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“Watching The Bear, an FX production that streams exclusively on Hulu starting today, is like being Sydney on her first day. You immediately get dropped onto a spinning culinary carousel and have to find your equilibrium on your own. Under the stewardship of series creator Christopher Storer, who wrote or co-wrote four of the eight episodes and directed five, The Bear does not bother to explain its restaurant lingo, immediately lay out character backstories, or even establish itself firmly as a comedy or drama. (Note: It’s both.) There is no time. Dinner service starts in 20 minutes, and Carmy and his co-workers have sandwiches to make. If you need your hand held, just put your right one in your left one and keep it moving.” — Jen Chaney, “The Bear Never Stops Moving”

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    Episode 8 Braciole
    The Bear Season-Finale Recap Rewind: Let It Rip The crew starts a new chapter as they reconcile with pain from the past.
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    Episode 7 Review
    The Bear Recap Rewind: Are We Good? This episode lasted just long enough for the Beef to completely implode.
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    Episode 6 Ceres
    The Bear Recap: A Delicate Ecosystem Because what Chicagoan hasn’t been at a bar at 6:45 a.m.?
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    Episode 5 Sheridan
    The Bear Recap Rewind: Say Matte! Exploding toilets, bad breakers, and parking-lot coke deals knock the Original Beef gang down but not out.
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    Episode 4 Dogs
    The Bear Recap Rewind: Who Puts Ketchup on a Hot Dog? Carmen and Richie go to the burbs, make some food, and manage to dose a whole bunch of children.
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    Episode 3 Brigade
    The Bear Recap Rewind: Charge of the Beef Brigade It’s Michael’s birthday and no one is celebrating.
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    Episode 2 Hands
    The Bear Recap Rewind: Health-Inspector Blues Joel McHale and Oliver Platt dip into the series as a couple of nightmares from Carmy’s past that bleed into his present.
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    Episode 1 System
    The Bear Series-Premiere-Recap Rewind: Ballbreaker Set in a worn-down Chicago restaurant, The Bear tells the story of superstar chef Carmen Berzatto, who’s come home to take over the family business.
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    Episode 10 The Bear
    The Bear Season-Finale Recap: Friends and Family The Bear may not be the best thing for Carmy right now and vice versa.
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    Episode 9 Omelette
    The Bear Recap: Unforced Errors Why is it so hard to believe things might go right for this group?
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    Episode 8 Bolognese
    The Bear Recap: Fire Suppression Is Claire Carmy’s girlfriend or just a girl who’s his friend?
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    Episode 7 Forks
    The Bear Recap: Every Second Counts Richie finds his purpose as another surprise guest pops into The Bear.
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    Episode 6 Fishes
    The Bear Recap: The Christmas Guests A jaw-dropping flashback episode serves up seven fishes and a buffet of cameos.
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    Episode 5 Pop
    The Bear Recap: Can’t Hardly Wait There’s a party in the ’burbs and we’re all invited.
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    Episode 4 Honeydew
    The Bear Recap: Velkommen til Danmark Marcus ventures abroad and even deeper into our hearts.
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    Episode 3 Sundae
    The Bear Recap: Partner Problems In which Carmy Googles the definition of fun and Sydney takes us on a tour of some of Chicago’s best spots.
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    Episode 2 Pasta
    The Bear Recap: Chaos Menu But Thoughtful Look at Carmy learning to open himself up to others … sort of.
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    Episode 1 Beef
    The Bear Season-Premiere Recap: Ground Berf Season two kicks off in characteristically stressful fashion, as Carmy and Co. jump out of the frying pan and into the fire.
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    Episode 10 Forever
    The Bear Season-Finale Recap: Closure It’s funeral time, and the whole culinary world is invited.
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    Episode 9 Apologies
    The Bear Recap: You’re the Peace On the eve of a funeral, the whole staff’s thinking about what comes next.
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    Episode 8 Ice Chips
    The Bear Recap: A Bear Is Born Natalie asks for help from the very last person she wants to ask.
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    Episode 7 Legacy
    The Bear Recap: Sleight of Hand How long will Carmy be able to keep everyone around?
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    Episode 6 Napkins
    The Bear Recap: Can I Leave a Résumé? Tina’s backstory distills the anxiety and the allure of starting over at a certain age.
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    Episode 5 Children
    The Bear Recap: Meet Sammy Fak Some celebrity cameos work, some don’t.
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    Episode 4 Violet
    The Bear Recap: Bad Communication It’s no surprise the crew can’t quite get their lives together on their days off.
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    Episode 3 Doors
    The Bear Recap: Another Turn Carmy is an absolute menace during The Bear’s first month of service.
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    Episode 2 Next
    The Bear Recap: Take Us There, Bear Carmy’s “non-negotiables” aren’t a bad list of goals, but as demands, it’s asking way too much.
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    Episode 1 Tomorrow
    The Bear Season-Premiere Recap: Perfect Means Perfect The ghosts of Carmy’s culinary past return to haunt him in a pressure-filled premiere.
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    Episode 10 Goodbye
    The Bear Season-Finale Recap: The Elephant in the Bear Carmy, Syd, and Richie lay everything out on the table.
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    Episode 9 Tonnato
    The Bear Recap: Best New Chef In which amends and chicken are made.
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    Episode 8 Green
    The Bear Recap: Leave It All on the Dance Floor With less than one day left on the Computer’s clock, the Bear faces epic uncertainty.
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    Episode 7 Bears
    The Bear Recap: Tougher Than the Rest It’s Tiffany and Frank’s wedding and everyone’s invited. No, like, everyone.
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    Episode 6 Sophie
    The Bear Recap: Family Business Everyone working — or even dining — at the Bear is family, whether they like it or not.
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    Episode 5 Replicants
    The Bear Recap: We Have the Beefs Carmy plays tourist and Syd faces a crisis.
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    Episode 4 Worms
    The Bear Recap: When You Need a Helping Hand Sydney gets new braids and a tweenage sounding board.
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    Episode 3 Scallop
    The Bear Recap: Snow and Scallops Carmy makes a house call and a mysterious Mr. Clark dines solo.
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    Episode 2 Soubise
    The Bear Recap: Component Parts Is the gang giving up?
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    Episode 1 Groundhogs
    The Bear Season-Premiere Recap: The Clock Is Ticking The season is just getting started, but it looks like the end may already be in sight for the gang.

