sometimes a story is best just told once and left to enjoy its legacy.

Tell me less, tell me less, less, less.