I kept seeing the enthusiast, positive reviews, podcasts I listen to saying it's on their lists of favorite new shows, etc., just glowing reviews, so finally gave it a shot this weekend, and yes, it's stellar.
A young chef from the fine dining world comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death in his family. A world away from what he's used to, Carmy must balance the soul-crushing realities of small business ownership, his strong-willed and recalcitrant kitchen staff and his strained familial relationships, all while grappling with the impact of his brother's suicide. As Carmy fights to transform both the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew that ultimately reveals itself as his chosen family.
Also pulling 97% on Google rating, average of 8.5/10 on IMDB (which is tough).
Seriously, if you said this was one of the best shows of the last few years and then went on to tell me, the description of EP4 was, "Carmy and Richie cater a kid’s birthday party. Tina and Sydney work together while Marcus makes donuts." I would've thought you were nuts
It's a perfect mix of urban, family, cooking, drama, some people may know Jeremy Allen White from Shameless (Lip), I saw a reviewer write, "
Good Will Hunting meets Anthony Bourdain. The Bear is a mix of understated creative genius, brotherhood and internal conflict, served up with some really incredible food ...", which is a pretty good take.
We're watching on Hulu, it's produced by FX, but it may be a Hulu exclusive.
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(RIP)
Seriously annoying that we ended up having to watch commercials with Freevu, I don’t know how this got on Prime, watched on Prime, but it says Freevu and there were commercials.
