#i expect a hint of jesus carmy 2: the electric boogaloo in s2

[heardchef]

There’s an early motif in the Bear that I have not seen addressed enough so I just wanted to share it with you (because i also need to exorcise myself of the brainworms) and that’s the in-show Carmy/Jesus comparisons that I think are soooo melodramatic (because he also is!!)

- when carmy finds his bajillion dollar Japanese knife on the floor and the camera keeps oscillating to the blade, to his big teary wet eyes, to the lamb of God card

- STIGMATA TATTOO

- Shots of carmy in the office with the crucifix behind him

- when sugar was rips into and says the restaurant isn’t worth saving and he says “I’m gonna fix this place” / “no one asked you to.”

As the show progresses, i think they ease up on these references because he, himself doesn’t feel as.. self-sacrificey and “above” the crew. Idk if Chris storer is actually catholic, but i thought this was a nice touch.

oo, thank you for sharing! do we ever see carmy's chain fully untucked from his shirt? i always assumed it was just a gold chain, but if there's a cross hidden away, that definitely bumps up his catholic guilt a few points for me.

we do in fact see a glimpse of his chain in episode four ~17:12 and there is in fact no cross. no points for catholic guilt on that front, but points for fashion.

but that really is an interesting motif! i wonder if they'll still explore carmy's feelings of guilt in season 2? i feel like his guilt in s1 came from not being there for michael (among other things), and i wonder if in s2 he'll feel guilty for not living up to michael's expectations when shit inevitably goes wrong. like, i can definitely see him falling back into awful habits that worked in previous spaces just to cope with the stress of starting and running his dream™ restaurant. i feel like we sealed one can of emotionally volatile worms only to open up another slightly different one.