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This recap was originally published on June 27, 2022, shortly afterThe Bearpremiered its first season on Hulu.
Were republishing to coincide with the episodes cable debut on FX.
Say what you will about The Original Beef Of Chicagoland staff, but theyre resourceful.
In Sheridan, the team is faced with a full power outage courtesy of Marcus shitty mixer.
He scrambles to make up time andboom!Everythings out.
The power isnt even the first crisis of the day.
The episode opens with Carmen, Marcus, and Sydney hearing some clanking in the bathroom when anotherboom!
Carmy gets a full face of toilet water.
For Carmen, whos been attending Al-Anon meetings thrice weekly, that news goes over like a lead balloon.
How else do you think we made it through COVID?
Plus, lets be honest: These knuckleheads figuring out an emergency small business loan?
With the power still out, the gang is forced to improvise.
While everyone else cooks, Marcus sulks behind the building.
He tells Carmen its his fault that the power went and that hell never make a mistake again.
Carmen tells him that he will, but its all about how to learn from it and move on.
(Lets just assume that was Joel McHales spot.)
Where will he get that kind of money that fast, he wonders?
(Is he all out of jeans to sell?
Hows his credit?)
The lights miraculously turn back on an instant later, and the Original Beef lives to see another day.
SmallBites
Another episode, another Wilco jammer.
This time, its Impossible Germany, which is great.
Youre gonna need brain.
And remember how he said the restaurant doesnt even use tomatoes?
Is that what the note to Carmen says?
Or maybe theyre all just a bunch of nice-looking cans that look good on TV.
If you havent given it a gander,just do.
