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Topic subject | The Bear Season 3 |
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750575, The Bear Season 3 Posted by bwood, Thu Jun-27-24 05:04 AM
Watched the first two episodes last night. Honna watch a couple more before work.
Out the gate the tension is there. Final moment of episode 2 had me fist pumping.
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750580, very uneven. it still rips, just not as much. Posted by will_5198, Sat Jun-29-24 03:50 PM
seems to suffer from having the final season stretched over two halves, especially with the lack of the forward-moving inertia from S1 and S2.
some great moments. but some weird victory-lap moments that I thought were too self-referential.
like a true Michelin-star restaurant, expectations have changed and this season will be picked apart because of how good the others were. and although several critiques will be deserved, when it hits, it is still one of my favorite shows on TV.
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750581, E1: Tomorrow Posted by will_5198, Sat Jun-29-24 03:55 PM
absolutely incredible full-episode music montage
actually shooting at Daniel and having Boulud and Redzepi cameo shows how much everyone wants to be part of The Bear's moment
looking back, this was the best episode of the season
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750592, This was fantastic. Posted by LeroyBumpkin, Sun Jun-30-24 01:02 PM
I love that this show gets a runway to try episodes like this. Especially at the start of the season.
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750622, I didn't love it... Posted by Marbles, Tue Jul-09-24 11:33 AM
I absolutely can see what they were trying to do.
But after waiting for the show to come back, it didn't move the story forward in any way for me. It felt like a long ass trailer for season 3, sprinkled in with some flashbacks we hadn't seen before.
It set the table but it didn't satisfy my hunger.
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750582, E2 and E3: Next, Doors Posted by will_5198, Sat Jun-29-24 03:57 PM
pure restaurant dysfunction at a higher level; classic Bear episodes
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750583, E4: Violet Posted by will_5198, Sat Jun-29-24 03:59 PM
Sydney's dad is awesome
the stuff with Richie's ex and daughter was also a stronger point this season
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750584, E5: Children Posted by will_5198, Sat Jun-29-24 04:01 PM
an absolute low point for the entire series. there is a cameo here that completely breaks the show for a moment and is offensive to the viewer -- it goes against everything that has made The Bear a success.
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750585, E6: Napkins Posted by will_5198, Sat Jun-29-24 04:03 PM
thank god this was the next episode. Ayo in the director seat! Tina gets the Forks treatment and this is an all-time for the series. really shows why people become so attached to the food industry even through all the bullshit attached. a home for those without a home.
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750637, ^^^ Best episode of the season. Posted by LeroyBumpkin, Wed Jul-10-24 10:43 PM
Wonderful television.
This and episode 1 were my favorites.
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750586, E7 E8: Legacy, Ice Chips Posted by will_5198, Sat Jun-29-24 04:05 PM
E7 should be called C-Folds
Jamie Lee Curtis nails it once again, this was just as good as her performance last year but in a different way
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750587, E9: Apologies Posted by will_5198, Sat Jun-29-24 04:06 PM
the scene with Richie and Tiff was so damn good. loved that whole subplot this season.
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750588, S10: Forever Posted by will_5198, Sat Jun-29-24 04:18 PM
this was a little too much for me.
most of the actual chefs did a fine job acting (or just talking), but it became a bit overwhelming to the pace of the episode so everyone could get their bit in.
what's interesting is that Joel McHale's character -- who has glasses like Charlie Trotter (Chicago chef who is both an American fine dining legend and notoriously over the top asshole) -- is seen as this disparate character who is everything a head chef should *not* be.
but Thomas Keller, who guest stars in the same episode as a loving and patient roast chicken master, was known for his crazy temper when he ran The French Laundry day to day. he fired a ton of people over the smallest cooking infractions. Redzepi (Noma) is shown as this mythical Copehagen zen master and even in his own documentary there are plenty of times when he is a fucking dickhead to his entire staff.
The Bear seemed to start as a show that questioned if restaurants like Ever and TFL were worth the pain and degradation it took to make them excellent, but now that those actual chefs *like* the show (that's not me!), they are being integrated into it, glowingly.
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750595, I liked it. Just not as much as the first two seasons. Posted by bwood, Mon Jul-01-24 06:37 AM
It's definitely a step down, but I'm still excited for the fourth season.
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750609, They ruined a good thing with that last episode Posted by legsdiamond, Fri Jul-05-24 08:48 AM
first off, I don’t give a shit about all the war stories by all these other chefs.
second, having flashbacks from the whole season or series is lazy af.
Had high hopes after the first 2 episodes and felt like this Season would push it into one of my top 5 series but this season fell off towards the end
The episodes with ole girl looking for work and finding the Bear or having the baby. Those episodes make this show great. The chaos in the kitchen as well.
Carmy in his head for half an episode.. wack.
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750616, It just clicked to me why I thouht Ayo Edebiri looked so familiar to me. Posted by Buddy_Gilapagos, Sun Jul-07-24 02:34 PM
Like from the first episode ,I was wondering why she seemed so familiar which didn't make sense because the Bear was her first really major role.
Then watching her this season I realize she was reminded me of, and I was confusing her with Zelda Harris from Crooklyn when she was younger.
********** "Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson
"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"
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750624, Very disappointing but still has its moments. 1 thing going forward: Posted by khn, Tue Jul-09-24 02:30 PM
Get the Faks the fuck out of the paint. As occasional comic relief before, they worked ok. This season showed it really shouldn't ever really go further than that. I took it as a queue to tune out when any episode regrettably cut to them doing their frick and frack thing - and it felt like that happened a lot. A lot a lot. I really don't care about Matty Matheson the celebrity chef, so him yucking it up is pretty blah in general, and not really acceptable when that screen time could be going to literally any other of the awesome stable of characters they have.
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750625, If I can never hear the word "haunted" ever again it'd be too soon Posted by navajo joe, Tue Jul-09-24 03:09 PM
I gave up on the season and probably won't end up bothering to finish it.
apparently, HULU wanted an additional season so they got one even though there clearly wasn't enough story to justify it and it really shows.
I honestly could have done without anything other than the first episode and maybe Glorias since she deserved it.
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750636, This. (SPOILER) Posted by LeroyBumpkin, Wed Jul-10-24 10:42 PM
>apparently, HULU wanted an additional season so they got one >even though there clearly wasn't enough story to justify it >and it really shows.
They held us hostage all season with the review and whether Sydney was going to sign the contract. I'm assuming they shot both S3 and 4 together.
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