THE BEAR Season 3 is Kinda Bad? (Spoiler Review)
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- Опубліковано 10 лип 2024
- My spoiler review of 'The Bear' Season 3, starring Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, etc.
Synopsis:
"A young chef from the fine dining world comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death in his family. A world away from what he's used to, Carmy must balance the soul-crushing realities of small business ownership, his strong-willed and recalcitrant kitchen staff and his strained familial relationships, all while grappling with the impact of his brother's suicide. As Carmy fights to transform both the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew that ultimately reveals itself as his chosen family."
0:00 intro
0:25 visuals
0:54 dialogue
1:22 the characters
8:35 problems
14:25 when should it end
15:15 rating
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Nah people saying it was the best season are hardcore glazing.
I agree that this season should have had more direction and problems resolved. However, I really respect how they handled some of the interpersonal conflicts. In reality, most people are conflict avoidant and are too scared to make amends with loved ones, especially people struggling with mental health problems
That’s true. If anything the show is a little TOO real
that is the thing we dont watch shows to see real life infact if anything we watch them bcuz they are diffrent from real life that doesnt mean that characters cant be real just the events need to be paced better
I agree this season was disappointing, not bad, but way weaker than the previous ones. Season 1 set the bar too high. I'd give S01 a 9, S02 a 8 and S03 a 7.
Agreed. The reason this previous seasons were so great was that we saw the satisfying improvement of the restaurant over time. Here that improvement plateaued and landed on this weird spot of 'well what do we do now'. Only way this is salvageable is if - as said in the video - this was the 'calm before the storm' before season 4.
My hopes is that Sydney takes the offer and then you see a rivalry between Carmie and Sydney to who truly is the better chef. Sydney was getting a lot of props by everyone but Carmie and it's definitely implied that she is upset that Carmie is being credited with all of the improvements to the bear when in reality without Sydney most of it wouldn't be possible. Then it would tie in beautifully to what Carmie said about restaurants continually stealing chefs and components from other restaurants until the greats emerge. Sydney could be that great chef, dethroning Carmie, and as this realisation hits it's too late for Carmie to stop the inevitable crumbling of the bear. Him being an Icarus of sorts who flew too close to the sun. Perhaps even to add to this, because Sydney can make her own team, she offers jobs to Marcus and the others causes a further conflict. A 'chef civil war' where Sydney tells Marcus she can become great if she leaves Carmie's shadow or Tina leaves because she will be paid better to help her family. Perhaps Marcus stays, and Richie as well as even though they had the huge argument, he would never leave his family. Maybe Tina is the only one to go and thus it becomes Tina and Sydney vs Marcus Carmie + the others of course. And in this fall of Carmie and the bear, he lets go of this need to do so well at being a chef because he realises that this drive was only to impress Michael, and so is a toxic way of him holding onto the past. He then eases up and ends up back with Claire as they attend Sydney at her new restaurant and the mantle passes on as prophecised. Sydney offers Marcus a job at the restaurant but he declines and makes his own patisserie. Richie ends up dating Jessica from the three star restaurant thus 'surrounding himself with better people outside of work'. Tina is happy working under Sydney.
All i will say is that if you cant understand the nuance of recovery from trauma then i am truly extremely happy for you. I found this to be the most relatable season so far. The way that someones self esteem has been so destroyed by trauma that they sabotage the good things they've worked for. Wanting to make things better and not knowing how. Turning into what yhey despise. On the surface this show may be about a restaurant, but thats just the vehicle for showing what the family disease alcoholism and addiction does to everyone involved, the trauma of it. This season was so fucking real. Subtle, yes, but thats the point. It IS subtle.
I don’t agree that Carmy didn’t have much to do and his character wasn’t developed further. A lot of people are raising this issue which I find very confusin..First of all, character development and character progression are two different things. Yes he didn’t improve or did better this season - I mean that was kinda the whole point! However, there is a lot of information about who Carmy is and what his inner psyche is like that we learnt this season! After exploring his relationship with his brother in the first and family in the second, the third season finally elaborates on his relationship with his own craft. We learn that for him cooking is the light in the tunnel! It acts as an antithesis to his family! Where his family is loud, chaotic and stressful, cooking is orderly, still, quiet, disciplined and ultimately peaceful! That is until he works under Joel McHale’s character who single-handedly ruined his relationship with cooking! He, as Camry said, straight up traumatized him! His whole philosophy is about stopping time, removing anything from your life that is not centered around cooking and purely focusing on your craft in order to improve. And you see it in Carmy who has inadvertently adopted this way of thinking. He got upset that his relationship with Claire distracted him, that for a moment his whole life wasn’t centered around his craft and he started going back into the habit the Joel McHale instilled in him! Cooking has turned into a way for Carmy to disassociate from himself and avoid his problems! While before it offered him escape from his traumatic family relationships through the discipline, order and joy it brought him, now he uses it as an escape mechanism to run away from his relationships and having to deal with his own emotions and anxiety! This was all built up throughout the season and it culminated in his confrontation with the asshole chef! This season was very much about how Carmy has damaged his relationship with cooking and how from a place of hope and content it has turned into a way of escaping from life’s hardships and problems rather than trying to deal with them! As chef Luca said to Marcus in s2ep4 to be a good chef one has to go out there and experience life, get inspired and bring that into the kitchen but Carmy operates on the opposite philosophy of this where all his life is in the kitchen because being out there, living, being in a relationship is too painful for him because of all the traum he has inherited from his family!
