The Bear | The Bear S2 Ep 10 Reaction 

donna is Carmy's moms name. Ritchie called him that because he keeps self sabotaging just like her.

It always breaks me when Richie yells "I f***in' love you!" in the middle of the shouting match he has with Carmy.

The tragedy of this episode is that a lot of the reason why the staff were able to perform so well (Richie, Tina, Marcus) is Iargely bc of Carmy, as Sheera noted. Sadly, Carmy can’t see that yet :/

In the episode "Seven Fishes", Jimmy was reminiscing about his dead dad and how chocolate bananas remind him of his dad to Tiff (Richie's ex) when she was trying to thank him for the job (that Jimmy gave Richie to save him). It was Richie's way of saying thank you for giving the restaurant another chance and showing Jimmy that he's good with people because he remembered that small detail from 5 years ago.

The way they mirror carmy and his mum both being in the cold and noth not feeling like they deserve what is right in front of them. Season 3 will be wild in a good way i hope

cids L was puking at the end, carmy talked about how he would puke everyday and his stomach was terrible and cid is falling into that life and because she’s getting validated by her father and others she’s going to think this is okay and fall deeper into the pit carmy was in.

Carmy ends the season as a Bear locked in a cage, just like the opening scene of the first episode of the entire series.

I have so much respect for Pete, man. It goes to show how much he loves Sugar and her family to try to get Donna to come in and see what they've been doing

Pete and Donna’s scene always gets me. My partner’s got shitty parents who don’t give her the love and credit she deserves because of their own baggage, it’s hard to see the toll it takes on her. Obviously it’s no driving the car through a house level stuff, but still, that back and fourth feels real as the person who just wants her parents to be there and actually be supportive.

I can’t believe y’all didn’t remember the chocolate banana bro. That hit so hard for me watching this episode for the first time. 😭 Really showed how much Richie has changed and how much more he cares now.

One thing I always liked about this series is how they treat the big restaurant operation scenes like big action sequences in an action movie or something. Idk if that makes sense but that's the vibe they give to me. A lot of intensity and lingering camera shots. Great stuff lol

Carmy needed to cool off and the showrunners said "bet"

There's been one comment on this episode that's stuck with me: that Carmy's become the antithesis of Donna. Donna had people who wanted to help, yet believed she had no one, while Carmy believed he couldn't help himself, even though he believed in others. And it's crushing that he never got to see how his brigade did, even without his presence. I'm curious to see how things progress for him in the next few seasons.

"I would've killed off Carmy this episode" is wild lmao

Btw Donna is Carmen’s mom, Richie was comparing Carmen’s self sabotaging antics to Donna’s

Josh doing crack is one thing. But he disappeared the whole night. Like you couldn’t refuel and come back to the carrots????

Watching Richie take off his coat, set the timer, and then run expo when they’re already in the weeds will never stop being satisfying to watch.

This episode truly shows why Carmen hated going home so much. Him and his mom are just alike and being around her is basically him looking into a mirror and him wanting to be better has him in denial when he does act just like her.

Not me crying over Donna! and what a great idea to partner Donna with Pete of all people! genius.

Now that I've watched Season 2 start to finish three times, they mention the fridge guy every single episode. There's either a spoken line or a note on the calendar or *something* about the fridge guy. It's such good writing. And Richie calling the orders? I could watch that all damn day.

So the chocolate banana is a story Richie overheard Jimmy tell his ex at the family dinner about a year ago. It's a food that, even though Jimmy can't have, brings him joy and good memories. I'm taking that little scene as Richie showing that he's a person who genuinely listens, remembers, and really is good with people. Even though he's had his spats with Jimmy, I take it as Richie showing a genuine moments of appreciation for him.

I feel bad for Carm its almost like that families inability to be happy is genetic, just a self sabotaging disease.

Everyone is talking about the same thing; Carmie, Donna, Pete, but to me, the best part of the episode is actually Ritchie. The call back to the previous season finale where; when everything went to sh!t, he was the only one who kept his cool. He's the only one who has experience being in the weeds and keeping his composure. Does the same thing here, except now, he's got the skills to match the drive. In fact, it's a double callback because instead of Sydney breaking down (other than barfing) and lashing out and running away, she's trying to calm everybody down.

