THE BEAR Showrunner Discusses Season 2 Saying It's "Where The Show Properly Begins"
Hulu’s series The Bear is one of the best shows that came out in 2022. If you haven't watched it yet, you need to make sure to check it out! You won’t be sorry. If you have watched the first season, you’ll be happy to hear that Season 2 is where the show “properly begins.”
The series follows a young chef, played by Jeremy Allen White, “from the fine dining world comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death in his family. A world away from what he's used to, Carmy must balance the soul-crushing realities of small business ownership, his strong-willed and recalcitrant kitchen staff and his strained familial relationships, all while grappling with the impact of his brother's suicide. As Carmy fights to transform both the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew that ultimately reveals itself as his chosen family.”
Co-showrunner and executive producer Christopher Storer recently teased Season 2 of the show telling TV Line:
“It almost feels like Season 1 was sort of, ‘Let’s catch up,’ and Season 2 is sort of like where the show properly begins, once we’ve met everyone and seen their backstory. So it’s been cool to just expand the world and just learn more about them.”
I’m going to get into some spoiler territory here as we move forward. Season 1 ended with chef Carmy finding a secret stash of cash hidden by his late brother and deciding to relaunch the sandwich shop as a fine-dining restaurant. When talking about what that means for the chef, Storer said:
“Season 2, really, it’s about balance in a lot of ways, between time and what it means to start fresh and how you can start in a healthy direction. For somebody like Richie, I think finding where he fits in is what he’s looking for in Season 2.”
While the finale left audiences with a glimmer of hope and happiness for Carmy and his team, it doesn’t mean that things are going to be smooth sailing in Season 2. Storer explains:
“They think they’re starting from a healthy place, but a restaurant, like a lot of other businesses, just creates the same amount of problems and the same amount of headaches every day. So we see them have to step up in certain ways, in some ways regressing, but hopefully coming back together to open this thing by a very specific date.”
He added:
“Winning is losing. The minute you feel like you’ve won something, there’s immediately the next challenge… They are trying to execute a finer level of dining, but it doesn’t mean it’s easy. It doesn’t mean that everyone thinks it’s the right thing to do. So obviously there is inner turmoil, and there have been some challenges there.”
Owning and running my own business, I know what he’s talking about all too well. It’s a daily struggle to keep things moving forward, and it’s a roller coaster ride filled with all kinds of positives and negatives. I think this is one of the reasons why I connected with this show so strongly.
Anyway, are you excited for The Bear Season 2!?