Great point.
For me The Bear and Bridgerton season 3 suffered the same way…they both weren’t bad but they weren’t great and it was made even more apparent due to the previous seasons being amazing. I agree the Bear this season didn’t really go anywhere and yet we had all these conflict/questions that needed to be resolved and were left with “To Be Continued “…really?!? For the first time I found it kinda hard to binge thru….I agree there should have been a goal to reach which would have created more structure. Hoping for a better season 4 !
Bridgerton mentioned 😢 ugh it just breaks my heart because I was so hyped for the third season. Literally only watched the other seasons recently to inform my viewing experience for the new season.
Idk if it was the strikes, the new showrunners or what but this year of shows have been really underwhelming. I was so excited for Polin too. Iwtv is good and I’m keeping up with hotd and we’ll see how that plays out, but yikes every show I’ve watched has made me either fall asleep bored or actually cry real tears of disappointment. I even watched that my lady Jane show bc people said how great it was and more satisfying it was compared to Bridgerton and I thought it a bit juvenile and it was okay and funny, but I feel teens will prefer it.
The bear wanted to try something experimental and do artsy povs and jumping around the timeline. It did feel like I was held hostage at times because I did not need sugar’s entire birth journey. The plot stayed in relative limbo until the last episode basically. I feel like ep 10 felt more like an inciting incident for the actual season with Luca in town, reviews coming in, carmy confronting his ex boss. It felt like season 2.5 not season 3.
S3 set out to Remind us of every character’s mental state and idk I feel like there’s ways to do that within plot beats without stalling the flow.
@@surette2012 100 % agree. Season 3 was stagnant ….Carmy never moved an inch in his mental state and Syd was pushed to the side. Claire always felt like a figment of Carmy’s imagination more than a real person and the fact that so many main characters cared about their five minute relationship and how it ended was a bit unsettling for me. The Faks were shown a little too much for my taste and that John Cena cameo felt super forced. Tinas episode was the best IMO since it felt more like season 1 & 2 but then we had Sugas birth episode like you stated that just went on too long. Plus the stylistic close ups on everyone’s faces was just uncomfortable for me….
Bridgerton suffered some of the same issues: too many plots and characters that really amounted to nothing significant. Plus Colin was vastly underwritten for me and I thought Penelope could’ve done better.
I need to watch Interview with a vampire since I’ve heard such great things!
@@Bdaychick Claire felt like a lesson learned that should’ve stayed in s2. She was the manic pixie dream girl and represented the ‘good things in life’ that carmy refuses to enjoy and isn’t ready for yet. I could defend her character as someone who we only see through carmy’s pov so she seems perfect and idealized because carmy makes an effort to keep her at a distance so he barely knows her.
Having her back felt weird. REALLY weird to see the fak’s pathetically go to her workplace trying to convince her to get back with carmy.
It is kind of annoying seeing this girl barely date this guy and cried once and her fragility is like so protected and prioritized with every side character. It’s like that’s the line in the sand carmy shouldn’t have crossed but like…wtf y’all strong armed him into giving a relationship a shot when he’s going to meetings for his anxiety and problems. He clearly isn’t where he needs to be to maintain a romantic relationship.
It’s like Claire’s feelings matter more vs everyone else that gets unfairly reamed by carmy. Syd is having panic attacks and distancing because of carmy basically becoming like his old boss in the kitchen. No one white knights for her 😒😒
With Bridgerton..ugh don’t get me started. After counting 12 subplots not including Penelope and Colin’s individual and joined plots it was a mess. Too crowded and stuffed.
And tried to pull off seasons of buildup in less than two episodes. I don’t like the showrunner Jess, I’ll just say that…Such juvenile writing. I hate the whole girl power thing when it’s done wrong. Basically role reversing the trope where the men are incompetent or sidelined and the women do everything and are centred.
I love Colin and there were actually a lot of kernels from the book (the books aren’t my fave but I see their potential) that could’ve made him such a fascinating character. One throwaway line in the book about Edmund horse whipping Colin’s back as a child after he hit Eloise is MAJOR. It tells you sm as to say he’s the more emotional and people pleasing sibling. Because the perfect father that everyone puts on a pedestal and died too soon only ever punished him in that extreme. I’d be an insecure mess too.
