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He has PTSD from his time spent in Somalia in the 90s (and maybe earlier) and the rigidity of the French Brigade is a trigger for him, but he's actually not bad at the parts of his job he already knows how to do, and he's a reliable worker when he's not having flashbacks. So they stick him on the sandwich window because he can't gently caress it up.
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Dr.Radical posted:Finished season 2 today. What’s the deal with the Ebrahim? His whole thing in season two was undercooked (heh). He left the retraining his job paid for and just ghosted and then showed up without an explanation and was just given his job back. I took it as: In a season that's about zeroing in on people's talent and awakening their ambition and determination, it's also totally fine to not want to progress any further and celebrate being good at the level you're currently at. He's on the sandwich window because that's what he's good at and what he wants to do, so they found a place for him in the new structure after all.
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Orange Crush Rush posted:Oh, Britta was in this... She's been to Chicago, they pronounce it baggles
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Sep 5, 2023 10:58
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Gillian Jacobs is with the showrunner, which is probably why she got the gig. I loved Community but I think she’s easily the weakest member of that wildly stacked cameo cast.
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Mob posted:She's been to Chicago, they pronounce it baggles Beefy beefy in my tummy me so hungie
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Vegetable posted:Gillian Jacobs is with the showrunner, which is probably why she got the gig. I loved Community but I think she’s easily the weakest member of that wildly stacked cameo cast. To be fair, she was the uncredited voice of Tiff in Season 1, (where Ritchie makes that phone call to her) so there was a bit of a precedent for giving her the role on screen.
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Vegetable posted:Gillian Jacobs is with the showrunner, which is probably why she got the gig. I loved Community but I think she’s easily the weakest member of that wildly stacked cameo cast. That's difficult for anyone. Like not for nothing Emma Stone went from Spiderman to acting across Michael Keaton, Naomi Watts, and Ed Norton. She did her best but was probably the weakest part of Birdman just in comparison. I don't think Gillian Jacobs is a bad either. She's a good voice actress and has comedic chops. It was more that the episode tone was far from her strong suits.
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I feel for the actor playing Pete, who was essentially background comic relief for two seasons and gets "Okay bud, so we need you to do a one-on-one with Jamie Lee Curtis that we're going to hang the emotional core of the finale on, you cool?"
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Forgot to mention it earlier but huge LOL when the new hire line cook cuts poo poo super fast and everyone’s like “drat that’s fast” and then it turns out he’s on crack
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I wonder how often someone yells “COUSIN!” at him now when he goes out in public.
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Destrado posted:I feel for the actor playing Pete, who was essentially background comic relief for two seasons and gets "Okay bud, so we need you to do a one-on-one with Jamie Lee Curtis that we're going to hang the emotional core of the finale on, you cool?"
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Finally got around to finishing season 2 last night. What a ride. It took a long time for the first season to really grip me (episode 7 of course sealed the deal) but the second season is masterful; they get away with a LOT of absolutely cornball writing and delivery because all of the characters are so drat endearing despite (because of?) their flaws. The family reunion episode was incredible. I bet the first table reads of that were spine-tingling. As for the S2 finale: Goddrat you Carmy. I was really gunning for him and Claire - the intimate scenes between them were giving me legit butterflies in my stomach. As soon as he neglected to take her call I knew what was coming, but I had no idea how bad it was going to be. That's some Vince Gilligan level of tragic timing on her part to rush to the kitchen just in time to hear him rant about how he doesn't need anyone. And it's all so sadly relatable that I think I actually cried when she walked. Richard clocking what just happened and coming to scream at Carmy through the door was almost cathartic in a bitter way. Heartbreaking stuff, can't wait for next season.
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I thought it was weird that iirc no one told Carmy that poo poo was going fine in the kitchen as it probably would have stopped his meltdown at least a bit. “We’re doing fine without you because you trained us so well, Chef. Just chill out until the fridge guy gets here.” Maybe it would have at least stopped him from constantly punching the door and screaming.
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I find it more bizarre that no one needed to get anything from the walk-in fridge on opening night...
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Nowher posted:I find it more bizarre that no one needed to get anything from the walk-in fridge on opening night... It was friends and family. Not the real opening
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vuk83 posted:It was friends and family. Not the real opening It passed the Spielberg Drive Home Test.
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I’m mostly surprised there isn’t some OSHA-imposed emergency mechanism inside an industrial fridge to force the door open in case of this scenario. Seems like people would probably have died this way IRL if not.
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Xealot posted:I’m mostly surprised there isn’t some OSHA-imposed emergency mechanism inside an industrial fridge to force the door open in case of this scenario. There is, and you can see the release in the season one shots. It just got removed for narrative expedience.
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Wasn't fixing the walk-in on carmine's list of things to do that he didn't? I might be misremembering but I thought it had come up earlier in the season
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ilmucche posted:Wasn't fixing the walk-in on carmine's list of things to do that he didn't? I might be misremembering but I thought it had come up earlier in the season Yeah IIRC they made a huge deal of him failing to call the fridge guy
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Right, but the other point is that it couldn't have failed the way it failed. There would always be a failsafe to open it from the inside regardless of what was going on with the latch. But it's also a nerd-poo poo opinion and the scenario worked great as a built up moment in a TV show.
