The Bear was too 'loud', annoying, and immature but has great potential. The episodes improves exponentially culminating in a very good season finale. My favorite part was the food/kitchen dynamic, I wish they have explored more of it. I was not a huge fan of the directing approach but the acting was really good. Kudos to the lead actor's 'final' monologue. I think this series without the Richie character would have been way better.