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* DarkAndTroubledPast: It's implied that he was a juvenile delinquent in his youth and based on his comments that he has a younger sister "somewhere," likely caused by an unstable home life growing up.
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* CigarChomper: He's seen in Season 2 lighting up a cigar as he stares contemplatively towards the Chicago River.
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* SadClown: Has a reputation for being the life of the party but was clearly struggling with addiction and depression, among other issues.
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* SadClown: Has a reputation for being the life of the party but was clearly struggling with addiction addiction, insecurity and depression, among other issues.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He absolutely loves antagonizing Richie and shooting him down, but in "Fishes," it's revealed that [[PetTheDog he offered Richie a job]] (after bluntly telling him earlier that he wouldn't) so that Richie wouldn't humiliate himself in front of Tiff or disappoint her. And as much of a DeadpanSnarker as he is and enjoys making potshots at the boys, he recognizes when Lee goes too far at the Christmas dinner and works to try to deescalate the situation.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He absolutely loves antagonizing Richie and shooting him down, but in "Fishes," it's revealed that [[PetTheDog he offered Richie a job]] (after bluntly telling him earlier that he wouldn't) so that Richie wouldn't humiliate himself in front of Tiff or disappoint her. And as much of a DeadpanSnarker as he is and enjoys making potshots at the boys, he recognizes when Lee goes too far at the Christmas dinner and works to try to deescalate the situation. He also does show that he sincerely cares about Carmy and gives him genuinely good advice and guidance in his struggles.
* OnlySaneMan: He's next to Sugar as the most grounded member of the Berzatto circle, always trying to find reasonable solutions to problems and being serious but fair to Carmy and Richie about the investment.
* OnlySaneMan: He's next to Sugar as the most grounded member of the Berzatto circle, always trying to find reasonable solutions to problems and being serious but fair to Carmy and Richie about the investment.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He puts up with a ''lot'' of shit from Mike with a smile but when Mike finally goes too far, Lee pushes back and shuts him down, giving him a devastating verbal dressing down.
* NiceGirl: She's very kind and understanding of Carmy's struggles and tries to help however she can.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: While he never appears in person save for a flashback and a stress-induced hallucination, he's left Carmy with a lot of emotional trauma.
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* SmallRoleBigImpact: While he never appears in person save for a flashback and a stress-induced hallucination, he's left Carmy with a lot of emotional trauma.trauma and Carmy determines that he is exactly the kind of chef he is ''not'' going to be like.
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* SternTeacher: He's direct in both instruction and feedback, but he readily answers any question Marcus has for him, is happy to give praise when Marcus does something right and generally treats him well and respects him as a fellow chef.
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* SternTeacher: He's direct in both instruction and feedback, but he readily answers any question Marcus has for him, is happy to give praise when Marcus does something right and generally treats him well and respects him as a fellow chef.chef, even bonding with him over their unconventional paths to cooking.
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* MeanBoss: He's verbally and emotionally abusive to his staff, with Carmy even recalling that he told him to kill himself over the mistakes of a subordinate. He also hijacks the pass while Carmy is running it, confusing the chefs and disrupting the kitchen's flow all while continually berating Carmy.
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* AmicableExes: Richie is pretty good terms with his ex-wife Tiffany.
* IneffectualLoner: In a misguided effort to prove himself, Richie oversteps during renovations, which only frustrates the others. [[spoiler:Once he comes back from staging, however, he's much more of a team player and much more effective.]]
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's crass, grumpy and frequently obnoxious. However, he largely means well and looks out for his loved ones to the best of his ability.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's crass, grumpy and frequently obnoxious. However, he largely means well and looks out for his loved ones to the best of his ability. There are many moments in Season 1
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertTownsend
Sydney's father, whom she lives with after the failure of her last business venture.
!!Emmanuel Adamu
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/RobertTownsend
Sydney's father, whom she lives with after the failure of her last business venture.
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!!Michelle
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!!!'''Played By:'''
Sydney's father, whom she
Carmy’s cousin who lives
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* MyBelovedSmother: Downplayed. He's not... ''pleased'' with Sydney's career choices although he tries to respect them. Understandable, given that her catering company failed and she's been living with him ever since.
* TheTeetotaler: Implied. He doesn't drink at all, to the point Richie leaves fermented cherries off of his dessert.
* TheTeetotaler: Implied. He doesn't drink at all, to the point Richie leaves fermented cherries off of his dessert.
