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This episode definitely gave me chills because of the constant printing of the reciept paper for orders. Also, online orders suuuuuck. Especially when its busy in the restaurant, Filled to compacity, then the online orders slows down the orders for the people in the restaurant. Definitely gave me some ptsd about that. lol
RIP, Lin Brehmer. 😥 So glad his voice was featured in the opening of this episode. The "Christmas Unicorn" refers to both the song & musician, Sufjan Stevens, whose song "Chicago" opens the episode. Not unusual for him to wear a unicorn costume on stage. 🦄
I think Syd is partially responsible but also, people really down play the fact that this is Carmy’s fuck up too. He’s responsible for the whole restaurant, he’s the owner; and ever since Syd got there he’s had a habit of dumping things on her because she’s more skilled than the rest but he doesn’t help her, he just leaves her on her own. It’s his job as the manager to check in and oversee everything, especially something major like this. He knew Sydney has never done to-gos before and still didn’t bother checking her work. Then he yells in her face about it when things go wrong, as if it’s ONLY her responsibility. I get what people mean about being annoyed when she said it wasn’t on her but a part of me also saw where Syd was coming from too. It’s not fair to expect her to implement these big changes on her own when she not even the manager. I don’t blame her for walking out tbh lol
100%. People in the comments seem to forget whose responsibility the entire restaurant falls under and that’s him. Not checking Syd’s work and then getting mad at her is completely unfair. Not checking the to gos before shift is wild haha.
This fails to take into account she constantly pushes things and tries to control the direction in a restuarant she has zero financial or emotional stake in. She's far too green (as the show literally points out with her pre beef positions.) Carmy has responsbility to for how things are handled but he's also working through an insane amount of stress from turning around a kitchen full of people treating the place as a hangout spot rather than a place to make good food and the issues he's had with his family and the loss of his brother and the massive financial burden he's left with. He's juggling 10 plates at once and one of those plates is persistant in trying to push things in the direction she wants which may not be the right direction at the time.
@@tonyharrison2112 Sydney is pushy but Carmy is an adult and the boss. He let his anger over the review get the best of him and instead of letting Syd ensure it was set up accurately, he pushed Tina's son at her as punishment and turned on the pre-orders without checking. Syd made the mistake but he's literally the owner lol.
@@babadook4404 Yes Syd made the mistake. Yes Carmy should be firmer on her and it's my only problem of the show. Carmy lets her get off with shit way too easily. She's not mature enough to be in the position she is and that is a mistake on Carmy's part to put her there. She still has all those flaws and thats what's being pointed out. She fcked up, after pushing for something and then bails as soon as it goes wrong and shit starts crumbling.
@@Oxmosh No actually there arent any cuts except the ones in the opening scenes. I think what you saw ist the Hulu version, which has a few cuts in it because it was meant for ads to show in those. The Disney+ version doesn't have those cuts, its a whole one take. It's a bummer because I saw some reactors watch the Hulu version and they also thought those were cuts in the scenes.
The whole episode was a single shot. It's crazy when you think about the sheer difficulty of pulling that off - the actors all have to remember all of their lines for the entire episode and the cast and crew have to move quietly around this small space while the on screen actors are telling the story, and if anybody screws anything up, you have to start filming the whole thing from scratch again. No idea how many takes it took to film, but hats off to everyone involved on putting this technical masterpiece together.
I think Richie hated that Syd had fixed the situation, and calling the cops was his way of taking control back. You could tell by the look on his face he felt ashamed about it.
Fun episode trivia: The narrator paying homage to the city of Chicago at the beginning of the episode is a well-known local DJ named Linn Brehmer, who works for Chicago alternative rock station, WXRT-FM. It's very notable how much the City of Chicago itself is a character in the show.
Sadly, Lin Brehmer died shortly after this episode was filmed. He was our best friend in the whole world, for decades. RIP Lin. And then the terrific montage, with my favorite hot dog spot, Parky's and then my favorite beef stand, Johnnies, right in the middle.
