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“No one’s, physically, very sick” such a clever and Mulaney thing to say

When Donna turned to carmy and asked “Do we have a problem?” It sent chills up my spine. The fact that carmy and sugar aren’t worst off is shocking.

it astonishes me that sugar ended up as well rounded and as kind as she did. donna clearly resented her most out of all her kids and that scene where sugar is on the floor screaming “YOURE OKAY!! YOURE OKAY!!” like a little kid broke my heart

i like the meta-humor of making john mulaney, the only actual true native chicagoan in the episode, play a guy from california

i feel so bad for sugar. her nickname coming from a mistake she made one single time instead of coming from, like, i don't know, her being incredibly sweet? i completely understand how donna's mental illness works and affects her emotions, coming from someone who has family that have the same thing, so i do know how quickly emotions can turn, but it's still heartbreaking that there are multiple times throughout the episode where a few different people asked donna if she was okay and no one seemed to care, but the minute sugar asks, it's just... god, i don't even know how to describe it... your heart just... sinks at the look on her face.

This episode will get emmys for so many people. Jamie Lee Curtis, Jon Berthal, the writing team, the director. It's just perfect.

what stuck with me about this specific episode is that its only focused on ONE christmas. imagine the amount of shit that happened throughout the years on christmas 🙁

Lol my boy Pete doesnt deserve this hell that he gets put through but its cool for him to be Sugar's source of unconditional love outside of her family.

Everyone: Donna, do you need help? Donna: No, get the fuck out! Also Donna: Nobody fucking helps me, I have to do everything myself!

I think it’s heartbreaking that Donna threatens to take the dads gun and kill herself (talking to sugar) like it’s nothing and that is ultimately what Mikey did to himself. In that house with his mom by himself he probably heard her say that so many times

that was genuinely one of the most stressful tv episodes I've ever seen. when i watched it on my own, i was terrified that Donna was gonna do something with the gun after she mentioned it so i let out the biggest sigh of relief when the only thing she did was drive the car through the house

Jon Bernthal is such a great actor. In the closeup of their faces when Lee was telling him "you are nothing" I could see in his eyes a switch from aggression to pain and I think he believes it too. As tough as he is, words hurt him more.

Just imagine, this is Donna before her eldest son committed suicide.

I genuinely don't know how actors can be this good. Amid all this chaos, everyone is on fucking point. This is a contender for one of the best episodes of television basically ever.

When Donna grabbed Sugar's face and yelled at her. When at the end she said F**k you to Sugar it made me cry. Like she's the only one in that house that really loves you 😢😢😢.

I grew up in a Greek family, we can get loud, cuss, argue and have moments. But after seeing this episode I'm so grateful my family isn't this fucked up.

“You’re having a child, why are you talking like that?” gets me every time, perfect delivery

I'm pretty sure the job the uncle gave Richie was why they fell out. They argued about it in the season 1 episode at the birthday party the uncle had for his kid.

I think when Mikey reacted to Carmy’s drawing for the restaurant to be a franchise, I think the idea of off-ing himself was a thought that he still had in his mind and knew that he wouldn’t live long enough to accomplish especially with his little brother

Incredible episode, insane guest casting and undeniably chaotic. This episode should come with an antacid. Living through one hour plus with the whole Berzatto family provides so much perspective on the characters we know and love.

Undoubtedly one of the best episodes of TV I’ve ever seen.

This episode made me: 1) understand Natalie. I loved her before, I really liked her as a character, but this episode made me understand her to a certain extent. I've been in her position where she's basically walking on eggshells every single minute and that's exhausting, and it does take a toll on your mental health. Nat and Carmy are like two sides of the same coin, but Natalie has better ways to communicate than Carmy (and Pete, who supports her), and still, you can see her almost about to explode. You know things are really bad when she's the one trying to calm Mike, because for her to raise her voice? Yeah, it was bad, bad. 2) Appreciate Pete a lot more. Because the family always makes fun of him, they don't take him seriously, they're rude to him and he's still there and he loves Natalie and respects her, he's never been mean to her, he's never insulted her and you can say she's not that patient sometimes, she even threw his food away and he didn't react in a bad way. That's something that stayed with me, because having a super dysfunctional and complicated family has been one of the main reasons I've refused any kind of relationship, just the idea of making them interact with my family scares me to no end, but Pete does it and he's nice about it. He loves Natalie and that makes him endure whatever crap the family puts him through. I don't know, I wasn't expecting to appreciate Pete this way and now I do. I loved this episode even though it was really hard to watch.

