♪♪ I sway in place ♪
♪♪ To a slow disco ♪
♪♪ And a glass for the saints ♪
♪♪ And a bow for the road ♪
♪♪ Am I thinking ♪
♪♪ What everybody's thinking? ♪
♪♪ I'm so glad I came ♪
♪♪ But I can't wait to leave ♪
♪♪ Slip my hand from your hand ♪
♪♪ Leave you dancing With a ghost ♪
♪♪ Slip my hand from your hand ♪
♪♪ Leave you dancing With a ghost ♪
♪♪ There's blood in my ears ♪
♪♪ And a fool in the mirror ♪
♪♪ And the pain of mistakes ♪
♪♪ Couldn't get any clearer ♪
♪♪ Am I thinking ♪
♪♪ What everybody's thinking? ♪
♪♪ I'm so glad I came ♪
♪♪ But I can't wait to leave ♪
♪♪ Slip my hand from your hand ♪
♪♪ Leave you dancing With a ghost ♪
♪♪ Slip my hand from your hand ♪
♪♪ Leave you dancing With a ghost ♪
♪♪ Don't it beat A slow dance to death? ♪
- [Carmy] Taste? - [Sydney] Yeah, please.
[fork scraping]
It's perfect.
It's... So, it's all right?
It's better than perfect.
Put it up.
Yes, Chef. Thanks.
[plate slides]
[footsteps receding]
[plate slides]
[♪ "The Best Part of Breakin' Up" by The Ronettes playing]
[Richie] You don't even know where she is?
I mean, I know she's alive. She texted me.
[Richie] Honestly?
Don't get mad at me for saying this about your mother,
but I don't think you want her there.
No?
No, because then you're gonna be thinking about her the whole day.
And that's gonna fuck all your shit up.
No, I just... I don't know, I feel like she's winning.
Are you kidding me? She already lost, pal.
Oh, um... [clicks tongue]
[sighs] Fucking, uh, Michelle and Stevie texted me.
They're gonna come in, but then she's gotta leave early, I guess, 'cause--
I know, cause she's got rehearsal.
This girl gets out of everything 'cause she's fucking talented.
[sighs] I should've been a fucking actor.
Oh, is that right?
Yeah, fucking phenomenal.
- Fucking gravitas, baby. - [snaps fingers]
[chortling] I think you found the right spot.
Yeah. Just gotta keep it going.
[Tiffany] Are-- Are you, like, worried?
No, we're doing great.
Okay then.
And you're feeling so good that you're gonna come to the wedding, right?
♪♪ Be sure you're making up... ♪
You know, actually... No, Tiff, I gotta, um...
Oh, shit, I gotta take this. I got the other line here. I'll call you back.
♪♪ Best part of breaking up Is when you know ♪
♪♪ That you're making up With him ♪
I'm sorry, buddy. I screwed up. It was me.
All right?
It is temporary though.
Couple months, gonna make it right. Gonna be okay.
Oh, yeah, Uncle... Uncle Computer and I actually have a plan.
And by the way,
bright side, maybe a new school wouldn't be the worst fucking thing in the world.
No offense, I think a lot of kids around here are bunch of fucking JOs, you know?
I mean, I didn't grow up with JOs like that.
JOs I grew up with didn't have any money, you know?
We didn't get a fucking Ferrari when we turned six.
Anyway, buddy, I'm real proud that you are not a JO.
Makes me so happy that you, my son, not a fucking JO, not by a long shot.
And cannot imagine what it must be like to be 13 right now.
Can't imagine what it must be like...
[sighs] ...to see the world through your eyes right now.
[doorbell rings]
You deserve better, you know?
You deserve normal. That's what you deserve.
You don't deserve fucking disruptive,
especially if the motherfucker who disrupted it was your own fucking dad.
I mean, it's an absolutely dynamite refresh, don't you think?
It's a newly renovated de Giulio custom kitchen.
I mean, it's beautiful. Do you see the handles?
They're... They're bamboo handles. They're Gucci.
I mean... They're not Gucci, but, I mean, they're inspired by Gucci.
They're beautiful, right? I mean, it's sexy, very, very sexy.
I mean, get out of here, right?
[Cicero] Here's an idea: You come outside, you can kick me in the fucking nuts.
Right in the fucking dick.
Please come out here and kick me in the nuts. I'm begging you.
- Ebraham? - "Heim."
"Heim." Albert Schnur. You beat me here. I love that.
I-I work here.
That's why you beat me here.
But mostly, I value your time.