I’m surprised that people think Sydney was wrong about “this is on you” - the whole season has been leading up to this and the tension’s been building for a while. From the beginning, Carmy has put a lot on Sydney (esp in this episode, telling her to train Tina’s son - not asking her - instead of straight up telling Tina not today, it comes across like he wants to punish Sydney for the risotto) You can see through the episode she’s trying to go over the to-go process with Ritchie but of course he’s avoiding being helpful as always And then CARMY is the one who switches on the to-go tablet suddenly, and just says “let’s go” - like, wtf. She tried multiple times to have a talk with Carmy but he was already in an attitude from the beginning and not open to talking/just wanted to bottle up like he always does. The EC and sous need to be on the same page with every service. You have to be on the same side, no matter what, but he was already pushing her away (when she was telling Ritchie that the to-gos were agreed upon by her and Carmy, Carmy throws in a quick “yea…your idea, but yea” - clearly distancing himself from it) Anyway maybe she shouldn’t have quit mid-service but at that point, it’s a dignity thing. Super relatable in the hospitality industry to have walkouts when the restaurant is mismanaged and chaotic and toxic. I never did it myself, but I came close a few times because you really can reach a limit on your sanity in this kind of environment, especially if your boss is literally screaming and cussing at you. (and at everyone…he absolutely escalated a situation that a proper EC should’ve been able to deescalate) I love Carmy and I think the show does a great job of showing how flawed people can be, and how relationships between flawed people can be really tough to navigate. He needed this all to happen to grow from it and realize the kind of EC he wants to be.
Film recommendations: Boiling Point is a 2021 film about an evening at a restaurant kitchen that’s considered a one shot film. Never seen it myself and haven’t looked too much into it so I don’t know if it’s actually a one shot or if it has hidden cuts, but heard good things about it. Chef is a film by Jon Favreau in 2014 about a chef who gets into a beef online with a food critic and ends up going into a food truck business. This is a film I love.
"he WAS being a POS a**hole!" Nikki, you're my freaking girl! 😆 people seem to forget that Carmy is the boss and as the boss, he is the one who is tasked with keeping things calm and not making things worse by literally screaming in people's faces. besides, Sydney already revealed to him that she didn't want to work for another POS a**hole who barks orders and makes people feel like sh*t, and that's exactly what Carmy turned into in this episode. I don't blame her for walking out.
Sydney isn't innocent herself. She was told her food wasn't ready by THE OWNER of the restaurant and gave it out to a customer. Carmy gave her so much when he doesn't need to because she is not experience and he is. He went with her idea and she screwed it up and never took accountability.
@@SunDKiller who said anything about her being innocent? She obviously made a mistake by giving that customer the food but she didn’t know they were a food critic. had she known, she wouldn’t have done it. Also, by “gave her a lot” I think you mean that he dumped a lot on her plate without giving her much support. he put her in charge of the brigade and then bailed every day, leaving her to handle the fallout. He dumped the extra responsibility of training Tina’s son on her, on a day when she had a LOT more on her plate, like making sure to-go orders ran smoothly and dealing with Richie, who was stubborn af and didn't want to change or learn anything new for sh*t. She tried to talk to him about the review before service started but instead of handling it like a grown-up, Carmy deflected and pretended like everything was ok when it wasn’t. That’s not how a leader behaves. I would have walked out too.
@@the_nikster1 you don't think she wanted that position? She had no experience and went to Carmy to get it. But was intitled which shows more later on. Carmy deflected and didn't want to make a big deal out of it until she f'd up again in a big way. Which made it worse because that whole tablet idea was hers.
@@SunDKiller He’s the boss. He should have checked behind her to make sure it was ready. Also, yes she wanted the position but that doesn't mean she wanted to be saddled with all of that responsibility with no support. You don’t do that as a leader, especially with someone you claim is so “green” like Sydney.
She was the POS asshole from Tina and Ritchie’s perspective, she behaved in an unusually childish manner regarding the dish despite being told several times. She gave the food to a critic, left the pre orders open, behaved like a dick to multiple people, fucking stabs someone and then had the audacity to say ‘this isn’t on me’. That’s the issue people have, it’s not Camry vs syd or anything like that, people don’t like holier than thou characters.
Gah this show is just the best 💯 Great potrayals of great characters and incredibly well-paced and concise story telling. One shots are always cool, but this is a literal award winning oner 👏
"This is the most chaotic thing I've ever watched." People who've seen Season 2: ....................................................... This episode cemented my decision to NEVER work in a restaurant again no matter what happens in my life.
Everyone dropped the ball this episode and it just showcases how all it takes is one domino to fall. This is the most chaotic thing….(laughs in 7 fishes) -and though I’ve never pre ordered myself individually but it absolutely something you’d do if you’re ordering lunch for your office.