Really just shows that when the head of the house is a lunatic, it spreads to everyone. When Donna was happy, everything was fine, not perfect but tolerable. But the moment she starts yelling, everything goes to hell. Reminds me so much of my mother. She can suck the light out of any event or celebration if she's in the mood. When they get mad, instead of just fucking off, they gotta bring everyone down with them. Literally alienated me and my brother, her in-laws, even her own siblings. She's lucky my dad sticks by her or she'd be completely alone.

i had to visit my therapist after watching this episode… what a class in acting .. kept me stressed out 😂

As a fashion girlie i can hold my silence no longer - the guy who designed the pants carmy was talking about is the luxury designer Thom Browne - Ayo Edebiri the actress who plays Syd is a brand ambassador for them, very sick clothes! highly worth a quick google search to look at it - its mostly menswear too. Also the designer comes back into the story this season in a dope way :)

Your reaction after each actor cameo was me every single one of them was giving an acting masterclass but then Jamie lee Curtis was like let me snatch that Emmy loved the reaction

This whole family needs therapy. Honestly, almost all of us need therapy.

The more you watch this episode the more you catch small hilarious dialogue and moments. The writing and the cast did such a great job creating that chaotic family dynamic.

On the bright side of this episode, fak and his brother cracked me up the entire time😭

Donna: *storms off* Me: Thank god Mikey hasn't thrown that fork Lee: *opens his god damn mouth one more time* Me: Ok, let it rip Mike.

in season one when richie and carmy cater hotdogs at the birthday party, richie and cicero talk abt how richie never responded to calls from clients he gave richie’s number to for work (i can’t remember exactly what the job was?). richie says he never got any calls, cicero reads a message from a client who said she “repeatedly called rick at (insert phone number)”. richie explains that the number cicero had given out was actually mikey’s. im pretty sure that was the job cicero gave to richie after this christmas. it would explain why both of them were so upset at each other at the start of the s1 episode ‘dogs’. richie thought cicero never gave him work, and cicero thought richie begged for a job just to not follow through.

they’re talking abt bill murray in the background bc mikey is (re)telling the story from 1x6 (ceres)!

I haven’t felt this much anxiety watching something since Uncut Gems. Brilliance, sheer brilliance, and the satirical backdrop of the credits, music, a perfect juxtaposition. They nailed it.

Donna left me physically exhausted after this episode.

Mikey crying when Carmy gave him the drawing was him realizing it could never happen, he would only hold Carmy back w. his addiction and mental health. But he still wanted Carmy to realize his dream w. the Bear, which is why he left the money in the tomato cans for Carmy to find.

This episode is nuts, and had my anxiety through the roof. Definitely exciting TV... However, I LOVED ep 7, actually cried a few times AND cheered because ep 7 is genuinely good television with excellent character development. Can't wait for your reaction on that one!

This is honestly the most uncomfortable I have ever been watching an episode of television. The show managed to make me feel like I was in the house and the entire episode I was trying to get the F out.

I don’t know how they even got thru filming that. One of the best episodes of TV ever from the writing to the acting. Incredible

Dude the anxiety I had waiting to see if Mikey was gonna throw the fork 😂😂😂 I had to pause it first time I watched it cause I couldn’t stop laughing so hard

"You're nothing" This scene hit so hard. Words are all it can take to push you towards suicide.

