The Bear

It's a show I like but don't love. The characters are interesting and get more layers in the second season but I don't know how much longer they can be full of so much drama without it feeling like things are running in place.

Part of it is I really have a hard time identifying with the sacrificial nature of the main characters merely in the pursuit of making food.

Also, Ayo Edebiri's giant front teeth are distracting, heh.

Ossoi said:

I am going to attempt season 1, for the third time, shortly.

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I loved the first season. Reminded me alot of my first few jobs. Still haven't seen the second season but plan to one day.

all 10 episodes are dropping this week.

i slept on the bear, my wife half wanted to watch and usually we don't have the time together but with season 3 dropping we've been watching 1-2 episodes a week for a month now. I really enjoyed season 1 but it wasn't crazy amazing or anything, just really good TV.

season 2 though. Jesus christ. I was kinda cool on the season after 4-5 episodes, not loving the "breadth" (so many tangents/side stories) of the season but the 7 Fishes episode has to be one of the most amazing hours of television I have really ever seen with an insane guest star list. Don't like to make snap judgements right after watching an episode but what an hour of TV, I think the Emmys for season 2 take place this year so it'll be interesting to see what happens there.

Solid first few episodes of season 3.

I won't be able to finish until tomorrow, but I have enjoyed it so far.

First episode is a strange, cerebral flashback with bits and pieces of what happened after the soft opening. Its... weird

It's crazy how good Jamie Lee Curtis is as an actor. She won that Oscar and everyone was upset, but shit like this proves she's earned it. Maybe not for what she won it for, but she definitely deserved it.

Holy shit yes she did!

Excellent season, exactly what I was looking for. Everything was slowed and focus on characters backrounds.

As a small restaurant owner, two silly observations.

1. Break down your !@%$ boxes!! (I have stood in a dumpster having to break them down and it is not fun)

2. In the history of going to Restaurant Depot, it has never been that clean or slow. lol

Watched ep1 last night, and it was nice to not feel stressed out, plus very little of that annoying cow Sydney

We watched the first episode last night and my wife hated it. I think because it was very disjointed and hard to follow what was present versus flashback, and then when the events were happening in relation to each other.

I thought it was decent but I enjoy character pieces. Which is probably why I liked that Richie stage episode in season 2 so much. And the Marcus one in Copenhagen.

I didn't worry about exact timeline, I just took it all as Cammy off to learn cheffing, then being at various places, Olivia Coleman being strict but nice and encouraging, and Joel McHale being an a-hole.

It was like 30% about "The Bear" and 70% about each individual character this season. On one hand, it's nice not having "X WENT WRONG!!!" every episode for the restaurant, on the other hand it felt a little too invested in other characters. The Fak stuff, while funny, is getting a little over the top this season. I like the cameos and stuff, but it's like everything is relatively grounded in the real world then you have fucking Looney Toons characters walking around. I also would like to know Ibrahim's backstory out of any of the secondary cast, because that dude says some wild shit about his past.

Hopefully season 4 (second half of season 3??!?) is more restaurant focused which the end of episode 10 made it seem like it should be.

I just really don't care for flashbacks as a narrative tool. They're almost always overused, drag on to long, and repeat things the audience already knows ad nauseum. We already know Carms history, the first episode was just pedantic and was basically an entire wasted episode of recap.

It wasn't "bad" it was just unnecessary filler. Just like the other flashbacks throughout the season.