Sydney is impatient. I think we have all been around that young person fresh out of college that’s so eager to make a change they refuse to listen to their boss
I love your reactions. This episode was so good. Here's how I see everyone's breakdown in this episode (and I love them all so don't think I'm favoring anyone). 1.)Richie as you mentioned is worried about change. He misses his best friend. He was like a brother to him and was maybe the closest thing Richie had for a long time. Now all of a sudden he's taking orders from his best friend's little brother. And on top of it, new people are getting hired, new ideas are happening, new changes in the area are happening and Richie can't cope with all the change. Because change means Michael is really gone and Richie doesn't want him to be gone. He predicted this 'new" system wouldn't work and was kind of happy when it didn't because it proved his point that change can be disastrous. 2.)Carmy on the flip side wants to change the restaurant. You will learn more about this in the season finale but essentially it has to do with Michael too. Changing the restaurant for the better and not selling it is Carmy's way of coping with his brother. But the thing about Carmy is he isn't really coping at all. He keeps a lot of things inside and when chaos like this happens, he explodes. For instance, you can tell it frustrated him that Syd gave her dish to a customer when he said it wasn't ready yet but he tried to be a good sport about it. But when the tickets started coming, he lost his composure and his repressed feelings about the dish came out. And that's why Syd was like "What does that have to do with anything?" Yes, Carmy lost it under pressure but he wasn't being as bad as his NY chef. He was just at his wits end and I think half the freak out was because he blamed himself for all of this. 3.) Sydney. She's great in so many ways for this restaurant and her ideas are brilliant. But like Carmy mentioned, she is impatient. Her past employers mentioned that and we get to see how that impatience can cause some of this. Nevertheless, her intentions are only to help the restaurant grow. She wants the same thing as Carmy. Ultimately, this was her break down episode because she too felt the immense guilt of messing up and was stressed and trying extra hard to fix it and was only getting yelled and so she took it out on Richie and gave up towards the end because it wasn't feeling worth it anymore. Don't worry, this won't last for long. I can't wait until you see the finale. It's the best in my opinion. And you're gonna love season 2. I am so excited excited for your reaction. The season 2 finale has me currently dead and I'm waiting for revival with s3.
There was a movie called "Bushwick" with Dave Bautista. The first 3/4 of the movie is one continuous shot. You can't help but notice about 15 mins in because it is such a foreign idea
Everybody in every comment section on every reaction to Review completely lets Carmy off the hook. He is the problem here. Anybody who has worked for someone like this knows this. There were so many issues with how he handled the service it’s wild. 1. Turn off the machine lol. 2. Don’t panic or yell at the staff that’s here to help you. Especially those who haven’t done anything wrong. 3. Ensure that everything is set up prior to the service not just throwing it on Sydney to have completely perfect. It’s his responsibility and honestly is completely crazy that he didn’t set up the POS system himself. “It’s your idea Chef” that is a complete cop out, it’s your business Carmy?! Did Sydney screw up, yes, was Marcus completely unhelpful, 1000%. But that doesn’t negate the fact that Carmy is terrible under pressure and makes everything much worse.
Exactly!! Very well said. Carmy has some blame here too but the focus is always on Sydney and Marcus as if they’re the only ones who messed up in this episode. He handled the situation very poorly and that helped fuel the chaos. Sydney had also previously expressed that she didn’t want a verbally abusive work environment with constant yelling. That’s what led to them quitting even though it wasn’t a great thing to do.
need to stress that while everyone in this episode is at fault and no one is singularly to blame for things going wrong carmy was throwing things, screaming and put his hands on marcus. sure it’s relatively mild but he was still getting violent which is incredibly inappropriate and that was the breaking point for both marcus and sydney and i don’t blame them for that particular part
the thing is that both sydney and marcus did fuck up obviously but the reason they walk out isn’t because of this one incident. it’s because of everything leading up to this. sydney has been trying to communicate with carmy all season and he’s mostly refused. he’s very volatile. she even told him they weren’t ready for this. she doesn’t leave because he gets mad at her this one time she just feels so over all the bullshit. plus like i understand it’s a high stress environment but a worker is well within their rights to quit if their boss speaks to them the way carmy was acting this episode. plus and this is a very important note: this isn’t real life. it’s a tv show. it’s a story it’s presenting us with ideas and characters and metaphor and theme. obviously it wasn’t handled in a realistic way because the show isn’t a documentary it’s a story written to get across these things. for example the ‘this isn’t on me’ line that so many people are mad about is actually a great line. because it tells us so much about sydney. she has a fear of failure and a hard time admitting fault but it also shows in the context of the whole show that it isn’t just about this one incident. she’s telling carmy if the beef does fail it will be his fault because of how he treats people. so it tells us so much about what she thinks and also presents both of their flaws very well. i think it’s also important to note that carmy put his hands on marcus before smacking the donut out of his hands. which is obviously not okay. everyone in this episode is at a breaking point and they all fuck up. trying to singularly put the blame on anyone is unfair.
