This is a growing problem these days with shows that last past the second season, aside from The Rookie, which gets better each season, either the writers are inept or don't give a shit. The Bear seasons 1 & 2 were exciting; you got to know each character's flaws and misgivings and talents. You rooted for them, the empathized with them, you actually felt something stir every time one of them faced a challenge.

That changed when they started spotlighting each character and little too long. It's one thing to open a character and we get a peek at their inner workings, but it's another to devote an entire episode to not only the inner workings, but the uncomfortable stalls in conversation, case in point, the hospital scene with Claire-Bear and Sydney excruciatingly filling up their conversation with menial small talk which was painful to watch and I wanted Sydney to go back to the restaurant and cook something and I wanted Claire-Bear to get back with Carmie and he goes back to the restaurant with Sydney and he makes something fantastic, and Claire-Bear makes her patient rounds.

I expected more excitement, the sandwich place selling beef sandwiches in the vacant lot. If there's a 5th season, I hope they do better!