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* MyBelovedSmother: Downplayed. He's not... ''pleased'' CoolBigSis: Recognized the stress Carmy lives in with Sydney's career choices although he tries to respect them. Understandable, given that her catering company failed his mother and she's been living offers to let him stay with him ever since.
* TheTeetotaler: Implied. He doesn't drink at all, to the point Richie leaves fermented cherries off of his dessert.her in New York for a while.
* TheTeetotaler: Implied. He doesn't drink at all, to the point Richie leaves fermented cherries off of his dessert.
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!!Claire
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!!Claire
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!!Claire
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A childhood friend of the Berzattos.
A childhood friend of the Berzattos.
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A childhood friend of the Berzattos.Creator/JohnMulaney
Michelle’s boyfriend.
A childhood friend of the Berzattos.
Michelle’s boyfriend.
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* AffectionateNickname: "Claire Bear".
* CharacterShilling: Fak, Richie, and everyone else who meets her constantly mentions how great she is. Justified, since most of them grew up with her, they're actively trying to get Carmy interested in her, and she's very much a NiceGirl.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's sarcastic and sharp-witted, which is clearly part of what attracts the quieter, more anxious Carmy to her.
* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: She was close enough to Carmy as a child to consider his close friends and family as her own, but he struggles to remember her name when they first reunite.
* HospitalHottie: She's a beautiful doctor at a hospital.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Personality-wise, she's an inversion -- instead of a plucky woman drawing a meek man out of his shell, she offers a calm and low-key change of pace from Carmy's hectic professional life and loud, aggressive family dynamic. Her function is still the same, chasing after her love interest, opening Carmy up to the social life he missed when focusing on his professional growth in his twenties, having a character almost solely focused on her love for him, and even telling him that he should never apologize to her or anyone. [[spoiler:Even when he vents about their relationship getting in the way of his professional goals while stuck in the walk-in, unaware she's on the other side of the door, all she can muster is a crestfallen reply that she's sorry he feels that way.]] Unfortunately, she ends up being something of a deconstruction when she pulls Carmy's time, presence, and attention away from the restaurant opening so much that he strains his relationships with his colleagues, who are depending on his leadership.
* NiceGirl: Extremely sweet and charming to everyone.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: She spends almost all of her scenes flirting with Carmy or supporting him, and outside of being a doctor and a supportive friend, she has little characterization otherwise. Even mutual friends do little but talk her up to Carmy about how he she's perfect, and he needs to make things work with her.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Apparently viewed as rather plain when she was younger. When Carmy returns home after several years, he's bombarded with comments about how attractive she's become.
* StalkerWithACrush: Downplayed. After Carmy self-sabotages by intentionally giving her the wrong number, she hunts him down by having a mutual friend provide the correct number so that she can badger him about why he lied to her.
* CharacterShilling: Fak, Richie, and everyone else who meets her constantly mentions how great she is. Justified, since most of them grew up with her, they're actively trying to get Carmy interested in her, and she's very much a NiceGirl.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's sarcastic and sharp-witted, which is clearly part of what attracts the quieter, more anxious Carmy to her.
* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: She was close enough to Carmy as a child to consider his close friends and family as her own, but he struggles to remember her name when they first reunite.
* HospitalHottie: She's a beautiful doctor at a hospital.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Personality-wise, she's an inversion -- instead of a plucky woman drawing a meek man out of his shell, she offers a calm and low-key change of pace from Carmy's hectic professional life and loud, aggressive family dynamic. Her function is still the same, chasing after her love interest, opening Carmy up to the social life he missed when focusing on his professional growth in his twenties, having a character almost solely focused on her love for him, and even telling him that he should never apologize to her or anyone. [[spoiler:Even when he vents about their relationship getting in the way of his professional goals while stuck in the walk-in, unaware she's on the other side of the door, all she can muster is a crestfallen reply that she's sorry he feels that way.]] Unfortunately, she ends up being something of a deconstruction when she pulls Carmy's time, presence, and attention away from the restaurant opening so much that he strains his relationships with his colleagues, who are depending on his leadership.
* NiceGirl: Extremely sweet and charming to everyone.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: She spends almost all of her scenes flirting with Carmy or supporting him, and outside of being a doctor and a supportive friend, she has little characterization otherwise. Even mutual friends do little but talk her up to Carmy about how he she's perfect, and he needs to make things work with her.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Apparently viewed as rather plain when she was younger. When Carmy returns home after several years, he's bombarded with comments about how attractive she's become.
