The knives are out again at The Bear, and not just in the kitchen. This keenly awaited Disney+ series has landed for a fourth season with the gloom of a mixed write-up in the Chicago Tribune hanging over the restaurant. It doubles neatly as a metaphor for showrunner Christopher Storer’s own delicate balancing act. Can he serve up something as flavourful as its breakout debut?
Season three, while typically stylish, came under fire for stalling in narrative momentum. This new 10-episode run opens with urgency, and when the Tribune reviewer labels the restaurant “dissonant”, the existential crisis that follows feels like a sly, self-referential wink from Storer.
