There’s a safety line that at least one of the firefighters clips to. You’d think they’d belt up Asher and clip him to it.

What if, now hear me out, because this is a stretch, we make a Christmas-themed horror movie where Santa kills the people on the Naughty List?

There’s only one negative aspect to the season that everyone seems to agree on: nobody likes Carmy’s love interest Claire, played by Theater Camp’s Molly Gordon.

This. I didn’t get Manic Pixie Dream girl from her. Maybe it’s because I thought the actress played her lowkey enough(in a great way) but she was in Carmy’s life and we only saw her through Carmy in fleeting moments. And it was always “oh she’s a distraction for him” and a bit “Oh she’s kinda too good for him”.

This is a pretty preposterous column. Starting with “one thing everyone can agree on” and then getting 30 comments that mention we all like Claire seems to show that speaking in hyperbole is usually a fail.

The whole point was that everyone *else* at the Bear put in the time and the work to figure their shit out, and Carmy played a significant role in putting them in the circumstances to do that, but he never did work on himself, not really — he *lost* himself in an immature relationship. It made him feel good and maybe…

Exactly. She’s absolutely not a MPDG. She’s basically a normal person, trying to help Carmy be normal too. Almost the opposite of an MPDG.

I guess people can think what they like; I found her delightful.

Yep. I don’t understand this take, especially given the episode where she’s at her friend’s party basically being the stabilizing element for multiple guests.

No she’s not. Like... at all. There’s nothing manic about her. She’s a stable influence on several people in her life. I didn’t like the *story* involving her but the character herself is quite compelling. I just think “anxious messy boi-thot chef fucks up love life” is a boring-ass B plot for this show. I absolutely…

I mean she’s not a manic pixie dream girl, just like a well adjusted person in a show about being not that. 

What part of her character was “Manic”?  She didn’t do anything to get in his way at all. It’s all his fault that he didn’t call the walk in door repair guy... what’s crazy is that his whole team left him in there instead of actually thinking on how to open the door for a fucking second. I’ve been to friends and…

I miss The Year in Swag.