I love that for Richies arc someone just had to tell him what front of house is lol

I knew ahead of time that the forks episode was about Richie and I wanted to skip it because I don't like his character. Man oh man let me tell you I'm so glad I didn't. I think all he's known all his life was commotion and when he went to that restaurant and saw organized chaos he felt at home because he can deal with chaos he just didn't know it could be organized to provide good results. He finally found the purpose he has been seeking his whole life.

The Bear is an equally very smart written show like Breaking Bad or Better Call Saul.

In the first scene, we meet Richies daughter, he promises her that he also likes Talor Swift.
He is just so tired & exhausted lately.

In season 1 we see a broken man, which is filled with many complexes & ego issues, due to an upringing in a dysfunctional family, where a loud volume & swearing rubbed off on everyone, because these are the values they got sent with them along the way as children/adolescents up until it manifested into their adulthood.

And Richie comes across as a very stereotypical macko guy, who thinks he knows everything better, due to his insecurities.
He always has to prove to everyone that he is the man.

Just like during the scene at the hardware store with Sydney.
He gives her attitude for her quote "babysitting him" & is too prideful to ask for help when locating the proper tools, since he's once again too insecure about his masculinity.

But it is later revealed that Richie is actually very sensitiv & afraid of change as it is evident with the transformation of the restaurant & his fear of getting left behind, because behind his loud & obnoxious character traits, he feels like a hollow shell, who has abandonment issues.

And the Forks episode might be one of the best episodes of the series so far.
Since ironically, becoming a "Eleven Madison Park D ic head" himself, lol. & embraces the role of the Maitre D & therefore accepts the duty of taking care of people, when Richie had always viewed such a role, as the task of a woman.

And I love how he is smiling & singing along to Taylor Swift, full of euphoria as he is driving home after having become a truly changed man, who no longer feels ashamed to accept himself & his new found role as a caretaker, since he is a naturally very charismatic guy & has finally redeemed himself by letting go of his forced masculine facade & no longer cares if he isn't viewed as the though guy among his family & friends hierarchy.

It's also subtle cinematographic shots like the zoom in on the alarm clock durings Richies week at the restaurant, that remind me very much of directors like Vince Gilligan.

At first he wakes up at 5:38 since he thought he was sent there as a sort of punishment & would gradually get up at 5:36 & so forth until he got up without hitting the snooze button on the alarm at 5:30, since he had discovered his purpose again.

I love these: "Showing not telling" shots, which are very much open to interpretation & don't force feed us every information, & the audience has to pick up on these subtle things themselves.

And upon rewatching the Bear, I finally  realized that Carmens father was a former military guy, who passed away, & which would explain the authoritarian tone in the Berzattos family household/all the relatives as well.

While the "Dogs" or "Fishes" episode hint at it, the "Forks" episode made it crystal clear, since chef Terry told Richie to hold the knife in a 130 direction, which then led to them having a personal conversation about their fathers & how her dad was former military.

I love how well written the script for this show is & how much depth there is to each character.

At last, a relatively new tv series that doesn't completely sock & tries way too hard to please the woke crowd. Lol

Also, its quite an achievement to having written this quick paragraph in less than 10 minutes...despite the fact that I have been awake for a day & a half almost.

That's what life as a chef does to you.
You are under constant pressure cooking for pretentious twats & the next thing you know, you get woken up by the "Carbon Monoxide Fairy" as she is presenting you with the scent of of smoke & burning plastic, as you managed to throw in a box of Nuggets into the deep fryer without removing the package.

As you fall back asleep & get visited by your sleep paralysis demon Gordon Ramsay, who is shouting at you for not being able to locate the Szechuan Mc Nuggets Sauce, which was very popular during the release of the movie Mulan.

Lol

Fine, I'll watch The Bear.

Richie is everyone of us like it or not

You were capable of resuming all the beauty of this season in just 4 minutes. That's amazing, one of my favorite edits from now on!

I dare people to look away from that camera work and the emotion behind those characters. Such a touching piece of story telling in the modern era.

FUCKIN ASTOUNDING WORK CHEF

A show as good as this deserved an edit as good as this. Bravo.

holy yeesh: the showrunners are masters at callbacks and making certain lines and internal references emerge like arias

wow, ur vid completely captured the vibe of the show and this is briliant

As learned Baker my self, i can tell you making food is something special. For a long time i didnt know what my purpose was in this life. But creating something that People love and enjoy. Is something that fills you with joy and love. And after many years of hate and self doubt, one conversation with my Dad. Where he told me, i know everyone around you studied but you are the only one that i am sure off. And i asked him what are you sure of,  that you are the one of us all that allways will have job. I asked him why and he said, as long as People need to eat. There will be some one that needs your knowledge and what you creat. Never think that cooking and creating good food is not enough. BE PROUD OF WHAT YOU CREAT

A perfect edit for a perfect show. It really shows the roller coaster of emotions that is The Bear. Amazing job Makeda.

Every time I watch this my eyes always cry.

So cool, so much clarity, so much connection with the emotions of the show, what a great job you did here. Thanks for doing this and for existing.

THIS SHOULD BE THE RECAP FOR NEXT SEASON HOLY SHIT

I really love this edit

I can't stop watching this edit.  It is truly perfect.

I'm looking forward to re watching season 1 and 2 of this with my partner 😊

well this made me cry like a fucking baby. Beautiful.