The Bear: Season 1

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HULU | Season Premiere Date: June 23, 2022

Summary: Chef Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) returns home to run his family's sandwich shop in Chicago where he faces issues with running a small business, his new employees and his family.

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama, Food & Cooking

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S1:E7. Review
Air Date: June 23, 2022

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The Guardian Lucy Mangan

Oct 5, 2022

The Bear is half-hour gobbets of kinetic, pressurised, propulsive brilliance with occasional moments of stillness that make you see how much has been done in order to serve up something so delicious. This is a show that has been meticulously prepped, simmered, reduced, balanced and eventually plated up to perfection by the creator Christopher Storer and co-showrunner Joanna Calo. Dig in. Read full review

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Sophie Gilbert

Jul 13, 2022

The Bear is horrifically stressful; it’s also thrilling, ambitious, funny, devastating. ... The show ends with a revelation that feels almost uncannily like magic. I didn’t begrudge it, because it seems to set up abundant questions and opportunities for a second season, and series that are this thoughtful—this sly and tender and artful—are rare enough to be relished. Read full review

Tim Lowery

Jun 22, 2022

Once you’re acclimated, The Bear becomes something of a marvel, a show with its own rhythm and with characters you generally want to be around, even as they’re losing it. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Shelli Nicole

Jun 22, 2022

With a killer cast, strong writing, and an abundance of surprise guests there is no reason why "The Bear" shouldn’t be cooking a second season meal in the very near future. Read full review

Collider Therese Lacson

Jun 28, 2022

The series does a good job of having us follow their story, get invested, and then have our hearts broken when things go wrong for them, all the while hoping that they will see success again. Read full review

Joel Keller

Jun 23, 2022

The Bear is more dark comedy than a laugh riot, but its anarchic style and family vibe make for a kinetic show that might have some surprises in store for its viewers. Read full review

IndieWire Ben Travers

Jun 16, 2022

While “The Bear” may not be one of the best shows in the world, its own act of service is appreciated. Storer and Calo invite us into a fast-paced, high-risk world, hoping to entertain us; hoping we can empathize with those living in it; hoping their gesture is more than just a piece of filler in TV’s content machine. And it is, for those who enjoy a little heat. Read full review

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MickVV

Jul 28, 2022

Superb in every way—acting, script, direction, cinematography, music, the story itself. Episode 7 was my favorite, but every episode was a gem. Builds to a moving and fitting conclusion. Great work by all involved.

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Exlee3000

Jun 26, 2022

Wow this show was great! So authrntic, genuine and heartfelt. Funny too. And it's not woke, thank God! Some of the most realistic dialogue I've ever heard in a show. I hope it's a success, I want to see what happens next! Season 2 Hulu, renew now!

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TalkTeaV

Jun 24, 2022

The Bear is a gritty comedy with some of the best acting I have seen this year. Back in the day, to see it again, I would have walked eight blocks mid-winter to rent it from Blockbuster. Amid the chaos, there are moments of true artistic beauty. After witnessing all of the dysfunction andThe Bear is a gritty comedy with some of the best acting I have seen this year. Back in the day, to see it again, I would have walked eight blocks mid-winter to rent it from Blockbuster. Amid the chaos, there are moments of true artistic beauty. After witnessing all of the dysfunction and yelling, the showrunners give the viewer a brief scene of serenity as you watch these chefs cook. Each character was so believable, and if you felt anger, frustration, or love for any of them, it was because this ensemble performed amazingly. A kitchen nightmare filled with the pain of loss and daily struggles, happening in a family kitchen in any home. A story about Hard-working people pushing through the hurt to come together as a family. I loved it.

As always, if you made it this far, thanks for reading, and if you watch this series, let me know what you think.

Keep it interesting, Stay Channel Surfing!

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Potzer01

Sep 6, 2022

Fantastic. Good characters, acting, writing, world. Just delightful in an assaulting way.

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MetacriticOnur

Jun 30, 2022

excellent
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possessing outstanding quality or superior merit; remarkably good.

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WatchinMovies

Sep 9, 2022

Excellent show, although there is a lot of profanity. Characters are kind of gritty but the idea of the show and its execution is worth binge-watching.

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srbbnd

Jun 27, 2022

Well then, gave this a watch after reading all the positive reviews and then realized I had been dupped.

I searched the internet thoroughly trying to find validation that this was indeed crap by a reputable source and they had all drank the purple cool aid, from the nit-picky Roger EbertWell then, gave this a watch after reading all the positive reviews and then realized I had been dupped.

I searched the internet thoroughly trying to find validation that this was indeed crap by a reputable source and they had all drank the purple cool aid, from the nit-picky Roger Ebert to the Chicago Tribune giving this a near perfect score. I was unable to find validation and apparently, I am in the minority. I liked Shameless and the actor Jeremy White has done what he can with the role in The Bear.

The problems arise with the lack of realism that The Bear ends up showing with dialogue and human emotion. The positive reviews stem from what critics believe that this is a real representation of how people actually act in a chaotic environment. I myself who has worked in a few restaurants as an Italian who does enjoy an Italian Chicago beef sandwich the seriousness portrayed in this show is ridiculous. The relationships between co-workers, families and acquaintances give an over importance of the mundane tasks that affect us all. It is like a high school play if the students had too much soda where they believe that any outside factor is the end of the world.

A quick example is where the retro gamers line up for a tournament and are acting like wild animals, punching, trying to break the windows, screaming and the cousin comes out and has to shoot a gun in the air to calm them down. This is the complete opposite of how gamers would be acting, normally quiet and introverted types. Let alone the legal ramifications of shooting a firearm in the streets in modern day times.

In conclusion, this show is basically ER set in a sandwich shop that tries to be a dark comedy. There in lies the problem. Takes itself way to seriously with the self-indulgence of importance without actually understanding the human condition, or how humans actually interact with each other. The actors do a fine job with what they have been dealt. But with the dialogue, human connections and failing to show the real grit of working in a restaurant that millennials and gen Z have been trapped in due to the faltering middle class this show is a shallow attempt to try to validate our meaningless existence.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 23, 2022
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  S1:E7. Review
  Air Date: June 23, 2022