Yes, the finale is kind of weird for being so open... But at the same time, this season crush me more than both last seasons... Episode 8 and Tina's episode where perfect
I said this in a different video, but Season 3 is about healing and characters. Everybody goes through healing and most of the by the end healed, except Carmy which is why it is a less stressful season than other making it feel different. It had a bit more filler, but it wasn't bad. But I guess it feels less intense and less impactful than the past two, because of them healing. Richie found purpose and his fights are now only with Carmy, who is the character who is still not allowing himself to heal and tries to force himself into different things (Changing the menu, quitting smoking, etc.) Syd is getting the same trauma that Carmy was inflicted without any of them realizing it, Marcus grew, Tina grew, Richie grew, Nat and DD grew which is why we don't have many stressfull moments. And the show has always been about trauma and generational trauma, yet this season had one of the best episodes in my opinion (Episode 1, 6 and 8 being some of my favorites in the whole show, as well as most of episode 10), as well as some of the worst (which for The Bear, it is still like a 7 or an 8)
I agree I feel like this season is getting a lot of hate because the main character doesn't make any progress. Everyone else feels like they are improving except our main two characters. On top of that Carmy actually regresses into a worse version of himself in an attempt to be better.
@@georgieboi1518 yes, that is what I felt. Which makes Marcus such a great character foil to Carm and Syd. Marcus keeps calm and knows he has to improve calmly to help The Bear after his mother dies, + he actually listens to her wishes to the last moment compared to Syd which is disregarding everything her fathet keeps telling her to take things slowly.
I worked for an abusive boss who also taught me everything I needed to know to make me the best in my industry ( including how NOT to treat co-workers) While I never had a problem giving him the credit for making all who worked with him a better employee….. on the day he called me to say he heard what an amazing reputation I had created for myself and apologizing for “not realizing how great you are” … all I could do (after a moment of silence) was say… “I gotta go!” before hanging up the phone.
@@dinocollins720 I am retired now… but, let’s just say I worked in a privately owned business which served Gov’t contractors in that industry… Sort of a consulting firm working with million dollar contracts….
THIS SEASON WAS POWERFUL . MOST THINGS IN LIFE ARE NOT RESOLVED. PEOPLE DO NOT EVOLVE IN SIX MONTHS. THEY MIGHT MAKE SOME SMALL CHANGES BUT USUALLY DO WHAT IS FAMILIAR OR REVERT BACK TO OLD HABITS. THE FLASHBACKS ARE GREAT BECAUSE YOU GET A SENSE OF WHY HE IS THE WAY HE IS. I TRULY LIKE THE SIDE CHARACTER STORIES. THE LAST EPISODE WAS NOT GROUNDBREAKING BUT IT SETS UP A TON OF MAJOR PLOT LINES. SOMETIMES I JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW SHOWS THAT YOU REALLY CAN FEEL THE TENSION AND ANXIETY OF THE PROTAGONIST
It's not that things weren't resolved. There were good moments this season, but those good moments didn't complete a cohesive narrative that was sufficiently entertaining to deal w/the fact that it was unresolved. This isn't life, it's TV. Can't be boring.
I agree 100% this is some of the most "real life" emotionally draining writing I have seen on screen in a long time. People want the masked singer, pearls before swine I tell ya
It's the most introspective season and definitely on the slower side, but I like it the more I think about it. I certainly understand the complaints though.
I also think the series creates a metalanguage that continues beyond the screen. The conflicting reviews of the series itself, the lack of resolution, the feeling that something is missing and precisely the review not being made available at the end, leaving us to imagine, it was certainly on purpose, as if the feeling we had this season was the feeling of the restaurant, something doesn't seem right. I don't agree with whoever said it doesn't add anything, I think it defines that Carmy, continuing the way it is, will not be able to succeed. In other seasons he was presented as a prodigy, someone to be followed, but the point of tension he experiences makes him, in his restaurant where he has absolutely EVERYTHING available to him (something he didn't have in The beef) still not enough. And more than that, people around him already realize that the glow of the restaurant comes from Sydney, who is not being heard at all. This season for me is a bridge, not a filler, it establishes the emotional situation of the characters for the finale.
