Grief can CHANGE you 😫 | Therapist reacts to The Bear Season 2 Ep 1+2

Therapist Dr. Courtney reacts to Hulu & FX's The Bear 2X1 'Beef', faced with the reality of opening a new restaurant, the crew must make a plan. And 2x1 'Pasta', the crew splits up to work towards their new vision.
#TheBear #reaction #therapy
00:00 - 01:08 - Season 1 Recap
01:08 - 02:34 - Where will The Bear season 2 take us
02:34 - 04:27 - Carmy and Richie discuss purpose
04:27 - 06:54 - Richie pauses before reacting
06:54 - 07:33 - Carmy’s current mental state
07:33 - 09:24 - Meeting with Uncle Jimmy
09:24 - 11:45 - Tina’s growth and development
11:45 - 14:55 - Changing the opening, adding pressure
14:55 - 16:48 - Richie’s need for control
16:48 - 18:01 - Ebra is hesitant about change
18:01 - 19:55 - Carmy reflects on his past
19:55 - 22:16 - ‘I’m sorry’ sign
22:16 - 23:34 - Why our brains choose ease
23:34 - 24:41 -Sydney and her dad celebrate her moms birthday
24:41 - 25:59 - They are a family
25:59 - 28:31 - Healthy communication
28:31 - 31:22 - When we fear good and expect dread
31:22 - 31:46 - Outro
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[@the.truth.doctor]

I loved the first two episodes of The Bear, Season 2 😮 They've got a ton of work to do both in the restaurant and within themselves! Please let me know your thoughts; I am really curious to hear what people think of this show as I binged Season 1 and am going to be watching Season 2 over the next four weeks! If there is something missing from this episode that you'd like me to comment on let me know and I'll try and answer it in the comments or in next week's video. Thank you for being here! 👇

[@tanelviil9149]

Do Fight club 1999 do 12 Monkeys 1995 do Se7en 1995 do The Girl with the dragon Tattoo 2011 do Shutter Island 2010 all great psychological movies... love to hear you take on it.

[@user-mx9jg5hb9x]

Please do a reaction on these two show🙏🤧 Big little lies and the Spanish princess

[@kayligo]

Noticed you haven't posted in 6 months. Hope everything is ok with you

[@MarieTheOstrich]

i looove that you're reacting to this, its so well written and its gonna be a nice pipe cleaner after the travesty that was 'The Idol' lol

[@the.truth.doctor]

It was so refreshing! I much prefer chaotic cooking scenes to chaotic sex scenes haha

[@tandyegg]

Yes! Agreed.

[@FrankieCrews]

I CAN'T WAIT for your analysis of the family holiday dinner episode in season 2. What a monster episode. It's going to be so good.

[@j4242]

I felt like I needed extra therapy and a long ass vacation after that episode.

[@tanelviil9149]

She should do Fight club 1999 do 12 Monkeys 1995 do Se7en 1995 do The Girl with the dragon Tattoo 2011 do Shutter Island 2010 all great psychological movies... don't you think it would be interesting to hear her take on it ?

[@spacebar9733]

​@@tanelviil9149 I wonder who your favorite actor is lmao

[@SpiralSine6]

Richie: “Listen in this kind of situation, what you *need* is an Alpha Male.” Nat: “Ok: move the fucking lockers.” Nat was so lovely this season I swear.

[@tanelviil9149]

She should do Fight club 1999 do 12 Monkeys 1995 do Se7en 1995 do The Girl with the dragon Tattoo 2011 do Shutter Island 2010 all great psychological movies... don't you think it would be interesting to hear her take on it ?

[@prajwaljayaraj5887]

I was looking for psychologists on KZbin to review The Bear since the show is like the definition of working through trauma to achieve self realisation. It's a prime candidate for therapist analysis.

[@manyimangwin]

Just wait for episode six. Omg the family issues on top of being in the family home makes the tension among the characters SOOO high. It’s my favorite

[@j4242]

After that episode I tapped out. Good show, great acting, can't watch anymore.

[@tink6225]

@@j4242will you come back when you're ready?

[@j4242]

@@tink6225 Dunno. We'll see if I can dip my toe back in when season 3 comes out.

[@sarab3417]

@@j4242this show STRESSES ME OUT

[@aquariussolaris2492]

​@@j4242it gets slightly better

[@vanydakhiev3910]

I feel like one reason Mikey shut Carmy out was because he didn’t want him to see the ugliness of his addiction. There’s a moment in S2E6 when Carmy gives Mikey a gift and it makes him almost breakdown. It’s a “what could’ve been if I let him help me” moment and it was so beautifully sad. I love this show ❤

[@siyamafuya7163]

Since you mentioned carmys family. I can’t wait for episode 6 and your breakdown for it. Personally it’s one of my favourite episodes of the season

[@lostandfond2163]

I was just thinking about this!

