If you told me a scene of Richie singing Taylor Swift would make me cry happy tears I’d tell you that you’re out of your fucking mind, but here we are. Obviously episode six is a masterpiece but this is my favorite episode of the season.
I'm absolutely ecstatic that nothing went traditionally "wrong" in the episode, just a bitter man learning, making friends, finding purpose and love in himself.
I don't know but, I was so afraid with that jump the car did, that the car might bonk or flip over and Richie might die in his best moment like many other shows usually do. When the episode ended and Richie grew it felt so good but weird as, TV shows have us so used to tragedies in the best moments that ending on a high note is rare
I agree with you but I'd say he didn't even find purpose, he simply realised if he takes it step by step each day , focus and makes effort, he could actually have a nicer and more enjoyable life than he did before. It's almost like previously he didn't even believe he's capable of that and didn't even bother trying.
Absolutely. Both in this episode and the Copenhagen one I was so relieved when things went well and many people in those restaurants were normal, nice humans who weren’t just out to get our characters all the time. This show is so chaotic and stress-inducing (in a good way!) that these moments of happiness and calmness are amazing.
I don’t know that a scene from a show has evoked so much happy emotion out of me as much as this did. This season was one of the best shows I’ve ever seen.
Based on his past behaviours and the setup for Richie's character in season 1, we all thought the moment he tried hiding the deep-fried plate behind him that he is doomed to fail, but what a sudden change to the character. Currently, the best character in the show🙌🏻 #ProudOfYouCous
that was entirely deliberate. a running thread throughout this season has been dread, waiting for the other shoe to drop. like when marcus came across that guy who met with an accident. i was waiting for something horrible to happen, but it didn't. same with tina choosing to hang out with younger colleagues and singing caraoke. you dread that something's gonna go wrong but it doesn't. i bet that was the point they were making with richie with the plates. sometimes things turn out okay
@@weary_traveller111 I think its also cause were so used to the very stale story telling of all these other shows that would do exactly that, create drama unnecessarily cause they cant think of anything else, and its always such a breath of fresh air when things actually work out for once, similar to what Ted Lasso did, I think
@@weary_traveller111 When Syd made Nat the omelet, I kept waiting for something bad to happen. For the stove to break, for the plate to fall, for Nat to be allergic to something. But it was just a sweet moment. This season waited for the moments of chaos to emerge at very specific moments
@@weary_traveller111 Such a good way to put it! I was so on edge when Marcus was saving the guy, thinking thugs were suddenly gonna hurt him or steal his stuff, but it turned out to just be a lovely moment of one person helping out another. Same with Luca. You expect him to treat Marcus horribly, but he ended up being a pretty cool guy and helping Marcus grow. But then he had to miss all those calls in the finale... 💔
This is the most unexpected scene in the entire drama (so far). I really felt that moment with Richie and he sings along to Taylor Swift. The writing and the delivery is just wow!
This is not only the best episode of the season or the show, but the best written episode in Television ever. The amount of people who suddenly rooted for Richie after this, my god.
In this scene I seriously thought he was going to crash... I was prepared for a very sad moment... And when the song comes back and you see he's OK after all, after all he's been through. This episode is phoenomenal. I'm in love with this episode and what it represents. Good day to you all!
1:23 that transition when the song pauses, car front bumper hits the road, song comes back. That shit made me happy and laugh at the same time. I really like Richie's character arc, very well done!
You know the writing is great and the characters are awesome when you get pumped... over absolutely nothing. I'm not being condescending either, that part gives me chills too, but all he does is drive over the gutter and go "I'm still enjoying Taylor" 😂 it's like a transition from one thing to that same thing, and for whatever reason it's super effective.
I'm was so happy for richie finally finding his purpose, all through season 1 and season 2 i could tell that he was afraid of being pushed out and not needed. and to see him finally finding a purpose and one he is actually good at was so nice
What’s the amazing part of this moment… started the season trying to find his purpose . And what he ended up finding the joy of life… Sometimes it isn’t about finding the reason why we do things… but enjoying the moment It isn’t about us (book he is reading) but about the love langue of servicing others. He still lost everything and couldn’t fix his life… but he understood what the definition of happiness is
Goddam you Cus, you made my heart shrink with pain and explode with joy through season 2. I also got in to Taylor Swift two decades after the rest of the world. Love you man!