* StalkerWithACrush: Downplayed. After Carmy self-sabotages by intentionally giving her the wrong number, she hunts him down by having a mutual friend provide the correct number so that she can badger him about why he lied to her.
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* CharacterShilling: Fak, Richie, and everyone else who meets her constantly mentions how great she is. Justified, since most of them grew up with her, they're actively trying to get Carmy interested in her, and she's very much a NiceGirl.
* ItAmusedMe: Gives the Fak brothers $500, not because he believes they’ll be able to turn it into $1500 like they said they would, but because he has the money to lose and
*
* HospitalHottie: She's a beautiful doctor at a hospital.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Personality-wise, she's an inversion -- instead of a plucky woman drawing a meek man out of his shell, she offers a calm and low-key change of pace from Carmy's hectic professional life and loud, aggressive family dynamic. Her function is still the same, chasing
* NiceGirl: Extremely sweet
* SatelliteLoveInterest: She spends almost all of her scenes flirting
* MistakenForGay: Much to
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Apparently viewed as rather plain when she was younger. When Carmy returns home after several years, he's bombarded with comments about how attractive she's become.
* StalkerWithACrush: Downplayed. After Carmy self-sabotages by intentionally giving her the wrong number, she hunts him down by having a mutual friend provide the correct number so that she can badger him about why he lied to her.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SarahPaulson
Carmy’s cousin who lives in New York.
!!Michelle
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/SarahPaulson
Carmy’s cousin who lives in New York.
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!!Michelle
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!!Tiffany Jerimovich
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!!!'''Played By:'''
Carmy’s cousin who lives in New York.
Richie's ex-wife and the mother of their daughter.
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* CoolBigSis: Recognized the stress Carmy lives in with his mother and offers to let him stay with her in New York for a while.
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* CoolBigSis: Recognized AmicableExes: Aside from having him as "Richie Bad-News" in her contacts, it doesn't look like there are any hard feelings between her and Richie. When she appears in "Forks", she's gentle in breaking the stress Carmy lives in news that she's getting remarried, and they end the call with his mother and offers to let him stay with her in New York for a while.PlatonicDeclarationOfLove.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnMulaney
Michelle’s boyfriend.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/JohnMulaney
Michelle’s boyfriend.
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!!Emmanuel Adamu
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Michelle’s boyfriend.
Sydney's father, whom she lives with after the failure of her last business venture.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Tends to react to the madness around him with snarky derision. He ''is'' played by John Mulaney so it'd be weird if he wasn't this.
* ItAmusedMe: Gives the Fak brothers $500, not because he believes they’ll be able to turn it into $1500 like they said they would, but because he has the money to lose and he’s amused by the stupidity of the plan.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He enjoys messing with the Faks and razzes Pete over the fish but he has just as many PetTheDog moments, comforting Sugar after a violent moment with Donna and trying to diffuse the tension at the table with a heartfelt speech.
* MistakenForGay: Much to his denial.
* ItAmusedMe: Gives the Fak brothers $500, not because he believes they’ll be able to turn it into $1500 like they said they would, but because he has the money to lose and he’s amused by the stupidity of the plan.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He enjoys messing with the Faks and razzes Pete over the fish but he has just as many PetTheDog moments, comforting Sugar after a violent moment with Donna and trying to diffuse the tension at the table with a heartfelt speech.
* MistakenForGay: Much to his denial.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Tends MyBelovedSmother: Downplayed. He's not... ''pleased'' with Sydney's career choices although he tries to react respect them. Understandable, given that her catering company failed and she's been living with him ever since.
* TheTeetotaler: Implied. He doesn't drink at all, to themadness around him with snarky derision. He ''is'' played by John Mulaney so it'd be weird if he wasn't this.
* ItAmusedMe: Gives the Fak brothers $500, not because he believes they’ll be able to turn it into $1500 like they said they would, but because he has the money to lose and he’s amused by the stupiditypoint Richie leaves fermented cherries off of the plan.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He enjoys messing with the Faks and razzes Pete over the fish but he has just as many PetTheDog moments, comforting Sugar after a violent moment with Donna and trying to diffuse the tension at the table with a heartfelt speech.
* MistakenForGay: Much tohis denial.dessert.