[@robertdelossantos5844]

This show is so good, but very underrated. Please keep up the reactions for the whole season despite the view count, the analysis provided in this video is great. Excited to see the rest of the season analyzed like this.

[@the.truth.doctor]

Thank you!

[@tanelviil9149]

She should do Fight club 1999 do 12 Monkeys 1995 do Se7en 1995 do The Girl with the dragon Tattoo 2011 do Shutter Island 2010 all great psychological movies... don't you think it would be interesting to hear her take on it ?

[@shaynamatthias]

this is my absolute favorite show right now, and I am so soooo excited you're reacting to it because I love the depth of your insights. the bear is incredibly emotionally rich with themes of grief, acute and complex and intergenerational trauma, identity and purpose, given and chosen family, and trust and healing. yes, chef, and yes dr. courtney! ❤

[@Zando91]

Yay, so glad you’re watching this great show. I’ve been following your channel for a while and I love your insights!

[@the.truth.doctor]

Thank you so much!

[@alderbraue]

People in this comments section keep talking about episode 6, which is fantastic, don’t get me wrong, but episode 7 was my favorite of the season. It was beautifully done and sort of insular, almost working on its own as a short film. Wonderfully inspiring. Also the Copenhagen episode. That one was pretty sweet.

[@brictoni]

I've been dreaming of the day you react to this show, so happy it's finally here

[@mediacritique1065]

I love this show!!! It gives me anxiety but I just love all the characters lol

[@sarab3417]

It isn’t weird that it gives me anxiety??? I grew up in chaos and have a peaceful home now, so all the cursing and stress and loud noises freak me out. Lol

[@skyorrichegg]

This is really amazing and deep insight combined with excellent production work in terms of showing pertinent video from earlier scenes to add a lot of emphasis to your commentary. Well done. I love the Bear and look forward to your commentary on its episodes and I will definitely check out some of your other videos because your style and commentary is excellent as well.

[@the.truth.doctor]

Wow, thank you!

[@withcharmtospare]

So excited for this series. You nailed so much about what makes this season great. They grow together as a team but not without conflict and stopping, reassessing, and reassuring each other that they got this because they are a together. But their personal demons aren’t magically fixed because their work environment improves. Like so much of what makes it interesting is they aren’t made whole by work.they’re just made better by the bonds they formed there. This is my favourite currently airing show& I can’t wait for more of your insights.

[@jacobs9955]

Omg. I cannot WAIT for you to react to season 2 episode 6. It’s so good! You’re going to have a field day analyzing all of the characters in that episode.

[@mirrojas]

I love this show!! Glad you're doing season 2. It was so good.

[@michaelkb8783]

I can't wait to watch this whole season with you. Thank you for your insights on beautiful shows.

[@shyslayer]

Yes!!! I'm so excited to see you watch season two!!

[@pauloaugustoneis3292]

I Loved It!! Waiting for the next episodes

[@alarias9927]

Okay i haven’t even watched it yet, but I already know it’s gonna be good. I sincerely enjoy your analysis. Just wanted to say thank you for choosing this show to react to I absolutely love it. Also exited to see you react to episode 6.❤

[@ElRobin]

Just found your channel, it's great, hope there is more to come, this series is incredible

[@clairebersabal1964]

This was beautiful thank you

[@JigInsane]

As always, a great video and wonderful gems dropped with good explanations. Thank you for you're time and energy, looking forward to the rest of the seasons vids from you. Stay great!!!!

[@the.truth.doctor]

My pleasure! Always appreciate your comments :)

[@JigInsane]

Just starting this vid. I'm a chef here in Chicago. I'm excited to see this series from your lense. The food industry can be super intense and felt the show was very authentic. About to start the video. Look forward to commenting afterwards.

[@Relfar2]

The editing on this, especially the season one flashbacks is absolutely insane!

[@scaresitys9098]

i just finished the series yesterday and i can’t wait for your reaction to episode 6 and 10 cause they sure are a doozie

[@Disquiet925]

Instant subscribe. Dealing with grief after grief is something Im familiar with. I hope to see more of your videos

[@drewbauer28]

Dang. You can tell you put a lot of work into the editing of these clips!! Great reaction 🙏🙏

[@maryannschumacher1370]

I just happened upon your channel and absolutely enjoyed it. Thank you for your insights. This is definitely a stellar show, I've watched every episode, and it makes you feel like you're part of their group!

