The Bear (chef drama, not kids' show!) on Disney+

I assume that's directed at my post. I said people who claim an episode is filler may not get the show.

I have zero issue for people not liking an episode or agreeing with other posters but to say that the first episode was just filler was way wide of the mark.

A few thoughts on Season 3.

I won't quote some of the posters but I do agree with a lot of what Johnny ultimate, Penn and others have said.

• I felt the opener was a brave choice and I can see how it might not have worked for everyone. I liked it but I do feel that it was a little indulgent of a choice.
• It is only a half season - despite what they call it.
• There was too much Faks.
• Napkins and Ice Chips were my highlights, and I also thought the scene with Richie and Frank in Voilet was very good.
• I did think that there were quite a few episodes that seemed lighter than the others - whether it was shouting about the kitchen rules or panicking about the review, and I felt that the show was spinning it's wheels at this point, and perhaps if it was one proper season some of this would have been removed.
• I wonder if I'm alone in finding Carmy the least interesting character of the show at this point. He did have some resolution in the final episode in terms of his relationship with his old boss, but outside of that I feel he is basically in the same position as at the end of season 2. This is in contrast to the likes of Syd, Richie, Nat etc who have developed/moved on/grown.

My first reaction after finishing S3 was "This is how I felt after finishing S2", only to re-read the thread to see I had been a lot more positive on s2.

S1 of this show is brilliant - great writing and great performances and a really satisfying conclusion. S2 is much the same, but without the same powerful ending. S3 is a little bit diminishing returns really, we still have the sharp writing and fantastic performances but the conclusion isn't particularly satisfying.

Watching S3 and just watched Napkins. Perfect bit of TV. Great writing and acting...and to be fair a relief from the madness.

I’ll never understand why The Emmy’s categorise this as a comedy, whatever it is it certainly isn’t that!

The Tina flashback episode and the finale were really good but there was a lot of filler and some of the best characters last season like Richie and Marcus seem to have "completed their arc" and there wasn't anyone to fill that void.

Also high end restaurant "problems and drama" is very cliché compared to the actual madness of The Beef.

Ya that shocked me too.

Turns out White is only 5'7 which is a fair bit less than I thought.

Edit: Sorry I was thinking about Will Poulter who is a lot taller than I thought. I now see you meant the band.

Pity it's a full drop. I thought the perfect solution was the way Disney dropped Andor in blocks of 3. Still gave a few breaks for people to digest and chat.

See ye all in a few weeks.

Also watched the first 3 last night, they've gotten better at peppering in the happiness, but I still couldn't imagine watching 8 episodes in a row, This show fights you.

https://tvline.com/news/the-bear-renewed-season-5-hulu-jeremy-allen-white-1235468966/

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Felt like the season was building to something major happening so the final episode ( as well acted and written as it was) was a bit anticlimactic with how it finished.

Still a very good season overall, the wedding episode was excellent and Sydney's episode was really good too