Forever

Some say that "The Bear" has been a mixed bag during its third season. It certainly hasn't been a mixed for me, as it has still been mostly set in the positive. However, it is understandable that some people may be underwhelmed with the show's third season, which doesn't seem to quite reach the excellence of the first two. A big reason is because of the show's repetitive nature when it comes to its themes and what it wants to say, but it's still good. The finale is a great example of that in an episode that could have been better, but was still good.

This is a show that is so based in its deep thematics. It works best when it revolves around the dramatic aspects, despite being labeled a comedy. And this episode isn't necessarily all about that as it mostly features the characters attending the Ever's funeral service, but it provides a great lesson for the characters. Just because it's all going good and great, doesn't mean that it can't all go away, and it's important to step out and watch the normal things and remember that you don't live in a vacuum, but in the real world. Those are the lessons that the show prides itself with, and it's constantly providing some great entertainment and things of actual merits, despite it not being packaged in the usual greatness that we got used to during the first two seasons. It's difficult to not like a show that still takes its time to focus on the characters and shows humanity under the stress and the yelling. Now, the episode does leave a lot of strings dangling in the air, with storylines still being left unfinished and a lot of questions about some characters who don't appear in this episode at all. This season was originally going to film back-to-back with the fourth season, so it could be that this is more of a two-parter, but it still feels a little unfinished. However, it's still a damn good show that continues to deliver the emotional punches you want, even if they could hit maybe just a little bit harder.

"Forever" is a solid ending to a subpar season that still manages to knock you down with genuine emotional punches that give you all the drama. It may not leave everything on a satisfactory note, but it still keeps your appetite active and makes you eager to come back for more in the near future.

This season is not like 1 or 2. It all feels like a prologue and the beginning of a story that never happens. We don't actually get any real progression in the main characters. Ironically we feel more attached to a restaurant that closes from Carmine's past than anything to do with his current one. Also the framing of the scenes dramatically changed, far too many intense close ups. Giving the feeling of crowding the pan. The acting is well done. The emotions are definitely felt. The issue for me is that the entire season feels like a very long backstory to the characters and their sorted histories. Interesting but I question why.

This was such a good episode that it made up for the bad episodes season three had, and there were plenty of them. People got fair screen time there was character development. They showed Carmie outside of the kitchen, staring at some thing and showed him having real conversations with people. I think my favorite B character on this year has been computer. Somehow he steals the scene every time he's there. It was just a very well-made episode and I think people that have watched season three expecting season two will be happy with this. Sorry, I am not a strong writer, but These are my thoughts. Also, Olivia Coleman is brilliant in this episode.

I'm going to talk about the season as a whole. I agree with many as I did find it underwhelming. So many characters just get forgotten about and get completely unused, I love The Faks and they definitely got lots of screen time compared to the previous seasons. Ebra was completely forgotten about and was barely used at all. And it's a shame because I and many others like him. Another forgotten character who didn't get much time at all was Sweeps, I really like sweeps he's a funny character and calm and humble No doubt he deserved more screen time, Marcus Definitely Could've been used more he had his funeral episode but then he was never needed at all. Same With Sugar she had the season building up to her child birth, then once she gave birth she was never seen again. It was a Good season much slower pace and longer scenes which d felt dragged out at some points,and it's a shame that the writers just forget about these characters. The ending is reality for carmey, Uncle Jimmy has basically payed for everything in the restaurant now it looks like it's going to be shut down. Excited for season 4 but where do they go from here in terms of a full 10 episode season. Rating Of Season 7/10.

The first 2 seasons of The Bear were brilliant to put it plainly. It was a chaotic string of events that kept me compelled and although I saw glimpses of that in season 3, it doesn't quite reach the same level the other 2 seasons displayed. When the last episode came by and at the end it said "to be continued", I thought that was the perfect way to sum up what was going on this season. We get a bunch of moments that really don't get a resolution or any set up for that matter. It just leaves a majority of the season feeling a bit tame.

Now the positives are still pretty high. The first three episodes are really good. Something I thought about those episodes is how it slowly builds up to the chaos that is ensued when they go into the thick of service. Ep 1 (Carmy cleans up the restaurant and preps the ingredients), ep 2 (Staff come in and prepare for service), ep 3 (the service).

Another highlight of the season is that there were a lot of good character moments and I would say that some episodes get saved by strong and impactful conversations between characters.

Looking at the season, I would say is a handful. You can say it satisfied me but that's only because I'm a huge fun of the show and it hurts that it didn't quite maintain the energy the other seasons had. It had good highs but it also had a fair amount of lows.