They could’ve done dual narratives, different POVs, flashbacks, weaved in side characters into the MAIN plot. But no…ensemble shows now mean I have to jump to the most irrelevant side quests that I don’t care about and destroys the pacing.
Could’ve done sm with them: Flashbacks to Colin travelling, him reacting to her not writing back to him, REACTION BEATS (tell me why the bridgertons don’t get a beat in reacting to pen being lw?) characters interacting with the romantic leads (I guess Anthony, Violet or Ben just aren’t allowed to ever talk to Penelope? What gives?) flashbacks to pen just starting her LW business.
Flashbacks aren’t just meant to show their cute little meet cute as young teens. 😤
Pretty obvious anything outside of a linear story line is beyond your reasoning. Claire is an important sub plot directly relating to the main plot. Season 3 and 4 were filmed back to back. 2 seasons as 1 continual story line. EVER is grossly important to carmys story line. If you've been paying attention from season 1 you'd understand that. Season 3 doesn't hit you over the head and make everything painfully obvious. It's being done for a reason aside from good story telling. This season is about carmys psychological issues caused by his family and chef David. It's jarring to make the viewer feel uneasy. At the end, chef Terry is the angel on carmys shoulder giving him a choice of the leader he will be in his own restaurant. None of this should have to be said. It was obvious from the beginning, especially if you've worked in a restaurant. Also, many star restaurants change their menu daily. It's because of the available produce and meat on any given day. It also forces a restaurant to minimize its menu to focus on quality and execution.
Not resolving the cliffhanger they ended the last season on, really annoyed me. They spent the entire last season building Carmy up, against all the odds had everything going for him. Then st the very last second he threw it all away. Then to not resolve much less address it in pretty much any way, was really aggravating
I believe everything about this season is intentional and not everyone appreciates that. In the context of the story, I believe it is a great season and it’s done very well, but it could have been BETTER. Where as the other seasons had no margin for improvement - they were pretty much perfect. So yeah it is what it is. It really is a teaser/trailer for season 4 and I feel season 3 could have been broken into s3A and s3B
Maybe seasons 3 and 4 should have been released together
I think writing and shooting season 2 and 3 back to back resulted in a third season that quickly went out of steam and things to tell. Half the time it was just redundant points already made way better in a season 2 episode. It all felt a bit hollow, self-indulgent and full of dialog noise that didn't really move the story or the characters anywhere interesting. The show was just slowly stewing in the same kind of high stress anxiety we already saw boil over spectacularly in season 2. A whole season that felt like cut filler material compiled into a weaksauce B side of an otherwise great album. And I am gonna scream if they dare to put this show up as best comedy at the awards again. Can we at least now all acknowledge that The Bear was not, is not and never will be a comedy or dramedy or any other mixed form that should receive comedy category awards?
there’s a lot to like in the season but also a lot to hate. there was minimal progression on the main plot or sub plots. too many faks bits that go nowhere. also dedicating a whole episode to sugars baby and the funeral service was a waste of time imo
Agreed. The reason this previous seasons were so great was that we saw the satisfying improvement of the restaurant over time. Here that improvement plateaued and landed on this weird spot of 'well what do we do now'. Only way this is salvageable is if - as said in the video - this was the 'calm before the storm' before season 4.
My hopes is that Sydney takes the offer and then you see a rivalry between Carmie and Sydney to who truly is the better chef. Sydney was getting a lot of props by everyone but Carmie and it's definitely implied that she is upset that Carmie is being credited with all of the improvements to the bear when in reality without Sydney most of it wouldn't be possible. Then it would tie in beautifully to what Carmie said about restaurants continually stealing chefs and components from other restaurants until the greats emerge. Sydney could be that great chef, dethroning Carmie, and as this realisation hits it's too late for Carmie to stop the inevitable crumbling of the bear. Him being an Icarus of sorts who flew too close to the sun. Perhaps even to add to this, because Sydney can make her own team, she offers jobs to Marcus and the others causes a further conflict. A 'chef civil war' where Sydney tells Marcus she can become great if she leaves Carmie's shadow or Tina leaves because she will be paid better to help her family. Perhaps Marcus stays, and Richie as well as even though they had the huge argument, he would never leave his family. Maybe Tina is the only one to go and thus it becomes Tina and Sydney vs Marcus Carmie + the others of course. And in this fall of Carmie and the bear, he lets go of this need to do so well at being a chef because he realises that this drive was only to impress Michael, and so is a toxic way of him holding onto the past. He then eases up and ends up back with Claire as they attend Sydney at her new restaurant and the mantle passes on as prophecised. Sydney offers Marcus a job at the restaurant but he declines and makes his own patisserie. Richie ends up dating Jessica from the three star restaurant thus 'surrounding himself with better people outside of work'. Tina is happy working under Sydney.
