User Reviews

It's a new beginning for Carmy and his chefs. Their new goal is to start with a clean slate and open a new restaurant, like Mikey would have wanted. In the upcoming months, Carmy, along with his sister Natalie and Syd, will have to face a series of conflicts if they wish to open 'The Bear' on time in order to pay their debts with Uncle Jimmy.

Tina is delighted in having been hired as sous chef by Syd, which means Tina has come full circle and really respects her now, after Sydney proved her set of culinary and logistical skills.

The passionate pastry chef Marcus has to take care of his mother, while Richie is struggling to find a purpose and a role in this new restaurant. We had already seen last season how difficult it was for him to deal with change, and this time around it looks like he's willing to grow as a person, which is seen when he avoids saying certain words. It's uncertain whether he'll continue on this path without setbacks, since he seems slightly unstable when talking to Carmy in the basement.

Carmy has as his sole purpose the opening of his restaurant. This becomes clear when he gets home early and has absolutely nothing to do, other than going back to work. His motivated efforts on this project could help him tremendously in overcoming the death of his brother, or cause the exact opposite effect, depending on how successful 'The Bear' is.

In general terms, the 1st episode opens this season pretty well, since we got a glimpse of the work and personal problems the endearing characters will have to deal with.

I was worried that this show was going to go the Roseanne route and have money drastically change things, but that was not the case at all. We saw immediately that finding hundreds of thousands of dollars just created a new set of problems, and did not make anyone rich. I would be fine with just a few thousand, but I digress.

I was definitely not amazed by the season premiere, but this show and its unruly group of characters has already sucked me back in. This show has that Chicago grit to it which makes it such an easy watch. Looking forward to binging the remainder of the season very soon this week.

Excellent opener honestly. Like others are saying, short, concise, to the point, and not at all free of the loud, sometimes anxiety-inducing moments that are a staple to the series.

Was 100% expecting a clean opening, but even with the money Mike left for them, the crew is still on the struggle bus with money. Didn't at all going the direction I expected, and that's fine. It adds some surprisingly high stakes to the plot!

Some really heart-tugging moments too, particularly at the very beginning with Marcus visiting his grandmother in the hospital, and then the sweet moment on the street between Sydney and Tina. Seems like this season will dive in to the heavier side of grief and being under pressure as well. I'm anxious yet excited.

In other words, another great episode of The Bear! Did everything a beginning episode should do and didn't well!