The Bear Carmy and Sydney’s new restaurant doors are finally open, and the stakes are higher than ever on Hulu’s hit show . On its surface, the third season of Chef Carmy’s story is about the constant effort and unforgiving perseverance it takes to open a successful, fine-dining restaurant. However, as Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and the rest of his team (including Ayo Edebiri as Sydney) pursue financial solvency and a Michelin Star, it becomes clear that what makes this season resonate is its honest depiction of grief.
“I just wanted you to know that some of us here, we probably know how you’re feeling,” Carmy tells Marcus (Lionel Boyce) when he returns to the kitchen after the death of his mom. Carmy means that he and the rest of the staff understand overwhelming grief because of the unexpected suicide of his brother Michael, who owned the Italian beef restaurant that Carmy takes over in Season 1. But, as the season progresses, it becomes clear that Carmy and the other characters’ losses are even more far-reaching.
“Grief is hard, and it’s pervasive, and it’s not just when people die. It’s when you move, when you lose a job, when you have some kind of identity change. Any kind of transition can bring loss,” says , a clinical associate professor at the Family Institute at Northwestern University who worked with fellow professor to reconceptualize grief and create a new grief model.
Their recognizes how both death and nondeath losses affect a person’s.
