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I recently watched all of The Bear and was blown away by how good it was. The writing, acting and directing are all on another level. It's a very intense show at times, partially because of how it depicts the chaos and stress of a restaurant kitchen and also because of its heavy subject matter (generational trauma, drug abuse, mental illness, other themes that would need CWs), but its also extremely funny when it wants to be, so much so that its categorized as a comedy at the Emmys which I only somewhat agree with. An emotional roller coaster for sure but its phenomenally well made.
For some reason I just couldn't continue watching it. It was so boring for me. The acting is good, but the story was just not doing it for me.
I think you gotta be at least a little bit into mumblecore to be into the Bear. It's mostly just characters living their lives with some loose plotlines to keep it moving.