Television The Bear (FX)

I think I can best summarize my thoughts in that I loved every episode but I didn’t love the season. It was absolutely beautiful and it was cool to see the creative team fuck around for a bit. But ultimately I needed a bit more beef.
 
As a former chef who worked in fine dining, I find the show stressful, sad, brutal, occasionally uplifting, sometimes brilliant and totally depressing.
Pretty much like my time working in kitchens.
 
I'm in the minority here and think this may be the best season so far. I believe it does the best in character development and explaining the characters.
 
The first episode of season 3 is so bad the GF and I turned it off after 30 minutes. 30 minutes of highlights and putting stuff on food with almost zero dialog. It was truly terrible.
 
Caught up on The Bear, and I enjoyed the season overall, but it was a bit chaotic and slow paced. There were more episodes out of the kitchen/restaurant, then in. Was cool to see Carmie's in flashbacks, how Tina ended up working at The Beef, and of course flashbacks with Mikey. John Bernthal kills that role! The finale episode was good and the ending was good/funny. What will happen with the review! lmao!

Also, the Cena cameo as a Fak was great! He fit right in with their personality type. I liked seeing Christina Tossi cameo in the finale as well.
 
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Had to force myself to sit through the whole season and hated every fucking minute of it. 30 minute episodes felt like full feature films. I was hoping by the season finale something would happen, but not even the review was revealed. Not even that. What an underwhelming, pointless season. This was even worse than season 2 of House of the dragon. Done with the show for good.
 
Anyone watch season 4 yet? I was disappointed with the third season so I haven't bothered with the fourth yet, but I'll probably watch at some point.
 
Jackonfire said:
Anyone watch season 4 yet? I was disappointed with the third season so I haven't bothered with the fourth yet, but I'll probably watch at some point.
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It can really drag at times. It's a bit better, but closer to the third season than the first two.
 
Jackonfire said:
Anyone watch season 4 yet? I was disappointed with the third season so I haven't bothered with the fourth yet, but I'll probably watch at some point.
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I rewatched the 3rd season (which I had found a bit underwhelming, other than the amazing 1st episode) to get ready for season 4.

An interesting thing, I enjoyed season 3 WAAYY more on the rewatch than I did the first time. Something about expectations I guess.

Then this year's season 4, I'd rate even better than 3.

For sure worth a watch. Beautiful show
 
Peteyandjia said:
I rewatched the 3rd season (which I had found a bit underwhelming, other than the amazing 1st episode) to get ready for season 4.

An interesting thing, I enjoyed season 3 WAAYY more on the rewatch than I did the first time. Something about expectations I guess.

Then this year's season 4, I'd rate even better than 3.

For sure worth a watch. Beautiful show
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I don't know what you saw in S03E01. I'm a patient viewer, and I admire pure cinema, but when all it's doing is expressing an experience or mindset vicariously, like Polanski did with The Piano, or that episode, I don't care if I can even justify it as an idea, it just bores me to tears. I think Chris here summed it up perfectly.
chrisdiaz said:
The first episode of season 3 is so bad the GF and I turned it off after 30 minutes. 30 minutes of highlights and putting stuff on food with almost zero dialog. It was truly terrible.
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I think episode 6 of season 3 ("Napkins" aka the Tina episode) was the best episode of the season by a wide margin.
 
Oh, I would like to highlight my favorite piece of music from the season (S04E04). Such a cool change in mood starting at 1:39. They used it so seamlessly in the dialogue scene between Sydney and her niece.


In the penultimate episode they played Eddie Vedder's fantastic cover of "Save it for Later". I know they played him in an earlier season. I think it might have been this same song, too lazy to check. Pretty sure that would make it the only song that got repeated.
 
I have been preaching the gospel of the bear since it started. Folks are coming back to me now after I told the about it in 2022 and they dismissed it at first.
 
Madmick said:
I don't know what you saw in S03E01. I'm a patient viewer, and I admire pure cinema, but when all it's doing is expressing an experience or mindset vicariously, like Polanski did with The Piano, or that episode, I don't care if I can even justify it as an idea, it just bores me to tears. I think Chris here summed it up perfectly.


I think episode 6 of season 3 ("Napkins" aka the Tina episode) was the best episode of the season by a wide margin.
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I frikkin Loved Napkins

The 3 premiere is a near perfect work of art to me. My 2nd favorite episode in the entire series, after Fishes of course. I wasn't expecting one long song with almost no dialogue to be the entire episode, it caught me off guard, & hit me just right. I still remember seeing it for the first time a year ago, that night I had to go somewhere after, & I just drove around with that song on repeat. Couldn't get that episode out of my head for a week. It's like a 30 minute meditation, with some real stingers of emotion peppered in. I respect the artsy ballsy choice to just do something like that in a premiere too. For me it was the best ep of the season. Although Tina & Michael in Napkins was the best scene. Followed probably by Carm vs his sensei in the finale


 
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