The Bear (TV series)

The Bear (2022 - present) is an FX original comedy-drama series about an award-winning chef who returns to his hometown of Chicago to manage the chaotic kitchen at his deceased brother's sandwich shop.

Season 1

Hands [1.02]

Chef David: Why are you serving broken sauces? Why? I get it. You have a short man's complex. You can barely reach over this fucking table, right? Is this why you have the tattoos and your cool little scars, and you go out and take your smoke breaks? It's fun, isn't it? But here's the thing: you're terrible at this. You're no good at it. Go faster, motherfucker, keep going faster. Why are you so slow? Why are you so fucking slow? Why? You think you're so tough. Yeah. Why don't you say this? Say "Yes, chef, I'm so tough."

Carmy Berzatto: Yes, chef. I'm so tough.

Chef David: Say fucking "Yes, chef, I'm so tough"!

Carmy Berzatto: Yes, chef. I'm so tough.

Chef David: You are not tough. You are bullshit. You are talentless. Say fucking hands.

Carmy Berzatto: Hands!

Chef David: [whispering] You should be dead.

Dogs [1.04]

Richie Jerimovich: It wasn't my phone!

Uncle Jimmy: You call an electrician or a plumber, that's it!

Richie Jerimovich: I've been saying this shit for fucking years! It wasn't my fucking phone!

Uncle Jimmy: [mocking Richie] Oh, Cicero! I'm your guy! I got a kid now, Cicero! I need a fucking real job!

Richie Jerimovich: You think I don't know how to pick up a goddamn phone?

Uncle Jimmy: [still mocking Richie] Oh, Cicero, can I have tickets to The Lion King?

Richie Jerimovich: Pick up a goddamn phone, and we don't even know... how she fell down those stairs.

Carmy Berzatto: You want us to get this stuff out back or how do you, uh...

Uncle Jimmy: Yeah, take it around the side for me, will you?

Carmy Berzatto: Around the side, sure.

Uncle Jimmy: Yeah, thanks, Rick.

Richie Jerimovich: I fucking hate it when you call me Rick...

Uncle Jimmy: I fucking hate it when you don't answer your phone!

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Uncle Jimmy: Hey, uh, you guys wanna see something disgusting? I don't understand it. It's so mysterious to me. He's sitting there, sleeping like a baby. I wanna beat the living fucking crap out of him. [looking over a sleeping Pete]

Sheridan [1.05]

Marcus Brooks: I won't make a mistake again.

Carmy Berzatto: Yeah, you will. But not 'cause you're you, just 'cause shit happens. I started a fryer fire the night after I won Food & Wine 's Best New Chef; nearly burned the place down.

Marcus Brooks: For real?

Carmy Berzatto: For real. This weird thing happens too; you have this minute where you're watching the fire and you're thinking, "If I don't do anything, this place will burn down and all of my anxiety will go away with it."

Marcus Brooks: And then you put the fire out.

Carmy Berzatto: Then you put the fire out.

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Neil Fak: And this one time, when I was a kid, I thought I saw a dragon.

Richie Jerimovich: Just pay attention! Don't strip the thread.

Neil Fak: I'm not stripping the thread. Stop trying to fuck me!

Richie Jerimovich: I'm not trying to fuck you, bro.

Neil Fak: Dude, it's a human resources offense, dude.

Richie Jerimovich: Oh yeah? Guess what. You're looking at Human Resources.

Neil Fak: Really?

Ceres [1.06]

Carmy Berzatto: Is there a name for that thing where you're afraid of something good happening 'cause you think something bad's gonna happen?

Richie Jerimovich: I don't know. Life?

Review [1.07]

Sydney Adamu: You are an excellent chef. You are also a piece of shit. This isn't on me. Good luck.

Braciole [1.08]

