The Bear thoughts
August 2022, June 2023
S01E01
selling the jacket off his back to pay for meat. he cares
what's an alinea chef doing here??
carmen went to fancy school.
becoming our parents, becoming our fathers. cycles and inescapability of home.
"I can fix this place." "no one's asking you to"
pourquoi bear? sugar?
the first time marcus says "heard chef" back to him—speaking his language !!!
S01E02
so why did michael kill himself? why didn't he want carmy working there?
why does richie want to do everything for himself
"I got the wrong caulk." "I didn't." I love u sydney
oh so he was sleepwalking
putting things back. like he was never there. inability to change.
carmy thinks he put the cigarettes there, richie thinks he put the cigarettes there.
S01E03
"I remove myself from toxic situations" but carmy can't/won't leave the restaurant. addicted to ?
"felt like michael was alive for a second" "no thanks" okay so was michael richie's friend or not
sydney I love you. ur so brave. "that's a lil too personal I think" "I feel like i'm owed one" sydney I love you
S01E04
Richie just has so Much. much muchness. every single thing he feels he shares. anger joy everything. it doesn't matter with who. yell at carmy one moment, try to show him a funny video the next.
lmao why does everyone hate pete. oh I get it.
oh my FUCK are there drugs in the punch.
so cicero knew carmy's dad ?
cicero's dream => dad dies because cicero is trying to avoid some kid. symbolically right is the kid carmy?
tina expecting that sydney would never ever approve of her, so she was being defensive to avoid it.
haha love marcus just in love with his cakes and donuts
S01E05
sydney => failed prodigy? living at home, sheridan road catering boxes
tina's into carmy's dish
love marcus and chester
also i'm in love w how whatever's happening in the kitchen mirrors whatever narrative tension there is. carmy's the god of mr beef :)
S01E06
ceres!!!!!!
mmm richie living in the past while everyone else has moved on
carmy empowering others :)
"you used to play for the cubs?" a restaurant of extraordinary individuals, washed up
did richie call the police on the sketchy dudes?
S01E07
the insincerity of the thank you
ebra reading out the article word by word, pride of the kitchen, carmy and richie calling the critic a hack
sydney bb :( this is not you :(
S01E08
we still don't know why michael never let him work with him?
i think one thing i really love in this show it that it knows what it means to be slow. and to have silences and pauses. it's all so choreographed and i love it
sydney & marcus's relationship is too cute omg
michael says: keep it simple, stupid
kbl?? OH MOTHERFUCKER
S02E01
marcus's devotion </3 . gentle hands to hold the elderly person's hands, strong hands to scrape the ice off his car
that's our boy willis !!!
the boy can't add he's just like me for real
"yo do you ever think about purpose" "i love you but i do not have time for this..... i have time for this. purpose?" l m a o
i wonder if riche's book is real. aww richie </3 interesting to see this asshole clearly and intentionally trying to work on himself
*alarms go off* carmy: "is that in my head?"
TINA AND SYDNEY'S FRIENDSHIP I LOVE THEM SO FUCKING MUCH
everybody in sync like an action movie mission squad
S02E02
"is any of it salvageable?" "no." "yes!"
oh :((((((((( that's why richie didn't want them to move the lockers. because michael's stuff was still there. what's in there????? oh how carmy richie and sugar all know IMMEDIATELY when and where that hat was from. because it was michael's hat
carmy keeps pants in the stove, because he doesn't use it, even though he's a chef :(
"chaos menu but thoughtful"
syd's like "haha NERD with your monogrammed chef whites"
fak & richie are brothers for REAL
"you're gonna have to care about everything more than anything." - says the man who had two of them, and when he heard about the third, felt paralyzed with dread. you let the thing you love EAT YOU
oh my GOD i bet u anything it's sydney's mom's birthday
the girl in the grocery- i like to look at big messes. and that's flirting baby. i'm finding LOVE AT THE JEWEL OSCO BABY
7735550902 is the number he tells the girl at the grocery. 7735550901 is the number he tells the fridge guy !! YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO CARE ABOUT EVERYTHING MORE THAN ANYTHING SO HE SAYS NO TO THE POSSIBILITY OF LOVE IN FAVOR OF THE BEAR
S02E03
carmy sees reassuring himself "there is no other shoe" as fundamentally lying: "because there always is another shoe"
who IS carmy's best friend? i feel like we're feeling the absence of michael again
i've heard kasama is good
25 MILES FROM HOME YEAH BABY this show has the best music
WHO is this gorgeous chief with the green hair and WHAT is their relationship w sydney??
plating and architecture. it's messy with a splash of neon green, like the river on st patricks day, or the relish on a hot dog. and then sometimes there's nothing for it except to order a big sundae at a hole in the wall