Such a great scene and my favorite episode of the series. My daughter heard this song while I watching it and thought I was rocking out to Taylor Swift.
Best Supporting Actor category is loaded this year. Richie should be one of the favorites. This episode was like watching a Sports movie, so satisfying when he realizes that he's really good at something if he puts in the effort.
Him doing the palette testing with Garret and the other staff he'd be working alongside is a brilliant detail. He was only going to be there a short time and they gave everything to helping him be the best when he left.
This is crazy but I have never rewatched a TV episode as many times as I’ve watched this. It’s like therapy. Richie’s arc is fucking amazing. I started out hating his character but now I hope he gets an Emmy!
As much I really love Ritchie's character development but I can't seem to ignore the fact that a fancy restaurant basically served a deep dish pizza bought from outside by chopping into little pieces 🤣
@@audiorage82407 or even the tools. The pans and ovens places like that use have decades of flavour and grease baked in that you cannot even try to fake.
I loved this entire episode. Everything about it was perfect. Also, anyone else shipping Richie and Jessica? I felt something was sort of brewing between them towards the end.
I still don't *like* Richie exactly - he's not someone I would want to be around, but I feel a lot more sympathy for him and get really protective every time one of the other characters says anything about his daughter. He's trying so hard to be a good dad.
After season two The Bear has entered my personal top-5 of best series of all time. The second season is even better than the first. And this episode is my favorite. Richie is such a pain in the a.. in the first season, but his development in season two is both convincing and compelling. And the love story part made me shed a tear. Now I really root for him.
"Forks" is the best episode of the season. What a character development arc for Richie. Never too late or old to reinvent yourself and find a purpose in life.
Don't be so preposterous. Everybody is entitled to their opinion, but 'Fishes' is one of the most seminal achievements in the history of television and to suggest this episode is in any way superior is ludicrous. Utterly. It's your favourite... it's not the best.
No joke, in one of the first episodes of the show when Richie's ex called him to talk down his nervous daughter it left me breathless because I've heard my usually-abrasive friend have almost the EXACT same conversation, right down to the way his tone changes, with his ex and daughter. So fucking real.
I think the reason this episode is so cathartic is that society frames 40-50+ year olds as spent, past their prime, unable or unwilling to reinvent themselves - and he did
You're definitely onto something there. We all need that win so bad sometimes, regardless of our age. Modern life - with its isolation and its everyday-type mundane and existential horror only makes that need even greater.
There’s nothing like singing your heart out behind the wheel. When you feel like you can finally breathe again and know that you’ll be okay no matter what happens next. pure dumb happiness.
I’m a 46 year old man and I burst into tears when he started singing Taylor Swift. What a perfectly beautiful depiction of someone finding hope and purpose.
44 year old U.S. Air Force veteran, I like Taylor Swift, and I am reinventing myself by going back to school to become an auto mechanic. This episode is great. Needed it after that gruesome Christmas dinner episode.
The thing is, only Season 1 of The Bear qualified for this years Emmy’s, so Ebon’s nom is for his work in S1. He can still get nominated for Forks next year
@@JonnyContagiousno the writers wrote that, he bought it to life, they could of cast poorly and it wouldn't of hit the same, its his face, his realness, the way he smiles that we connect with
@@JonnyContagious The actor brought him to life though, the writing is superb and then a top class actor elevates those words into something that connects. The Bear is a masterpiece of talent coming together to create something, everyone involved should be so proud.
As a single dad it hit too personal with me I ended up buying 2 tickets to Taylor Swift to go with my daughter because my best friend deserves it after all we’ve been through.
I worked those concerts selling food, hated every second of it, but knowing I brought a single dad like my own some happiness with his kids makes it all worth it, which funnily enough was also the point of the episode
@@hedwig123456 During episode 6, Unc is explaining to Ritchie's wife how, on the drive down, he passed a chocolate banana spot that his dad used to take him to. He mentions that he became emotional for his dad in that moment, even after he had been gone all those years. Ritchie's wife then tries to thank Unc for giving Ritchie a job, when Unc hadn't even done that yet. To save Ritchie some embarrassment, Unc played along and said it was no problem to give him a job. Years later, Ritchie clearly still remembered what Unc did and decided to show Unc he was thinking about him with the chocolate banana dessert.
