You would possibly think Bear is TV drama’s “Citizen Kane” given all of the critical hyperventilation/bowing down season 2, which premiered on June 23 (the FX series airs exclusively on hulu).
It is not – at the very least in the primary half of this 10-episode season, already ruined by Deadline’s interview with the show’s star Jeremy Allen White where he describes his “Split Season 2 Finale”.
Great, thanks rather a lot for messing things up – something we try very hard to not do here unless absolutely needed.
This it wasn’t needed. Delayed viewing, anyone?
From what I’ve seen to date, season 2 of The Bear is just that Yes – and it’s winding its way through a second-year slump, perhaps facing pressure to outdo its stellar inaugural season.
That intrigue has largely disappeared now, replaced by an irritating – and sometimes dull – story wherein still-depressed chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (and his hair) rebrands and rebuilds his run-down Chicago diner amid arguments and workplace drama/ personal, which was somewhat charming in Season 1 because the essential characters, especially Carmy, traveled in search of themselves.
“Bear” is way too loud, each sonically and contextually.
Its decibel level is aided and aided by overpriced cinematography and editing – a trap Higher Call Saul fell into when attempting to recreate the visual style of its predecessor, “Breaking Bad”.
There are frantic, overly noisy arguments where it’s hard to make out who’s saying what, while Carmy’s army talks to one another in Robert Altman style – almost as in the event that they’re standing on a jet plane attempting to shout over everyone else above over the roar of the engines.
Sure, it creates tension… but in a negative, cacophonous way.
And the way repeatedly do we’ve got to listen to that nasty phrase “Yes, Chef!” from the essential characters?
Whether it is Really how do colleagues within the restaurant industry address one another behind closed doors – and if that’s the case, even in dumpsters like the previous Original Beef of Chicagoland? Really?
He just seems sad and self-absorbed.
They create food that shall be delighted by customers with out a second thought. Nobody outside of the kitchen really cares concerning the baseball jargon behind those swinging doors.
Enough already.
(I used to be on a press conference call with Gordon Ramsay years ago; obsequious reporters referred to him as “chef” and I wanted to achieve over the phone wires and hit them over the pinnacle.)
‘Bear’ will rightly earn a handful (or more) of well-deserved accolades on July 12 for stars White, Ayo Edibiri (Sydney) and Ebon Moss-Bacharach (Richie) – and possibly for supporting the players Liza Colon-Zayas (Tina) and Lionel Boyce (Marcus) – When the seventy fifth Annual Emmy nominations are announced.
And season 2 guest stars including Bob Odenkirk, Jamie Lee Curtis, Olivia Colman, and John Mulaney are on their way, so here it is.
To date, nevertheless, “Bear” has not roared, and most frequently it is only a clatter, a watch-like background sound.
Gather yourselves, people.
It takes a recent restaurant to launch and even less time to grab viewers’ attention before “The Bear” is taken off their menu and into one of the remaining 464,786 series on TV.