1. "very uneven. it still rips, just not as much." In response to Reply # 0
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.
14. "I didn't love it..." In response to Reply # 2
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.
5. "E5: Children" In response to Reply # 0 Sat Jun-29-24 04:03 PM by will_5198
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.
6. "E6: Napkins" In response to Reply # 0 Sat Jun-29-24 04:04 PM by will_5198
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.
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.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 81716 posts
Fri Jul-05-24 08:48 AM
12. "They ruined a good thing with that last episode" In response to Reply # 0
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.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
15. "Very disappointing but still has its moments. 1 thing going forward:" In response to Reply # 0
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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