Now Watching "The Bear" on Hulu

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Well I finished all the existing seasons of "Only Murders in the Building" yesterday and I was highly disappointed with Season 4. It was chaotic and over-the-top and had way too much going on. Instead of the usual 1 or 2 celebrity cameos there were about 20 and instead of the usual 3 main characters there suddenly became about 8. It was just awful to watch. Even though I immensely enjoyed Seasons 1-3, I don't know if I'll watch Season 5 now based on Season 4's disappointment. So I've moved on to something new. It's called "The Bear" It features the guy who played "Lip" on "Shameless." I think his name is Jeremy White. I'm only on episode 4 of Season 1. So far what I know is that the main character, Carmy (Jeremy White) was an award-winning chef in a high-end restaurant in either New York or Los Angeles, but his brother dies, leaving his Chicago sandwich shop to Carmy. So Carmy returns to his hometown of Chicago to manage the dead brother's restaurant, but it's a hot mess. The kitchen is disorganized. They won't listen to Carmy. There's an annoying cousin in the mix. There's questions about why the business is losing so much money and so far in debt and how the brother died. So far it's pretty intense. I think the show has either been nominated for or won a bunch of awards. Have you seen it?