The Bear (FX on Hulu) TV Show • Page 85

I had to mute the show on twitter. The discourse sucks so much lol. People still complaining “nothing is happening narratively”, I don’t understand what those people ever liked about the show to begin with.

 

I kinda get "nothing happens narratively" about season 3, I don't agree with it but I get where it comes from. Saying that about THIS season though? Ridiculous.

 

Yeah the reviews seem to agree that 4, 7, 10 are the standout episodes.

I saw some who said that episode 10 the finale might be polarizing for some people most of the episode is a 30 something minute long single conversation that feels like a play, and it ends in a kind of abrupt spot but the people who like it are going to think it's absolutely brilliant. Thankfully I am in the latter.

 

Wow didn't realize episode 7 was a long one! Really great one. Definitely did not see that Francie Fak cameo coming lol

 

Plan on binging this on a long flight tomorrow but dang I've been seeing really mean reviews

 

They're wrong! This season is phenomenal

 

Holy shit episode 9. JLC and JAL had me really bawling there. Great scene

 

This is one of the rare shows for me where it's anti-escapism. It's having me reflect deeply on my own life, relationships, and choices. Especially this season.

Forgiving a toxic parent. Anxiety of having a parent have a health scare. Shutting yourself off emotionally from everyone, then acknowledging it, and trying to deal with it. These are all things I relate to on a very deep core level.

 

Not sure how I feel about this season

 

Yeah I just finished it. I'm in the same boat - it was brilliant. It resolved a lot of pent up shit that was introduced over the whole series of the show. Was kind of abrupt and left me wanting a bit more, but it was a solid end to the season and I definitely hope we get a season 5
Over all, one of the best seasons of the show

 

How far in are you??

 

One of the harshest reviews I saw was "I think were are coming to the realization that this show was never what was promised: a TV classic, instead of just a Covid era treasure that was not built to last"

 

I finished it

 

Gotcha! Curious what you may have disliked or liked about it!

 

Wow what a way to end it. And amazing that that final episode was all just within that small space/instance.

 

There are some that are saying that would be a fitting ending to the whole series. I loved it but ehhh I wouldn't say that. It needs at least one more season.

 

I’ve realized as I get older that “reviews” that try to speak in a universal for the viewer are my least favorite. “We’re all realizing” is so … not true? It just bugs me.

 

That grates at my last nerve. Like who are “we”? The writer’s friends in LA or New York or a random sampling of annoying voices on Twitter?

 

Actually that is my fault for incorrectly paraphrasing that review from memory. They never actually said "we" lol

Maybe it’s time to acknowledge The Bear not for what it promised to be — a TV classic — but for what it is: a small, pandemic-era miracle not built for longevity.
— Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle

 

Just finished “The Bears” what an episode, my heart is so full.

 

Only 3 episodes in. Fuck this show gives me so much anxiety. And having a fucking ticking clock just doubles that. I mean these things in the best way

 

Yeah it is kinda weird that barely anybody is talking about this

 

some good character development, some really great episodes like episode 4, episode 10 was obviously great and resolved a bunch of stuff between those 3 but most of the season just felt like it was treading water for that last episode. I didn’t dislike it but it did feel like they could have shortened this to 5 or 6 episodes and then had 4 more to finish out the story and this could have been the final season.

 

They definitely weren't subtle with how it was going to end. I knew where it was going by episode 3.

 

Was that the episode where Carm and Sugar had their phone call? That's what tipped it off to me