Get the latest gossip

The Bear Recap: Can I Leave a Résumé?


Tina’s backstory distills the anxiety and the allure of starting over at a certain age.

Or, rather, we knewlittle else because “Napkins” opens the door wide into Tina’s life, apartment, marriage, and past, giving us a glimpse at how she landed at the Bear. Richie gives it to her on the house and throws in some missing customer’s prepaid sandwich, and she goes into the back room to eat, newly enlightened to the mere concept of Italian Beef. For her part, Tina delivers an absolute killer of speech about young people, summing up the realities of competing against them for opportunities, but also that, fuck, we’re jealous of them.

Get the Android app

Or read this on VULTURE