The Bear: Season 2 on Hulu took a step back from the first season. This season the restaurant is in a mist of a rebuilt into a Michelin style restaurant but in order to get there each chef has to relearn their own craft to have a well managed kitchen. Cousin Richard played by Ebon Moss-Bachrach takes on a role to learn to be great at one thing instead of taking on so many responsibilities to the point he stresses himself and everyone around him. Tina who is played by Liza Colon-Zayas is asked to be the sous chef and to get there she goes back school to push herself to be better. Meanwhile Marcus who is played by Lionel Boyce is flown to Holland to master desserts with Carmen's former classmate Chef Luca who is played by Will Poulter. His episode was one of my favorites but my most favorite episode was Fishes which was a flashback event when the family gets together for a Christmas holiday dinner. An all star cast episode that feathered Jamie Lee Curtis played the unstable mother, Gillian Jacob as Cousin Richard's wife, Sarah Paulson and John Mulaney was a married couple, Oliver Platt reprises his role as the rich uncle who backs Carmen for his new restaurant and finally Uncle Lee who is played by Bob Odenkirk. Bob played a pivotal role to agitate Cousin Michael played by Jon Bernthal, which goes to show why he ended up killing himself. Abby Elliott is asked to take on the project manager position to help the restaurant to come to its completion. Finally Jeremy Allen White coming back after winning the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a streaming comedy series. I don't know how this is constituted as a comedy, it was more of a drama series especially with the love hate relationships with food and family. Loved season two although it was frustrating to watch especially with all the chaos in the kitchen. I would definitely recommend the series.