Good, good. So, why are you looking for a mentor?
I want to create opportunity.
Then that's exactly what we're gonna do.
And just a little bit about me,
so you don't think I'm some kind of a fly-by-night crackpot.
I wasn't thinking that.
Good, because I have consulted for everything from Fortune 500 companies
to strip-mall laundromats, and here's the way it's going to work.
Here's the deal: I'm gonna meet with you every day for three weeks,
and by the end of that three weeks, I will have imparted to you all the wisdom
that I have acquired in my 70+ years on this planet about creating opportunity.
- Does that sound fair? - Fair.
Okay, good. You can take notes.
Here's the five essentials that you need to start a business.
Now, first, and this is the most important, you have to find your passion.
If you want to be your own boss, you...
Jesus, you don't fuck around, do you?
Not since Kuwait.
[♪ "Slim Slow Slider" by Van Morrison playing]
♪♪ On some sandy beach ♪
♪♪ You're out of reach ♪
Strawberries tonight, Chef?
Yeah, Chef. Panna Cotta.
So, I have a Chenin Blanc.
It'll make the strawberries pop. Should I run it?
- Perfect, Chef. - Dope.
♪♪ With your brand-new boy And your Cadillac ♪
♪♪ Saw you early this morning ♪
♪♪ With your brand-new boy ♪
♪♪ And your, and your Cadillac ♪
These hypotheticals, they're... they're very ambitious.
N-Not hypotheticals. The numbers are real.
These are the sales that you did in the first month of operation?
Well, technically, it's not the first month, uh, we reopened.
We were called The Original Beef, and now we are The--
The Bear, yeah. No, I know. I know.
The sandwich is excellent,
but the restaurant, I'm hearing, is, uh, hit-and-miss.
I read about you in the... in the Tribune.
[water running]
♪♪ No, I know you're dying ♪
♪♪ Hell, I know, and I know ♪
♪♪ And I know that you And I know you know it too ♪
[Sweeps] So, check it out. You see how you can, like, kinda read through this?
You can see through it? That means it's thin enough
- for a nice piece of fish, right? - Oh, yeah.
- And it's really subtle and delicate. - Okay.
And it only costs, like, 50 bucks a bottle.
All right. How does it taste?
It tastes like it's about 200 bucks a bottle.
Well, I like that. That's very impressive.
Delicious is impressive, Chef.
♪♪ I just don't know ♪
♪♪ I don't know what to do ♪
[knock at door]
[laptop closes]
[Richie] What's up, boys?
Uh, three quarters full tonight.
VIPs?
Yeah, a family from Los Angeles. The parents are social workers.
And their daughter's been cancer-free for about six months now.
Uh, they got a gift certificate for the night, so they're super excited.
They emailed this morning asking if we could serve the Italian Beef at night.
- [Richie] What did you say? - "We do not,
- but there are often surprises." - We're on it.
[sighs] Well, thank God they only asked for a Beef.
The fucking surprise budget's been eviscerated.
Yeah, she did mention that her daughter's always wanted to see snow in Chicago.
I wish we could afford to bring them back in December.
You know what we can afford?
[phone scrapes]
Sammy's power washer, ten-pound bag of sand, and a 45-degree angle nozzle.
- Thank you, fucking DeVry. - [hand slaps desk]
Sammy, what's your 20?
Carmen, our owner, he wanted to create something new,
and he asked me to make something old.
Same kitchen. These are our numbers together.
[Albert] See, now I feel a little less insane.
Because, uh, you know, those numbers you were showing me were off the charts.
You guys are getting killed.
These are the monthly takes from Italian Beefs a year ago.
And now it's 75% of that, which, by my rough calculation, is, uh, less.
Yes, but, uh, with a third of the labor and a third of the time.
Making sandwiches?
Lunch service, two hours a day.
Okay.
I'm recalculating.
[through phone] Your call has been forwarded
to an automatic voice message system. [beeps]
Hey, it's your dad. Just calling to check in.
I know you're... you're busy, but, uh, I love you.
Don't do it.
Fuck.
- Busted. - Mm-hmm.
You smoking?
Nah.
- [Carmy] You good? - Yeah.
Wanna try that again?
My dad left me a weird voicemail.
Weird how?
Weird like...
- He wants to hang out. - Ah.
You don't wanna hang out?
Nah, not really.
Okay.
I'm just... I'm gonna pause you really quickly
and just let you know that I'm probably the last person on Earth
that would have anything helpful to say about this, like, at all.
I know. That's probably why I told you.
