The Bear: Children

July 4, 2024 3:12 PM - Season 3, Episode 5

The team prepares the restaurant to be photographed for the review.
posted by signal (6 comments total)

The episode had like 400% too much Fak Comedy Hour for me, TBH. Felt like 2 different shows glued together, and one of them I would not watch.
The other parts where good, especially Cicero talking to Carmy and Syd.
posted by signal at 3:16 PM on July 4, 2024 [8 favorites]

I loved this episode. It was called Children and it very much followed the theme. Many (major, alas) characters were given some time as a child. Some were adult children like Syd and Marcus; some were arrested adolescents (the brothers), some have very conflicted relationships (Carmy and Natalie) with their parents; Uncle Jimmy facing the fact that he's a surrogate dad. I was surprised Ritchie's phone convo was with someone other than this daughter, it would have been a nice addition to hear her thoughts on her mom's upcoming nuptials.
I still contend that Marcus' work will end up being the star of the review, or the violet will be thing that gets them the star.
Carmy obviously has some deep trauma from Terry, which asks the question why he would send Ritchie to her. Forks is a gem, but kinda leaves out the power dynamic we're slowly seeing come to light.
posted by OHenryPacey at 7:09 AM on July 18, 2024

I like that we now know enough about The Bear - its number of covers, number of staff and specific non-negotiables policty - that we could probably follow along with The Computer in working out just how much cash it will be hemorrhaging. I like also that the show acknowledges that even with prestigious reviews and a giant waiting list, a restaurant is never a "happily ever after" prospect.
posted by rongorongo at 12:20 AM on July 24, 2024

Were those real reviews though? I got the impression that they’re what everyone is imagining but nothing’s been published yet
posted by LizBoBiz at 10:31 PM on July 26, 2024

Mod note: One deleted; spoiler
posted by taz (staff) at 11:10 PM on July 27, 2024

Oh shoot, massive apologies. I thought I was in the last episode thread.
posted by cooker girl at 7:18 AM on July 30, 2024