Marcus Mom died, not his grandmother
deranged mother is an understatement i fast forwarded through most of that episode it was pointless to me.
Agreed. There were some good episodes/moments (Tina ep and episode 10) but most of it was pretentious fluff and dumb melodrama. I just started laughing when Sydney had a panic attack. Like everyone is just getting panic attacks now lol
Well, I’m for one glad that you didn’t have any actual say into this season.
I liked it. I think you’re wrong, too. I don’t think “nothing happened” this season, I think one of the most important things that could happen happened this season:
Carmy is finally understanding that what he is trying to accomplish with The Bear doesn’t fit the soul of the legacy Michael left behind. This is the very same reason that this season “felt off” as well.
Well, I loved it! But I understand why people didn't like it!
I think something we need to keep in mind is when this was shooting (probably a year ago now) the writers were on strike. This script might have been written but couldn’t be polished with the reality of shooting schedules, locations, availability etc. so they had to make it work… So disappointing since I saw this series going for a long time. Unfortunately, they completely butchered this season without doing reshoots and rewriting. Ayo’s episode saved anything salvageable. She did a beautiful job. Make her an executive and pay fair wages ! #iatsestrong
I disagree - I am pretty sure they filmed early this year and got the season out very soon after filming
I loved this season. While Forks and Fishes were spectacular, Honeydew was my favorite in season 2. Season 3 felt more Honeydew and many of y'all seem to have wanted more Fishes; fair enough. I trust these creators and have no doubt this season will flow beautifully into the next. It felt, to me, like getting lost in a sublime novel. There's nothing better out there, imo.
I agree with everything. Very little plot progression, too much reinforcement of things we already knew. The Faks thing was just annoying to me. Curiously, my least favorite part of this show is when it tries to be a comedy. My favorite season is still the first one.
Dude, I sped through the Faks parts because I couldn't stand them. There was so much else to focus on. They felt like a waste of time.
I actually disagree, I felt this was one of the stronger seasons of the Bear. It was very different, and has a sort of liminal/dreamscape vibe throughout. This season felt very dedicated to character development and exploration, and feels like a prelude to what is going to happen next season. I do agree that it feels a bit like half a season but I was super engaged with the material that I didn’t really mind it. I also found it very interesting that Carmy has gone from the only thing keeping the restaurant alive, to actively dragging it down due to his own issues and demands. It feels like since Carmy can’t move on with his life, he won’t let anyone else move on either and we will see a lot of the pay off of that in season 4
Very liminal fs
We can stop sugercoating and just say that it was 10 episodes of slop.
It's definitely not bad, just unresolved and that seems intentional.
Stopped listening to your opinion after you said you didnt like uncut gems. We aint the same.
Its my favourite season to be honest, its close but its there
Marcus mother died not grandmother
Oh yes I misspoke
i think season 2 was the best and season 3 was frustrating to watch.
I think the magic is over 😢 finish it off in season 4.
It wasn't the Faks Brothers who poured the soup and brought it back to the kitchen, it was Richie who did that.
Kinda? It sucks completely. The pace is tedious af, shots are really close to the actor faces, acting is off sometimes (specially from Sidney), TOO much of the Faks ffs. No character development whatsoever. The whole thing feels self-indulgent with the insane amount of cameos and flashbacks. Just very pretentious overall.
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What series did you watch ? Lol
Season 3 is just bad.
It's not bad whatsoever..... It's still just as incredible. They are going deeper into the characters we fell in love with and seeing their evolution as the restaurant does the same. For better or worse....
These negative reviews are sophomoric and just show a sever lack of a life lived and understanding of good art. This season is just as gorgeous as the last but told in a different tone.
To all those hating... Attempt this....
Go in with an open heart and mind and understanding that this maybe wasn't made for you and you're specific lived experience.... With that said. Grow up and try and zoom outside yourself to see the continued brilliance in this season compared to the last ( which is still arguably the best)
That's an unreal statement to make about people for not enjoying a season of television. Guess we need to live more life and refine our pallettes like you
@@eglowitzvarietyshow5630 name in deep detail why you think this season is bad please.
Outline it In bullets if you don't mind.
Ahh the classic ‘shit on a new season of good show’ so you can be the first to say you called it. This review just sounded like you were looking for things to dislike imo. The season was good maybe not as good as the previous seasons but to say it was bad? Be for real.
It’s almost like I said it’s not actually bad at the end or something 🤔
This season was so boring that I lost interest in watching this review…
The dialogue was GARBAGE, wtf are you talking about?! It felt so fake. Terrible take
Yeah I feel like some people just remember the dialogue from season 1, which was fantastic, and then forget to actually look at the dialogue after that. Even season 2 has some really badly written conversations
sometimes irl we talk
About bullshit tho
The show was never good.