New season dropped yesterday!

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Anonymous wrote:So I finally finished the season. It took me way longer than the first two seasons. It was a slog- depressing, nothing happened.

The last episode had some fun moments. Sydny is so much lighter when talking with the other chefs at dinner. I kind of wish she and Lucas would open their own restaurant. Carmy and his family are just too sad to watch. There was no growth.

I will say I think Joel McHale should be nominated for that one scene in episode 10. I knew it was a bad season when I agreed with some of what he said. But he was excellent.

Outside the men’s room?

Yes that scene. I just thought he was so cold and honest and brutal. It was good. And what Carmy needed to hear.

dp - I loved this scene as well! I loved how he is being such an a$$hole but simultaneously complimenting the F out of him (telling him he's amazing now, etc). Joel killed it there.

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Anonymous wrote:I dislike the fine dining angle. Kept hoping to see more in the Italian beef shop. The few moments that were shown in season 3 had so much more energy, warmth, humor..

There’s so much out there (mostly movies) about chasing a Michelin star(s), and The Bear doesn’t really have anything new to say about that.

I think that’s the point. which is “better” - The Beef or The Bear. What is the definition of successful. Even Sugar says in passing that the sandwich window is the only thing actually making money.

Yeah I think the final season has to be about The Bear moving away from the lackluster fine dining and back to its authentic roots.

I wish they delved in more into the practical aspects of how you can make fine dining work -- e.g., balancing high end ingredients with more affordable, figuring out economies of scale, direct sourcing, etc. It seemed like they were going to do a little of that, but then the answer was just "no, we'd rather just dive directly into the financial drain because Carmy is crazy." Those scenes where he is obsessing over where to put one scallion, and then throwing out the entire plate of tenderloin because he didn't like how the scallion was placed just drive me nuts. It is everything that I hate about the current trends in high-end dining -- this obsession with "you eat first with your eyes" and coming up with weird innovations -- rather than just trying to have good quality ingredients that are skillyfully prepared and taste good. I don't really care where you put the scallion and am I even supposed to eat that random grilled scallion balanced on top of the meat? I feel like they need less "carmy is losing it" drama and more scenes of how to make a restaurant work and everyone working together to make that happen. It felt like the writers just sort of cheaped out, and they went with a lot of drama montage flash-back scenes.

Still watching season 3, but watched the episode “ice chips” with Jamie Lee Curtis. Brilliant does not begin to describe her work in this series.

Anonymous wrote:So I finally finished the season. It took me way longer than the first two seasons. It was a slog- depressing, nothing happened.

The last episode had some fun moments. Sydny is so much lighter when talking with the other chefs at dinner. I kind of wish she and Lucas would open their own restaurant. Carmy and his family are just too sad to watch. There was no growth.

I will say I think Joel McHale should be nominated for that one scene in episode 10. I knew it was a bad season when I agreed with some of what he said. But he was excellent.

Agree with all this too. It took me a LONG time. Glad I wasn't the only one.

I did not realize I was watching the last episode! It was well done. It took me forever though. Weeks, maybe.

I love Smashing Pumpkins and that was a perfect use of an amazing song.

As someone who is recently divorced and still very much cares about and appreciates my ex, that scene with Richie and Tiff at the playground really resonated. Another possibly perfect scene.

Napkins had me ugly crying.

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Anonymous wrote:So I finally finished the season. It took me way longer than the first two seasons. It was a slog- depressing, nothing happened.

The last episode had some fun moments. Sydny is so much lighter when talking with the other chefs at dinner. I kind of wish she and Lucas would open their own restaurant. Carmy and his family are just too sad to watch. There was no growth.

I will say I think Joel McHale should be nominated for that one scene in episode 10. I knew it was a bad season when I agreed with some of what he said. But he was excellent.

Outside the men’s room?

Yes that scene. I just thought he was so cold and honest and brutal. It was good. And what Carmy needed to hear.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dislike the fine dining angle. Kept hoping to see more in the Italian beef shop. The few moments that were shown in season 3 had so much more energy, warmth, humor..

There’s so much out there (mostly movies) about chasing a Michelin star(s), and The Bear doesn’t really have anything new to say about that.

I think that’s the point. which is “better” - The Beef or The Bear. What is the definition of successful. Even Sugar says in passing that the sandwich window is the only thing actually making money.

Yeah I think the final season has to be about The Bear moving away from the lackluster fine dining and back to its authentic roots.

Anonymous wrote:So I finally finished the season. It took me way longer than the first two seasons. It was a slog- depressing, nothing happened.

The last episode had some fun moments. Sydny is so much lighter when talking with the other chefs at dinner. I kind of wish she and Lucas would open their own restaurant. Carmy and his family are just too sad to watch. There was no growth.

I will say I think Joel McHale should be nominated for that one scene in episode 10. I knew it was a bad season when I agreed with some of what he said. But he was excellent.

Outside the men’s room?

Anonymous wrote:So I finally finished the season. It took me way longer than the first two seasons. It was a slog- depressing, nothing happened.

The last episode had some fun moments. Sydny is so much lighter when talking with the other chefs at dinner. I kind of wish she and Lucas would open their own restaurant. Carmy and his family are just too sad to watch. There was no growth.

I will say I think Joel McHale should be nominated for that one scene in episode 10. I knew it was a bad season when I agreed with some of what he said. But he was excellent.

Agree with all of this.

So I finally finished the season. It took me way longer than the first two seasons. It was a slog- depressing, nothing happened.

The last episode had some fun moments. Sydny is so much lighter when talking with the other chefs at dinner. I kind of wish she and Lucas would open their own restaurant. Carmy and his family are just too sad to watch. There was no growth.

I will say I think Joel McHale should be nominated for that one scene in episode 10. I knew it was a bad season when I agreed with some of what he said. But he was excellent.

Maybe the actually the review says “why’d they change the place to fine dining - fine dining is dime a dozen but the heart, soul and amazing sandwiches at the window is what the world actually wants and needs”

Anonymous wrote:I dislike the fine dining angle. Kept hoping to see more in the Italian beef shop. The few moments that were shown in season 3 had so much more energy, warmth, humor..

There’s so much out there (mostly movies) about chasing a Michelin star(s), and The Bear doesn’t really have anything new to say about that.

I think that’s the point. which is “better” - The Beef or The Bear. What is the definition of successful. Even Sugar says in passing that the sandwich window is the only thing actually making money.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you notice that the "one person" episode focus specifically on Richie and Tina were called Forks and Napkins?

And?

Ritchie's previous growth episode was about polishing forks
When Tina came to The Beef for the first time, Mikey was filling the napkins

Anonymous wrote:Did you notice that the "one person" episode focus specifically on Richie and Tina were called Forks and Napkins?

And?