Episode 2.1
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Faced with the reality of opening a new restaurant, the
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Jeremy Allen White (Shameless) leads this Emmy-winning culinary series as a young chef from the fine dining world who comes home...
Jeremy Allen White (Shameless) leads this Emmy-winning culinary series as a young chef from the fine dining world who comes home to Chicago and joins a rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew after a heartbreaking death.
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99 %111 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
93 %545 reviewsAudience score rating
"Season 2 is perfect."
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IGN
IGN"Electrifying..."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"Season 2 is chaotic and quiet, meditative and loud. It’s perfect."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"A sophomore slump is not on the menu."
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Slash Film
Slash Film"TV at its brilliant, blistering best."
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ABC
ABC"The Bear is back and... its magic is fully intact. No sophomore slump here."
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Boston Globe
Boston Globe"The Bear returns in a sublime rush of chaotic frenzy..."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"A better, richer second course."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Reliably intense and watchable, but even more tender."
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly"The second season is shaping up to be funnier than the first."
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Decider
Decider"Season 2 keeps up the heat and wisely gets out of the kitchen."
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Variety
Variety"Last year's show of the summer makes a brilliant return."
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A.V. Club
A.V. Club"As absorbing as ever, with a visual language that is in love with food, and in love with the city itself."
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Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune"Season 2, to its great credit, becomes a different kind of show — a season with its own set of questions and preoccupations."
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Vulture
Vulture"The Bear continues to reach for greatness."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.com"The same high level of execution is at work in Season 2, steered with perfection by series creator Christopher Storer and co-showrunner Joanna Calo."
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Salon
Salon"More delicious than ever..."
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Time Magazine
Time Magazine"It's one of the most successful follow-ups I can remember to a first season that generated this much heat."
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NPR
NPR"Season 2... is more uplifting, more team-focused and more magnificent."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"(A) sometimes nerve-wracking, often funny, and meticulously constructed second season..."
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Slant Magazine
Slant Magazine"If it loses some of the... shouty-chef mania... it gains a satisfying, at times profound, depth."
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The Telegraph
The Telegraph"(The Bear) achieves something few shows do. It takes an acclaimed first season and furthers -- and deepens -- its best qualities."
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The Age
The Age"As frenetic and intense as ever, this chef drama sizzles..."
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Independent
Independent"In Season 1, The Bear showed the promise of greatness. In Season 2, that promise is delivered."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times"The Bear is an addictive mix of sweet and salty. It isn’t afraid to be messy, to let confusion unfurl alongside triumphs."
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Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair"Could The Bear be the richest, deepest, wildest, most emotionally intelligent, anxiety-inducing show on TV right now? Yes, chef!"
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Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine"Season 2... is noisy and boring."
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New York Post
New York PostThe Bear: Season 2 | Details
Award winner- Best Comedy Series, Writing for a Comedy Series (Christopher Storer), Directing for a Comedy Series (Christopher Storer), Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Jeremy Allen White), Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series (Ebon Moss-Bachrach), and Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series (Ayo Edebiri); Best Television Series - Musical or Comedy, Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Jeremy Allen White) and Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy (Ayo Edebiri), Golden Globes 2024.
- Rating
- MA15+,
- Genre
- Drama
- Country of origin
- USA
- Studio
- FX
