
I think we wanted to explore it in the space. You know, we didn’t really talk too much about the details. What conversations did you have with Michael Irby about Hank killing his character, and Hank’s eventual death? You live the life of a gangster, you have the death of a gangster.

I do remember having one conversation with him, and we were able to unpack it and really understand that Hank having made these decisions to double down, in terms of him trying to be a gangster, have ultimately led to his demise. I’m not entirely sure when Bill told me, which is a good indicator that I totally blocked it out of denial. Variety interviewed Carrigan about fear, heartbreak and the demise of North Hollywood Henry.ĭid you already know Hank was going to die when you started shooting Season 4? A shootout erupts, and Hank dies at the feet of his Cristobal statue, miserably holding its hand. Hank begins talking through how scared he felt, and how much he loved Cristobal, but stops himself at the last second, calls Fuches a liar and says that the deal is off. Instead of putting Sally and John in harm’s way, Hank has the option of confessing to Cristobal’s murder, and Fuches will leave him alone. He kidnaps Sally (Sarah Golberg) and their son, John (Zachary Golinger), to lure Barry forth, but Fuches ends up giving him an easier choice.

He then spends the next eight years denying he had anything to do with the hit, which puts him back in harm’s way after Fuches (Stephen Root) brings it up after his prison release and their argument devolves into a violent feud.ĭesperate for his safety, Hank decides to help Fuches carry out his vengeance on Barry. And when Cristobal breaks up with him over it, Hank has his lover killed, too. Confronting mortality in that way makes Hank feel so weak and scared that he brutally murders his and Cristobal’s business partners as soon as he gets the chance to regain the protection of his Chechen brethren. In the Season 3 finale, Hank is forced to murder Cristobal’s homophobic wife, who has kidnapped and tortured him.