Okay. I respect that.
Uh... [sighs]
You know, guilt...
I don't know, man. It's a motherfucker.
Yeah. Yeah, it makes you feel pretty alone.
[Carmy sighs]
What about work? Getting ahead on work? You feel good?
- Trying. - Yeah?
Can I do something? Help?
What do you need? Like, extra prep time, or what?
A different kind of help.
What kind of help?
I need firepower.
Firepower. Okay, heard.
Uh...
Yeah, let me think about that. I'll think about that. [sniffs]
You think about your dad?
Phew... [chuckles] Um...
No.
No, not really. I used to.
Would you get this feeling, like, when you don't want to go home?
You don't want to be alone?
Exactly.
Yeah.
Listen, there... there's probably one really true thing about restaurants.
What's that?
You are never alone.
I'll see you in there, okay?
- You want this? No? - No.
No. Fuck no. Throw it out. I don't wanna see you smoke.
- Me neither. I don't want it either. - Yeah. Uh-huh. All right.
[Donna] Hey.
- Nobody? Oh, fuck. - Mm-mm. Nah.
- Nobody's serious. - [sighs]
You know, a couple of good questions.
Listen, I did make up some shit about the kitchen though.
Right on.
It's been, like, two weeks?
I know. I know. But more people are coming by.
Yeah, well, the market sucks. Obviously.
It's not great.
Wild guess, how long do you think this is gonna take?
However long it takes.
- [Neil] Let's go! What are we doing? - This is poorly organized.
- Work quietly! - Plugged in the fucking restaurant, man.
Richie told me that I'm in charge, and you're not listening at all.
We need to move these cords over here.
Every second counts! Focus!
Believe it or not, this is looking pretty good. It's... It's positive.
- Yeah, yeah, this is elaborate. I like it. - And it cost nothing.
[Richie] Yeah, well, that's a good combo.
[Ted] You're gonna get electrocuted.
All three of you. You're holding the thing that's in the water.
- I got gloves on. - He's right.
- I don't have gloves. - Doesn't matter.
- Can I borrow your gloves? - Poorly organized. You're pissing me off.
No, I'm not.
Guys, continue to work positively.
- [Ted] Look, it's unplugged. - Yes. Yeah.
- We good? - [Neil] You're a fucking asshole.
- Yes, Chef. - [Ted] Poorly organized.
How many more of these can we do?
[Ted] Your management skills are...
I don't know. Let's just, you know, make it through the night.
- What do you say? - Let it rip.
[Ted] Hey! Stop fucking yelling at me. I'm doing it.
Yeah, you're yelling at me?
- No hitting. No hitting. - [Ted] What the fuck...
[Neil] No, hold on. No, you shut the fuck up.
[Jessica] Three going to 21. Eight walking in five.
Twelve walking out.
Walking four scallops, chefs.
- [all] Chef. - Thank you.
Marcus, still waiting on ten, Chef.
Ten seconds, Chef. Shit.
- [Carmy] You weren't kidding. - No.
- Where you at? - Ten, just get the rims.
- [Carmy] Yeah. - Yeah.
[Jessica] Walking in six, one gluten free, one no dairy.
Surprise on 15, walking.
- [Carmy] Gimme that. - Behind.
- No. Carmen, do not fuck with me. - [Carmy] Give it to me.
Carmen, this is important.
- Do not fuck with me! - [Carmen] Trust me! Give it to me.
[Jessica] Walk six eclair to 34.
[Marcus] Yes, Chef.
[Carmy] Tray.
Thank you. Jus, please, T?
[Tina] Jeff.
[Jessica] Walking in two tartare, one allium allergy.
♪♪ I wanna see something That used to be... ♪
[Jessica] Waiting on princess cake, four by two.
[Marcus] Six seconds, Chef.
[Carmy] Thank you.
♪♪ I'm waiting to see... ♪
[Jessica] Order in six, one no shellfish.
[Tina] Yes, Chef.
[Carmy] Hands.
- Thank you, Chef. - [Carmy] Thank you.
Behind. Behind!
♪ ' Cause I know ♪
♪♪ How much I miss... ♪
All right, friends and fam, look alive. A little something extra for you tonight.
I heard a nasty rumor that maybe one or two of you were gonna go back
to California without experiencing the Original Beef of Chicagoland.
We could not let that happen.
- Not on our watch. - [diner 1] No way!
So, on behalf of everybody here at The Bear...
- [diner 1] Oh, my God. - [snaps fingers]
Mangia, baby!
