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The Bear Recap: A Bear is Born


Natalie asks for help from the very last person she wants to ask.

In “Ice Chips,” faced with a Bear staff cell phone service lockdown, Natalie dials her mom, Donna, in a panic. That’s when Jamie Lee Curtis kicks into “For Your Consideration: Outstanding Guest Star in a Comedic Series” mode, telling Natalie about the day she was born. It’s a story that involves an amazingly vivid but boring dream about an 8 p.m. bedtime, a fish tank, and a mysterious city, and it ends with a mention of Cicero’s first wife, who’s long since been jettisoned for something younger.

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