I didn't really care for Season 3, tbh. I really enjoyed the first two seasons, but this one fell flat. It felt like they wasted a LOT of time during the episodes and nothing ever coming out of it
S3 is a quiet and contemplative season compared to the previous loud and bombastic seasons. There are 2 or 3 very powerful episodes. It is a little self-indulgent at times with some of its montages and character monologuing, but this is very much in line with the quiet and contemplative nature is delivered. This is a season where side and supporting characters get to shine the most and I liked that a lot. A lot of discussion on the industry and artform of cooking. I can't picture the season ending with Season 4 being the success it is and where they left all the various story lines, there are low production constraints, and this is a show that feels like it has the gas to go to a season 5 or season 6 depending on how they want it to end. Syd is probably going to leave, Carmy will probably hire his old buddy Will Poulter's character to take her place, they will both probably start dating keeping the connection together. Carmy will reconcile with Claire by the end of the season. Richie will probably date the hostess. It's going to be a season of LOVE. The only issue will Carmy needing further financing to keep the restaurant alive.
This season was like watching a movie with Robert DeNiro playing every part. No character listened to another or said anything without repeating it three times.
I think Season 3 is phenomenal! It gave me so much anxiety I had chest pains, but it was great! I think the conversation at the table was half indulgence into that world and half to juxtapose how Carmy had been running The Bear so he could hear it from people he respected as chefs. He was having that battle in his mind as he listened and stared down Chef David. The delivery of some of the lines was awkward, but once I got past their lack of acting chops and a little bit of cringe from Sydney and Luca, I enjoyed the episode. I want to see a couple characters from Ever continue on in the show. Maybe working at The Bear.
I read a lot, like a book or two a week. Mostly novels. I read a lot of serial novels as well. And so when I finished this season, I had the feeling like I unfortunately sometimes get reading an entry into a series I am making my way through, that Season 3 of the Bear was FILLER. As in virtually nothing happened. Why this is the case is the same reason authors do it, to ride the wave, and make more money. The first episode is literally just a montage. I do not think we got to a recognizable, story or character advancing episode until the 6th episode, Napkins. That episode felt like what the Bear built its reputation on. Mikey being in it was a huge part of why I liked it so much, him being one of my favorite characters despite only appearing in flashbacks, plus I finally feel like we moved Tine from a superficial character to a real perspective character for the show. I also enjoyed Episode 8, Ice Chips, where we see Sugar in labor at the hospital with her Mother. The conversations between her and her mom and then her Mom and Pete were The Bear at it's best. Episode 10 was probably the only episode of them all to somewhat advance the plot. All it did was essentially illuminate the issues with restaurant, and the possible path forward to remedy them. But nothing really happened. Every other episode was a wash, just kicking the can down the road. And I resent that.
i feel like this season, while the story was moving forward, was primarily a love letter to the art itself, before finishing the story. it's not always linear. it's not always just an uphill. it doesnt always has an instant resulution. it's natural to what anyone cursed with passion experiences at least once or twice (or 100 times tbh) on their parth.
S3 was frustrating but i feel that is part of the experience of being emersed in the world of the characters. Nothing was resolved. Thibgs felt stalled but coukd that be the point? Real life doesnt always have the perfect arc but in retrospect can still feel perfectly progressed. I enjoyed S3. S2 was on a different level, but this season felt important and necessary.
I can't NOT watch the show, but, I found Sydney's overuse of the words "Um" and "Oh" to be very annoying. I watched interviews, of Ayo, and realized that she really does overuse those words, in her real life, not just from script.
Imo you're being way too lenient, Pete. A good show is like a good meal. You can just eat it unfinished. This season felt like a circle jerk of chefs being way too into their bs craft. But what do I know? I love $3 cheeseburgers.
But honestly that checks out. As someone who’s in the industry especially in fine dining aspect so many of those chefs are so similar to this. Good and bad it’s a toxicity that’s unfortunate and still prevalent. Also we need to realize how little of time has actually passed with all 3 seasons were maybe at a year and a half max. That’s very little time for someone with the emotional issues that carmy has to have any type of progress especially with no professional help.
@@NikkixMarie7 totally. I've never worked fine dining but I know chefs who have and I worked restaurants for 20+ years. I thought this season was great. Just a few over-reaching comedy moments that didn't land for me but otherwise it had me enthralled.
I really appreciate how this show doesn't couple up everyone, especially in the workplace. Idk why people want Carmy and Sydney to end up together so badly. Like, NO Carmy is her boss and that is an unprofessional power dynamic. Smart women like Sydney would never make poor/impulsive decisions which risk their jobs that pay their rent.