I have been so thrilled you guys have been reacting to this amazing show, and this episode was no exception. One of the greatest episodes of TV ever (if nerve-wracking). My take on the central issues is -- Sydney was wrong to give the dish to the critic. Yes, it all worked out, but she defied Carm's DIRECT order and that is just not okay -- and it also directly led to an outcome they weren't ready for. She also made a mistake with the preorders which combined with the review for a nightmare day for all of them. Meanwhile, Marcus is a sweetheart but he was STILL working on those damn donuts even after Carm openly begging him three different times to step away and focus on the cakes. Yes, I absolutely think Carm was being an ass and was absolutely not okay in his behavior and reactions to both Syd and Marcus. But Syd and Marcus were wrong and deserved to be called out (not screamed at). Meanwhile, the sheer production finesse by the actors, directors, and set/crew people for this episode were AMAZING. There are whole walls being moved seamlessly between scenes to keep the flow going. Just incredible work by all involved.
Genuine question for anyone who happens to see this... The folder with the IRS docs they found last EP.. was it labeled "Shit", or did both of them just say Shit because it was labeled correctly and they hadn't seen it?
welcome to BOH baby! lmao worked as a line/sous all my life, this shit happens alllllll the time. shouldnt be but it does... worst time was working at a fine dinning resturant in SD during Comic-Con.. More then 100 customers every hr, 2 cooks called out, 1 dishwasher quit on the spot lol, the manager had to jump in the dish pit. the exc chef was losing it and me and my sous chef took over and worked a 13hr shift.. they fired the exc chef my buddy became the exc chef and i moved up to sous.. it was fking crazy.. a lot of poeple do pre order and its fking annoying.. this ep is a perfect example of "if you cant handle the heat, get out the kitchen"..
Working as a waiter one time I had 19 tables at once because we had multiple people not show and were randomly busy like a Saturday night on a Tuesday. This episode gives me PTSD 😬
People make mistakes but Carmy shouldnt have been abusive. My dad is a chef with a catering business and I watched him be a monster to people for years.
Sydney and Carmy are incredible characters and I think because of that, fans have a tendency to go easy on both of them. To be frank, they both fucked up. Sydney’s lack of patience, stubbornness and accountability really showed here. But she’s always been that way, since Day 1 and Carmy never really checked her because she’s talented AF and he needed a true chef and leader to help him. For Carmy, he dumped way too much on her and because of that, lost control of her and himself in the kitchen, which is inexcusable. He’s out of control at this point. So let’s not act like either of them are perfect or right/wrong in this situation. You’re going to fuck up in the kitchen but you have to bounce back just like Carmy told Marcus. But Sydney didn’t. She dipped not only on Carmy but the whole staff. THAT is why she deserves a lot of criticism. Both you and Carmy created this mess and you left him (deservedly) and the rest of the crew (who didn’t deserve that) out to dry.
I'm probably the only fan of this show who hasn't liked Sydney at all since the start and this episode really confirmed that for me😂 She has her moments but ehhh shes annoying
From this moment on Ive disliked Sydney a lot. If someone like her worked for me and did what she did, not only would she be fired but also would be blacklisted until the end of time.
💀💀💀 This girl quits and just rocks up a few days later as if nothing happened. And everyone just acts as if all is well. No accountability no nothing! I was (still am) so angry watching that scene.
This entire episode is 100% all Sydney’s fault. She also took 0 accountability for her actions which really sent it over the edge for me. Still love this show though and I am looking forward to your season 2 reactions plus season 3 is almost upon us
It definitely isn’t 100% her fault. The buck stops with Carmy. He lost control, the situation got 1000% worse because he couldn’t keep his cool and deal with it. Did Syd screw up, yes, did Marcus screw up yes but only because Carmy isn’t a good leader. He’s disorganized and lacks composure and the team in many cases succeeds better with out him on the line e.g. ***Spoilers*** S2 finale. When I worked in kitchens people like Carmy were a nightmare to work for.
@@24pagedown Marcus only screwed up because Carmy is a bad leader? No way he was instructed several times to be on task but ignored to work on the donut. Carm only mistake was loosing his control and getting super angry like you pointed out.
Syd was always my least favorite character in the show, and this episode was the nail in the coffin. I definitely dont agree with the comment about her tone. She comes off extremely arrogant. Im in full support of someone wanting to make something of themselves, spreading their wings, wanting to prove something, but all of that at the sake of teamwork, following orders, overstepping bounds is a clear line in the sand moment and it all boiling to a head. Her saying it was Carmiy's fault when 99% of the issues outside Marcus were all her. "She didn't know" = her fault. Thats called ignorance.
