I’ve gotten super sensitive about violence or stress in shows and I can’t say that the Bear bothered me. It’s more about relationships and characters and some of the episodes like Forks and the episode in Copenhagen are full of charm and warmth. The Xmas episode that everyone talks about is a dysfunctional family event on steroids but I didn’t have any problem with it. Just figured in real life I probably would have bolted halfway through dinner.
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Except for the Christmas episode, Season 2 is, on the whole, way less frenetic and tense than most of Season 1 was.
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Funny you would say that. I thought most of the second season was yelling, but then I have almost zero retention for shows past a couple of weeks (if that long), so I barely remember the first one 
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It felt dirty when he was younger – on Shameless (even though he was portrayed in all manner of compromising positions) – but I guess it’s open season now 
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found this link in a new yorker article (of all places). feast your eyes (pun fully intended:)
Gracious. I hope he made a ton of money for that.
Because of this ad campaign and this thread, I gave the series a shot. Gave up on episode 5. It’s uneven in tone, the plot requires a lot of suspension of disbelief, and there’s just too much screaming. Pass. Episode 4 was pretty bad and as soon as they set up the barbecue on the construction site, we turned it off. Big meh even if he is cute.
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I like it all the way . Every episode . I not there to disect it . I like the tempo and characters .
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In case you were wondering, The Bear was at the Golden Globes for the second season, but at the Emmys (postponed due to strikes) for the first season.
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Thanks for the heads up - I ff through commercials and would have missed it.
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That fam drinks a lot of soda.
Cute, thx for sharing!
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yes the categories are baffling. i would have put The Bear in as best drama and Succession as best comedy – laughed multiple times over each episode of Succession (Kieran Culkin was the MVP in this regard), the Bear, not so much (or at all).
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The categories likely have more to do with the structure and running time of the shows. The general rule of thumb is that comedies are a half hour and dramas are an hour.
The Bear is around 30:00/episode (it varies a bit) and is structured like a sitcom: three interwoven stories per episode (with a few exceptions). Succession is 1:00:00 long, and is (probably, I’ve never seen it) structured like a drama, with four interwoven stories per episode. There’s always comedy in drama and vice versa. Lots of stuff in The Bear was funny, and I imagine there were plenty of dramatic moments in Succession.
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How do you happen to know that? I’ve recently read about the 30 minute thing, and that feels right, but I never would have thought of it!
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I’ve taught television writing for 20 years. I don’t know everything about it, but I do know a fair amount.
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