@@hedwig123456 it’s from the fishes episode basically uncle Jimmy told Richie and his wife a story about how he ate a chocolate covered banana as a kid and how happy it made him. He didn’t realize Richie was listening in because Jimmy was talking to his wife. This shows how far Richie has come in hospitality as well because he always listens and pays attention to people and their wants and needs
something so cool is they used the newer version of the too so taylor swift got all the licensing and publishing $$ too and not her old shitty management 😭
The statue they syart flying towards at 1:39 is that faceless statue Richie mentions way earlier in the show, the one that was left faceless because the sculptor thought nothing else would reach higher than that building, as it was promptly overshadowed by newer, taller buildings
It’s also a statue of Ceres, the goddess of food goods. Also, I took it as a little nod to one of Chicago’s oldest (and now closed) Michelin starred restaurants, Everest, which was right there
@@natemuzikaas far as I can tell, this show avoids cliches. I could be wrong, but I think it's purely character driven too. Like all of the plot is moved along completely by the characters behaviors. Having an "act of god" type situation like a random passerby effecting the story that heavily wouldn't fit with this kind of narrative
Man I thought the old Ritchie was gonna come out. He was somehow gonna blow it. Go out like an asshole or something. Then that convo came and she told him the his cousin believes in him. 😊😊😊😊😊❤❤
Just that long shot of him staring at the sign "every second counts" is just so deep and relatable. You can almost hear him acknowledge that he's wasted a lot of his life and make a deal with himself.
Let's give it up for Ebon Moss-Bachrach. He made us so angry and annoyed at Richie in Season 1, and now he made us happy cry while singing Taylor Swift. He was a standout in a season overflowing with stellar performances.
Can’t even begin to speak to how emotional this scene was. As a dude who has grown up feeling like I’m a good for nothing, worthless piece of shit, due to my ADHD. I hated Richie in season one, partly cause I saw myself in him. Seeing him find purpose and meaning was an important step in my own healing
I feel like the most important moment is 0:09 where Richie realizes that he enjoys bringing happiness to others and he never wants to lose that feeling again
The car scene perfectly captures those moments when you are in a super happy mood where everything briefly feels like it’s going so well. Reminds me of how I felt after my first time experiencing so many things.
It's a setup and payoff masterclass (with Taylor Swift being mentioned in season 1 and I didn't realised but Richies ex has a 1989 t-shirt on in the flashback Christmas episode). This was so satisfying.
The most beautiful two minutes in TV history, in my opinion. Here is a character on the edge of a breakdown. Lost his only love, distanced from his daughter, feels inadequate and has not recovered from his best friend taking his own life. He finds purpose in his life. He discovers happiness. He didn't even believe in himself but then realises that people believe in him. It's a trimuph.i just wish i was better at articulating how amazing this was. Whoever put together this scene was working at genius level. A piece of art and beauty. Chapeau 🎩
I automatically knew this was my favourite episode of TV this year after this scene. Fun fact: Ritchie is chatting shit to another driver while singing in his car. I love this show so much.
Yes THIS. After watching fishes, I thought no episode would top it but was absolutely blown away by how heartfelt and poignant forks was. In a lot of ways it reminded me of “sunflowers” in season 3 of Ted lasso. Feeling so many things right now, and just so blessed to have watched this incredible episode in an incredible series.
@@tyedes4253 With these series you are never late to the party, I love that the writing is timeless (to a degree) and I agree it was the best episode, I still rewatch it now and then and recommend it to friends whenever I can XD
Hands down the best scene I've ever seen on TV. Takes 2 seasons for you to appreciate this scene but IT'S SO WORTH IT. I was smiling with my teeth out the entire time I saw this and I didn't even realise. Beautiful
Absolutely this! That's a season and a half's worth of catharsis right there. What a brilliant show, what a great episode. Sometimes it's all right to want things to be all right!
