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Topic: The Bear [Dramedy]

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A young chef, Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto, inherits his family's Italian beef sandwich shop after the suicide of his older brother. He comes home to Chicago to run it, leaving behind his world of working in a Michelin star restaurant. He is left to deal with his brother's unresolved debts, a rundown kitchen, and an unruly staff, while dealing with his own pain and family trauma.

Airs on Hulu, FX, and Disney+.

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When this first came out a couple years ago, I wasn't in the mood for a slice of life show like this, but recently it's been getting high praise in the awards circuit so I marathoned it.  It's really good.  Richie played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach is very believable and steals the show.  At first it kinda reminded me of the movie Waiting... with Ryan Reynolds and Dane Cook, but The Bear is more of a drama than a comedy, there's some situational humor, but for the most part it's just stress and trauma.

The season 2 episode called Fishes, is a 1 hour 6 minute flashback, which basically felt like a self contained movie within the show, and Jamie-Lee Curtis plays this crazy mom that is the reason why her sons are such good cooks, and that episode was so good I had to create a forum just to let you guys know.  Check it out.

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paisley1 wrote:

When this first came out a couple years ago, I wasn't in the mood for a slice of life show like this, but recently it's been getting high praise in the awards circuit so I marathoned it.  It's really good.  Richie played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach is very believable and steals the show.  At first it kinda reminded me of the movie Waiting... with Ryan Reynolds and Dane Cook, but The Bear is more of a drama than a comedy, there's some situational humor, but for the most part it's just stress and trauma.

The season 2 episode called Fishes, is a 1 hour 6 minute flashback, which basically felt like a self contained movie within the show, and Jamie-Lee Curtis plays this crazy mom that is the reason why her sons are such good cooks, and that episode was so good I had to create a forum just to let you guys know.  Check it out.

That episode did my head in.  If my family were like that I think I'd disown them.

2020.  Meh.

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The trailer makes me believe that there's lots of drama, which I currently have enough of in my own life. big_smile

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@graybags, 2x06 was chaos portrayed at it's finest, and ya, I'd want out of that family too.  Next season though, I'd like to see Jamie-Lee Curtis in a more central role.

@Lighton, very mood dependent viewing, I binged it all at once because I was in the mood, so wait til that happens for you. 

My only complaint was that sometimes the background music was louder than the actors dialogue, and I found myself enjoying this great music, instead of following the story.  It made me check my audio system, lolz.

*Coincidentally:  Ebon Moss-Bachrach won the Critics Choice Award and Emmy.  Almost everyone on this show won Emmy's for season 2, the show itself won best comedy.

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3x1 Tomorrow - Sublime but also dizzying.  Piecing the timeline out of order so slowly and methodically really made me focus on what was happening when, but it also bordered on Tarantino, and was so artsy it might land a half step from a meme for sketch comedy, but I loved it and it landed perfect for me, and overall it was a welcomed break from all the yelling and screaming that goes on most of the time in this show.

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I just can't take Joel McHale seriously as the evil chef haunting Carmy's dreams, I just think he's joking every time he insults him. lol Loved the ending though, how Sydney took a picture of Carmy's food while he was a chef in New York.

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3x6 - Napkins, was my favorite episode of the season.  Season 3 is just an extension of season 2, with top notch performances once again.  Horrible cliffhanger season finale though, I'm still annoyed.

In the end, the real winner is Curtis Duffy from the real Ever Restaurant in Chicago, talk about great publicity.

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