The Bear (FX on Hulu) TV Show • Page 58

the bring in the Faks for some levity amongst all the dour and moody melodrama but it's tonal whiplash because they're dialed up to 10 and goofy as hell.

 

well "arc" in a very loose sense. sure, not any sense of immediate character development, but a consequence of a lack of character development. satisfying? no, but i get what they were going for, and using episode 1 to frame those anxieties and how they shape his actions makes a lot more sense, imo.

 

i do agree that while the Faks have some funny moments, they're a little overbearing this season, and could've been cut back a tiny bit (even though i do like Cena here, just wish it was a bit better executed).

 

I interpreted Carmy's arc as the pressures of running a high end kitchen triggering him into reverting back into learned toxic behavior, destroying his shot with Claire, emotionally closing himself off from everyone, "stopping his life", it's not until end where he confronts one of the people who enforced that toxic behavior in him and witnesses Chef Terry retire to persue a real life that he finally starts to have flashbacks to memories of cooking that made him truly happy and at peace (as opposed to the McHale flashbacks), and starts to cast the other bullshit away...until a whole load of other bullshit is about to hit him in the end.
It was simple and loose but it was there

 

The season didn’t do much for me and it bums me out so much. Feels a lot like where The Boys is currently where there is a lot of meandering happening

 

Definitely not as good as previous seasons. Not bad but I had high expectation so kind of disappointed.

 

that does not look good lmao

 

honestly kinda liked that last moment of the finale? it definitely felt like S3 was half of the story they were trying to tell, but i think everything is set up for the other shoe to drop next season.

 

There’s something I kinda like about the story feeling a bit unfocused and “off” since it parallels the restaurant itself.

 

i do agree that this was the weakest of the 3 seasons, with fewer highs than the others, but i still felt thoroughly engaged throughout and excited for more.

 

John Wells directed Burnt, he also was the showrunner of the US version of Shameless starring Jeremy Allen White.

 

4 episodes of season 3 down.

feels like everything is going to end badly (again)

 

finally finished the season last night, and yeah I still loved it. makes me sad that it seems the overall consensus seems to be rather negative, but I do understand why that is the case (even though I obviously profoundly disagree). it felt like a very meditative season, and a very reflective one, and I loved that it really spent its time enriching the characters around Carmy. I also feel like this season was almost a love letter to creatives/artists (albeit most specifically to those in the culinary arts obviously), and I feel like as the artist’s relationship to art is very different from the consumer, it makes sense that this season would click less with more people as most people aren’t artists. that’s not me saying you have to be an artist to appreciate it, nor saying that artists will love it by default, but I feel like a lot of what has been written off as pretentious from folks (from what I have seen anyway) has really been what captivated me about it as an artist, myself. the montages don’t come across as self-indulgent to me, personally, I found them to be great in terms of visual storytelling and a feast for the eyes personally. in a way it feels like the show zigged when people wanted a zag, but I do wonder if this season will come to be more appreciated with time once we see where next season goes/the show concludes. again, I understand people’s complaints, and I don’t wish to come off as pretentious myself, I just think a lot of what people found to be flaws I found to be features.

 

yeah, everything felt very intentional in that regard. they knew the season they wanted to make, even if it doesn't resonate with all viewers.

 

I think this is probably my favorite of the three seasons as a whole, but I just don’t like the move of “let’s pull real-life chefs who the viewers have little-or-no connection to so that they can take up a bunch of screen time speaking mainly in (what I personally found to be) platitudes” especially for a finale. They come across as wooden to me, as if they’re acting like they’re not acting. I wouldn’t call it pretentious, just maybe indulgent.

I think that’s the only part of the season I truly had an issue with. But again, could also just be me not digging the chefs they chose either or something.

 

Same!! He was an absolute blast and I hope he comes back for season 4

 

Beautifully shot season with great meaningful moments, but taking a step back, I feel like not much really happened

Nice to see them use Carmy a little less to let the rest of the cast shine

 

Also the hospital episode was sooo good. Heart warming ending with the Faks

 

Finished and definitely didn’t like the finale. I think the main thing that bugs me is Ritchie was at Ever for a month? Yet everyone respects him and treats him like he was always there which seems forced.


Ep 6 was so good. The scene with Tina and Mikey was too good.

good tv cousin

 

They were impressed with how quickly Richie progressed, especially with how much he didn't care or want to be there at first, so I think that's kinda understandable. He's a loud dude, you remember that kind of guy in a place that is usually quiet and fancy haha

 

I think he was only there a week

 

It also wasn’t that long ago lol

 

The music this season was fantastic my god

 

Kinda felt like half a season, which im ok with. Liked the ending and I think s4 will slap.