I’d be lying if I said I enjoyed this season. Felt after watching 10 episodes, I realized they didn’t amount to very much, which is likely on purpose, but again it’d nice to follow a noticeable direction rather than just viewing fillers. My last tidbit, and it just may be me, but I don’t really like Syd’s character, she’s quite and annoying and often clueless, nothing against the actress obviously.
I wish now I'd just watched your review & not the entire season three 💚🇬🇧🌱 I'm still interested in the story but they really stretched out this time🤞 season for isn't as hard work to watch...
Strongly disagree. The entire first episode felt like a different show, hardly any dialogue. The things that might have felt "the same" to me were done with purpose to fit the overall story and Carmy's character arc. His main need is to deal with his trauma. The way he deals with people around him is a result of not dealing with that trauma. So a lot of that stuff has to remain a constant in the show even if it feels like we've been there. I'm not sure what else felt redundant I guess.
I wish we got more of Claire, what's her life been like? I still don't really get who she is as a person. Wasn't a fan of how much telling there was vs showing but I'll reserve judgment till season 4
I'm not sure i enjoyed this season at all, the haunting music all over the place, some suspect acting from a couple of the smaller parts & at times it felt like watching a badly made documentary💚🇬🇧🌱
How Claire could possibly haunt anyone is being me. She’s boring and feels more like a plot device than a person. So tired of this narrative that a woman is a man’s safe harbor and will magically heal the man.
this season was a psycheout, nothing really happened, at all. it was like one long 10 episode final ep epilogue of season 2, lots of filler like the faks, the bottle eps with mom/birth and tina, didn't hit, at least for me. found myself fast forwarding through most of the season, looks like all the "happening" will take place in the "to be continued" sesaon 4, but i felt the shows producers took advantage of us viewers, and the shows popularity, to push out an ill conceived bloat of a "season". i am severely dissapoint.
Actually, the creator told the network he only wanted 3 seasons and they pushed him to do 4… so yeah it’s the network’s fault in this case. Them filming the two seasons back to back was his way of compromising
I thought the first two seasons were great - I got my daughter to watch them and she liked them. Season 3 - I was apologizing for having wasted her time. Most of the time the writing was bad. And the FAKS - what the hell? I liked Niel and Ritchie's back and forth in Season 1, but adding Theodore in season 2 was annoying - back and forth trying to understand what each other was saying gets old fast. Adding John Cena in Season 3 was horrific - I found myself getting increasingly annoyed every time he barked a line. The photo session that was supposed to be such a big deal and the Faks are acting like 5 yr olds while it is going on?!? The Faks go to the hospital to see Claire. The Faks go to the hospital to see Sugar. The Faks just happen to be throwing a house party that Chef Terry drops in on??? Did Matty Matheson negotiate that he has to be in half the scenes? And who would want to go to a party with Carmy? The best written part of season 3 was where Ritchie and Tiffany learned how to get along. Mostly filler. Very little progression. Writing that at times seemed like it was on the level of fan fiction. Very disappointed.
The Faks, or simply main Fak is great, but adding so many for meandering meaningless scenes got dull AF. I'd rather they lean into just giving us more Richie scenes, since he's charismatic AF. Or IDK, let Syd have more scenes. I like Sug and really liked her one on one scenes w/Richie this year, but that ep w/Jamie Lee was so boring. Also, how many real chets do you need to screw in a lightbulb? How about none. It's a TV show, not reality. Also, why did they make the narrative choice to accept Carmy's non=negoitables? He wasn't the money. Jimmy and Sug could have nixed that shit. They showed in S2 finale they could if they had to run it w/out Carmy. also, if Richie and Carmy were icy all year, could we get more people talking about it and dealing w/it. All the staring into space got old AF.
@@mundanejane353 That is not how contracts and partnerships work in the real world. While this is a fictionalized version of the restaurant world, I don't think her other offer is all it's cracked up to be. Bear always says he wants The Bear to emulate the finest dining establishments.
that's a great way of putting it, it does insist on itself too much, the entire thing is belly button picking, and while knowing this, and being aware THEY'RE ALL AWARE all the time about everything (a more self actualized group of people i've never seen before), the first two seasons were at least enjoyable viewing from a plot progression standpoint, this season, they just spaffed it all up against the wall, giving us nothing but belly button grazing
season 3 way better than 2 not as good as 1. Season 3 much more of a character study with some great acting. Season 2 had way to much unrealistic kitchen operation that took me right out of the show.
