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Hot take: The Bear season 2 is way overhyped and here is why I changed my mind
I used to tell everyone The Bear season 2 was the best thing on TV. Then my buddy Mike, he runs a small diner in Portland, said I was missing the point. He told me the whole show is about people who can't escape their own mess, and season 2 just glamorizes the chaos instead of showing the real cost. I watched it again with his feedback in mind and yeah, those flashy montages and big restaurant dreams hide the fact that the characters are still stuck in the same patterns. The Fishes episode is great but it feels like a standalone short film, not part of a season about growth. Now I lean more towards shows that actually let their characters learn something, like Slow Horses or even Reservation Dogs. Am I the only one who thinks the praise for season 2 went a little too far?
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eva_adams6825d ago
Wait wait wait, you're telling me those big fancy montages actually hide the fact that nobody in season 2 learns anything? I never thought about it that way but now I'm kind of blown away because the whole time I was cheering for the restaurant opening and missed that Richie is still basically the same guy. That Mike guy sounds like he really knows what he's talking about, maybe I gotta give season 2 another watch with fresh eyes.
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shanem3725d ago
Yeah that line about the montages hiding the lack of growth really gets me too. @robertb47 is right that rewatching changes everything because you start noticing how the characters just repeat their same mistakes in fancier settings. Like how Richie still snaps at people during service and Carmen still can't handle pressure, it's just now they're doing it while the camera moves all cinematic. The restaurant opening felt like progress but really it was just a prettier cage for the same old problems.
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