8/10 for Season 1. 3/10 for Season 2.
There's a trend in episodic TV or streaming content nowadays where the protagonist starts at the bottom and by the end of the first season, he makes it to where he needs to be. So, when you excitedly start the second season, you're horrified to realise that he goes back down again. It's happened to so many iconic TV characters in the last 10-15 years, from Don Draper to Ray Donovan to even Nurse Jackie and Louie.
Season 2 of The Bear is just that. A dismal and excruciatingly slow-paced series that meanders from place to place, person to person. The show does get many things right especially when it comes to supporting characters (the mom was perfect combination of anxiety and mayhem) but the plot does very little to help the show. I loved season 1 of The Bear and I despised season 2 for Christopher Storer's relentless attempts to push the lead character deeper into the ground.
There's a trend in episodic TV or streaming content nowadays where the protagonist starts at the bottom and by the end of the first season, he makes it to where he needs to be. So, when you excitedly start the second season, you're horrified to realise that he goes back down again. It's happened to so many iconic TV characters in the last 10-15 years, from Don Draper to Ray Donovan to even Nurse Jackie and Louie.
Season 2 of The Bear is just that. A dismal and excruciatingly slow-paced series that meanders from place to place, person to person. The show does get many things right especially when it comes to supporting characters (the mom was perfect combination of anxiety and mayhem) but the plot does very little to help the show. I loved season 1 of The Bear and I despised season 2 for Christopher Storer's relentless attempts to push the lead character deeper into the ground.