The Bear 1x04 Reaction
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It’s weird how forgiving yall are of Tina. I wish someone would ever be that damn rude and disrespectful to me on a daily basis
Any idea when episode 5 is coming out?
Pete is a middle class dork, probably from the suburbs, so outwardly that's why they hate him. The real reason is he's kind, sincere, and doesn't feel the need to hide his emotions or his love. He tries very hard for their acceptance. They're bitter and hardened, they don't outwardly show their love and have to keep an edge up. Pete is soft and genuine. Probably had a good, stable home life growing up. No one did in that family. So they likely resent that as well. Pete standing up for Carmy is exactly what they hate. No one in the family cared about Carmy's incredible success and accomplishments. He won a freaking James Beard award (highest honor for American chefs outside of Michelin) and worked at a multiple Michelin starred restaurant. Richie mocks what Carmy did, Mikey shut him out, Sugar doesn't acknowledge it openly to him, and no one at the party knows or cares to know what he did. One of them called him a fucking loser despite him being an incredibly gifted chef. But that scene showed that it was Pete that followed Carmy's success. Pete admitted essentially to reading articles about Carmy's old restaurant and it was clear he was proud of him. He stood up for Carmy and Carmy isn't capable of seeing that for being a genuine act of love to take interest in his career. They just see his love as corny because they can't show it like he can. Their upbringing didn't allow it. No spoilers, but pay attention to Sugar and the family dynamic. and her marriage to Pete makes sense. Also no ketchup on hot dogs is a huge thing in Chicago and you are extremely likely to get clowned on it for it. Chicago takes their hot dogs pretty seriously. Richie was being very Chicago in that moment. I'm a Midwesterner by birth, so I of course agree. ;)
That transition to Richie yelling at Jimmy fucking floored me lmao, the writers know how to balance comedy and drama moments really well
as for the awkward phone call between carmy and pete a few eps ago i think its sort of implied carmy burned pete while cooking (hence why pete’s doctor gave him cream). pete is well meaning but his vibe is closer to waspy white collar than it is rugged blue collar chicago guy and so his friendliness comes off either corny or insincere to the family (unfairly so id add)
Great reaction! I don't have much to add this week except I love how much you're loving the show already, only 4 episodes in. I think batching the episodes makes sense. Others have mentioned this but at this point, my assumption was they don't like Pete because he's nice and kinda corny. He's not "edgy" or traumatised lol, he's just some goofy normal dude that married Sugar and they unfairly resent that haha I love how established everyone's dynamic is by this point. It's a super economical show, no wasted moments. They all feel so real!
They give you so much in just half an hour, it's a perfectly paced show imo
On the topic of Pete, its mostly because he's too normal compared to the rest of them who had to deal with much more hardships and family drama growing up. They're "rougher" than he is so they are off put by his demeanor as a person.
There's that line from the battle rap in 8 Mile which is like: "His real name is Clarence, and Clarence's parents have a real nice marriage". I think about that a lot, like: not being from a bad / broken home environment is a negative for a lot of people... I definitely had bad feelings about the posh/less poor kids in school lol.
It was so funny to me seeing you guys like Tina when she’s probably one of the characters I’ve struggled with the most lol. But that’s about my own experience working in restaurants- I’ve known some Tina’s, and they’re not fun to work with. But I imagine she will eventually grow on me too.
Yeah, it’s not a good time. There are shitty people in any work environment, but something about the inherently high stress nature of restaurant work really seems to bring it out in people. And then those who are in charge can sometimes be worse, like Carmy’s previous boss. A lot of the shitty bosses will really act like kings of their own little world. I remember my first job as a teen was at a local burger joint, and after working there a little while it became clear the boss had a hair trigger temper. Sweet one moment and then yelling at you the next. One time he misunderstood what I wrote on a ticket and it resulted in a messed up order: he screamed and swore at 16-year-old me for like a solid ten minutes while I just stood there and cried.
i just spent one of my free days binge watching you two. i finally catched up with the bear and cyberpunk. the wire and hxh will take more time... maybe even vacations lol the way i love this show but damn it's stressful to watch. thought it makes me kinda jealous because as stressful as it is it's kinda like a found family. the restaurant where i work is just pure cahos and it's full of idiots. mainly the boss and many of the clients but also a few colleagues. the other day i had to cover with my own money a dish because the client said she didn't order it (which she did) but she ate it and then said she would not pay for it because she didn't order it. i have to pay for the fucking dish and then hear my boss joke about it all day and keep asking me why i looked so pissed.
Yeah I wasn’t sure I could keep watching after the first episode - I’m out of the restaurant industry now, and it felt like it was giving me fucking flashbacks lol. I didn’t even work in a fancy restaurant like Carmy, and I still had that experience of throwing up every day before work. I’m much happier just cooking at home.