My thoughts on the Bear was that this season was a bit of a let-down. It left so many threads hanging with minimal or no resolution. Part me bought into the theory that the Joel McHale character didn't actually exist; it was just Carmy's inner critic. So I was already slightly disappointed in the finale when Luca clearly could see David,…
My thoughts on the Bear was that this season was a bit of a let-down. It left so many threads hanging with minimal or no resolution. Part me bought into the theory that the Joel McHale character didn't actually exist; it was just Carmy's inner critic. So I was already slightly disappointed in the finale when Luca clearly could see David, and then the actual confrontation was a bit on the nose.
The incompleteness of this season and even the "To Be Continued" banner made me think of the kind of release that splits a season in two to straddle Emmys eligibility, like the last seasons of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul (or Bridgerton's recent season). But there's no way "season 4" is going to be released until next June or later. So it was an odd choice.
This season just never felt that interested in coherent narrative arcs. Like the review that was mentioned in episode 5, disappeared for episodes 6-8 until it was mentioned as make-or-break for the restaurant in episode 9, released in the last moment of episode 10, but then we don't definitively know what it said! So I guess I shouldn't be surprised the ending fell flat.
My thoughts on the Bear was that this season was a bit of a let-down. It left so many threads hanging with minimal or no resolution. Part me bought into the theory that the Joel McHale character didn't actually exist; it was just Carmy's inner critic. So I was already slightly disappointed in the finale when Luca clearly could see David, and then the actual confrontation was a bit on the nose.
The incompleteness of this season and even the "To Be Continued" banner made me think of the kind of release that splits a season in two to straddle Emmys eligibility, like the last seasons of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul (or Bridgerton's recent season). But there's no way "season 4" is going to be released until next June or later. So it was an odd choice.
This season just never felt that interested in coherent narrative arcs. Like the review that was mentioned in episode 5, disappeared for episodes 6-8 until it was mentioned as make-or-break for the restaurant in episode 9, released in the last moment of episode 10, but then we don't definitively know what it said! So I guess I shouldn't be surprised the ending fell flat.