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I've rated the series very highly until now, but the first two episodes of part III are very disappointing. The f count in the second episode was off the graph and in no way a substitute for dialogue. There was only two standout scenes, with Sydney and her Dad at the beginning and Marcus and Carmy at the end. Everything in between was pretentious and over acted. I also struggled with the theme of the first episode and as a fan of the show felt it was over played. The writers have gotten to a point of very well developed characters with substantial back stories, so why they would abandon all of that makes no sense. Now two episodes in, I really hope this is not the direction of travel with this series. But let's see.

I admit it took me some time to warm up to season one, and I gave up on it a few times before finally giving it another try when season two came out. In the end I enjoyed those first two seasons (more or less), and I looked forward to season three. The first episode was interesting, unlike anything I can remember seeing on television, and while I can't say I loved it, I thought it was a novel approach to story telling and I got excited for what the rest of the season would bring. So you can imagine how disappointed I was by episode two, which was back to the same old nonsense that turned me off of season one. In the end, I decided it was just not something I cared to subject myself to and I gave up about half-way through.

After a horrible first episode, the bear and it's cast totally redeemed itself with this absolutely hilarious episode...The bantering and conversation in this episode was amazing, some fantastic performances here. After the first episode I was worried the show had lost what made it so fantastic, yet the whole cast, direction and writing is phenomenal in this episode..The compassion Carmen trys to show Marcus speaks volumes for how difficult it is for Carmen to connect with others, as he is always trying to internalize his emotions...just can't say enough about how fantastic this episode is in acting and overall production. I fell in love with the show all over again. I hope this formula continues as I progress in this season..a 10/10 for me just fantastic.

I thought that season 3 had already started badly with episode 1 but this episode was like watching TV on fast forward whilst on cocaine or speed. If was way too aggressive and there is no need for a portrayal of a "love of food" ... nobody takes food THAT serious....the directors / producers have gone WAY too far. I mean think about it.... if this was to happen in reality SOMEONE would have called timeout on the ridiculous conversation or at least walked away. And there's noooo need for the repeat of the words "FxxK YOU" so many times (that particular part of the script got boring)... I turned it off as my heart was racing. Think you've lost a viewer of the Bear which was once amazing.....

After finding the first episode to be slightly underwhelming, this second episode jumped us right back into typical The Bear pace. And speaking of the first episode, this second episode gave me a better appreciation for previous one because it piggybacks really nicely on what we saw from the first one to logically set up the conflict for this episode.

And having the whole duration of the episode be about this conflict and all of the important characters dealing with it in real time in the same location is the absolute right decision and is in my opinion the strong suit of this show (as seen in S1E7, S2E10, among others). And it goes without saying that the acting and dialogue were stellar as usual and I was completely blown away when the credits started rolling because I couldn't believe 27 minutes had gone by so quickly.