"Yes, Chef. Thank you, Chef." Restaurant cooks have been telling each other these words for years, but FX's Emmy-winning series The Bear , created by Christopher Storer , opened the doors to kitchens everywhere for the rest of us. Thank the TV gods it did, because the small screen has never felt so anxiety-inducing while simultaneously looking so delicious.

A darkly comedic drama where saucy zingers spread over unresolved traumas and contentious personalities, The Bear chronicles the efforts of a prodigious chef, Carmy ( Jeremy Allen White ) to elevate his late brother's Chicago sandwich shop into a tip-top establishment. Three years into its run and The Bear remains a streaming-era sensation, a hit show that is as hard to define as a recipe handwritten in chicken scratch. B

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