The emotions in this finale were so crazy. So many highs and lows, one minute your hyped because they start flowing well together and getting all those orders out and then the very next you are completely wrecked watching Donna not be able to celebrate with her kids and Pete have to try to convince her with no success and then lie to his wife on top of that. This show is too good and I'm glad it got renewed for Season 3 and Season 4 and that they are being filmed back to back.

This proves that Carmy is just like his mom. Literally pushes everyone away who tries to help him and he constantly blames himself for everything.

"Richie...drive." mega hype.

No way you shut Lupa down about Donna being his mum 🤣

Marcus was on some bullsh*t. Hurt and lashing out

The fights on this show were so real. Richie yelling "I fucking love you" was heartbreaking.

Richie calling Carm Donna fucking broke my ass upon first watch. I couldn’t put a finger on Carl’s self sabotaging until that point. He, unfortunately, has become a functioning version of his mom. He learned the wrong lesson from his failures and successes.

Damn richie threw an "i love u " into that arguement. Carmy was too heated to even hear it😂

Yah'll, This show deserves a rewatch just to absorb everything. Bing it so you pick up all the little things, like the banana, the sign language that Tina does to Sydney just like how Carmy and Sydney when they want to calm things down.

It’s been so much fun rewatching with you guys. See you S3?

as soon as I was about to give props to Sheera for her breadth of emotional intelligence she drops "well, that's one thing her and Syd can relate on"...geezus!

Richie was truly the MVP of this season. It’s so rewarding to see him go from being immature and unserioud to in-tune and in control! I compare the moment when Richie finally settles into his role and it clicks for him to the moment from Haikyuu where Tsukishima celebrates when he blocks Ushijima 🥹

As someone who's been a line cook for a few years, the amount of line cooks who do meth or coke or drink on the job is wild lol. They're not wrong, they would not survive without it. Most of them have multiple jobs it's the only way with how the system is. They actually do perform better, can't say they will live a long life but works for years when they're young Also, Carmy was brutal at the end but he was right. Running a restaurant is a 24/7 job. You can't have distractions like that. I've seen entire families fall apart when it's a family run business. Cicero warned him and he was right. Carmy even knew it, hence giving the fake number to her. That's why he blames himself so much because he allowed it.

Season 3 Theory: The reason the orders ran smoother under Richie than Sydney is because she was experiencing brain fog. It's why she kept ignoring Marcus' pastry counts. She writes everything down in those mini journals instead of uploads to the cloud. The meds in the bathroom. Her vomiting in the alley. Brain Fog is a symptom of Lupus

Pete's a good dude. Everyone just shits on him because he doesn't swear and scream.

Season 3 and 4 are being filmed in Chicago concurrently. Great ride Team Roshi. Thank you.

It probably has been said already and i myself only realized it when i saw it on a comment in a different video.. soo carmy kinda helped everyone else with growth and everything, and during all that he just kinda didnt do anything for himself. Its really bittersweet

Roshi saying he'd kill Carmy off this episode cuz he's in the fridge 😭 must not be that cold ig

Carmy and his mom Donna need to be forced to go to therapy before they do even worse things to the ones they love. I truly believe Donna has either bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, or likely even both. And if you look at how Carmy himself not only self sabotages and self destructs, he also clearly has mental health problems. I’m convinced that whatever mental health problems Donna has she has passed on to Michael and Carmen.

19:40 That’s the type of comment I’d say was too far in the moment but laugh about three hours later. That was funny af! 😂

They succeeded WITHOUT Carmy, and that’s going to be a very big problem next season

I got so angry when donna told pete that she needs to hear him say its okay, like, dont put that shit on me?