- [diner 2] Hey! - All right.
- [diner 1] You're the best. Oh, my God. - [chuckles]
Sir, I apologize. I did not think it was gonna be that loud.
Do not apologize. That made them so happy.
[Richie] Oh, no, no, that made me happy. Everything okay here? Service all right?
Excellent. You have a bunch of mind readers in here.
- [Richie] Thank you. - And the scallop was extraordinary.
Oh, yeah, well, that's Chef Sydney. She's extraordinary.
Tasted even better in this room. It's an excellent vibe you create.
[Richie] Thank you. We really try.
And if you repeat what I'm about to tell you, I'm gonna have to kill you,
but I can get you one of those Beefs if you want.
Waiting for you to ask.
Your wish is my command.
♪♪ I know it's not easy ♪
- T, fire another Beef. - [Tina] Yes, Chef.
Sydney, that fucking scallop is a fucking banger.
Bravissima, Chef.
Yo, Faks! Showtime.
- [both] Chef! - [Richie] Marcus. Rene.
[Jessica] All right, final ticket coming up.
Thank you, chefs. Every second counts. Great pace.
[all] Yes, Chef.
- [Garrett] The sandwich is good, right? - [diner 2] This is fantastic.
Yeah, but, you guys managed to do it without getting it all over yourselves.
- You gotta show me how you did that. - [diners laugh]
[laughing] Okay, we'll try again. We'll try again.
Actually, right now I'd like to invite you all outside
for the final course of our evening. Yeah?
- [diner 3] Okay. - Let's do it.
♪♪ Only you know What you have been through ♪
♪♪ There's better things You're gonna get into ♪
Guys, I just wanna thank you so much for dining with us this evening.
We just truly hope you'll remember your night at The Bear.
Final course of the evening, Swiss Miss with marshmallows.
Best enjoyed in snow.
- Wow! - Oh, my gosh.
♪♪ 'Cause I know ♪
♪♪ That you've been waiting ♪
♪♪ It's such a long time ♪
♪♪ You've been waiting ♪
♪♪ And only you know ♪
♪♪ Where you have been to ♪
♪♪ Only you know ♪
♪♪ What you have been through ♪
♪♪ There's better things ♪
♪♪ You're gonna get into ♪
♪♪ And I wanna be there too ♪
♪♪ You know I do ♪
♪♪ 'Cause I know ♪
♪♪ That you've been waiting ♪
♪♪ Been such a long time ♪
♪♪ You've been waiting ♪
♪♪ And only you know ♪
♪♪ Where you have been to ♪
♪♪ Only you know ♪
♪♪ What you have been through ♪
♪♪ There's better things ♪
♪♪ You're gonna get into ♪
♪♪ And I wanna be there too ♪
♪♪ You know I do ♪
Mr. Clark?
Hey, that's me.
- How are you? - Hey, good, you?
Good, thanks.
[Carmy] Yo, you good?
Yeah, you good?
Yeah. See you tomorrow.
[Marcus] Yeah.
[♪ "Haunted When the Minutes Drag" by Love and Rockets playing]
♪♪ The word that would best Describe this feeling ♪
♪♪ Would be haunted ♪
♪♪ I touch the clothes You left behind ♪
♪♪ They still retain Your shape and lies Still haunted ♪
♪♪ So this is for when You're feeling happy again ♪
♪♪ And this is for when You're feeling sad ♪
♪♪ And this is for when ♪
♪♪ You feel something ♪
♪♪ When the minutes drag ♪
- Carm? - Ted.
- What are you doing here? - What the fuck are you doing here?
Ted, what are you doing? What the fuck are you wearing?
- [Ted] I'm wearing a fucking robe. - What are you doing?
Look, I'm just hanging out with Kelly.
Kelly?
Yeah, it's fucking... It's special.
- Can I be real with you? - [Carmy] Yeah.
My stomach's all fucked up. Like, it's... I think I'm in love with her.
I feel like I'm in a fucking Disney Channel Original Movie, dawg.
- Wow. That's great. - [Ted] Yeah.
- Yeah. - [Carmy] Which one?
Like Motocrossed.
- That's beautiful. - [Ted] Yeah, it's... Yeah.
Um... is Claire... is Claire here?
- Claire? No. - [Carmy] Yeah.
She's not here?
No, she's not here right now. Just me and Kelly.
- You lying to me right now? - [Ted] What?
I feel like you're lying to me.
Why would I fucking lie to you?
- [Carmy] Where's she at? - She's not... Claire-Claire's not here.
