


After overreacting to a failed dish the pair had tried to perfect, he balls his right hand into a fist and draws circles over his heart. In a scene from the second episode of Season 2, which began streaming today on Hulu, the wunderkind chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (played by Jeremy Allen White), who inherited the restaurant from his late brother at the start of the show, teaches his sous chef, Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), a gesture to cope in those times of tumult. Fires must be put out, literally and figuratively, all the time. In such an intense space, dishes fall apart, egos clash, and bodies collide. The hit dramedy about the staff of a beloved Chicago Italian-beef-sandwich spot runs on the pitter-patter of overlapping dialogue, immersing viewers in the stressful reality of working inside a kitchen. Silence can be rare on a show like The Bear.

This article contains spoilers through the Season 2 finale of The Bear.