I literally gave zero f u c k s about Sugar's baby delivery episode, Tina job hunting, and all the parts with Carmy's brother. It was annoying how we were teased about Carmy making up with his ex-girlfriend and literally nothing happened because the two of them were never placed in the same room the entire season! Not enough Richie. Not enough interactions between Carmy and Sydney. Not enough playful bickering and bantering as the previous seasons. We did get a few glimpses of Molly Ringwald's character leading a grief counseling session, however, whats the use if we havent seen any character growth from Carmy? He's the same exact character with PTSD from the cruel chef, only difference is he stopped smoking, and never even spoke during a single group session.
Still one of the best shows I’ve seen in years.
Yes, the finale is kind of weird for being so open... But at the same time, this season crush me more than both last seasons... Episode 8 and Tina's episode where perfect
I said this in a different video, but Season 3 is about healing and characters. Everybody goes through healing and most of the by the end healed, except Carmy which is why it is a less stressful season than other making it feel different. It had a bit more filler, but it wasn't bad. But I guess it feels less intense and less impactful than the past two, because of them healing. Richie found purpose and his fights are now only with Carmy, who is the character who is still not allowing himself to heal and tries to force himself into different things (Changing the menu, quitting smoking, etc.) Syd is getting the same trauma that Carmy was inflicted without any of them realizing it, Marcus grew, Tina grew, Richie grew, Nat and DD grew which is why we don't have many stressfull moments. And the show has always been about trauma and generational trauma, yet this season had one of the best episodes in my opinion (Episode 1, 6 and 8 being some of my favorites in the whole show, as well as most of episode 10), as well as some of the worst (which for The Bear, it is still like a 7 or an 8)
I agree I feel like this season is getting a lot of hate because the main character doesn't make any progress. Everyone else feels like they are improving except our main two characters. On top of that Carmy actually regresses into a worse version of himself in an attempt to be better.
@@georgieboi1518 yes, that is what I felt. Which makes Marcus such a great character foil to Carm and Syd. Marcus keeps calm and knows he has to improve calmly to help The Bear after his mother dies, + he actually listens to her wishes to the last moment compared to Syd which is disregarding everything her fathet keeps telling her to take things slowly.
I worked for an abusive boss who also taught me everything I needed to know to make me the best in my industry ( including how NOT to treat co-workers) While I never had a problem giving him the credit for making all who worked with him a better employee….. on the day he called me to say he heard what an amazing reputation I had created for myself and apologizing for “not realizing how great you are” … all I could do (after a moment of silence) was say… “I gotta go!” before hanging up the phone.
what do you do???
@@dinocollins720
I am retired now… but, let’s just say I worked in a privately owned business which served Gov’t contractors in that industry… Sort of a consulting firm working with million dollar contracts….
THIS SEASON WAS POWERFUL . MOST THINGS IN LIFE ARE NOT RESOLVED. PEOPLE DO NOT EVOLVE IN SIX MONTHS. THEY MIGHT MAKE SOME SMALL CHANGES BUT USUALLY DO WHAT IS FAMILIAR OR REVERT BACK TO OLD HABITS. THE FLASHBACKS ARE GREAT BECAUSE YOU GET A SENSE OF WHY HE IS THE WAY HE IS. I TRULY LIKE THE SIDE CHARACTER STORIES. THE LAST EPISODE WAS NOT GROUNDBREAKING BUT IT SETS UP A TON OF MAJOR PLOT LINES. SOMETIMES I JUST DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE EXPECT. THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW SHOWS THAT YOU REALLY CAN FEEL THE TENSION AND ANXIETY OF THE PROTAGONIST
@@dffndjdjd . YOU MAKE ZERO SENSE
It's not that things weren't resolved. There were good moments this season, but those good moments didn't complete a cohesive narrative that was sufficiently entertaining to deal w/the fact that it was unresolved. This isn't life, it's TV. Can't be boring.
I agree 100% this is some of the most "real life" emotionally draining writing I have seen on screen in a long time. People want the masked singer, pearls before swine I tell ya
Well said!
It's the most introspective season and definitely on the slower side, but I like it the more I think about it. I certainly understand the complaints though.