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Eh, I disagree that it worked great specifically because it's so contrived. I don't mind stretching things a little for the sake of the story or the characters, but people that don't know poo poo about restaurants or walk-ins are like 'uhh doesn't he have a phone' 'why didn't they call the fire department' 'walk-ins don't work like that' etc. There's just too many things that feel off about the scenario that an average (not even a nerd-poo poo) viewer wouldn't question at least one of them
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mobby_6kl posted:Yeah IIRC they made a huge deal of him failing to call the fridge guy That was the entire point of the scene and why he freaked out about Claire. He was getting ridden all season about how Claire was distracting him from focusing on the restaurant and constantly forgetting to call the fridge guy and fighting anyone that said they would do it. It was Chekov's Appliance.
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Didn’t someone die from getting locked in a walk in freezer overnight at some fast food restaurant around the time the episode dropped?
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Presumably a star-aspiring restaurant has a nicer walk-in freezer than a fast food restaurant
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Vegetable posted:Presumably a star-aspiring restaurant has a nicer walk-in freezer than a fast food restaurant Yeah if The chef calls the door guy
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Atlas Hugged posted:Right, but the other point is that it couldn't have failed the way it failed. There would always be a failsafe to open it from the inside regardless of what was going on with the latch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Ugebzq3juE&t=5s The important thing from a media literacy standpoint is that they built it up as a thing he was meant to do, but kept getting too distracted. He forgot a thing about his restaurant because he was infatuated and it bit him in the rear end, so he blames her. It really doesn't matter if walk-ins don't work that way.
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Maybe he doesn't know how walk-ins work and doesn't realize he can free himself. Instead he blames Claire for shackling him. It's like poetry it rhymes
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officially renewed for S3 https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-bear-renewed-season-3-fx-hulu-1235781001/
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Finally was able to watch this. It’s good overall and well made and acted but definitely thought season 2 was pretty lackluster overall, I’m still up to watch more and I get wanting to broaden things a bit with more individual character focused episodes but the second season wasn’t funny in comparison and the Claire character didn’t work for me. Hoping they get a little more into the shady business loan stuff in season 3, the stressful atmosphere from S1 and a couple eps of S2 is definitely the most unique and compelling thing about the show and I think delving into the bad money situation would give the writing room more ways to perpetuate that feeling without turning into a show about kitchen crashes every week or whatever. Syd is definitely the most compelling character on the show for me at the point they left off from.
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What season 1 has going for it is that it's just better paced. It's difficult to live up to.
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If you like The Bear I highly recommend The Iron Claw. Jeremy Allen White is really really loving good in it.
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Haven't seen Iron Claw, but I want him to star in a Rom Com where he gets to smile for some parts of the movie. Feel like after The Bear the guy deserves a role that isn't making a perpetual "I'm hosed, I'm hosed, I'm hosed" face the entire time. S2 is phenomenal, but does suffer a bit in that they jump from being an underdog sandwich shop to a fine dining establishment in like nine episodes. I love the episode where Richie get's his groove on, but the transformation does feel sudden. And it's just slightly harder to root for a place that's trying to cater to the wealthy than a local favorite of the working man. Did actually like how the loan stuff comes up, but that it's tied to mafia connections isn't really being emphasized much. Definitely feels like the other shoe that's waiting to drop.
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This was brought up in here before. We already know the consequences. If they fail, Uncle Jimmy gets the lot and sells it for a ton of money. No one is going to get a pair of cement shoes or anything. Jimmy is a fairly pragmatic person. He's not going to murder people he actually likes, but he will do what is necessary to get his money back.
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I have been binging this over the last few days. It's like early seasons of Hell's Kitchen with a side order of dysfunction and it's amazing. I am very glad that I didn't watch the Season 2 Christmas episode at Christmas because I think I'd go crazy. Just finished watching episode 7 and I started crying when Taylor Swift came on and Richie finally, finally got a win and came into his own. Fuuuuuck the wait for Season 3 is going to be long if I finish Season 2 before the weekend is out.
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And now I'm finished. Let it Rip.
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Arc Hammer posted:I have been binging this over the last few days. It's like early seasons of Hell's Kitchen with a side order of dysfunction and it's amazing. i actually rewatched the christmas episode the night before christmas and when i woke up i was weirdly calm when setting up everything for the dinner. cant recommend it to other people but its almost like i got out all of my cooking stress just by watching it
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I'll echo what others have said that I liked Season 1 better overall but Season 2 was great fun as a way to actually build on these characters. I didn't find Claire all that interesting and she felt more like a character arc delivery vehicle for Carmy than an actual part of the show. Like the whole thing with her was to build up to his choice between success and personal happiness and once he chose the former that was it and she vanishes. I also felt rather underwhelmed by the final look of the restaurant after the renovation. The first season I know was based on the real world Mr Beef and the set looked like an actual cramped working restaurant. The Bear fine dining by comparison looks and feels a lot more like a TV filming set, it's artificial in a "this is a TV set" kind of way rather than an intentional "Carmy and Syd stripped away the soul of The Beef for this" kind of artificial. I feel that Season 3 will definitely show them getting hammered as it turns out opening a fine dining restaurant is loving hard and they need to embrace the sandwich shop window to keep them afloat as reservations indoors dry up. Because whatever The Beef was and whatever The Bear is, neither of them can survive longterm.
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