Before this episode she was the most helpful in turning things around. Easy to like Ritchie, but he was a hinderance. Outside of an apology, she made good in season two
@@ecksearoh6283I don’t understand… isn’t Sidney a regular character like any other on the show or is she different? Are people not allowed to dislike her character? lol What? Would you make this same comment if he had said he never liked Carmy/Fak/Richie/Tina/Sugar/Ebra/Sweeps/etc. from the beginning? Be serious lmao
@@LaCheeserie I will agree that she definitely turns it around in season 2. But at this very moment in season 1, its hard to see past the enormous screw up and then blaming others for it when someone yells at her. Come season 2, everyone apologizes to one another but her.
I managed a craft burger and beer joint a few years back and we got an article written about us on westways magazine. We were properly staffed when the article came out and prepped heavier, we got busier but nothing crazy. The next month we didn’t know that the magazine emailed a newsletter that featured the article on us. Westways is a Costco magazine, so it got sent to every Costco member in orange and la county haha. That was the weekend from hell. We were short staffed and we didn’t have any time to prep so we were making everything on the fly. Two guys in the kitchen grinding sirloin and ribeye forming patties on top of all the cold and hot station prep, and making orders with tickets on tickets coming in. And two people up front seating tables, taking orders, pouring beer, running food and bussing. I paid regulars in free beers to help me buss tables. We had hour long ticket times. It was insane. This episode perfectly captures the chaos that goes on in restaurants when shit hits the fan. You have to try and stay composed and figure it out. It helps if you can chug a beer when you can catch your breath haha
Carmy, Syd and Marcus all had a part in that chaos. First off, yes Carmy shouldn't have lost his shit 100%, given his extreme anxiety and his panic attacks it makes sense but as a Chef, he should be the calm in the storm and not the one pouring fuel on the fire, absolutely I agree, this could've turned out a lot differently depending on his reaction. No part of me is denying his part in this shitshow. BUT, what's also true is that this new system was Sydney's idea that she pushed for and Carmy warned they were not yet ready for. She messed up, because of her mistake, shit got real hectic. If she doesn't wanna get yelled at like that she can absolutely quit, but AFTER cleaning up her mess not in the middle of it. She just ran away, and in her heart of hearts I think it's not because she got yelled at but because she couldn't face the reality of the feeling that another one of her ideas had failed due to her slip up (that's why she lost it on Richie too 100%, which is unlike her, just like leaving bc of yelling). And don't even get me started on Marcus. I like the guy and I totally get that he just sparked his passion and that he's like a little kid right now, just desperate to explore and grow. But while you are on the job where people are depending on you to focus on your *actual* job and the dishes you are *actually* supposed to be preparing, you can't block out all the chaos around you and abandon your responsibilities all excited and then be surprised if your boss is anything but thrilled by your lack of commitment to your actual tasks and utter inability to read the fucking room. Now what irks me the most is the aftermath. (minor spoiler) This didn't happen in this episode but I remember only one person who apologized in this situation in which 3 people were at fault and those 2 who pissed him off in the first place never came off their high horse. Only 1 had the balls and *humility* to admit that they reacted poorly. The other 2 were bitches about it till the very end and I could never really wrap my head around that. That's the reason why I'm sick of it when people defend only Syd and Marcus, it's not like Carmy lost his shit without any reason either. (No offense or directed at you guys btw, just my general opinion on the situation)
People give Carmine shit for reacting the way he did, yet I would probably 100% react the exact same way when everything is going to shit like that and Marcus isn't even pulling his weight at this point and just fucking about being Captain Creativity, like do that shit on your OWN TIME dude not the middle of service. I've blown my lid at people for similar shit doesn't make it right but its 100% understandable. This episode is perfect example of the knock on effect one little mistake has, leading into more and more and everything going to hell. People shitting on Carmine have never worked in a restaurant and it shows, that shit can happen every day if the place isn't run well.
I agree 100% with this. While I get the argument that Carmy is the manager and handled everything in an immature way that foisted all the responsibility to Sydney, Syd is still the one who pushed for the to-go orders in the first place. She was the one that chose to give a customer her risotto over Carmy’s head. She escalated the fight with Richie and then didn’t practice proper knife safety. She was absolutely responsible for most of what happened, and she never apologized for overstepping and leaving everyone else to deal with her mess.
This is one of the best episodes ever filmed for a TV show; at least in terms of production. The planning for doing everything in one take must have been insane.
Yeah Carmy was getting into that territory of acting like that verbally abusive chef from earlier in the season. I think he was more upset about the review than he let on at the beginning and took that out on her and the rest of them. Then Marcus wasn’t helping by working on his side project and Sydney walking out wasn’t great. The chaos had a lot of people at their breaking point. It was so chaotic. They should have just cancelled the preorders.