[@rockandfashion7207]

Ahh finally! I was waiting for this

[@lillithjones3787]

This is such a beautiful series. There's an air of sweetness, care and love permeated on the whole series, in spite of all the conflict and chaos. I fell in love with Jeremy on Shameless, he is such a good actor. Makes a wonderful work on portraying grief and loss here.

[@pjny21]

Thank you for this! Been ruminating on this show for the past few days - for some reason I became obsessed with a few of Carmy's monologues and it awesome to see them explained a bit more. Gracias!

[@theresistance3818]

Thank you for making this video 🥹🥹🥹

[@LadyScaper]

OMG! You are making me fall in love with Richie even more. Would you ever consider doing season 1 episode by episode? I didn’t notice both Syd and Nat were shocked at Carmy promising such quick return or getting the property. That’s insane!

[@Danheron2]

I have cptsd and intense, anxiety and depression, and I have a lot of drug addicts and alcoholics in my family, and the show depicts all those things so well

[@cfcSDrake]

More more more! Keep them coming! Haha. But seriously, this was really enjoyable to watch and I hope you continue to cover this season. (Especially episode six 😬)

[@Rectiifyy]

This show is amazing and can’t wait to see ur perspective on it

[@Milhomens23]

i'm so happy about this!

[@zareennawar7951]

Might have found this channel cause of the idol and liked your analysis exponentially more than the show itself but so glad you're reacting to this actually good story now! In the middle of season 2 myself!

[@amiyamarshall7148]

extremely excited for you to watch and react to episode six. It was stressful 😭

[@dimitrimoore3319]

I was just thinking this would be a perfect show for you !!!!

[@shuriwakanda]

Currently going through what carmy is going through. Your words at the end are exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you

[@nathangreen6638]

Episode 6 will be her greatest work yet

[@00rabbit7]

Oh boy I can’t wait for your analysis of some of these episodes. Best show of the year after The Last of Us

[@00rabbit7]

And Succession!!

[@Mrktn4]

What happened to you? You were my favourite reactor :( Hope everything is okay

[@jorylu666]

GREAT reaction & analysis!

[@the.truth.doctor]

Thank you!!

[@melissagarrick.3288]

I love this show, and I loved your reaction and breakdowns of what the character are dealing with.

[@pj9627]

Really enjoyed this analysis/review, excited to see what you think about episodes 6, 7, and 10 😊

[@badprotocol1105]

I love this show. It has personally inspired me. I've adopted the motto "Just Keep Going". I have incredibly bad anxiety and these characters are so relatable.

[@grlgrl7047]

Oh boy! I WILL BE HERE for all the reactions to The Bear. There are 3 stand out episodes on season 2 that will make us all cry! Can’t wait! Hahaha

[@dnllrnt]

Richie's character arc is so great. I get pumped and emotional during episodes 7 onward. He's throwing 120% into his new responsibilities and he's killing it by season's end.

[@cameroncapers7807]

Please do the rest of the season. I love this show.

[@Ramennoodlekilla]

I hope you do this for the rest of the episodes of seasons 2

[@nanoreo7098]

Not this video making me wanna rewatch all of the bear

[@wiiplaya25]

We’re all anxiously waiting for episode 6!! Lmao

[@inferno323]

I love that you are reacting to this series. This season is amazing! On a side note, another show I think you'd love and have a lot to say about is The Haunting of Hill House (or any of Mike Flanagan's shows). So much to dig into in those shows (addiction, grief, depression, etc)!

[@isabellablanco9457]

OMGGG, I NEED MOREEE

[@eileenrivera1560]

As a Grad student in the field, these videos are both entertaining and educational ! Appreciate the content. A future request, breakdowns on the Succession series👀

[@shakirasmylie6178]

The bear show is so awesome and I'm glad she's reacting the show 😊

[@xaviermartin390]

You're really gonna love episode 6

[@davidpascuallopez8103]

Hola first I want to thank you. I love your reactions and your psychological analysis helps a lot. It's a shame you didn't continue or there aren't more videos of you with the bear. I loved much of your analysis in Arcane and Euphoria it complements many of my opinions and thoughts.

[@littlehouseinthebigapple5716]

I liked this video before I even watched it, then wished I could like it again 😊

[@meeKIDO]

When is the next episode coming out?

[@butterflyeffect6298]

Its been eight months! I hope she won't abandon the series, it has a lot of potential!!

[@s0ssnino]

there’s a lot to analyze, especially with your professionalism it’ll be interesting to see how you react to the season

[@lilacbp3908]

I can’t wait for you to get to episode 6, it’s the longest episode of the season and it’s super intense.

