{"id":51160,"date":"2023-07-19T12:13:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T12:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/uncategorized\/the-bear-season-2-review-a-very-different-beast\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T12:13:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T12:13:04","slug":"the-bear-season-2-review-a-very-different-beast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.playretrogames.com\/news\/games\/the-bear-season-2-review-a-very-different-beast\/","title":{"rendered":"The Bear season 2 review: “A very different beast”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Season 2 of culinary comedy-drama The Bear opens with pastry chef Marcus<\/a> (Lionel Boyce) sitting beside his terminally ill mother in a darkened hospital room, the steady beat of the health monitors the only thing breaking the silence. It’s a far cry from the chaos of Chicago restaurant The Beef, the primary setting of season 1, which closed its doors in the season finale with promises of something bigger and bolder to come. The fast-paced workplace dramedy, which saw grieving, anxious chef Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) leave behind the world of fine dining to take over the family business from his late brother Michael, sent shivers of recognition down the spine of anyone who’s ever worked in the high-pressure, demanding environment of a commercial kitchen \u2013 and those who haven’t.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Season 2 of culinary comedy-drama The Bear opens with pastry chef Marcus (Lionel Boyce) sitting beside his terminally ill mother in a darkened hospital room, the steady beat of the health monitors the only thing breaking the silence. It’s a far cry from the chaos of Chicago restaurant The Beef, the primary setting of season […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51161,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t