* TheTeetotaler: Implied. He doesn't drink at all, to the
* ItAmusedMe: Gives the Fak brothers $500, not because he believes they’ll be able to turn it into $1500 like they said they would, but because he has the money to lose and he’s amused by the stupidity
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He enjoys messing with the Faks and razzes Pete over the fish but he has just as many PetTheDog moments, comforting Sugar after a violent moment with Donna and trying to diffuse the tension at the table with a heartfelt speech.
* MistakenForGay: Much to
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GillianJacobs
Richie's ex-wife and the mother of their daughter.
!!Tiffany Jerimovich
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/GillianJacobs
Richie's ex-wife and the mother of their daughter.
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!!Claire
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* AmicableExes: Aside from having him as "Richie Bad-News" in her contacts, it doesn't look like there are any hard feelings between her and Richie. When she appears in "Forks", she's gentle in breaking the news that she's getting remarried, and they end the call with a PlatonicDeclarationOfLove.
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* AmicableExes: Aside from having him as "Richie Bad-News" in AffectionateNickname: "Claire Bear".
* CharacterShilling: Fak, Richie, and everyone else who meets hercontacts, it doesn't look like there are any hard feelings between her constantly mentions how great she is. Justified, since most of them grew up with her, they're actively trying to get Carmy interested in her, and Richie. When she appears in "Forks", she's gentle in breaking very much a NiceGirl.
* DeadpanSnarker: She's sarcastic and sharp-witted, which is clearly part of what attracts thenews quieter, more anxious Carmy to her.
* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: She was close enough to Carmy as a child to consider his close friends and family as her own, but he struggles to remember her name when they first reunite.
* HospitalHottie: She's a beautiful doctor at a hospital.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Personality-wise, she's an inversion -- instead of a plucky woman drawing a meek man out of his shell, she offers a calm and low-key change of pace from Carmy's hectic professional life and loud, aggressive family dynamic. Her function is still the same, chasing after her love interest, opening Carmy up to the social life he missed when focusing on his professional growth in his twenties, having a character almost solely focused on her love for him, and even telling him that he should never apologize to her or anyone. [[spoiler:Even when he vents about their relationship getting in the way of his professional goals while stuck in the walk-in, unaware she's on the other side of the door, all she can muster is a crestfallen reply that she'sgetting remarried, sorry he feels that way.]] Unfortunately, she ends up being something of a deconstruction when she pulls Carmy's time, presence, and they end attention away from the call restaurant opening so much that he strains his relationships with his colleagues, who are depending on his leadership.
* NiceGirl: Extremely sweet and charming to everyone.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: She spends almost all of her scenes flirting with Carmy or supporting him, and outside of being aPlatonicDeclarationOfLove. doctor and a supportive friend, she has little characterization otherwise. Even mutual friends do little but talk her up to Carmy about how he she's perfect, and he needs to make things work with her.
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Apparently viewed as rather plain when she was younger. When Carmy returns home after several years, he's bombarded with comments about how attractive she's become.
* StalkerWithACrush: Downplayed. After Carmy self-sabotages by intentionally giving her the wrong number, she hunts him down by having a mutual friend provide the correct number so that she can badger him about why he lied to her.
* CharacterShilling: Fak, Richie, and everyone else who meets her
* DeadpanSnarker: She's sarcastic and sharp-witted, which is clearly part of what attracts the
* ForgottenChildhoodFriend: She was close enough to Carmy as a child to consider his close friends and family as her own, but he struggles to remember her name when they first reunite.
* HospitalHottie: She's a beautiful doctor at a hospital.
* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Personality-wise, she's an inversion -- instead of a plucky woman drawing a meek man out of his shell, she offers a calm and low-key change of pace from Carmy's hectic professional life and loud, aggressive family dynamic. Her function is still the same, chasing after her love interest, opening Carmy up to the social life he missed when focusing on his professional growth in his twenties, having a character almost solely focused on her love for him, and even telling him that he should never apologize to her or anyone. [[spoiler:Even when he vents about their relationship getting in the way of his professional goals while stuck in the walk-in, unaware she's on the other side of the door, all she can muster is a crestfallen reply that she's
* NiceGirl: Extremely sweet and charming to everyone.
* SatelliteLoveInterest: She spends almost all of her scenes flirting with Carmy or supporting him, and outside of being a
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Apparently viewed as rather plain when she was younger. When Carmy returns home after several years, he's bombarded with comments about how attractive she's become.