People in comments are correct. Realistically you cancel those orders. Send out a message explaining and apologizing. Maybe offer free donut on next purchase. And duh Syd and Marcus were wrong. The mistakes can happen, all good. The walking out is the big no-no. I would have preferred that, they stay slog through and maybe quit end of shift if they want to keep that storyline
here's another aspect people don't look at. Those new customers order, they don't get their food, that customer leaves a bad review saying the restraunt didn't even do there job feeding them. enough of those bad reviews can kill a small buissness like the beef. that situation could've completely put the restarunt into foreclosure. Carmy wasn't freaking about the orders, he was freaking about the future of his restuarant.
@@craig2196 I mean all he can do is blame himself. If the POS isn’t set up properly before shift that’s on him 100%. How he didn’t check it prior is insane.
@@24pagedown He can't check everything. It wasn't his idea. It was Sydney's. She is the one who pushed for it because she has no patience, she is the one who set it up and she is the one who left pre-orders on... then she bails on everyone. She created that chaotic situation because she isn't patient and then blames everyone else in the process. Imagine I come to your house, start a fire, blame you for the fire, and then just decide to dip... get out of here.
@@TopGunZero Your analogy is uhh not comparable. She didn’t just waltz in to “his house”. He hired her and tasks her to do work. You don’t just task people with major projects and then never check. No, he created the situation. If he felt she was too impatient (which he mentioned multiple times prior to this episode) all he had to do was say “No Syd we aren’t ready for to gos yet” just like he said with her dish. Not only can he check almost everything, he HAS to check everything, especially something as big as this. It’s part of what makes running your own business so hard. The buck always stops with you.
@@24pagedownBut she doesn’t listen. He told her multiple times about her dish yet she behaves in an unusually childish manner regarding the dish. Gives it to a critic. Leaves the preorder open. Fucking stabs someone and then leaves saying “this isn’t on me”. Like the fuck you mean, she isn’t a child.
I waitressed in a fast pace restaurant for 7 years and this is exactly what it's like when there's a "rush". This really triggers my PTSD and anxiety. But it's such a good show so I keep watching.
23:58 here’s the thing. Carmy was a chef under undue pressure. He had every right to slap that project out of Marcus’ hand. It was rude, but as a chef, how dare Marcus be working on that before his daily “need now” work is done. That not being done screwed the whole team even more and he was in lala land when the whole crew is in the weeds
I mean I get that but let’s be honest, it wouldn’t matter what Marcus, or anyone, did they were all screwed regardless. There were just too many orders.
@@IndomitableAdetrust me I’ve watched this show more than once. I’ve also worked in multiple kitchens over 2 decades, a few of them toxic. Not ok to put hands. However. Everyone in the kitchen knows not to F with chef when S is hitting the fan. You stay on your Ps and Qs. And that is legitimately the absolute WORST time to be obsessing over a personal project. If he hadn’t walked he would’ve likely been fired. Sidney said it. “Dont let it interfere with your day to days.” He let it interfere in the worst possible way.
word, as a sous my self i would smack that damn thing off his hand too if he didnt listen to me the first time after knowing its a big day and not following my orders. lucky i wouldnt fire him
100%. Yes Carmine reacted poorly but you can UNDERSTAND why he did. Marcus is not fulfilling his duties, he's obsessing over unnecessary bullshit and THEN decided to bring his side project to Carmine in the middle of a massive service like that? I would do the exact same thing, just wrong time dude. You can be Captain Creativity on your own time, NOT in the middle of service.
oof, this episode hits home, reminds me when the owner had the wonderful idea for new years to fill the front and banquet, and seat everyone AT THE SAME TIME, the ticket machine would not stop printing, it was chaos. the stuff of nightmares.
Honestly front of house are the cause of shit like this. If they don't know how to space out and stagger orders they need to be taught or replaced. NOTHING fucks over a restaurant more than poor front of house who just take everyones orders and dumps them in the kitchen all at once.
I love this show and I love Sydney. But what I've noticed is that people LOVE to defend her. I never really see her get called out and if she does get called out, they bring up Ritchie or Carmy. Or they get extreme and say you're racist and/or sexist. That's what I've noticed on other reaction videos and just scenes posted up on RU-vid.
@@gregorysmith3234 thats definitely what rubs salt in the wound. Is that everyone else has some kind of redemption, or apology, except her. She never once owns up to the mistakes.