Carmy Berzatto: [At an Al-Anon meeting] My name's Carmen. My, um... My brother's an addict. My, um, my brother was an addict. And this morning, I, um... Sorry, uh... I forgot, um... B-before I came to Al-Anon, I was a cook. I mean, I'm-I'm still a cook, I'm just a different kind of cook, I guess. My brother and I, we would cook a lot together, especially when we were kids. You know, that's-that's when we were closest. Food was always our common ground. We wanted to open a restaurant together. Um, we had a name, we had a vibe, all of it. My brother could make you feel confident in yourself. You know, like, when I was a kid, if I was nervous, I was scared, I wouldn't wanna do something, he'd always tell me to just face it. You know, get it over with. He would always say, um... stupid, he would always say, um... "Let it rip". He was loud, and he was hilarious, and he had this amazing ability. He could just, he could walk into a room, and he could take the temperature of it instantly. You know, he could just, he could dial it. And, um... I'm not built like that, man. I, um... I didn't have a lot of friends growing up. I had a, a stutter when I was a kid. I was scared to speak half the time. And, uh, I got shitty grades 'cause I couldn't pay attention in school. I didn't get into college, I didn't have any girlfriends, I don't think I'm funny. I always thought my brother was my best friend. Like, like, we just knew everything about each other. Except... everybody thought he was their best friend. You know, he was that, he was that magnetic. And, um... I didn't know my brother was using drugs. What does that say? As we got older, I-I realized I didn't know anything about him... really. He stopped letting me into the restaurant a couple years ago. He just cut me off cold. And that, um... that hurt, you know. And I think that just, that flipped a switch in me where I was like, "Okay. Fuck you. Watch this." And because we had this connection through food and he had made me feel so rejected and lame and shitty and uncool, I-I made this plan where I was gonna go work in all the best restaurants in the world. You know like, like, I'm gonna go work in real kitchens. Like, fuck Mom and Dad's piece of shit, right? And it sounds ridiculous, you know, me saying that now, but that's-that's-that's what I did. And I got the shit kicked out of me. And I separated herbs and shucked oysters and clams and uni. And I cut myself, and I got garlic and onions and peppers in my fingernails and in my eyes, and my skin was dry and oily at the same time. I had calluses on my fingers from the knives, and my stomach was fucked, and it was everything. And a couple years later, this funny thing happened which is like for the first time in my life I-I started to find this, uh, this station for myself. And I was fast. I wasn't afraid. And it was clear, and I-I felt... I felt okay, you know? I knew which vegetables went together, proteins, temperature, sauces, all that shit. And when somebody new came into the restaurant to stage I'd look at them like they were competition, like I'm gonna smoke this motherfucker. I felt like I could speak through the food, like I could communicate through creativity. And that kind of confidence, you know, like I was finally... I wa... I was good at something, that was so new, and that was so exciting and I just wanted him to know that, and fuck, I just wanted him to be like "Good job!" And the more he wouldn't respond, and the more our relationship kinda strained, the deeper into this I went and the better I got. And the more people I cut out, the quieter my life got. And the routine of the kitchen was so consistent and exacting and busy and hard and alive, and I lost track of time and he died. And he left me his restaurant. And over the last couple of months I've been trying to fix it because it's in rough shape, and I think it's very clear that me trying to fix the restaurant... was me trying to fix whatever was happening with my brother. And I don't know, maybe fix the whole family because... that restaurant, it has and it, it does mean a lot to people. It means a lot to me. I just don't know if it ever meant anything to him.

Season 2

Sundae [2.03]

Carmy Berzatto: I think when I was a kid, anything that would give me any sort of excitement or amusement or enjoyment, uh, it always got kinda fucked. You know, I-I don't think my family meant to ruin it or anything like that, you know. I-I don't think they did it on purpose. But I-I think they just, they try too hard. You know, or they'd make promises that they weren't able to keep. Have to remind myself to breathe sometimes. I, um, have to remind myself to, uh... to be present, you know. Remind myself that the sky is not falling, that, um, there is no other shoe, which is incredibly difficult because there is always another shoe.

Honeydew [2.04]

Chef Luca: No, I think at a certain stage it becomes less about skill and more about being open.

Marcus Brooks: Open?

Chef Luca: Yeah, to the world, to yourself, to other people. You know, most of the incredible things I've eaten haven't been because the skill level is exceptionally high or there's loads of mad fancy techniques. It's because it's been really inspired, you know.

Marcus Brooks: I like that.

Chef Luca: You can spend all the time in the world in here, but if you don't spend enough time out there?

Marcus Brooks: Yeah.

Chef Luca: You know?

Pop [2.05]

Richie Jerimovich: Natalie, I'm not like this 'cause I'm into Van Halen. I am into Van Halen because I'm like this.

Fishes [2.06]

Stevie: Okay. Um... Listen. Everyone's asking what this... What is the seven fishes or why do we do it?

Donna Berzatto: Mm-hmm.