@@dffndjdjd No that's not what I mean.
Then, by introspective, you meant boring?
@@samadamms3432 Not to me no. I found the comedy to be weakest part of the season tbh.
I also think the series creates a metalanguage that continues beyond the screen. The conflicting reviews of the series itself, the lack of resolution, the feeling that something is missing and precisely the review not being made available at the end, leaving us to imagine, it was certainly on purpose, as if the feeling we had this season was the feeling of the restaurant, something doesn't seem right. I don't agree with whoever said it doesn't add anything, I think it defines that Carmy, continuing the way it is, will not be able to succeed. In other seasons he was presented as a prodigy, someone to be followed, but the point of tension he experiences makes him, in his restaurant where he has absolutely EVERYTHING available to him (something he didn't have in The beef) still not enough. And more than that, people around him already realize that the glow of the restaurant comes from Sydney, who is not being heard at all. This season for me is a bridge, not a filler, it establishes the emotional situation of the characters for the finale.
You just know, Chef Terry took one look at the Fak's and adored them instantly.
I didn't really care for Season 3, tbh. I really enjoyed the first two seasons, but this one fell flat. It felt like they wasted a LOT of time during the episodes and nothing ever coming out of it
S3 is a quiet and contemplative season compared to the previous loud and bombastic seasons. There are 2 or 3 very powerful episodes. It is a little self-indulgent at times with some of its montages and character monologuing, but this is very much in line with the quiet and contemplative nature is delivered. This is a season where side and supporting characters get to shine the most and I liked that a lot. A lot of discussion on the industry and artform of cooking. I can't picture the season ending with Season 4 being the success it is and where they left all the various story lines, there are low production constraints, and this is a show that feels like it has the gas to go to a season 5 or season 6 depending on how they want it to end. Syd is probably going to leave, Carmy will probably hire his old buddy Will Poulter's character to take her place, they will both probably start dating keeping the connection together. Carmy will reconcile with Claire by the end of the season. Richie will probably date the hostess. It's going to be a season of LOVE. The only issue will Carmy needing further financing to keep the restaurant alive.
I like your take on it.
This season was like watching a movie with Robert DeNiro playing every part. No character listened to another or said anything without repeating it three times.
I could see a Sydney/Luca thing before a Sydney/Marcus thing or a Sydney/Carmy thing.
Why am I watching this video when I haven't watched any of season 3 yet? I don't know, but I just enjoy your videos regardless.
S3 is not ruined or the worse. This is the season we needed.
Exactly!
So, Season 3 was Batman ????
I think Season 3 is phenomenal! It gave me so much anxiety I had chest pains, but it was great! I think the conversation at the table was half indulgence into that world and half to juxtapose how Carmy had been running The Bear so he could hear it from people he respected as chefs. He was having that battle in his mind as he listened and stared down Chef David. The delivery of some of the lines was awkward, but once I got past their lack of acting chops and a little bit of cringe from Sydney and Luca, I enjoyed the episode. I want to see a couple characters from Ever continue on in the show. Maybe working at The Bear.
I read a lot, like a book or two a week. Mostly novels. I read a lot of serial novels as well. And so when I finished this season, I had the feeling like I unfortunately sometimes get reading an entry into a series I am making my way through, that Season 3 of the Bear was FILLER. As in virtually nothing happened. Why this is the case is the same reason authors do it, to ride the wave, and make more money.
The first episode is literally just a montage. I do not think we got to a recognizable, story or character advancing episode until the 6th episode, Napkins.
That episode felt like what the Bear built its reputation on. Mikey being in it was a huge part of why I liked it so much, him being one of my favorite characters despite only appearing in flashbacks, plus I finally feel like we moved Tine from a superficial character to a real perspective character for the show. I also enjoyed Episode 8, Ice Chips, where we see Sugar in labor at the hospital with her Mother. The conversations between her and her mom and then her Mom and Pete were The Bear at it's best.
Episode 10 was probably the only episode of them all to somewhat advance the plot. All it did was essentially illuminate the issues with restaurant, and the possible path forward to remedy them. But nothing really happened.
Every other episode was a wash, just kicking the can down the road. And I resent that.
i feel like this season, while the story was moving forward, was primarily a love letter to the art itself, before finishing the story. it's not always linear. it's not always just an uphill. it doesnt always has an instant resulution. it's natural to what anyone cursed with passion experiences at least once or twice (or 100 times tbh) on their parth.
thank you for yor review!