I really enjoyed this episode my first watch, honestly my favorite out of the series. I actually can’t believe I got emotional during the scene of Pete and Camry’s mother, it was actually so well done 🥲🧸

If by some chance this show has Carmy having kids then they gotta have an episode called "Cubs"

i'm probably gonna sound like an ass, but honestly, i didn't really care for claire that much. she was such a nothing character that the writers tried so hard to make us like by literally having other charaters keep repeating how awesome she is. she lacked the depth other female characters have and was written like some sort of male fantasy to the point that i would genuinely 100% believe if it turned out that she was just in carmy's imagination. and i won't deny that she helped carmy get out of his comfort zone and challenged his unhealthy worldview, but other than that? i just couldn't bring myself to care about their relationship and i would be lying if i said i wasn't kind of glad when the breakup happened. it was all just so out of nowhere. there was no mention of her before (i don't think), but then suddenly this perfect, quirky girl appears who's kind of lowkey obsessed with carmy (i'm sorry you cannot tell me that the phone number thing wasn't weird if not creepy) and apparently everyone in the cast knows her and is just in love with her. it just didn't feel genuine, or earned, is what i'm trying to say.

New respect for Pete. The quite guy who takes everyones crap but smooths over the family drama without Nat or Carmy knowing. Count down to June and Season 3. Let the fall out begin.

Carmy fully became his mom in this episode. He self sabotaged himself because he doesn’t feel he deserves something good, just like his mom self sabotaged herself from going into the restaurant because she too doesn't believe she deserves to be there to experience something good (the pride of seeing the success of her children). Carmy and his mom literally had the same arc in this episode to show that they have become one in the same & this was further emphasised when Carmy was called Donna(his moms name) during his argument with Ritchie... This was to show how the pathology of anger and self sabotage has been successfully transferred from mother to son.

Now we wait for season 3

That’s typical for a restaurant; chaos in the kitchen so it’s smooth out front

something IS going to happen between SID and CARMY

by far one of the best finales to a season I've seen on television.

Excited to see you react to season 3. And surprise, season 4 as well! Apparently they decided to shoot back to back seasons at the moment hence people are aware of season 4, it just hasn’t been officially announced yet.

You’d be surprised how many restaurant workers are on the gear to get through the shift. Meth, coke, amphetamines etc. It’s to the point where it’s almost weird to have someone not coping with something.

Dang we got tears!! Chocolate banana is the best part of the entire show in my opinion

For a very long time, I felt the same way about myself, as Carmy felt about himself. Ive only recently seeked help, but this show perfectly represents what self sabotage can do to you, and to the people around you. Carmy believes he doesn’t deserve happiness, just like his mother feels the same way about herself. Which is why Richie called him “Donna”. Self Sabotage is a very dangerous and so destructive. Actually watching what couldve eventually happened to me woke me up. This show is a masterpiece.

Not sure if Syd made it out without an L. The meds, throwing up, and her mother…

"I love them so much and I don't know how to show it." I know all parents have thought that at some point in their lives. Lord knows I have 😢

Someone should of mute Sheera when the Mom was talking to Pete lmao

u guys are defo my fav reaction channel but damn it is so frustrating when u completely misunerstand something like Donna is Carmy's mothers name thats why he got so mad

Unreal episode again! The way they shot it between front and back of house is just amazing

Carmy thinks he should always be there for his team, what he doesn't realise is that he WAS. Time and time again. Encouraging Marcus, supporting Tina, shooting the shit with Sydney, literally saving Ritchie's fucking life. But for Carmy, this was all a dept that had to be paid. It wasn't a gift he gave to them, it was to repay them for standing by him and helping him emotionally. And because of that, he feels he can never repay them, so any time he spends away just increases the total against him. Naturally as Tina puts it, that's so SO silly. Nobody else at the Bear sees it that way, they just want Carmy to be happy and enjoy the job her loves.

Pete and Ritchie are the best guys in the show, and Carmen is a broken man.

Came up on your channel because I lost my old account but dammit just in time for season three you guys are the best. You totally get the show. I also cried half of the episode lol 🎉 w vid and channel guys, thank you for this ❤

No offense but sheera be saying shit with her whole chest sometimes and be dead wrong. Donna is carm's mom. Ex?