Stevie: And I think I know what my definition is. Uh, as soon as I think of it. It's a chance to... be together and to take care of each other. And to eat together. And there's seven fishes, which means you have to make seven entirely different dishes. Seven entirely different ways. And that takes a lot of time. And... I think spending that time and using that time on the people that we love is how we show them that we love them. And maybe we eat too much... and we definitely drink too much and we say too much without listening. But... tonight we... we're gonna eat seven fishes... which is absurd. Uh... But we have to take extra time to do it and we have to chew more and we have to listen more. And, uh, we only get to do this tonight one time. So... I, by the way, love it. I love being here. Thank you for having me every year at this. I look... I very much look forward to this. And I love you. I'm very in love with Michelle. And I'm not gay like you guys asked a lot. But I was thinking about what... what you said about bears and how they're aggressive. They're aggressive, but they're kind. They're sensitive. You guys have been so kind to me. You let me hang out with you every holiday. I don't have a family like this and... I'm really grateful that, um, you make space for me at this table and you make time for me on the holidays. May God bless us and keep us safe in the New Year. And please give Michael the strength not to throw that fork. Amen.

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Michael Berzatto: I threw the fork, Lee. See what I did, I threw the fork!

Richie Jerimovich: Cousin, you're scaring the normals.

Michael Berzatto: This is fine, this is nothing. This is... it's nothing.

Stevie: Hey Mikey, can you hear me right now?

Michael Berzatto: Not right now, Stevie.

Richie Jerimovich: Cut it out.

Uncle Lee: Rich.

Michael Berzatto: Here look, here's the thing: you see, I can throw forks, 'cause this is our father's house. My father's house.

Cousin Michelle: We have liftoff.

Uncle Lee: Okay, you got everyone's attention, so go ahead, tell us a story we've all heard a million times already.

Michael Berzatto: That's good, Lee.

Uncle Lee: Yeah, tell a story about how you're living with your mom, and you're borrowing money off of her and any other sucker who'll listen to your bullshit.

Uncle Jimmy: Lee shut the fuck up.

Uncle Lee: You're one of the suckers, Jimmy! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I told him! I told him not to listen to you, I told him not to help. I told him to tell you to go scratch!

Uncle Jimmy: Thanks a whole fucking lot, buddy. You come back next year, okay? Motherfuck.

Michael Berzatto: Shh, shh. Unc, it's fine.

Uncle Lee: Yeah, it's fine. It's just totally fine. It's fine. It's fine, because this guy's nothing, and he's nobody, and I know you're scared and you're afraid, aren't you, Michael? And Michael, I don't know what the fuck you're on, but whatever it is, if you can hear me through the fog, throw another fork at me, you're gonna get fuckin' rocked!

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Sugar Berzatto: Mom. Mom. Hey. You okay?

Donna Berzatto: Oh my God. Oh, Natalie... Rose Berzatto... do you know how much I fucking hate when you ask me that? Do you know how much I fucking hate... that you ask me that. Do you... do you ask the rest of these people if they're okay?

Sugar Berzatto: No.

Donna Berzatto: Uh... do I not look okay, Natalie?

Cousin Michelle: Not really.

Donna Berzatto: Oh, fuck you, Michelle! I do not look okay? Did I not just bust my ass all day for you motherfuckers?

Cousin Michelle: I didn't mean it like that.

Donna Berzatto: This... is beautiful! Am I okay? Am I okay? Are you motherfuckers okay? Are you okay, Lee? You didn't do shit! This is fucking gorgeous! Fuck you! Fuck you!

Bolognese [2.08]

Richie Jerimovich: [quoting from Blues Brothers.]] A hundred six miles to Chicago.

Carmy Berzatto: Full tank of gas.

Richie Jerimovich: Half a pack of cigarettes.

Carmy Berzatto: It's dark. We're wearing sunglasses.

Richie Jerimovich: Hit it.

The Bear [2.10]

Carmy Berzatto: I don't need to provide amusement or enjoyment. I don't need to receive any amusement or enjoyment. I'm completely fine with that. Because no amount of good is worth how terrible this feels. It's just a complete waste of fuckin' time.

Claire Dunlap: I'm really sorry you feel that way, Carm.

Cast

• Jeremy Allen White - Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach - Richard "Richie" Jerimovich
• Ayo Edebiri - Sydney Adamu
• Lionel Boyce - Marcus Brooks
• Liza Colón-Zayas - Tina Marrero
• Abby Elliott - Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto
• Matty Matheson - Neil Fak
• Jon Bernthal - Michael "Mikey" Berzatto
• Joel McHale - Chef David Fields
• Molly Gordon - Claire Dunlap

External links

• The Bear at FX
• The Bear at Hulu