It’s a lot like Mad Men. No one does anything interesting in that show either. I’ve watched it five or six times now and they still haven’t done anything interesting. I’ll probably watch it again just to double check.

You’d need to watch it through to understand. (And I’m not telling you to do that.)

It’s about troubled people trying to build themselves into something more, and what it can cost you in the moment.

You see a dozen people screaming at each other and yelling Chef - I see a family trying to work through their issues, one of those being the toxicity of families, while being honest and showing each other love and respect.

My wife also loves Schitt’s Creek and I can’t stand the shallow, one-note characters… but that’s because I haven’t put in the time to get to know them and see how they grow and change.

A lot of shows are like this, and it’s totally okay to bounce off of them if they don’t resonate with you.

But I love this one. The Bear is great fun.

Most scripted dramas don’t work when you randomly drop in on them. You have to build a relationship with the characters by following them through their journey which starts at the start. Then when things escalate to yelling you know why.

My wife has worked in restaurants AND in TV, and the first two seasons had her absolutely entranced (I … am not a TV person, though it’s impossible to say that without sounding smug). This season? “They started sniffing their own farts,” was her reaction after the first couple of episodes, after which she stopped watching.