[@HarutoHeart]

Yeayyyyy keep reacting to this showwww please 😭😭😭

[@dammitally]

I was hoping you would do this show!!!! You’re going to have your hands full when you get to the Christmas episode…

[@EbonthePhenom]

Reaction to Episode 6 is gunna be incredible. She don’t even know it yet. Ohhh joy 😂😭😭😭😭😭

[@itz_monica_3323]

Hey I just wanted to tell you how much of a huge impact you have made in my life don’t worry it’s a good impact 😂 I was diagnosed with cerebral palsy at 19 days old i am now 15 years old and suffer with anxiety, depression, big insecurities maybe asd, and MASSIVE abandonment issues because of those abandonment issues I am very wary of new people as I don’t want to become attached to them a or (let my guard down) I slowly got more comfortable watching your videos you have help me through many difficulties in my life and just wanted to thank you to be honest I wish I could meet you in person and give you a hug but sadly I live in the uk anyway thank you for everything you do I hope you keep posting remember to keep on going have a wonderful rest of your day or evening or night I don’t when or if you’ll ever see this I hope you do so you know how important you are to me and many other people around the world ❤❤

[@roseyfan]

the bear is one of my fave shows!!!

[@keiserdiaz731]

Omg, your videos are the best. You gotta do The White Lotus, next ❤

[@F4narragansett]

Lost my mom last year. I’m suffering very much still. I found this moving

[@bloodisbad3736]

Finally, a good show that needs to be talked about, unlike that garbage max show that should be forgotten.

[@Bee-id6nv]

27:45 That is really interesting the point you make. Later on in the season there is a converstion where Sugar gets advice about this exact thing

[@Al4beef]

Cant wait for episode 6; it might be a long talk. Honestly, that episode gave me a weird helpless feeling. Im trying to understand the Mom. I had such empathy for Sugar😢in that episode. I hope its explain a bit thoroughly. I will be extremely uncomfortable if i were to experience someone like this. Maybe make a post-season evaluation of the characters

[@jddizzel22000]

Can't wait for the fishes episode

[@HumanOobleck]

I absolutely love your reaction videos. If possible, please do one on The Fall series, especially on Paul Spector and Stella Gibson. Thank you for sharing your insight and wisdom.

[@nickmarbot]

The Bear is a masterpiece

[@mattbauer5963]

My wife and I have started using the sorry sign.. it’s been wonderful. We get to step back and think before a reaction.

[@_kellymarianne_]

Please, continue with this. There's so much to be said about this season since almost everyone in this fucking series is (not) dealing with heavy mental issues!

[@jangucreates]

Yessss the bear!

[@ositempest7867]

can you do something about shera and the princesses of power? this is an interesting series indeed and there is even a theory that one of the characters (catra) has or is showing signs of BPD

[@DangerasTM]

I cant wait for you to do Fishes. You will have a field day

[@mazvitaselemani]

Why did i read this as "The Rapist Reacts"😂😂😂😂

[@sidramir3211]

please do more reactions to episodes. Do the whole thing. PLEASE! especially S2 episode 6 omg

[@RobertLivingston828]

Episode 6 is probably going to require its own video 😂

[@jamezguard]

You did great. Night.

[@AL-fl4jk]

I hope you pick this up again at some point. There’s a certain family dinner episode that I think a lot of people could benefit from your thoughts on

[@beeaunghka]

Missing ur vids! 🫶

[@Schweinas84]

There was a moment I'm surprised you didn't address. Around the 9:30 mark Carmy talks about how it's "difficult to teach people how to give a shit." As a manager I spend most of my time trying to inspire people to care half as much as I do. It's exhausting and stressful yet I understand that you can't make someone care about something they're not invested in.

[@friedjrice]

i really hope you keep watching too

[@Cristobels-Green-Boots]

“This place will burn down - & all my anxiety with it” 🙄

[@whatmodern]

Interestingly the topics you bring up about Richie gets addressed pretty heavily in season 2.

[@JessIrais]

Hey, I love your reaction style, I would love you to take a look at Heartstopper, it's a very happy show about LGBT teens but still touches some serious mental health situations

[@Swiftie52]

Hi Dr Tracy. This is stupid, but if you do see this comment, could you maybe make a video about how therapists (or you) would react to certain things (like panic attacks in session or relapses etc). Maybe ask other people what they want to know as well. I think it could reassure a lot of people that dont quite trust therapy yet or are really anxious about it. Thank you so much, i love your videos and its amazing how much you managed to accomplish. When youre struggling with your mental health it feels like itll never get better, you prove otherwise. Keep being amazing

[@michaelmurphy5213]

Can you please do Carnival Row? I think you'll enjoy it. It also has a lot for you to work with

[@yanetteescobedo634]

WHERE IS EPISODE 3

[@PanaMaJwaaRd]

Moreee these?????