Love the one take they had in this episode

this was my favorite episode of this season. the details for everyones growths or downfalls were so real

Went on the binge with y'all all day.......on to Season 3!!

You can’t just tell a man with issues like carmy to chill out. You guys just don’t understand him and it’s easy to say chill the f out when you’re not the one having a panic attack. Especially getting stuck in an enclosed space like that

Claire Is annoying! Any normal human being would be like "HI Carmen, it's me!" since he's in the fridge locked up. She literally assumes he is talking about her when in actuality, he is venting to Tina who he thought was still behind the door. All Claire had to do is ask him if he was okay. like girl..He was clearly venting and not saying those things to you. Now she further depended the beef (pun intended) between his cousin and him due to her misunderstanding.

carmy the bear had to hibernate to realize how much self-sabotaging he does

If the show ended here… I would be okay with it. Sooooo many pitfalls and triumphs for it to end on a cliffhanger , would just be the greatest ending ever. I’ve never seen a show give me so many different emotions. This show was amazing.

THE BEEEEAAAARRR AAAHHHH

19:40 yeaaahhhh? 😂😂😂

Richie’s L was calling Carmy “Donna” out of frustration. Calling someone by the name of the person who gave them so much trauma is wild. Carmen’s anger after that was visceral. He wouldn’t have gone off on Richie like that otherwise. Which made Richie’s desperate “I love you”s after that hurt so much more. He knew he fucked up.

Damn yall missed a lot this episode 😂

19:40 so unhinged 😭😭

When did Carmy have an ex named Donna 😂😂? Also filming season 3 and season 4 back to back!

Did i misunderstand why Cid was puking? My thought was that she just realized that the ticket machine was still printing orders the whole time but the paper ran empty so nobody noticed the orders that were still coming in

I just think they talk and joke too much in the reaction, i dont find this problem in other big reaction channel. They just missed out some important and wholesome moment when they are keep talking and joking. Hope they adjust in Season 3 and 4 which they start filming.

And now….y’all are waiting like the rest of us for S3 😅! Your reactions & commentary have been fire all the way, good times. (When Roshi called out the Fridge Guy before the reaction even started…mannnn…)

The Bear was the friends we made al... GO TO THERAPY. Carmy you go to therapy. You reading this go to therapy.

Can’t wait for the new season!

The chocolate banana relates to the 6th episode of the 2nd season ( fishes) and during dinner, Richie overhears him reminiscing a memory of going to a chocolate banana stand with his father (now deceased)

"well that's one thing him and Syd can relate on" Sheera's a savage lmao

Richie shouldn't have even mentioned Donna, from what I saw he started that argument, not justifying what Carmy said tho. I NEED S3 now man, the ending broke me a little.

Bro its been weeks since ive seen this episode myself and i still got teary eyed when donna found out sugar was pregnant, shit HURT

I hope this is the last of Clair. I really did not like her character.

Hey, it’s me again just wanna say your videos are so great. I’ve been watching up for three years and you guys are amazing.🎉

Carmy is self destructing like his mom. I really hope he pulls it together before it all comes crashing down.

Carmie definitely went too far but Ritchie knows his family situation very well. He shouldn't have called him Donna. That was so out of line.

Yeah this show is just so fucking amazing! Seriously one of the best shows ever!

OKAY NOW REWATCH

I say good riddance on that whole Claire situation. Because she forced herself into Carmy’s life. He was perfectly fine without her.

Please watch Mr.Robot guys!!

Donna is the mom. Obvi! Why on earth would they bring up some random ex of his Shura and Lupa? Make it make sense.

This is the 1st reaction I've seen that recognizes that Carmy self-sabotages. The forks and fridge issues existed before Claire ever enters the chat. How many times did Carmy waive off help in getting these matters resolved. Richie's ex warned him not to hook Carmy up with Claire because she's "too nice" and he proved it that night. Claire was never the problem. Carmy is more like his mom than he wants to admit...

This finale was tragic. The French brigade had a successful opening yet Carmy lost sight of everything after being locked in the fridge. Carmy’s ego will be their downfall in season 3. This show is magnificent!