Hot take: My wife and I started 'The Bear' last week and we've already watched the whole thing.

We told ourselves we'd do one episode a night, but we finished season two at 2 AM on a Tuesday. Anyone else completely lose control with that show?

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johnb951mo ago

Totally get what @perez.mason means about the yelling. It does feel like a pressure cooker that never lets off steam, and that first season especially is just one long, loud panic attack. I stuck with it, but I can't blame anyone for finding that atmosphere more draining than fun.

perez.mason1mo ago

Found it super easy to turn off honestly. The constant yelling just got annoying after a few episodes. It felt like stressful work drama but in a kitchen, and I have enough of that in real life. The characters never really calmed down enough for me to care what happened to them. I kept waiting for a reason to keep watching and it never came. My partner felt the same way, so we stopped halfway through the first season.

ross.sean19d ago

That thing you said about the constant yelling being like stressful work drama really hit home for me... I actually used to defend the show to people, saying it was just passionate chefs or whatever. But reading your post and @johnb95's comment about it being a pressure cooker that never lets off steam honestly made me rethink everything. You're right, they never calm down enough to let you care about them as actual people. The whole thing just becomes exhausting noise after a while. I bailed around the same spot you did and now I'm kind of glad I did.