Weak season and Claire is such a bore. Last episode was an intense one, loved the Tina episode. This was just a prepping for season 4 season.
Stellar breakdown and insights.
Definitely just a way to branch off each character more. Cuz didn't just focus on Carmy, it show Syd, Richie, Tina and Marcus life's a lil more to
I enjoy it cuz definitely keeps a cliffhanger wanting more
I don’t get why he didn’t apologize to Claire if they titled the episode apologies
S3 was frustrating but i feel that is part of the experience of being emersed in the world of the characters. Nothing was resolved. Thibgs felt stalled but coukd that be the point? Real life doesnt always have the perfect arc but in retrospect can still feel perfectly progressed.
I enjoyed S3. S2 was on a different level, but this season felt important and necessary.
I can't NOT watch the show, but, I found Sydney's overuse of the words "Um" and "Oh" to be very annoying. I watched interviews, of Ayo, and realized that she really does overuse those words, in her real life, not just from script.
I agree. I dont know why people like her acting so much. Jeremy Allen White still plays the same exact temperamental a hole like he did with shameless
Imo you're being way too lenient, Pete. A good show is like a good meal. You can just eat it unfinished. This season felt like a circle jerk of chefs being way too into their bs craft. But what do I know? I love $3 cheeseburgers.
But honestly that checks out. As someone who’s in the industry especially in fine dining aspect so many of those chefs are so similar to this. Good and bad it’s a toxicity that’s unfortunate and still prevalent. Also we need to realize how little of time has actually passed with all 3 seasons were maybe at a year and a half max. That’s very little time for someone with the emotional issues that carmy has to have any type of progress especially with no professional help.
@@NikkixMarie7 totally. I've never worked fine dining but I know chefs who have and I worked restaurants for 20+ years. I thought this season was great. Just a few over-reaching comedy moments that didn't land for me but otherwise it had me enthralled.
Loved it
I think Luca and Sydney will get into a relationship in season 4.
that seems like a solid prediction
I really appreciate how this show doesn't couple up everyone, especially in the workplace. Idk why people want Carmy and Sydney to end up together so badly. Like, NO Carmy is her boss and that is an unprofessional power dynamic. Smart women like Sydney would never make poor/impulsive decisions which risk their jobs that pay their rent.
@Stormy_Cloud I view Carmy and Syd as business partners and I like them together, but to each their own 🤷🏽♀️
@@Stormy_Cloud They have chemistry. They should fucck.
I’d be lying if I said I enjoyed this season. Felt after watching 10 episodes, I realized they didn’t amount to very much, which is likely on purpose, but again it’d nice to follow a noticeable direction rather than just viewing fillers. My last tidbit, and it just may be me, but I don’t really like Syd’s character, she’s quite and annoying and often clueless, nothing against the actress obviously.
I wish now I'd just watched your review & not the entire season three 💚🇬🇧🌱 I'm still interested in the story but they really stretched out this time🤞 season for isn't as hard work to watch...
The whole season felt redundant and directionless.
Strongly disagree. The entire first episode felt like a different show, hardly any dialogue. The things that might have felt "the same" to me were done with purpose to fit the overall story and Carmy's character arc. His main need is to deal with his trauma. The way he deals with people around him is a result of not dealing with that trauma. So a lot of that stuff has to remain a constant in the show even if it feels like we've been there. I'm not sure what else felt redundant I guess.
It was so boring. Incredibly insider baseball and the audience be damned. So incredibly self-indulgent and lackluster.
I wish we got more of Claire, what's her life been like? I still don't really get who she is as a person. Wasn't a fan of how much telling there was vs showing but I'll reserve judgment till season 4
Yeah - we only got a tidbit at the end.
I'm not sure i enjoyed this season at all, the haunting music all over the place, some suspect acting from a couple of the smaller parts & at times it felt like watching a badly made documentary💚🇬🇧🌱
How Claire could possibly haunt anyone is being me. She’s boring and feels more like a plot device than a person. So tired of this narrative that a woman is a man’s safe harbor and will magically heal the man.
this season was a psycheout, nothing really happened, at all. it was like one long 10 episode final ep epilogue of season 2, lots of filler like the faks, the bottle eps with mom/birth and tina, didn't hit, at least for me. found myself fast forwarding through most of the season, looks like all the "happening" will take place in the "to be continued" sesaon 4, but i felt the shows producers took advantage of us viewers, and the shows popularity, to push out an ill conceived bloat of a "season". i am severely dissapoint.
