The Bear
Kinda shocked there isn't a thread yet. This blew me away. Season 1 was great, but season 2.... I can recall very few 'sit up and pay attention' moments in my tv-watching career, and episode 6 had me sitting up and paying attention throughout its entirety.
Watched the 1st episode of S3 last night and felt it could have been accomplished in 5 minutes.
On a positive note, I was afraid I would want to binge it instead of getting work done today and episode 1 made me decide I can wait til tomorrow or the weekend to watch another.
2nd episode was completely opposite of the first. Turned the volume up to 12 for no reason. All over the place so far and after each episode I needed a break.
I don't have words for E1 except that I have to do it again stoned
Haven't started this season yet, but to anyone who has seen it: Is there a "Fishes" equivalent this season? If so, did they try to top it? I'm looking forward to watching it but it's so anxiety inducing that I want to make sure I prepare myself first lol
Haven't started this season yet, but to anyone who has seen it: Is there a "Fishes" equivalent this season? If so, did they try to top it? I'm looking forward to watching it but it's so anxiety inducing that I want to make sure I prepare myself first lol
I felt like the 2nd episode was trying to go that direction on a smaller scale but it didn’t work at all. 7 fishes was captivating, S3E2 first 10 minutes was nauseating.
This show in the end will be measured by the series finale. The core of it is already all-time stuff.
Will they avoid going too many seasons.
Will they find a satisfactory ending.
Looking forward to finding out. Based on the pacing right now 4 seasons might be the sweet spot (since it's already renewed). The troubled chef thing for 5+ seasons? Dunno....maybe. Like go full Bourdain.
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Mother****er
This show in the end will be measured by the series finale. The core of it is already all-time stuff.
I'll probably reserve judgement on that until after season 4, if that's the end. So far I doubt I'll agree with the pretty bad audience reviews for season 3 though.
Looking forward to finding out. Based on the pacing right now 4 seasons might be the sweet spot (since it's already renewed).
Didn't they already shoot season 4 or are right now? Thought they had planned on doing it back to back.
This show in the end will be measured by the series finale. The core of it is already all-time stuff.
Will they avoid going too many seasons.
Will they find a satisfactory ending.
Looking forward to finding out. Based on the pacing right now 4 seasons might be the sweet spot (since it's already renewed). The troubled chef thing for 5+ seasons? Dunno....maybe. Like go full Bourdain.
This is so vapid lol
My thoughts on season 3 - no actual spoilers but putting in spoilers should people not want to hear opinions prior to watching themselves:
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I found season 3 to be a major disappointment and deeply unsatisfying, and should one be so inclined I think watching this can wait until season 4 drops. I agree with almost everything in this Slate review.
Fine until the “To Be Continued” card.
What is that
The Bear will be back in Avengers 7: Interdimensional Beef
My thoughts on season 3 - no actual spoilers but putting in spoilers should people not want to hear opinions prior to watching themselves:
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I found season 3 to be a major disappointment and deeply unsatisfying, and should one be so inclined I think watching this can wait until season 4 drops. I agree with almost everything in this Slate review.
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I’ve only watched the first episode of this season, and I’ll be taking my sweet time to finish. I’m in no rush and to be honest it may take quite awhile.
I actually had a similar conversation with a friend a couple of months ago and I was saying that The Bear (prior to S3) was on the short list of best shows currently airing. They agreed because they thought it truly was. But my point wasn’t so much about the quality of The Bear and more about the lack of truly outstanding shows being made now, post-Succession. Perhaps that has changed since April, but I don’t think so. There are plenty of good to great shows, but I can’t think of a single show that is actually “prestige” airing now. Maybe the GoT spinoff but I don’t watch that.
The Bear doesn’t qualify as prestige to me. At all. My biggest concern with this new season is that’ll want to play the hits. I’m expecting a “Fishes-plus” episode and I shouldn’t be. It reminds me of True Detective’s second season where the big action piece that ended an episode was basically a “same thing but make it more” from the first season. I knew that 2nd season of TD was not nearly as good as S1, but that episode made me realize that S2 was just bad.
All that said, no goddamn way can this show still be considered a comedy. They’re freaking cheating if they submit it for that again.
World famous comedian John Cena disagrees
7/10 for this season by the end. Did have two 10/10 episodes though.
They went to the well way too much on the crazy editing. Got a bit masturbatory. Think they can hopefully dial it down a tad for S4.
Guessing episode 1 and the JLC episodes are the 10s
first word that came to mind for ep1
this perfectly sums up my experience
I really didn't mind it in E1. But I live in a country with legal cannabis
It's the fact they KEPT doing it.
Cruised through S3 this week.
Agree with most of the above posts.
Weakest season yet. All the editing, vignettes, flashbacks, it was all just a bit too performative. Too many episodes were solely focused on the minor characters.
Feel like they wanted Ice Chips to be the Fishes of this season and it didn't do it.
There was virtually zero plot development the entire season. It inched us closer to conflict without actually giving us any. Pretty much zero of the interesting plot devices going on (is the restaurant actually good, Carmy-Richie, Carmy-Claire, will Sydney stay, Carmy-Cicero, Carmy-Mom) were advanced in any meaningful way.
Also Sydney is a very annoying character. You're trying to make me believe someone this anxious and insecure can handle leading a team?
I mean, I'm committed now to watching the show go through it all, but it probably only needs 1-2 more seasons.
I’m through 8 episodes. Only episode I liked was Napkins which focused on Tina. A lot of the episodes are terrible and if not for two great seasons, I would have already quit. I don’t have much hope this gets turned around but I’ll keep watching through S4.
I stopped after episode 3 then just read recaps on wiki. I’ll (probably) finish it when season 4 drops, since I’ll have mostly forgotten S3, but I don’t know. I’m done with trauma-porn at this point.
Yeah, after finishing it last night have to say I was disappointed. No resolution in any meaningful way. They couldn't even give us Richie asking the new maitre d girl to the wedding as a feel good moment in the final episode. Everything implied, nothing solid. Kind of annoying TBH, and I wish Season 4 was coming sooner.
But damn, JLC absolutely kills that mother role. Some of the best acting I've ever seen.
