The Bear (FX/Hulu)

[Teeeeeekay]

Just finished the 3rd EP and it’s a solid ass show. This kids a good actor.

[Mecca]

One thing that does drive me crazy about the show is how no one takes off their apron when they go out to smoke

So many health code violations

[Rob]

Thanks, team. The wife & I are about to start episode 3 soon… we’re already hooked. My wife was a big fan of Shameless so we already love the lead character.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[dad]

Yeah ok this is a very good show

thank you, chef.

[Ensign9]

Spoiler: show

“Conceited and condescending ribbon of brine.”

Episode 7 is amazing.

[Ensign9]

Done. Fuck, was that great or what?

[washing machine]

The former

[Jorge]

What would you compare this show to? It wasn't on my radar but everyone is raving about it

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[dad]

it's as close to a live action ratatouille as you can get.

song choices are good too, especially the nod/wink to chicago artists/bands.

[dad]

whenever i watch shows like this one, where people who've worked in the service industry vouch for its accuracy, i tend to feel like i'd like to get in there and get my hands dirty.

i bet it's stressful as hell though.

[doug rr]

i've never worked in a kitchen but have witnessed the rush..my best friend is a chef that has worked in a lot of big name places..he now has a couple of quaint, slower paced places...to this day, i'm nervous as hell when i'm cooking at home and he's standing behind me watching..its weird

[dad]

i've never worked in a kitchen but have witnessed the rush..my best friend is a chef that has worked in a lot of big name places..he now has a couple of quaint, slower paced places...to this day, i'm nervous as hell when i'm cooking at home and he's standing behind me watching..its weird

do you ever catch him acting like he's humping you?

[doug rr]

i've never worked in a kitchen but have witnessed the rush..my best friend is a chef that has worked in a lot of big name places..he now has a couple of quaint, slower paced places...to this day, i'm nervous as hell when i'm cooking at home and he's standing behind me watching..its weird

do you ever catch him acting like he's humping you?

a handful of times

[Ensign9]

The former

Still thinking about that last shot and the impact it had. Such a well crafted show from start to finish.

[Ensign9]

i've never worked in a kitchen but have witnessed the rush..my best friend is a chef that has worked in a lot of big name places..he now has a couple of quaint, slower paced places...to this day, i'm nervous as hell when i'm cooking at home and he's standing behind me watching..its weird

He better tell you he’s behind, Chef.

[tragabigzanda]

Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

[dad]

I’ve worked in 14 restaurants. Lots of low-rent places, two James Beard awarded spots, and two spots started by Chez Panisse alums.

This is a remarkably accurate depiction of the lifestyle. I bristle at the flashbacks with the abusive EC, because that sort of overt mental abuse is pretty limited, and is all but extinct in the post-Weinstein world; it’s one of the few elements that feels a bit overly dramatic.

But everything at Mike’s, and the cultural clash between the main guy’s pedigreed background and the rough-and-tumble crew he’s inherited, is spot-fucking-on.

rank the restaurants you've worked in.