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Sydney still being there is driving the show down into a dumpster fire. The character hasn't made sense since season 1. IRL if some new hire came in and after a week went to the owner and began telling them how it should be done in a condescending manner, they would be gone the next day. Season 2 and 3, no character development growth at all, seems like she's getting worse with her zone out panic attacks. To fix all of this, she needs to quit or get fired. Then have her character go out and make her own restaurant to her own specifications, and get set up as a rival. Then that rivalry would help push both Sydney and Carm to develop exponentially. Then have moments where they both use different methods or ideas the other had, to show they both learned from each other to be better. But as like a B story or secondary arc, as this is supposed to be a story about The Bear.

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They dragged on the season with B plots that got nowhere. Yes, the last episode was awesome and we are in end game now, but does that really excuse how the previous episodes were as you described? You've perfectly encapsulated my feelings and qualms with this video. All the characters were inconsistent, too, expect the deep, or should I say... THE PEAK.

I am not as familiar with Kripke’s record - it’s the first show of his that I’ve watched, but what is happening with The Boys reminds me so much of what happened with The Preacher - another adaptation of Garth Ennis’s comics. In its later season it devolved into a parody of itself. The common denominators are the original material creator and Evan Goldberg plus Seth Rogen as producers. I wonder how of producer’s influence could this be.

I initially saw homelander as a representation of the US as a whole and I saw the show as a critique of capitalism, corporatism and militarism. But then they sort of made him a caricature of trump and focused only on far right evils vs good liberals which I think is far less interesting. I feel like the satire had potential to be much stronger but they exchanged that for shock value and low level garbage commentary. it's not even commentary at this point, it's just a direct copy of real events

I basically agree with all your main points. Luckily, the 5th season is supposed to be the last one, so there's no more time for the missteps you pointed out or the many filler plotlines that mucked up season 4. So I hold out hope they stick the landing. And, yes, I would like a follow-up - spoilerific - video that further elaborates on the thoughts expressed here. At least if/when you are ever in the mood.

They knew they were getting a final 5th season so they did a season long "Empire Strikes Back" where everyone is at their lowest point and the adversary is about to win. They didn't need to spend 8 episodes to go down that slope but alas, that's what happened.

This season was so bad it killed the whole show for me what a waste of time this season is. Nothing happens and the finale was boring

This this season has been very communist

Who was raped two times in this show once on episode six and once an episode eight

Oh yay I'm so glad I found this channel again!

Hoping season 4 gonna be good

lol the book its based on is almost 1000 pages it was used to reset the dc universe in to one if you read the book its almost beat for beat the same

A hot mess with so much potential 😢

I took me sooo long to finish itt Definitely not the best season 😅

I adored and sped through seasons 1 and 2 but I had to force myself to finish this series. I honestly don't think it will be worth finishing the final show for me. I didn't care so much about the story not progressing, it just felt like a 12-year-old was writing everything

I agree: the dialogue was fking terrible

I skipped the entire conception episode. So pointless.

Disagree: i didnt think it looked that beautiful except where Carmy had a convo in the doorway of that basement (?) With Olivia Coleman'a character

You nailed it!!! Couldn’t imagine a better 9 min summation. I also agree with comments around “too much Faks”. Characters like that are only charming in small doses.

This show was always bad. Can't believe people are just seeing that now

"I'm a producer, I want more screen time!.." -Matt Matheson probably and also "Let's milk the fan base for season 3 they're gonna watch it anyway 10 episodes of nonsense filler sh1t.."

I just finished part two and had to start looking for someone talking about this. It only doubled down on my opinion of this weirdness. Anyway, I am happy to say yeah I agree with all of this, this was my experience almost exactly, even with regards to what I've seen prior to this, and that even without seeing the other tomorrowverse content, I really wasn't finding myself confused. While I respect the creatives who worked on this, and they deserve to feel proud of their work, in this modern era of corporate corner cutting trying to find a way to use ai to shave off another layer on the edges of thin paychecks, I cannot help but wonder if all this weirdness is somehow tied to that. Mimicry of human behavior from something that cannot comprehend it. Which is only highlighted even more by the second part's emphasis on one of the character's being a hyper empath. What the hell happened here?

This season digs really deep into the underbelly of the food industry!! It is a stress fuelled process to get the quality of food from kitchen to table, and many years of training to get there!! Many in the industry will appreciate this , many will not quite understand why this season feels different! I enjoyed this thoroughly!

Finally, someone said what i have been feeling after watching this season.

i think the point of season 3 is that your not gonna get the payoff you wanted. people say fluff, i say the show was more realistic with the expectations of you taking a risk like this. we may want the payoff but the payoff doesn’t happen overnight and this show has proved that time and time again. look at richie’s character arc, probably the most annoying man to one of the fan favorites. it’s take time to change. and we only had a glimpse of the beginning.