* StalkerWithACrush: Downplayed. After Carmy self-sabotages by intentionally giving her the wrong number, she hunts him down by having a mutual friend provide the correct number so that she can badger him about why he lied to her.
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* AnimalMotifs: Bears, coming both from the "bear" sound in the surname BERzatto and also the volatile temper he unfortunately shares with Donna and Mikey. The series even opens with a short dream sequence of Carmy confronting a bear in a cage. [[spoiler:When he's shut inside the walk-in fridge at the end of season 2, he behaves much like the caged bear, screaming and roaring as he fights to get out.]]
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* AnimalMotifs: Bears, coming both from the "bear" sound in the surname BERzatto BER-zatto and also the volatile temper he unfortunately shares with Donna and Mikey. The series even opens with a short dream sequence of Carmy confronting a bear in a cage. [[spoiler:When he's shut inside the walk-in fridge at the end of season 2, he behaves much like the caged bear, screaming and roaring as he fights to get out.]]
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* AnimalMotifs: Bears, coming both from the "bear" sound in the surname BERzatto and also the volatile temper he unfortunately shares with Donna and Mikey. The series even opens with a short dream sequence of Carmy confronting a bear in a cage. [[spoiler:When he's shut inside the walk-in fridge at the end of season 2, he behaves much like the caged bear, screaming and roaring as he fights to get out.]]
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* AnimalMotifs: Bears, like his brother. Carmy's flashbacks during panic attacks to his screaming at Uncle Lee while attending a horrific family Christmas party years before his suicide are even distorted to mimic those of a bear's roars.
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* EvilIsBigger: He's played by 6'4 Joel McHale and is a cruel taskmaster who enjoys mistreating those working under him.
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* EvilIsBigger: He's played by 6'4 Joel McHale [=McHale=] and is a cruel taskmaster who enjoys mistreating those working under him.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Of the cooking variety. He treats those working under him with mercilessly high standards and will verbally annihilate them if they make even the slightest mistake. Think Creator/JKSimmons as Terrence Fletcher but with cooking instead of music and a chillingly calm tone and you've got this guy.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Of the cooking variety. He treats those working under him with mercilessly high standards and will verbally annihilate them if they make even the slightest mistake. Think Creator/JKSimmons as [[Film/{{Whiplash}} Terrence Fletcher Fletcher]] but with cooking instead of music and a chillingly calm tone and you've got this guy.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: While he's always happy to hang with his wife's family, the only person who seems to enjoy having him around is his wife.
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* TheFriendNobodyLikes: While he's always happy to hang with his wife's family, the only person who seems to enjoy having him around is his wife. This is mostly because almost everybody else in the show has been exposed to abusive, unstable people, and they have a hard time accepting Pete is genuinely [[NiceGuy as good as he seems.]]
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* TheConfidant
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* PoorCommunicationKills:
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* PoorCommunicationKills: In Season 1, he fails to communicate effectively with Syd and Nat, frustrating them both. While he manages to resolve things with his sister relatively smoothly, things boil over with Syd in "Review" before he fixes things in "Braciole".
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* BrokenAce: He won numerous awards in fine-dining and is widely considered to be one of the best ''chefs de cuisine'' in the United States. However, he is riddled with trauma from the abusive conditions he worked in as well as Mikey's death, which he often fails to address because of his devotion to his job.
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* BrokenAce: He won numerous awards in fine-dining and is widely considered to be one of the best ''chefs de cuisine'' in the United States. However, he is riddled with trauma from the abusive conditions he worked in as well as Mikey's death, which he often fails to address because he's haunted by a lot of his devotion to his job.unresolved trauma, and has nothing even remotely resembling a work-life balance.
* TheConfidant
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* HisOwnWorstEnemy: Carmy's greatest obstacles stem from his inability to deal with his personal problems.
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* HisOwnWorstEnemy: While everyone in the main cast has shades of this, Carmy's greatest obstacles stem from is probably the most prevalent and most persistent. On most days, he's mentally hanging on by a thread (it's a miracle that he doesn't snap ''more''), and his inability attempts to reform the kitchen are undercut by his poor communication with Sydney. At the start of Season 2, he hastily settles on a deal with Cicero that leaves The Bear with a tight deadline to make profit, and his personal problems. budding relationship with Claire causes him to neglect his duties. [[spoiler:It boils to a head on the Bear's opening night, where Carmy has a panic attack due to mistaking a customer for an abusive ex-boss, gets stuck in the walk-in fridge because he failed to get the handle replaced, and sabotages his relationship with Claire by expressing his belief that happiness isn't meant for him.]]