Actually, the creator told the network he only wanted 3 seasons and they pushed him to do 4… so yeah it’s the network’s fault in this case. Them filming the two seasons back to back was his way of compromising
@@markc8329 makes sense
My least favorite season. But I’m not giving up on it! 😅
@@markc8329I love the pettiness 😂
@@markc8329damn I wanted this show to keep going 😩😭😭
I thought the first two seasons were great - I got my daughter to watch them and she liked them. Season 3 - I was apologizing for having wasted her time. Most of the time the writing was bad. And the FAKS - what the hell? I liked Niel and Ritchie's back and forth in Season 1, but adding Theodore in season 2 was annoying - back and forth trying to understand what each other was saying gets old fast. Adding John Cena in Season 3 was horrific - I found myself getting increasingly annoyed every time he barked a line. The photo session that was supposed to be such a big deal and the Faks are acting like 5 yr olds while it is going on?!? The Faks go to the hospital to see Claire. The Faks go to the hospital to see Sugar. The Faks just happen to be throwing a house party that Chef Terry drops in on??? Did Matty Matheson negotiate that he has to be in half the scenes? And who would want to go to a party with Carmy? The best written part of season 3 was where Ritchie and Tiffany learned how to get along.
Mostly filler. Very little progression. Writing that at times seemed like it was on the level of fan fiction. Very disappointed.
The Faks weren't throwing a house party, the party was at Syd's and the Faks stopped by/were invited/crashed it, not sure which.
The Faks, or simply main Fak is great, but adding so many for meandering meaningless scenes got dull AF. I'd rather they lean into just giving us more Richie scenes, since he's charismatic AF. Or IDK, let Syd have more scenes. I like Sug and really liked her one on one scenes w/Richie this year, but that ep w/Jamie Lee was so boring. Also, how many real chets do you need to screw in a lightbulb? How about none. It's a TV show, not reality. Also, why did they make the narrative choice to accept Carmy's non=negoitables? He wasn't the money. Jimmy and Sug could have nixed that shit. They showed in S2 finale they could if they had to run it w/out Carmy. also, if Richie and Carmy were icy all year, could we get more people talking about it and dealing w/it. All the staring into space got old AF.
Felt like filler and the Faks were annoying. Rolled my eyes every time they were onscreen together
The Bear Season 3, losing the pot in the sauce.
??
Counterpoint: Syd can't be treated as a partner until she signs on as partner. Edit: That is why everyone keeps telling her to sign the agreement.
I don't think so. Carmy will always see her as a subordinate
@@mundanejane353 That is not how contracts and partnerships work in the real world. While this is a fictionalized version of the restaurant world, I don't think her other offer is all it's cracked up to be. Bear always says he wants The Bear to emulate the finest dining establishments.
Awful waste of hours of my life ..
I tapped out after season 2. It was just repetitive and never really went anywhere
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@@dustyhills8911 face palm all you want. Turns out this season wasn’t much better
The show kind of went of the rails, it insists on itself too much.
that's a great way of putting it, it does insist on itself too much, the entire thing is belly button picking, and while knowing this, and being aware THEY'RE ALL AWARE all the time about everything (a more self actualized group of people i've never seen before), the first two seasons were at least enjoyable viewing from a plot progression standpoint, this season, they just spaffed it all up against the wall, giving us nothing but belly button grazing
season 3 way better than 2 not as good as 1. Season 3 much more of a character study with some great acting.
Season 2 had way to much unrealistic kitchen operation that took me right out of the show.
I literally gave zero f u c k s about Sugar's baby delivery episode, Tina job hunting, and all the parts with Carmy's brother. It was annoying how we were teased about Carmy making up with his ex-girlfriend and literally nothing happened because the two of them were never placed in the same room the entire season! Not enough Richie. Not enough interactions between Carmy and Sydney. Not enough playful bickering and bantering as the previous seasons. We did get a few glimpses of Molly Ringwald's character leading a grief counseling session, however, whats the use if we havent seen any character growth from Carmy? He's the same exact character with PTSD from the cruel chef, only difference is he stopped smoking, and never even spoke during a single group session.