This episode is iconic already, an insane masterpiece. Next episode is also a masterpiece, but in a great way. Can't wait to see your reaction!

this episode gave me sooo much anxiety tbh. i watched it through carmy's pov and i totally get why he doesn't wanna go home. everyone is walking on eggshells, esp around donna. u can't tell what's gonna fucking happen next, but somehow the sense of impending doom was palpable right off the bat. also, poor Pete, i can't imagine the trauma he has to through during this dinner alone ⊙⁠﹏⁠⊙

I feel so horrible for natalie, all she wants is to help. this whole family needs therapy

You can see now why Carmy forgets his responsibilities when he meets someone who makes him happy.

The second half of this episode had me so tense I was shaking lol

Natalie is a truly a sweetheart. Pete too, he doesn't deserve the disrespect. The entire family enabled Donna and Michael way too much. I was actually rooting for Lee to rock Michael's shit.

Reminds me of that one euphoria episode, so anxiety inducing

zoff or zaff or whatever’s thought process is an enigma

A simple phrase to describe this episode: An Assault on the Senses lol

This episode and episode 7 need to win all of the awards. This particular episode was the best hour of television I've seen in a very long time.

I love how at the end, Donna says "Nobody fucking helps me!" when literally a lot of people were offering to help but she rejected all of them, even Carmy's who was clearly helping her at the start.

I’m convinced this is the episode that won this show the Golden Globe for best comedy series.

This gotta be FOR SURE an Emmy for Jamie Lee Curtis! 😳✨

This episode made me feel so much better about my dysfunctional family.

When they are pitching their business plan to Cicero he mentions that the KBL scribbles Carmy keeps finding mean Kalinowski (Cicero), Berzatto (Mikey), and Lane (Uncle Lee). Seeing how Mikey and Lee got along it's curious why they agreed to be business partners.

Jamie Lee Curtis is a GENIUS and the rest of the cast is stellar! This whole episode just sent me to therapy though… such chaos 😬🫨🤯

you guys might be the only claire fans to exist 💀

My mom would get manic like that all time growing up so I felt right at home 😂 Now she’s properly medicated and it’s amazing 👏 But Carmy and Steven did it right, you just have to sit back, watch the chaos, and know you can’t fix it. Also my sister drove a car into our house once… I was maybe 20 feet away and all the painting flew off the walls towards me lol. That was my main flaw with the episode … that would have happened hahaha.

This episode lowkey destroyed me and I wasnt expecting it too. At first I got the impression it was just a regular surface level interaction during christmas. But it made me realise just how delicate and impacting trauma during family events can be.

Lmao Zach is literally Pete and I can’t unsee it

With Richie and the job I think that is what they were arguing about at the kids dinner. He thought Richie was ghosting him but he was actually calling mikey instead of richie

This episode was great. I thought Ep 7 was even better.

This whole episode is full of people talking "at" each other and not "hearing" or just straight ignoring one another.

I come back to your channel each time i feel like I'm carrying too much on my back. I just kick back with some chip and dip, a cold coca cola, a journal and i listen (asmr) or watch your videos until i feel better. Most of the shows you're watching i don't watch but i still watch them anyway❤❤.

Donna is very clearly mentally il and dealing with a personality disorder and/or bi polar and as a result of this Mikey, Sugar and Carmy are all subjected to abuse in their childhood him. You have neglect, emotional and psychological abuse and possibly even physical abuse happening. It's a recipe for ptsd, anxiety and depression. I think Carmy's deep seated fear is that he is the same as Donna and that his mood swings and his erratic behavior are all just signs that he's becoming his mother when in reality, the guy is suffering with c-ptsd following years of abuse, both at home, and at work. The recent death of Mikey is now bringing it to the surface again. Richie's jibe at him when he was stuck in the walk-in, calling him 'Donna' sent Carmy off the deep end and the reason is because Richie just confirmed his biggest fear. Sugar looks like she has it all together but she is also still traumatised. She is lucky to have a kind and empathetic partner in Pete, their relationship has probably gone a long way towards healing her but the fear around motherhood is definitely a direct result of her own childhood. Sugar fears that she will be as abusive and neglectful a parent as Donna has been to her and her brothers. Note that Sugar still invites Donna to the friends and family night, because she craves the approval and love of her mother even though she knows that Donna is incapable of giving her what she needs.

