{"id":185984,"date":"2023-01-13T23:17:17","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T23:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-bear-season-2-everything-we-know-so-far\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T23:17:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T23:17:17","slug":"the-bear-season-2-everything-we-know-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/the-bear-season-2-everything-we-know-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Bear’ Season 2: Everything We Know So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PASADENA, Calif. \u2014 Last summer, the FX series \u201cThe Bear\u201d became a surprise hit and cultural phenomenon. According to the network, the small, scrappy show about a high-end chef taking over his late brother’s Italian beef restaurant in Chicago was its most watched comedy series ever. In addition, the series spawned everything from essays appreciating its accuracy in <\/span>portraying the high-octane stress of working in restaurants<\/span> and <\/span>depicting a toxic workplace<\/span>to <\/span>thirsty memes<\/span> about star Jeremy Allen White.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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But as they head into Season 2, the show’s cast and co-showrunners Chris Storer and Joanna Calo are trying not to let all of the attention get to their heads. Instead, they’re leaning into the attention to detail they established in Season 1, they told reporters Thursday at the Television Critics Association’s winter press tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe main thing I feel that we picked up on was the different kinds of chemistry that people had together,\u201d Calo told HuffPost, when asked about what details in Season 1 they noticed from the actors during filming and then wanted to incorporate more when writing Season 2. \u201cI think that’s one of the things I love the most about their performances, is how I think they all like each other as humans, but each relationship is different and has its own quality. And I think we picked up on those special moments and tried to write to that.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Storer added that they also tried to write more for actors who were underutilized in Season 1, like Liza Col\u00f3n-Zayas as Tina and Edwin Lee Gibson as Ebraheim. \u201cWriting, now that we’ve gotten to know them closely, it’s so fun, because Jo’s right. You see sort of the chemistry in certain pairs,\u201d Storer said. \u201cBut you also sort of see, like, ‘Oh, man, we should really let Liza do this or Edwin do this.’ We can really see how we can bring them into the fold more.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Storer said he and White thought of the show’s first season as \u201cLet’s catch up,\u201d whereas \u201cSeason 2 is sort of like where the show properly begins, once we sort of have met everyone and seen the backstory totally.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe Bear\u201d will return in \u201cearly summer\u201d with 10 episodes, two more than the first season’s eight, FX announced Thursday. Calo and Storer said the episodes have been written, but production has not begun yet. So naturally, they were pretty tight-lipped about revealing any plot points and details about Season 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n