"crazytimesh*tshow" is the fifth episode of the third season of the American dark comedy crime drama television series Barry.
The series follows Barry Berkman, a hitman from Cleveland who travels to Los Angeles to kill someone but finds himself joining an acting class taught by Gene Cousineau, where he meets aspiring actress Sally Reed and begins to question his path in life as he deals with his criminal associates such as Monroe Fuches and NoHo Hank.
According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was seen by an estimated 0.257 million household viewers and gained a 0.04 ratings share among adults aged 18–49.
Albert Nguyen (James Hiroyuki Liao), whom Barry (Bill Hader) helped after being shot in the Korengal Valley, is now an FBI special agent; he visits Mae Dunn (Sarah Burns) and Chief Krauss (Gary Kraus) to help on Janice Moss's murder case.
When she complains to BanShe executives, they announce they will cancel the show, despite just being released to glowing reviews because it allegedly performed poorly on the algorithm.
Natalie (D'Arcy Carden) consoles Sally, stating that she created something special and that she learned a lot working with her.
Fernando's daughter and Cristobal's wife, Elena (Krizia Bajos), arrives in Los Angeles to avenge her father's death.
At dinner, Gene apologizes for his poor behavior in the past to Mantegna and a woman whom he previously dated, Annie (Laura San Giacomo).
Annie then states that Gene ruined her directing career by blacklisting her after she left him and leaves without accepting the apology.
Hader felt that Barry had "no real story" on the episode and decided to add more scenes with his roommates, the grocery bags and asking advice from Hank and Cristobal.
The title of the episode derives from one of the bosses commenting on the livestream “Batir, this is [a] crazy time shitshow” as the Chechens, Bolivians, and police fight over the heroin shop.
Club gave the episode an "A−" and wrote, "Either way, it felt like a small misstep in a show that is trying something exceedingly difficult: an elaborate comic conceit wrapped in a tragic vision.
"[7] Nick Harley of Den of Geek gave the episode a perfect 5 star rating out of 5 and wrote, "As I said up top, this episode is jam-packed and it's pretty successful with everything it presents, but it still leaves you wishing there was more time spent exploring Gene's mental state and where his feelings with Barry lie, or Barry trying to work through what exactly went wrong with Sally.