there's a lot going on in the first episodes
that you're not mentioning.
We don't have to belabor the discussion but you seem hyper focused on a minor thread about the menu experimentation, and missing the boat on the storylines of the entire ensemble, not to mention the running threat of the season introduced in the first episode concerning the onerous financing provided by Platt.
Complete thread:
- TV: the Bear, and the mutilation of Pequod’s -
Jay,
2023-07-13, 10:13
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- I only just started The Bear this week... - domer.mq, 2023-07-13, 19:22
- my other issue... - okerland, 2023-07-13, 14:56
- I yelled at the screen when they did that. C'mon.
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Tim,
2023-07-13, 11:58
- The first 5 eps of S2 are straight up bad -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-13, 10:56
- counterpoint: they're great! -
Jay,
2023-07-14, 08:50
- It's actually just so banal -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-14, 11:25
- there's a lot going on in the first episodes -
Jay,
2023-07-15, 11:58
- Now I'm just being tendentious - Mike (bart), 2023-07-15, 13:00
- Counterpoint: It's really not -
mkmcfrlnd,
2023-07-14, 21:31
- It can be spot on and banal - Mike (bart), 2023-07-15, 07:55
- there's a lot going on in the first episodes -
Jay,
2023-07-15, 11:58
- It's actually just so banal -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-14, 11:25
- The liquor license thing seemed like an ode to Jimmy -
okerland,
2023-07-13, 11:28
- Right, like they're trying to show informal power structure -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-13, 13:53
- This probably goes without saying -
HCE,
2023-07-13, 13:57
- And when dey took da Ryne to Lincoln Park? Cmaaahn -
Dylan,
2023-07-14, 05:33
- Deep dish is for tourists, my frent -
MattG,
2023-07-14, 06:31
- Go back to Mason City, you hoser. -
nedhead,
2023-07-14, 11:45
- Oh I wish I could, cousin - MattG, 2023-07-14, 21:14
- Go back to Mason City, you hoser.
- Deep dish is for tourists, my frent -
MattG,
2023-07-14, 06:31
- It's not about accuracy it's about weirdness -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-13, 14:15
- Honestly, I liked it. (edited) -
atxND,
2023-07-13, 16:00
- I think the Forks episode was my favorite of the series -
Jay,
2023-07-14, 10:46
- That episode finally made me a fan, Cousin. - Chris, 2023-07-14, 11:54
- I think the Forks episode was my favorite of the series -
Jay,
2023-07-14, 10:46
- Honestly, I liked it. (edited) -
atxND,
2023-07-13, 16:00
- And when dey took da Ryne to Lincoln Park? Cmaaahn -
Dylan,
2023-07-14, 05:33
- This probably goes without saying -
HCE,
2023-07-13, 13:57
- Right, like they're trying to show informal power structure -
Mike (bart),
2023-07-13, 13:53
- Episodes 6-10 are the payoff. -
ReginaldVelJohnson,
2023-07-13, 11:02
- Although it felt like the transition was perhaps too quick - atxND, 2023-07-13, 11:49
- counterpoint: they're great! -
Jay,
2023-07-14, 08:50