Streaming review: The Bear is the biggest, rawest emotional rollercoaster

"...the characters fought off grief, addiction, and lack of self-esteem- it worked because the two lead characters — Carmy and Sydney — have a synchronicity about them..."

Jeremy Allen White as Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto in The Bear.

I was close to tears when I realised that The Bear (Disney+) is basically Fame, with a restaurant instead of a dance school, in Chicago rather than New York.

It’s a scene where young chef, Sydney, chases after old hand Tina. The two have history — Tina was part of the furniture in the old beef-sandwich restaurant that hosted season one, seething that a youngster like Sydney would come in and order her around. They patched it up and just about learned to live with each other.