@@gregorysmith3234 It makes sense for her to say it, it doesn't make sense that she never apologizes. I love this show to DEATH, it's damn near a masterpiece, but I still dislike the fact that they never really address this.
I feel for Marcus, he has a strong passion, and really likes carms opinion on his deserts especially since carm is a really good chef. However, in the time of need, he shoulda known better.
In most kitchens he would have been chewed out and sent home,he didn't prep his section for service and chose to focus on a special that wasn't even complete . He does have passion but doesn't have service speed required
@@paytongibson9488 Yeah Carmine should've chewed his ass out on the spot the second Marcus was arguing with Sydney about being behind on his cakes. You can be Captain Creativity on your own time, NOT in the middle of service.
Yeah, I think I just wonder how many people do it before a store officially opens. Usually if a store isn’t open yet, even if there is a preorder option, I don’t go for it if the store’s closed.
@@robertdelossantos5844I worked overnight room service for a Marriott and Four Seasons resorts almost entirely to set up the morning servers for orders from the moment they walked in. Sometimes dozens of orders for the 6:00a.m.-6:15 window and often wouldn't slow down until after 9 a.m.
It's a bit of a stretch to blame Sydney for creating the dish. She wants to be a chef like Carmy, it's her passion. Her not wanting to waste the food giving to a random customer who turn out to be a critic is purely coincidental . The Bear is not some Michelin star restaurant that expect the visits of food critics. The clash among the characters are inevitable, they should take that responsibility for escalating the situation. Waving a kitchen knife is definitely a no no, never mind stabbing someone whether it's intentional or not.
When Sydney says it's not on her, that kind of annoys me. Yes, it indeed is on you lol. You messed up with the to-gos by not putting a limit. Also, Marcus was in the wrong, too.
Making a perfect dish (show) from a flawed combination of ingredients (characters) is the secret sauce of The Bear. Another film that had one of the best executed one takes was Birdman featuring Michael Keaton, which won multiple Oscars that year.
I watched this episode long ago and the donut STILL sets me off 🥴🍩 it really wasn’t the time for that lol. I agree with the comments about Syd and Cousin but the donut LOL
Yeah the donut was ridiculous and the most annoying to me. I would've had the exact same reaction as Carmy. Like you know he can hear them absolutely drowning and he's just back there fucking around with that damn donut
I feel like people overlook the part where Carmy says "I just turned on the to-go tablet, are we ready?" and Sydney says "No!" That to me means that Carmy is at fault for turning on the tablet before it was ready and the whole pre-order thing is his fault. The only thing I feel Sydney did wrong was bringing up Richie's daughter, that was just low and gross. But also, Richie did accuse her of doing sexual favors for that good review, which is also very low and gross so...I don't know. Anyways, this is one of my most favourite episodes of tv ever.
Turning on the tablet isn't what brought the pre-orders in lol... they were already there. If anything waiting longer would have just delayed them realizing how many pre-orders they had.
I love absolutely love Carmi but the bulk of the blame lies on him. Everyone else could’ve messed up exactly like they did and if Carmi (the owner) would’ve turned off the orders, canceled them, and regrouped without having an abusive meltdown, it wouldn’t have been such a mess. This stuff happens in restaurants. You can’t act like this.
clearly i think Syndey and Marcus f up but Carmy also messed up he could have refund the money to the people and explained it. i know it's not a easy thing to do but that was the best choice ..
I get people get riled up about Syd and Marcus, especially given how it “resolves”, but Carmy definitely made the wrong choice in exploding at the situation and choosing to try to keep up with the pre orders instead of just canceling them. That’s on him. I do agree all five of the leads did bad things this episode. But that’s why I love the show. They’re not perfect, and their flaws were bound to lead to a head at some point, and it does in this episode.
@@robertdelossantos5844agree. I have definitely ordered things only to be told afterwards that it was sold out or cancelled. That did make a lot more sense than the chaos of trying to fulfill them. But too real.
Sydney is just not got it she loses it too quickly is too impatient and that has lead to failures. She constantly makes demands and pushes Carmy like she has a personal stake in the restuarant when in reality it's all on him, he's the one in major debt, he's the one responsible to keep people employed, he's the one Michael handed everything to and he has to make it all work whilst having serious mental health issues that aren't being addressed because of the deep fucking whole he's found himself in and in some cases put himself in.
The music is an excellent choice, Spiders by Wilco. Simple drum beat and bass line which then mutates into a cacophony of chaos and feedback. They play the live album version so it sounds even more insane. Remember that song, because it comes back in season 2. And the overall feel to the scene is a chaotic good.