Zuff is so… zuff😂😂. Best ep of the season

The Bear is a great show. Hope y'all had a great time.

literally one of my fav reactions from you guys! from the reaction to the cameos to the crazy family dynamic, it was a fun time your thoughts after were also very interesting

Emmy for all...lol

Jamie Lee Curtis’ character is literally trying to do Everything, Everywhere All At Once💀 Also Pete is the strongest soldier in this family 😭 I love him

This episode was total mayhem & really demonstrates how Carm has always functioned in chaotic, dysfunctional environments & how it's likely influenced his need for order, validation & perfectionist tendencies. No wonder why Sugar hates being at the restaurant & wanted Carm to just take Cicero up on his offer to buy the property & be done with it but Carm's refusal to do so makes me think he may be addicted to the chaos because he's a willing participant at this point.

2x7 NEXT LETS GOOOOO

This episode was on some other shit 😬😮‍💨

I swear I yelled too when I saw John Mulany- this was gonna be good

Give Jamie Lee Curtis the Emmy already 👏🏽🙌🏽

I watched this episode with my mum and she actually despised it and I think it’s because she has acted like the mum on Christmas before

Poor Rob 😭

Much better performance than in "everything everywhere all at once"!

As someone who grew up in a family where holiday meetups were always "eventful"(albeit not NEARLY this bad), this was the most triggering hour of television I've ever seen. And yet somehow I keep coming back to clips of it...

Omg! I see why Carmy never came home

I swear to GOD I had two new ulcers by the end of this episode. SHEESH

we sure do love intergenerational trauma in this house :))))))

I loved to see this complex family dynamic. So real and painful and sad. The performances were incredible, awards aplenty for this I’m sure ❤

Them with no narcissistic parents: what Me: yes

I think the mom might’ve been manic or something, some kind of mental illness, that was really sad, and heartbreaking, to watch her spiral like that 😢😔

this episode made me consider picking up smoking

If you actually understand it the bear represents the restaurant and he’s trying to tackle it all that’s why I think about why it’s called the bear and why there was an bear in the beginning

Such a testament to the show that they have been able to get so many stars to do these parts. Stars basically volunteered. JLC saw the first season and when they mentioned their mother she pointed at the screen and said she’s playing that part and the. Called her agent

…so Guest Actress in a Comedy Series is going to JLC? We have just established that, correct??

Justice for Natalie! Justice for Pete!

John Mulaney saying one of them has to call him every week and tell him about what cards are in the boxes is so funny man

Your outro was a great segue to the next episode. Good reaction and analysis guys!

If you guys like this show you should re watch it on your own at some point cuz there is A LOT of really cool and subtle details you all missed.

This is a great episode but my fave is the next one, Forks. ❤

i hate it how everyone is trying to cater to carmy, while fcking Michael is struggling with everything, getting ridiculed and clowned left and right... has to deal with the obvious depression and aggressive constant drunken state of his mother... which eventually leads to him offing himself. you can see that when carmy brings him the painting and talks to him about starting the bear he is sad... cuz he probably already made his mind about taking himself out... and he is just sad that he wont be there with and for carmy. To end it for me, the worst thing is lee has been hard pressing and clowning Mikey all night long and not a single soul defended Mikey. Not a fucking single one of them supported him. They all just remained silent. sheeeeeeeesh that was a hard watch episode in general.

Damn dude. It’s finally here. Rewatching it is still so insane. All the cast were amazing. Jon Bernthal coming back was fantastic. Fuck Lee forever. I never hoped somebody would throw a fork before.

This episode is.. the absolute most amazing piece of television I have wathced

This episode had me on the verge of tears just from how stressed it made me. This show does such a good job at making me feel like I'm there with them. This episode all I wanted to do was leave!

Donna definitely has some sort of behavioral issue because she was all over the place. Also there’s not way they didn’t know Mikey was on drugs