One of the new hires, Josh, also goes missing. Not only does the kitchen runs out of forks, but Sugar and Fak also have a broken toilet on their hands. Good news or bad? We'll have to wait and see. At the end of the episode, we see that Marcus received six missed calls from his mother's nurse. Carmy breaks it up, and the kitchen goes back to business as usual. Eventually, Marcus blows up at her, asking if she's mad at him in front of the whole staff. Early in the night, the awkward tension evolves into Sydney just ignoring his requests for the number of dessert orders that have to go out. She didn't think Marcus was serious, but the look on his face says it all. On today of all days? Marcus seemingly asks Sydney out after she compliments his dessert lineup for the night-and her response isn't the best. Lionel Boyce Loves His Place in the Chaos.Will 'The Bear's 'Fame Ruin the Italian Beef?.With so much going on over the course of the episode, it's difficult to keep track of all the storylines-so, we broke them down for you. There's also, of course, a multitude of problems that the crew doesn't handle all too well. but that doesn't mean they aren't nervous as all hell. The gang seems ready for what is essentially a dress rehearsal. When we finally get to Episode 10-AKA the series finale-it's "Family and Friends" night at The Bear. Now, the chaos of a full-scale restaurant makeover dominates their lives. Gone are the days of having a panic attack over a hoagie order. It provides time for each individual character to not only have their own anime-esque training arcs, but to also feel the pressure of working in a real, fine dining establishment. But Season Two chose to really live in the renovation of The Beef's old digs. After The Beef closed in the prior season, Season Two could've jumped ahead to the opening of Carmy and Sydney's new restaurant, The Bear. That intensity is still there, sure, but The Beef leans into quieter moments-showing us the inner lives of the group we met in Season One. In Season Two, it's almost like we're watching a different show. But we loved it-even if our time at The Beef made us lose sleep. It was so absurd that no one knew whether to label it as a drama or a comedy. The Bear depicted a bunch of personalities-who presumably made minimum wage-screaming at each in an Italian beef shop as if it was a three-star Michelin restaurant. Their secret sauce? Making every second feel entirely unhinged. had the chops to make one of the best shows on television. The first season of The Bearproved that Jeremy Allen White and co. it’s not that all girls face the same struggle but that under Ohtori’s patriarchal rule, any power acquired by them is hollow and vain.This story contains spoilers for the Season Two finale of The Bear. Any freedom that Kozue pursues inside said structure only ensnares her further just like how Nanami’s well-performed role as Touga’s sister and any power she receives from it in the Ohtori hierarchy is extremely conditional and easily taken from her.Īnd that’s what Anthy meant when she said all girls are like the rose bride. If the world is impure, you have to lose your purity to get what you want.īut both she and Miki are part of a bigger and more powerful structure that controls both of them. By evading Miki’s dehumanizing idealization of her, Kozue gains control and power. That’s why Kozue seeks power and she pursues it in the only way she believes she can: through her sexuality. They are idealized and turned into symbols. Both fall on the witch side of the princess/witch dichotomy and both are misunderstood by the people they want the most to understand them (in Anthy’s case, Utena). Ironically enough, Kozue is a bit like the real Anthy. But Miki wants Kozue to be his rose bride (in Miki’s mind, the idealization of a pure woman), a role she cannot fulfill. She wants her present self to be seen and understood. Meanwhile, Kozue wants to be seen and loved by Miki as herself, not an idealized version conjured by Miki’s nostalgia and his fear of change. Everything about how she acts, including her treatment of Anthy, is a reflection of this unstable role she occupies and her desperate attempt at regaining some control of it. This time might never have existed (as we see her insecurities already in her childhood leading to the cat incident) which means Nanami needs to constantly affirm her role in Touga’s life through a strict performance. In some way Nanami is more similar to Miki, she wants to go back to a time when she was - or perceived herself to be - the main object of Touga’s attention. Nanami and Kozue essentially want the same thing (the love and attention from their brothers) but they want it in completely different ways. I’m rotating Nanami and Kozue in my head and having some thoughts:
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