The Bear Recap: Bad Communication

Not every episode of The Bear can be packed with consequence. Some just have to move the story along. That’s the case with “Violet,” which follows Syd, Carmy, Richie, Nat, and the Faks as they move through their restaurant-adjacent lives. Syd gets a too-small apartment that her dad hates. Carm is up at 5:32 a.m. thinking about a horrible story Claire told him about a girl that got all cut up on the Fourth of July, which she told while also getting peppered with kisses. Richie ...