The Bear: Napkins
July 9, 2024 11:26 PM - Season 3, Episode 6 - Subscribe
Tina looks for a new opportunity.
This is Tina's origin story, full of anxieties, uncertainties, and indignities. We get a window into aspects of her life we've never seen before – her home, her husband, her morning routine making bag lunches and crockpot dinners for her family, and the events that threatened to upend it all. Then she walks into the Beef, and finds a whole new path.
This is Tina's origin story, full of anxieties, uncertainties, and indignities. We get a window into aspects of her life we've never seen before – her home, her husband, her morning routine making bag lunches and crockpot dinners for her family, and the events that threatened to upend it all. Then she walks into the Beef, and finds a whole new path.
The Mikey/Tina scenes were perfect.
posted by emelenjr at 7:14 AM on July 10, 2024 [7 favorites]
posted by emelenjr at 7:14 AM on July 10, 2024 [7 favorites]
Extremely weak season packed with disappointing filler content but this was one of two standout episodes. Liza Colón-Zayas is incredible!
posted by windbox at 8:53 AM on July 10, 2024 [5 favorites]
posted by windbox at 8:53 AM on July 10, 2024 [5 favorites]
I spent most of this season frustrated with how Tina had been shuffled to the background, and how the writers seemed to have her flailing/failing rather than crushing it the way she was in the previous season. Then 'Napkins' happened, and Tina uttered the line "I just need a routine, man" and I swore under my breath because the writers were playing a long game I hadn't seen coming.
Massive show-don't-tell about how much harm Carmy is doing while chasing that star.
(Buddy, you better get your shit together next season with some actual consequences, because I'm really tired of "everybody accommodate the dysfunctional genius" stories. This season felt way too much like that for me.)
posted by FallibleHuman at 11:02 AM on July 10, 2024 [7 favorites]
Massive show-don't-tell about how much harm Carmy is doing while chasing that star.
(Buddy, you better get your shit together next season with some actual consequences, because I'm really tired of "everybody accommodate the dysfunctional genius" stories. This season felt way too much like that for me.)
posted by FallibleHuman at 11:02 AM on July 10, 2024 [7 favorites]
I was in tears by the end of this episode. I had been thinking that Tina got shorted in the Children episode, and wondered why. I feel like I'm in good hands with this show and its writers. I understand the criticisms as well, but still, we get episodes like this.
posted by OHenryPacey at 11:54 AM on July 20, 2024
posted by OHenryPacey at 11:54 AM on July 20, 2024
Forgot to mention that this episode was directed by the irrepressible Ayo Edebiri, who joined the Directors Guild of America to do so. This is her first directing credit.
I like how The Bear has episodes which could be viewed entirely out of context of the rest of the show as standalones. This is a great story about searching for a job in the 2020s. Scam "You could be rich if you just invest" companies, companies that think nothing of wasting people's time by inviting them along to a dead hiring process, etc - are all there. But also how jobs can appear from an unexpected source.
posted by rongorongo at 4:14 AM on July 25, 2024 [4 favorites]
I like how The Bear has episodes which could be viewed entirely out of context of the rest of the show as standalones. This is a great story about searching for a job in the 2020s. Scam "You could be rich if you just invest" companies, companies that think nothing of wasting people's time by inviting them along to a dead hiring process, etc - are all there. But also how jobs can appear from an unexpected source.
posted by rongorongo at 4:14 AM on July 25, 2024 [4 favorites]
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posted by skoosh at 11:38 PM on July 9, 2024 [10 favorites]