Next

Season 3, episode 2 of *The Bear*, titled "Next," leans heavily into chaotic dialogue and overwhelming tension. The non-stop shouting, especially between Carmy and Richie, becomes insufferable as they argue over the restaurant's direction, filled with Carmy's abstract "non-negotiables" like "vibrant collaboration" and "push boundaries." The dialogue is drenched in expletives, turning many scenes into exhausting verbal assaults. This constant high-stress environment feels excessive to the point of frustration. I watch television to be engaged, entertained an/or to relax; this just stresses me out. Horrible character development. I give up on The Bear.

An episode of three Emmy nominated actors trying really hard to get another Emmy nomination is all I saw. Hot take, but nobody has range in this episode. It's literally the exact same act over and over and over again. It's not the writing's fault, they just need to simmer to a level 4 instead of a level 9 in every scene. Screaming and yelling isn't impressive; in fact, saying your lines with enough drama WITHOUT raising your voice is MORE impressive. It felt like they took maybe 2-3 takes in each scene and just called it a day. Again, no range. Unimpressed, bored, and thoroughly disappointed...

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.

This show is unique and very Well done and also Unusual format.

Some times nothing happens for a while, huge long shots with music of just montage or scenery, and then Way too much happens at a very high volume. That's cool.

However, Bear just went insane over one episode. Ok...it happens in life too, I just hope the creators, in an effort to make each season MORE!!!! Just simply continue tell us about these peoples lives.

The fights between Richie and carm Are super super annoying!

I mean, I don't really want to watch a show with an A hole for a lead who continually makes a ton of dumb mistakes because he's emotionally regarded.

Im afraid they will jump the shark trying to create DRAMA!!

Ugh.

I loved the first two seasons. Easily 8 to 10 stars for every ep in those first two seasons. This is terrible. No storyline left. No plot left. Repetitive. Oh my it is bad. It Went absolutely nowhere. I can only think the initial reviews coming in here are from people who haven't watched it or have been paid. It is utter rubbish and it's a real shame as I was looking forward to it so much. Still good acting however the lack of story and going nowhere obliterated any good acting and film work. Another disaster of a show after a couple of seasons. I have now watch the second and third ep as I thought I would be patient in the hope that was just a bad start. Nope. I could not believe it. Second and third ep are much the same but just add lots of pointless stupid fighting in and that's it. I get it. They cook food and fight. But it went nowhere else.