In this episode, we see that there is a massive internal struggle with Carmy as he still misses Claire. It has been a whole season and Carmy the Fak brothers are still teasing him about her as they break down boxes. Carmy claims that being in Claire’s life once again would do her more harm than good. The brothers beg to disagree and pull some major highschool bestie behavior this episode. They go to Claire and tell her how Carmy really feels, and that he still misses her. A part of her is not hearing this, and rightfully so. At the end of the day, we see she is a career woman with priorities and doesn’t need Carmy to tell her he doesn’t want her twice. This was a good choice by the writers. It would feel much too cheesy if she had just run back after this major gesture. However, by the episode’s end, it still seems to look like Carmy and Claire are still set to be a part for the season due to their pride and self-sabotage tendencies. It is very endearing the length that the brothers will go for Carmy and their friendship growth throughout the seasons. This is something that was not seen as much in previous seasons of the show. 

Sydney still hasn’t been able to tell Carmy anything about the new su chef position Adam Shapiro offered her. While discussing a very rough day in the restaurant, she mentions that it is incredibly hard to “keep up” with Carmy as a boss, and she doesn’t mean professionally. She tries to tell him, and almost gets the right words out, all to say “nevermind. Begs the question of whether we will get a reaction from Carmy about this job offer this season or if this will be a string left untied by the writers. Will the restaurant make it anyway? Will Carmy work to get out of his own way as a very controlling boss? Even though she does not tell him what she is feeling, he still tells her that he does not want it to be hard to keep up with him and decides to invite her to the last seating for the Ever restaurant that is closing down, as this is big news in the restaurant scene. 

The stakes are raised even higher as Uncle Jimmy meets with Carmy to let him know that he is nervous about the restaurant. He wants to be able to nurse its passion but it is not performing as they had thought. Jimmy warns him that if the review for the restaurant comes out less than satisfactory, they will have to call it quits. Carmy is even more stressed, and so is the audience, when we see that Uncle Jimmy wasn’t even telling him the whole truth about the situation when he meets with Computer. Everything is resting on this review coming out completely amazing. 

Near the end of this episode, we see some bonding moments in a few rare relationships. It is hard to tell how much the divorce hurt Richie throughout the show because there weren’t many scenes with him and Tiffany in love. However in this episode, we see them in the park with their kids together making small talk on a park bench. You can’t help but feel the comfort they still have in each other; in their jokes and banter, and their parenting which is still going on without a hitch.We see here that the couple outgrew each other, but never killed the love they have or made together for their child.

Another relationship that was enjoyable to see progress was Tina and Marcus. In one particular scene, the two talk about grief, inspiration, and Marcus’s mindset after his mother’s death. This solidified Tina as an incredibly loyal and maternal character. It was an incredibly well acted and heartwarming scene, this pairing on camera is stellar. 

The last scene of the episode aligns with this moral as Sydney takes a road trip to see Natalie and Pete. She is delivering all sorts of food for the new parents, and getting advice from Pete about the contract for The Bear. In this and the previous episode, during Natalie’s labor, Pete as a character has gained a lot of good husband points and become more supportive. It is endearing to see everyone in the restaurant support the new baby.

Rating: 9/10