'The Bear' returns for a second season, and it's still a masterpiece
There are a couple of moments, early in the first episode of the second season of 'The Bear', where you think you have a handle on how it will go. Carmy, played with renewed focus and intensity by Jeremy Allen White, sits upright in his cramped apartment and bolts straight into action while the familiar riff of 'New Noise' by Refused begins to build up. The upcoming remodelling / renovation / gutting / whatever of The Beef, soon to be renamed The Bear, needs to happen sooner and faster. It's got to be bigger, better, it's got to be a "destination", and it's got to have all of these qualities right away. Yet, what makes 'The Bear' one of the best sophomore seasons of any TV show in the past decade is that it understands that serving up the same thing with a bigger budget might be good, but it's not enough.
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