More The Bear

  1. kitchen nightmares
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    Restaurant Shows, Ranked by StressfulnessHow many antacids will you need to watch The Bear or Black Rabbit?
    By Maggie Fremont
  2. backstories
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    Sydney’s ChoiceHow The Bear cooked up season four’s best episode.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  3. orders in
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    What’s The Bear Cooking Up for Season 5?Order up, cousin.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  4. chat room
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    Edwin Lee Gibson Unpacks The Bear’s ‘Great Articulation of Gentrification’“What happens when everything comes full circle, and only the mom-and-pop shop is left?”
    By Roxana Hadadi
  5. chat room
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    Sarah Ramos Has Seen Your Horny Takes on The Bear“From the first episode, I was having the same experience as the fans. Like, I feel like there’s something happening here.”
    By Marah Eakin
  6. it’s all relative
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    Yo … Cousin? A Guide to The Bear’s Sprawling ‘Family’ TreeThe Berzattos have a way of turning everyone from a childhood friend to a pastry chef into a relative.
    By Whitney Friedlander
  7. vulture lists
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    Every Single Episode of The Bear, RankedThe Bear is a little bit like Chicago tavern-style pizza: Even the worst bits of it are still pretty damn good.
    By Marah Eakin
  8. last night on late night
    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - Season 12
    Jeremy Allen White Gets Raised Up by His Security GuardLike, literally. In front of a crowd of teenage girls.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  9. this is ‘goodbye’
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    It’s Closing Time for The BearWe don’t yet know whether season four’s ending is also a series finale, but it should be.
    By Nicholas Quah
  10. tv review
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    When You’re The Bear, You’re FamilySeason four is basically an Olive Garden commercial, but who doesn’t love Olive Garden?
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
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