The Bear

("The Day the World Went Away" by Nine Inch Nails playing)

Morning. -Good morning.

You want me to make you some coffee?

-Uh... Stomach still?

Ah, it's alright. I'll just grab something on the way.

Thanks. Um, still coming tonight, right?

Most definitely.

Are you excited? -Yeah!

I don't believe you.

I am. I am. It's just... I don't know.

I am. It's gonna be really good.

I have no idea how you do what you do.

But I am excited.

Well, thanks, Dad. It means a lot.

I know you can put a lot of pressure on yourself.

Yeah, well, I live in a two-bedroom apartment with you.

Don't own a car.

And for dinner the other night, I had a left Twix,

so I think pressure's our friend here.

But that's okay is the point.

Because I love you very much.

And I'm very proud of you.

And if you need to live here forever,

I want you to live here forever.

I never want you to feel like

you have to make everything the thing.

Why can't we put everything that we have into everything that we can?

Baby, if that's true,

then why put so much pressure on this one?

Because I...

I don't know if I could do another one.

Anyway, listen, I'll see you later tonight.

It's-it's gonna be really good.

I'll see you tonight. -Yeah. Alright.

Love you, Chef.

("Strange Currencies" by R.E.M. playing)

The motherfucking glasses came off!

Carm, this is a good thing.

-(screams) -(brays)

Are you motherfuckers...

okay?

-Hi. Hello. -(Carmy sighs)

You were the most excellent CDC

at the most excellent restaurant

in the entire United States of America.

What are you doing here, I guess.

Morning.

Morning.

You okay?

Mm-hmm. Fine.

Got some super-fun stuff I wanna talk to you about.

Okay, great. I got a couple of those, too.

Wanna go first?

Yeah, I'd love to. Um...

Tipping versus not tipping,

which should be a simple conversation

and not unpleasant at all.

And also, what the hell is that?

It's a painting. Yeah, I hate it.

Okay, well, I texted you a picture of it

and asked if it was okay to hang.

What, so you just hung it up? What's wrong with your shoulder?

I said don't answer if it's okay to hang.

My shoulder's just...

Ugh. I don't know.

Okay, great. My turn.

Uh, the sandwich window can't open

because it isn't ServSafe certified.

It's gotta be ServSafe certified in order to open.

And I don't know.

Ebra didn't renew his ServSafe certification.

It was crossed off the list.

Yeah, well, turns out crossing off

isn't an exact science.

Any idea how we could do that very quickly?

Yeah, I do.

-Jimmy? -Jimmy.

Stevie and Michelle can't come tonight, which is a bummer.

Hmm.

Also, I invited Mom.

You invited Mom?

Yeah.

It's Friends and Family.

Friends and Family is also not an exact science, Sug.

I don't want you to freak out if you see her.

I don't want you to freak out if you don't.

What exactly is a ServSafe certificate?

-Don't deflect. -I'm not deflecting.

I'm still thinking about that painting.

ServSafe is food safety training.

It's unlike me. Safety training is unlike you?

The painting is unlike me, Nat.

Okay.

I'm fine on Mom.

You sure?

I'm fine on Mom.

Okay.

I'll get rid of the painting.

Thank you.

-Hey. -Hey. Uh, so we don't have full waitstaff right now.

We just have runners.

Yeah, maybe we just do the nine course.

Yeah, yeah. No, that's good for a run-through.

-Cool. Hmm. -Um...

-Maybe... -86 the crudo?

Crudo and, uh... -One of the pastas.

-Yes. The, uh, cavatelli. -The cava--

Yeah. Perfect. Alright.

Oh, did you get a hold of Tony yet?

No, not yet. Um, you have a...

Oh. Yeah. And... Yeah.

Actually, I've got something for you.

-Okay. -Uh, for later.

-Um, new uniforms in? -Yeah.

Do you wanna just do blues until service?

Yes, Chef.

-Yeah. -Cool.

Um, hey, who is Tony again?

The fridge guy.

Fuck me.

-Fuck me. God fucking dammit. -It's okay.

No, I'm sorry. I just, I just missed him.

-Yeah, dude. Yeah. I'm sorry.

I know you just missed him.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Fuck.

I just feel like at this point,

I'm putting so much into this.

-I know. -And I don't know, man,

-it's the same thing... I know.

-...that you've been saying. -I know. I know!

I'm not trying to...

I just need your focus like you need mine.

I-I don't wanna share it. I'm sorry.

I understand. Yeah... Yes?

-Yes. Hi. -Carm, I forgot to ask

because I'm slowly withering away.

Did you hear from Tom?

Who-who is Tom? Who's Tom?

-Tom's the fridge guy. -Tony's the fridge guy.

No, no, Tony's the fridge guy.

-I'll do it. Tom or Tony?

-No, I... I'll do it. -Can you just call him?

-Okay. -No. Hey, I'll do it.

-I'll do it. I'll do it. Mm-hmm.

Do you have a phone these days?

Yes, Nat, I have a phone.

Okay.

-Thank you. Mm-hmm.

Well, how are you, um, feeling about menu?

Good, good. Menu looks good.

Looks like a menu. And...

-Just gotta do it, like, a thousand times now. -Hmm.

-You good? -I mean, ask me later.

You?

What's your relationship with your mom like?

Okay. Where did that come from?

Um, uh, Nat, Nat invited our mom to, uh,

to dinner, so...

It's not-not-not good?

It's not good. I mean, it's, um, it's fine.

It's fine for me 'cause I know

that it's like a fuckin' disaster.

I know what to expect, but for Nat, it's...

It's really not good.

She-she expects, like, some kinda fuckin' miracle

or something.

Well, to answer your question,

I-I don't really have a great relationship with my...

Um... She's dead. She died.

I could have probably said that a bit smoother.

Yeah, she died when I was, like, four. Lupus.

I feel... I'm sorry. I feel like I should have known that or something.

No. Don't, don't, don't, don't.

Don't do the... that thing.

-The, like... -What?

"I'm sorry for your loss" thing.

It's okay, it happened a while ago,

and, you know, I don't know.

-Alright, well-- -I was young.

-Whatever. -I'm sorry.

-Thank you. -Yeah. (clears throat)

Yeah, so we don't really have the best relationship

just 'cause of the whole, like, dead thing.

That'll do it.

-That'll really do it. Yeah. Yeah.

-(Richie chuckles) -What's up?

Why don't you go lay down?

Hmm, if I lay down,

I will never stand up again.

Show me the month.

Okay, um...

Here, sit down.

Thank you.

-Huh. -Huh?

-Uh-huh. -Uh-huh what?

We're good for a couple weeks and then...

It's not bad.

-No, it's-it's not bad. -It's not.

But it's barely good.

And we need great.