- [Carmy] Where is she? - [Ted] Claire?
- Yeah. - [Ted] I told you. Not here at the moment.
- Where is she if she's not here? - I'm telling you.
[Carmy] Hey, Kelly.
- What the fuck are you doing here? - What the heck, man?
Is Claire... Is Claire here?
[Kelly] Why?
I wanted to talk to her for a minute if she was around.
I don't know if she's... I don't think she is.
- There she is. - [Ted] Oh.
Um...
[Ted] What the heck, Claire? I didn't even know you...
- Taking a little catnap? Okay. Yeah. - That's enough. It's fine.
Kelly made me lie because...
- It's all right. - Yeah, you're still my pimp.
- Sorry. - It's fine.
- We'll just go. - Cool. Yeah.
[Carmy] Hey.
Um...
[Claire] What the fuck are you doing here?
Um...
I don't know. I, um...
Just I wanted to talk to you for a minute.
I just... I've had a really long day.
Yeah. Okay.
Yeah, I just...
Just, like, two minutes. Fast.
I don't really know what to say to that 'cause it's been a few months, so...
I know.
It's really late.
- Okay. - [Claire] Um...
I'm just gonna go get something. I'll be right back.
[Carmy] Okay. Yeah.
[breathing deeply]
[whispering] Okay. It's okay.
[sniffling]
[door opens]
Hi.
I... I want to...
And I... I-I want you to, uh...
What?
Carmy, this was really hard for me.
I'm not gonna, like, sit here and help you try to do the right thing.
Yeah. No, I know.
I really hate... I hate what I did.
And, um... I said what I said because it was easy to say.
And... the way... the way I feel around you is really hard.
- Jesus, Carm. - No. No, I...
I just, um...
What I said when I was stuck in there, I...
I... I wasn't even saying that to you, you know?
I don't even know if that was real.
Why was the way you felt around me hard?
Because it made me feel like a...
[Claire] What?
- It made me feel like I was... - Just say it.
- It made me feel like I was on fire. - That's awful.
No, no, it was the best.
What are you saying?
If I make you feel like shit, then you should get the fuck away from me.
No, no, no, no, no. I love you.
I love you, and I loved you so, so much,
and-and it felt so good, and I just...
I didn't know what-what to do.
I didn't know what to do with that... with that feeling.
[stammering] And I tried to just shut up everything that was in my head.
I tried to shut it up and I just... I couldn't. I couldn't do that.
[sniffles]
It's loud in there.
Yeah.
It's loud for me too. It's loud for everyone.
- Yeah. - [Claire] Yeah.
[Claire sniffles]
I wish you let me in on the noise a little bit more.
I felt like I saw, like, glimpses of you.
But I wanted to see all of you.
You would, like, pull back, and I was unsure how to act.
You didn't do anything wrong.
[Claire] Yeah, I did.
How?
[scoffs] Oh, my God. I'm sure I did.
So much. I, like, I saw you pull away when I got too close,
and I thought, "Should I do that?"
Like, are you forcing yourself to be around me? [sniffles]
But I didn't tell you 'cause I was scared.
Like, I've worked so hard to, like, not blow up good things
and even attempt to be close to someone,
but I don't wanna be scared that I'm gonna push you away...
- No, no. - ...by just being around you.
- I never thought you would shut me out. - I wasn't forced.
- You didn't push anything. - I wanna be honest,
- even if it hurts. - That's not what it is.
- I've known you forever. Your whole-- - I know! I know!
What the fuck, Carm? You can't just ghost me.
- What! I didn't. I didn't know what to do. - You can't just run away.
- I didn't fucking know. - You're not allowed to run away from me.
- I couldn't do it. - Yes, you can!
- I couldn't do it! - I tried!
- I couldn't! I'm sorry! - Just do it!
I'm so fucking sorry.
[sniffles, sighs]
I know.
[sniffles]
I guess I just, like... [sniffles]
...kind of thought maybe if we could push past
how, like, scary it was... [chuckles]
...it could have...
It probably would have been way more scary, but, um...
maybe also, like, incredible.
[Claire sniffles]
I'm gonna go upstairs.
Okay.
Thank you for apologizing to me.
I hope you find some quiet. Whatever that is for you.
Claire, I--
I'm gonna be okay. I hope you're okay. Good night, Bear.
Yo, Pete, Yeah. Shut up.
Yeah, I, um...
I need you to change something in the agreement.
[♪ "Finest Worksong" by R.E.M. playing]