I feel like s2 had a lot of the same problems with dialogue and tell don't show, and I feel like I'm going insane because nobody else seems to see it

Definitely dialogue, amount of cussing & snark felt so unreal & uncomfortable like is this how Americans speak on day to day basis, this season felt like eating cake with 90% Fondue & whip cream & 10% of actual fillings.

one of the few movies that ever made me cry. Amazing

Oh no not this 😢

Its just like stranger things the 2nd season wasn't that great but the 3rd an 4th primo there were some good episodes they definitely need to solve the Claire issue i was hoping there would be a twist where she was Micheals drug supplier an had a fling with him maybe to pay her way through med school because she is so boring Carmy does need somebody though but they need to do something with that arch i still enjoyed it but it could have been better it was lacking the Faks were annoying most of the hilarious stuff that happens in the Bear happens because of something its not necessarily intentional the Faks are intentional an thats what makes them annoying

Im watching this during the finale. Id rather watch this that the finale…. That says somethingz

All I know is that Carmen and Sydney had better get together at some point.

I couldn’t believe they still tried to squeeze the juice out of this Claire thing. It’s like they heard the chatter and added new scenes of them together to convince us to care but it just doesn’t work

I really liked this season, to be honest. It seems like a good majority of people don't and I can understand that making a plot move forward is necessary. I'm not trying to make any excuses but I think they really made this season a character-driven one and, in my opinion, realistic. Sometimes major stuff just doesn't happen in life and the little things should be taken into account. I feel this season does a pretty good job on highlighting the little things when honing in on characters. The faks is an issue for some and I can understand the criticism but... Idk, I thought John Cena was funny, lmao. I feel like this season of the show shouldn't determine whether the next season will be good or not because I have faith that it will be a great season. They just wanted to explore new grounds with this season and honestly I commend them for that. But hey, what do I know? I'm a movie review channel that hasn't posted since January 😭😭💀💀

I’m only on episode 6, and Carmy has been pissing me off so far. I can neither relate nor empathize with him how i used to.

I think that season 1 and 2 were soo good that we expected that. Carmys backstory was great. I also feel like the reason nothing happened was that the story that they were trying to tell is real life going to work every day nothing much happens right but you slowly see the slow build up

The haunting of the faks was moronic and they coukd eaaily could had been left out.

This better be the calm before the storm

This season felt like a giant art project. Season 2 set the bar so high and this fell flat

They are just jerking off at this point... if i cared enough, i could recut season 3 into a 90min movie and it would be 10 times more watchable... the shitty Music makes it feel like 5 times more pretentious than it is as well..

im in the first season and so far i didnt like it at all i think its overrated

I agree with all of this, and I also feel like its very obvious so much of the dialogue is improved to make it feel more natural, but it doesn't feel more natural. It somehow feels more awkward and contrived

This season, I'm finding the kinetic, mumble-core, ping-pong of verbal exchanges (especially between the Fak brothers and whoever they end up arguing with) rather tiresome. I couldn't help but roll my eyes, as the dialogue in these moments feels contrived and filler-like. The show truly excels when it delves into more human, vulnerable moments, deconstructing familial and professional trauma, and those quieter instances of storytelling.

Not nearly as good as the first two seasons. Very disappointed

I can’t watch this show, it’s too much, it’s trying to be to cool now It’s believed it’s own hype

For me the season felt like 5 episodes mainly because half the time it feels like we’re in Carmines group therapy session, just every single character waffling about some “deep” story while some are effective by episode 10 I was just rolling my eyes. Episode 8 was the best episode for me Jaime Lee Curtis was unbelievable at making you feel uncomfortable the entire way through the tension was unreal you never knew if she was going to pop

This video was totally on the money. I'm a writer and I remember the first thing I failed at was "character development" - not enough. The second thing I failed at was "character development" - too much. I've learned how to find the middle ground and develop them throughout the book. For me, this season felt like someone said, "Oops, we need more character development"...and , sadly, that's what this season was all about. ALL ABOUT. The "show don't tell" issue you mentioned was also spot on. My editor yells those words (via typed comments) to me whenever I slip into that mode. People have imaginations for a reason...let us use them. As many of my fans have stuck with me through my learning phase, I will stick with "The Bear" through theirs. I have a strong sense they know the mistake(s) they've made and will clean things up to make the show even better than before.

The three episodes focusing on the supporting characters were what left me scratching my head.

Only a few episodes in and nothing has happened…. Like nothing. Seems overly pretentious with the long drawn out montages etc.