The Bear (FX/Hulu)

[daft twat]

No idea how you binged this, Dime. 2 at a time is all my wife and I can process in one sitting. Eps 5 and 6 tonight. The guest star in ep 5 caught me by surprise. He crushes everything he does. Ep 6 is the Tina episode. I was teary half the time. So 6 eps in and I’m still in love with this show. Are the last 4 where it goes off the rails? Because through 6 it’s as good as it ever was.

[Ensign9]

If you’re going to make the off the rails argument, to me, it starts with the last 15 minutes of Ice Chips (episode 8).

I side with Bill Simmons on everything he says here:

[spike]

No idea how you binged this, Dime. 2 at a time is all my wife and I can process in one sitting. Eps 5 and 6 tonight. The guest star in ep 5 caught me by surprise. He crushes everything he does. Ep 6 is the Tina episode. I was teary half the time. So 6 eps in and I’m still in love with this show. Are the last 4 where it goes off the rails? Because through 6 it’s as good as it ever was.

Last three I think.

[spike]

If you’re going to make the off the rails argument, to me, it starts with the last 15 minutes of Ice Chips (episode 8).

I side with Bill Simmons on everything he says here:

I fucking hated ice chips.

[dimejinky99]

i liked that one..she needed that with her mom..the only one that answered her call..think they ended up with a lot of healing and in a good place by the end of it

[spike]

Sure but it didn’t need to be an entire episode. How many long close up shots of JLC expressing do we fucking need.

[dimejinky99]

think that worked perfectly to show just how intense and insane she is and just how much shes fucked them up

[dimejinky99]

*she pretty much does redeem herself tho and is forgiven..

[spike]

I think that was made plenty clear last season.

[dimejinky99]

well the power of forgiveness from the daughter and youve kinda no choice with family, youre stuck with them

[Ensign9]

Sure but it didn’t need to be an entire episode. How many long close up shots of JLC expressing do we fucking need.

Exactly. It was overkill many times over.

[dimejinky99]

You guys are heartless

[Mecca]

I think it’s because the character is insufferable, which is not an indictment of JLC because I think that’s exactly the point: mom is a hard person to love but you can see her recognizing that and trying to be there in her own ways

[oasisfan35]

No idea how you binged this, Dime. 2 at a time is all my wife and I can process in one sitting. Eps 5 and 6 tonight. The guest star in ep 5 caught me by surprise. He crushes everything he does. Ep 6 is the Tina episode. I was teary half the time. So 6 eps in and I’m still in love with this show. Are the last 4 where it goes off the rails? Because through 6 it’s as good as it ever was.

E6, Napkins, is up next; Ayo Edebiri directs the episode so very curious of that.

[dimejinky99]

I think it’s because the character is insufferable, which is not an indictment of JLC because I think that’s exactly the point: mom is a hard person to love but you can see her recognizing that and trying to be there in her own ways

i think the episode and all within it achieved that.

[Mecca]

I think it’s because the character is insufferable, which is not an indictment of JLC because I think that’s exactly the point: mom is a hard person to love but you can see her recognizing that and trying to be there in her own ways

i think the episode and all within it achieved that.

Everyone just wants to be spoon-fed basic ideas these days, amirite?

[oasisfan35]

No idea how you binged this, Dime. 2 at a time is all my wife and I can process in one sitting. Eps 5 and 6 tonight. The guest star in ep 5 caught me by surprise. He crushes everything he does. Ep 6 is the Tina episode. I was teary half the time. So 6 eps in and I’m still in love with this show. Are the last 4 where it goes off the rails? Because through 6 it’s as good as it ever was.

E6, Napkins, is up next; Ayo Edebiri directs the episode so very curious of that.

I did not know Bernthal made any type of extended appearance this season, this episode was stellar.

[Ensign9]

You guys are heartless

It was fine up until the last ten minutes or so. It literally felt like they just left the camera on a closeup of JLC's face and forgot to call, "cut."

[epilogue]

8 episodes in and I'm yet to feel disappointed in this show. There are lows, of course. Each season has had them and none this season are appreciably lower than any previous season. There hasn't yet been a high like Forks but I didn't think there can be. That episode was perfect, one of the best in the history of all TV.

We'll see how the season ends but there's nothing here that has me doubting the team. The Bear is still far and away the best show on TV and each episode has had at least one scene that's really hit me. It's been a solid A through and through.

Ice Chips was outstanding. JLC is a god among mortals.

[doug rr]

team Joe..ice chips was great