Brilliant work cast and crew. Talk about an epic, tense episode FLYING by. Aside from the opening sequence, an 18-minute single take. It really captured the chaos and emotions from everyone in the episode.
I've been in a similar situation. Restaurant life on the weekends. Not nearly as severe but close. That's kinda how it is. You just scream, say horrible things to each other, and apologize later. Unwritten rule. You hate each other in the moment but come together in the end. Dysfunctional family. Haha.
This episode really puts Stdney's character under a spotlight, obviously she isn't an awful person, it just got way too real, way to fast, and honestly I'd leave if I just stabbed a guy. but when I go back to rewatch this show, you notice, a lot of small hiccups in her character (not as in bad writing) but she's quick to assume things, like when they were talking about the Risotto before serving to the food critic, she looks offended the whole conversation. not havinging Carmy's back because it wasn't her idea, If the commander doesn't believe neither will the privates. Which is what happened when she completely blew off the brigade idea, she said it wouldn't work TO THE PEOPLE SHE'S TRYING TO CONVINCE TO JOIN, and to show foreshadowing, she completely gives up on the French brigade idea after 1 bad day. I'm not saying she's a bad character! It actually makes her a really good character! She has believable flaws and character traits from someone who worked in a high level kitchen, and doesn't want to be treated like way again. My one problem, is that the show paints everything as 100% Carmy's fault, The brigade thing, him Seeming like a dick when talking about a Risotto, and of course episode 7 season 1.
Maybe it came off that way because those things WERE his fault (at least partially) and he WAS being a bit of dick? The brigade was basically Carmy putting Syd in charge of checking everyone’s work. She performed her duties despite not agreeing. Carmy was MIA and left Syd to handle everything on her own, never checking if things are going well or if she needs help; which is not great management tbh so yea I think Carmy deserves partial blame. Also to your point about flawed characters, I think that IS Carmy’s flaw. That he often will do things that ends up sabotaging himself, or something else, and not realize. He CAN be a complete asshole at times but that’s his flaw so 🤷🏾♀️
@@OMGitsShrimp there's a difference between going along with something without wanting to, and outright saying " this isn't a good idea" to the people you're trying to convince, then quitting after one day. And this is what I mean, Carmy was having a panic attack, more than enough reason to leave, suddenly. The show acts like he just felt like a coffee so he just left Syd while holding up middle fingers. Unless you want Carmy to have a panic attack in the restaurant/right behind the restaurant where his coworkers can see. See what I mean? There are a lot of moments which are completely outside Carmy's control, but the show puts full blame onto him.
Comments are piling on Sydney but they are pretty wrong. Carm sold Syd out when he said "your idea." He's the boss. He signed off. The fact that he didn't double check something that is brand new is a failure on his part. She's not the boss. And how you handle the adversity matters. Carm was a total piece of sh*t.
Being the boss doesn't mean you can double check everyone's work. If that was the case you would just do everything yourself. It was her idea, she pushed for it hard, and she screwed up. How you handle adversity matters, and deciding to just leave... that's not handling it well.
“And how you handle the adversity matters” you mean like insulting a co worker personally about his child and then proceeding to stab him just because you’re having a melt down for your own mistakes? She wanted it and Carm gave it to her she was confident enough to go over him and give out a dish he didn’t authorise so she should have been confident enough to handle her own idea yes carm couldve handled that better but calling him that is utterly ridiculous he snapped at them because they pushed him by simply failing to do the job they were hired to do.
This episode triggered PTSD from decades of working in the industry, both FOH and BOH.. I've had nightmares and actual shifts like this. I suddenly feel the need to stare blanky while smoking a cigarette next to a dumpster.
Even if they're somewhat 'partners' Sydney still responds to Carmy, he's the top chef so what she did was not only going behind Carmy's back but the mistakes she made (leave the pre-order system on n stabbing Cousin also not saying "corner") she's responsible for 100% n should be accountable for, same thing with Marcus n focusing mostly on the donuts when they were having a shit show of a day. The fact that it was all done in one shot tho it's masterful, so much chaos to be done in one shot, bravo 👏🏻
Carmy could have handled it better and Marcus is my guy but he was dead wrong for still being stuck on that donut right then. Especially when his actual job wasn't done. Especially especially when you see everything is currently going to hell with gasoline undies on. Like what're you gonna do with 4 uncut cakes brother?
I've watched a lot of TV in my life but for me there's never been a show that could immerse you to the point where you feel like a spectator IRL. Like you're witnessing something firsthand that you shouldn't...
Line cook here...i love this episode so much lol ive experienced some days were its like this for 7 or 8 hours straight those are the days when you find out if the resteraunt business is really for you or not
