[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “ The Bear ” Season 3, including the ending. Read our earlier review for a spoiler-free analysis.] Welcome back, everyone , to the most stressful — and tastiest — place in Chicago.
(Well, other than the Dan Ryan at rush hour, when you’ve got a Portillo’s Big Beef in one hand and a steadily disintegrating steering wheel in the other). “The Bear” is back, and Season 3 brings the heat in 10 new episodes filled with yelling, celebrity cameos, more yelling, celebrity chefs, and even more yelling after that. FX ’s Emmy-minted “comedy” always gives audiences plenty to chew on, and I’m not just talking about when Carmy “basically made nachos” by using “way too many components.
” (I thought the dish looked good, little buddy!) There are heart-soaring highs and misery-spiraling lows, some intentionally crafted by creator Christopher Storer and his talented team, and others unintentionally evoked amid the chaos of creating an ambitious, genre-bending TV show. So with the full season already in our rearviews — what, how long does it take you to watch a six-hour season of TV? — let’s dig in and savor the best and worst of “The Bear” Season 3. And just for fun, we’ll be marking the highs with an affirmative, “Yes chef!” and the lows with the dissenting, rarely heard, “No, chef.
” OK, let’s get cooking. Yes, Chef — Taking a full episode to reintroduce the cast, together, in th.
