SPOILER ALERT: The following review evaluates Season 4 of “The Bear.” While major plot developments have been withheld to preserve the viewing experience, the network has requested spoiler warnings on all reviews.
The Bear, the restaurant, is struggling to recover from a bad review. In a hotly anticipated writeup, the Chicago Tribune has deemed the fine-dining spin on Italian American comfort food “confusing,” “show-offy,” inconsistent and pretentious, killing the high of the headlong rush to opening. The entire team, led by mercurial yet brilliant chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), has found itself deep in a hole, both emotional and financial. Faced with critical skepticism and mounting debts,
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