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* {{Sleepwalking}}: Nearly burns his apartment down in Season 1 by doing so, having put unopened boxes of frozen food in pots on the stove. It's implied that it's not the first time it's happened, either.
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* BenevolentBoss: Treats his staff more like a family than his actual family.
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* BenevolentBoss: Treats his staff more like a family than his actual family. He's certainly not perfect, but he is generally patient and fair with the crew.
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* BookDumb: He mentions in AI-Anon that he barely managed to finish high school and couldn't attend college because of it. His poor financial management (albeit not to the level of Mikey's) is one of the reasons why Natalie comes onboard for the Bear.
* BrokenAce: He won numerous awards in fine-dining and is widely considered to be one of the best chefs de cuisine in the United States. However, he is riddled with trauma from the abusive conditions he worked in as well as Mikey's death, which he often fails to address because of his devotion to his job.
* BrokenAce: He won numerous awards in fine-dining and is widely considered to be one of the best chefs de cuisine in the United States. However, he is riddled with trauma from the abusive conditions he worked in as well as Mikey's death, which he often fails to address because of his devotion to his job.
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* BookDumb: He mentions in AI-Anon that he barely managed to finish high school and couldn't attend college because of it. His poor financial management (albeit management, while not to the level of Mikey's) as bad as Mikey's, is one of the reasons why Natalie comes onboard for the Bear.
* BrokenAce: He won numerous awards in fine-dining and is widely considered to be one of the bestchefs ''chefs de cuisine cuisine'' in the United States. However, he is riddled with trauma from the abusive conditions he worked in as well as Mikey's death, which he often fails to address because of his devotion to his job.
* BrokenAce: He won numerous awards in fine-dining and is widely considered to be one of the best
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The estranged mother of Carmy, Michael and Sugar.
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The estranged mother of Carmy, Michael and Sugar.the Berzatto siblings.
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* SweetBaker: Save for some snark here or there, he's the nicest person in the kitchen.
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* SweetBaker: Save for some snark here or there, he's the nicest person in the kitchen.kitchen and one of the more welcoming towards Carmy's and Sydney's changes. Fittingly, he is also interested in baking and later becomes the chef de pâtisserie.
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* NiceGuy: Luca is a humble and patient guy, who actually gets along quite easily with others.
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* NiceGuy: Luca is a humble humble, kind, and patient guy, who actually gets along quite easily with others.others and is nothing but respectful and encouraging to Marcus while the latter learns under him.
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* MellowFellow: Despite the absolute chaos of working at the Beef, Ebra rarely if ever raises his voice. He tends to go with the flow even when things around him are going up in flames.
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* NiceGuy: Luca is a humble and patient guy, who actually gets along quite easily with others.
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* SuperiorSuccessor: While his transition is not without hiccups, it's apparent that Carmy's presence at the Beef was a much-needed improvement.
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* OnlySaneMan: She is the only sibling not working as a restaurateur, and is vocal about wanting to sell the place as it is a depressing money pit for the family.
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* OnlySaneMan: She is the only sibling not working as a restaurateur, and is vocal about wanting to sell the place as it is a depressing money pit for the family. While she eventually comes around thanks to Carmy's overall better handling of the restaurant, she nevertheless remains a voice of stability and reason during the remodeling.
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/OliviaColsom
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!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/OliviaColsom
Creator/OliviaColman
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[[folder:Terry]]
!!Terry
!!!'''Played By:''' Creator/OliviaColsom
The chef of a very famous upscale restaurant in Chicago where Carmy once worked. Richie works on her restaurant to learn about service.
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* BerserkButton: Do NOT interrupt his stories or try to upstage him.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Of the cooking variety. He treats those working under him with mercilessly high standards and will verbally annihilate them if they make even the slightest mistake. Think Creator/JKSimmons in ''Film/Whiplash'' but with cooking instead of music and a chillingly calm tone and you've got this guy.
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* DrillSergeantNasty: Of the cooking variety. He treats those working under him with mercilessly high standards and will verbally annihilate them if they make even the slightest mistake. Think Creator/JKSimmons in ''Film/Whiplash'' as Terrence Fletcher but with cooking instead of music and a chillingly calm tone and you've got this guy.
