Ice Chips

Half the complaints on here are moaning about this not adding to the story or narrative. If this is your issue I don't even know how you've made it this far in the show?!

Yes, this is a standalone episode that doesn't particularly move the cogs along for the main plot, but overall "The Bear" is a character driven show. Last years "Fishes" episode showed us the family dynamic, so we already knew the relationship between Nat and Donna here, but that allows us to care about their rare shared loving moments in this episode.

Forget about overarching plot elements and enjoy the drama! I may be coming across as pretentious here but this show is all about family dynamics, mental health, self worth and what success is to each person. Whereas I do want the series to be wrapped nicely in season 4, for now- just enjoy each episode for what they are. And in my opinion- Great.

How many times have we seen childbirth depicted in movies and TV series? A hundred? More? Less? There was always something that wasn't quite right about how childbirth was shown on screen. This episode FINALLY got it right. Jamie Lee Curtis and Abby Elliott hit all the right notes. Going through labor is an experience that most women can tell you every detail about what transpired to them. It is the most personal of times and yet, there is universal emotion that is shared by almost all. Thanks to "The Bear" for showing a slice of our lives that is full of joy and the best of memories (and well as a whole bunch of physical pain that we mostly forget about).

Jamie Lee Curtis delivers an absolute master class in acting in this episode. She's always been amazing, but this was beautifully perfect. Much like the Seven Fishes episode. She's just an amazing actress killing it these past few years on top of her already epic career.

The emotion, subtly, and love for one another that exudes from these characters and underlies everything they're doing is incredible and I'm happy to be on the journey with them all.

This show gets better and better and better, just when I think it might stagnate, it keeps building up and becomes closer and closer to my heart. Brilliant.

This episode blew my mind. Raw, honest and heart warming. Just top tier entertainment. It was almost like watching theatre.

Jamie Lee pulls out a stellar performance as Donna. Sugar is great at being vulnerable but still headstrong about her child's needs. Her fears are so relatable to any parent to be. Amazing.

The Bear does redemption and arcs better than most shows. I think it's their strongest trait. They get you attached to theses characters for positive and negative reason then just spin you around. I love the hope that this show exudes and fragility of humans. It's one of the best all around shows since the Sopranos.

Then you would know. Then you'd know the need to love her and the need to pull away from her, and how that drives Natalie and drives Carmy and drive Ritchie. This show is about food, yes, and as a foodie who made it to Noma twice in the past year, I adore that aspect. But more importantly, it's about people, a character study, of mostly deeply damaged people, many dysfunctional, whose need for this restaurant to succeed mirrors their need to rise above their own hauntings. Carmy's need for perfection, Natalie's need to rewrite her own origin story through her marriage and child, Michael's desire to create the work family to fix the family family. It's not a comedy, but it elicits a bitter laugh.