Any show endeavoring to depict a restaurant as something more singular than a mere assembly of odd characters shows employees sitting down to share a meal before service. This is called family meal, a practical tradition that bonds and nourishes the crew before they head into the fray that is feeding the public.
That duty brings its own pressure, as we know from watching Jeremy Allen White’s Carmy Berzatto struggle endlessly to keep his inner turmoil from breaking loose on “The Bear.”
