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Atlanta – Season 3, Episode 4 The Big Payback

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Atlanta – Season 3, Episode 4

The Big Payback

Aired Apr 7, 2022

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11 Reviews

I was legit scared watching this.

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Uncomfortable in all the right ways, "The Big Payback" is a sharp, strange detour that shows just how far Atlanta is willing to push its satire.

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Donald Glover

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Donald Glover

Earnest "Earn" Marks

Brian Tyree Henry

Alfred "Paper Boi" Miles

LaKeith Stanfield

Darius

Zazie Beetz

Van

Dianne McGunigle

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Alan Sepinwall

Rolling Stone

04/08/2022

There’s a long history of comedies with losers at the center. But in this case, Marshall is such a forgettably milquetoast character that almost none of the jokes land, and the show’s attempts to escalate the premise instead feel repetitive.

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Jen Chaney

New York Magazine/Vulture

04/08/2022

For 36 minutes, this series dreams of the possibility that a new day could be born. But it also argues that we can’t get there without walking through some profound discomfort.

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Michael Martin

AV Club

04/08/2022

A-

This detour—a dark satire that tackles systemic racism and the concept of reparations, laying bare the worst nightmares of the anti-CRT brigade—is absolutely worth taking.

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Khal Davenport

The Ringer

11/16/2022

Even if you groan at the idea of another episode outside of the main story line, it’s hard to find these conversations being had on this platform in this manner.

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Kyndall Cunningham

The Daily Beast

04/12/2022

The FX series aired one of its most nuanced and thought-provoking episodes on Thursday night.

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Brian Richards

Pajiba

04/11/2022

The writing by Francesca Sloane is sharp, and the direction by Hiro Murai is as exceptional as always, but “The Big Payback” wouldn’t have worked nearly as well without Justin Bartha’s superb performance as Marshall.

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Synopsis

I was legit scared watching this.

Director: Hiro Murai
Creator: Donald Glover
Executive Producer: Dianne McGunigle, Donald Glover, Paul Simms, Hiro Murai, Stephen Glover
Screenwriter: Francesca Sloane
Network: FX
Rating: TV-MA
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Crime, History, Romance, Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date: Apr 7, 2022