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Very much not this trope. Wham Episode isn't just "man, a lot of crazy stuff happened in this episode", it's for when things actually impact the status quo. Marcus and Sydney are back to work by the end of the very next episode.
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* WhamEpisode: "Review" ends with both [[spoiler:Sydney and Marcus quitting their jobs after a high stress situation caused by trying to implement delivery services.]]
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* TheUnfavorite: ''No one'' likes Pete, not even his wife. It could just be the stressful family vibes, but he is a bore and a bit of a dullard. Some of the others' reactions to him, however, border on ridiculousness.
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* TheUnfavorite: ''No one'' likes Pete, not even with the small exception of his wife. It could just be the stressful family vibes, but he is a bore and a bit of a dullard. Some of the others' reactions to him, however, border on ridiculousness.
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* CareerVersusMan: A rare male example. Opening up and running a restaurant takes a ''lot'' of work, and Carmy's burgeoning relationship with Claire offers an alternative, but it's clear that spending time with her is taking too much of his time and attention away from his professional responsibilities. [[spoiler:He ends up tacitly choosing his career without being aware that she's listening to him, recognizing that he can't have both at this point in his life.]]
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* FriendVersusLover: Carmy's burgeoning relationship with Claire causes tension with Sydney, who frequently finds herself getting left alone to make decisions and handle matters while Carmy runs off with his new girlfriend and shunts his responsibilities. They end up arguing about it after Carmy makes a menu change based off of Claire's suggestion, and Carmy apologizes for not being there for her. [[spoiler:In the penultimate episode of Season 2, he has a panic attack, and thinking of Claire -- who is inextricably linked to his traumatic past -- cannot get him out of it, but thinking about Sydney ''does,'' proving how important she is in his life.]]
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** In Episode 7, Carmy freaks out at Marcus's behavior during the rush [[spoiler:by throwing the doughnut he was making on the floor]]. In Season 2, Episode 9 "Omelette", Marcus debuts his new dessert for Carmy and Sydney, which he labels "[[spoiler:Sydney's Donut (After Carm Destroyed It Like a Little Bitch)]]". An amused Sydney remarks they can work on the name.
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** In Episode 7, Carmy freaks out at Marcus's behavior during the rush [[spoiler:by throwing the doughnut he was making on the floor]]. In the following episode, Marcus and Sydney repeatedly refer to Carmy as a "little bitch" for his behavior. In Season 2, Episode 9 "Omelette", Marcus debuts his new dessert for Carmy and Sydney, which he labels "[[spoiler:Sydney's Donut (After Carm Destroyed It Like a Little Bitch)]]". An amused Sydney remarks they can work on the name.
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** The first ten minutes or so of "The Bear" is a callback to "Review": both episodes deal with the restaurant in a uniquely busy situation where personality conflicts can threaten order in the kitchen. [[spoiler:Additionally, we have the visual callback with the entire sequence being one-take, although unlike "Review" it does not last for the whole episode. Sydney is also clearly still traumatized by the machine spitting out order tickets from "Review", as shown when she nearly panics staring at it while trying to figure out what to do, and she imagines it continuing to print tickets even after service is done]].
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* GreasySpoon: The Original Beef is a little sandwich place far from the haute cuisine restuarants Carmy was working at before his brother's death.
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* LetsGetDangerous: In "Beef", anxiety about the timeline for paying back Cicero drives Carmy, Sydney and Natalie to pull an all nighter and draft plans to open The Bear in ''three months'' instead of an initial six.
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** Chicago restaurant inspectors don't give letter grades, unlike the inspector depicted in "Hands." Instead, they fail restaurants if they find any issues that are a threat to public safety.
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** Following from that, Carmy asks who "[[spoiler:Lane]]" is, only for Cicero and Natalie to reveal it's "[[spoiler:Uncle Lee Lane]]", much to his displeasure. The audience will find out why in "Fishes."]]
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** Following from that, Carmy asks who "[[spoiler:Lane]]" is, only for Cicero and Natalie to reveal it's "[[spoiler:Uncle Lee Lane]]", much to his displeasure. The audience will find out why in "Fishes."]]"
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** In "Braciole" Carmy finds references to "KBL Electric" in Mikey's documents, which was apparently where the money loaned from Cicero was going. [[spoiler:They eventually learn the money was going into the tomato sauce cans]], but in the following episode, the Season 2 premiere "Beef", they learn KBL was more specifically an investment opportunity cooked up by Cicero '''K'''alinowski, Mikey (now Carmy) '''B'''erzatto, and '''L'''ane.
** Following from that, Carmy asks who "Lane" is, only for Cicero and Natalie to reveal it's "Uncle Lee Lane", much to his displeasure. The audience will find out why in "Fishes."
** Following from that, Carmy asks who "Lane" is, only for Cicero and Natalie to reveal it's "Uncle Lee Lane", much to his displeasure. The audience will find out why in "Fishes."
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** In "Braciole" Carmy finds references to "KBL Electric" in Mikey's documents, which was apparently where the money loaned from Cicero was going. [[spoiler:They eventually learn the money was going into the tomato sauce cans]], but in the following episode, the Season 2 premiere "Beef", they learn KBL was more [[spoiler:more specifically an investment opportunity cooked up by Cicero '''K'''alinowski, Mikey (now Carmy) '''B'''erzatto, and '''L'''ane.
'''L'''ane]].
** Following from that, Carmy asks who"Lane" "[[spoiler:Lane]]" is, only for Cicero and Natalie to reveal it's "Uncle "[[spoiler:Uncle Lee Lane", Lane]]", much to his displeasure. The audience will find out why in "Fishes.""]]
** Following from that, Carmy asks who
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** In "Pasta", Natalie warns Carmy that they are low on forks. [[spoiler:They run out of forks during their soft opening in the finale, and Sweeps has to go out to buy more.]]
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** Following from that, Carmy asks who "Lee Lane" is, only for Cicero and Natalie to reveal it's "Uncle Lee", much to his displeasure. The audience will find out why in "Fishes."
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** Following from that, Carmy asks who "Lee Lane" "Lane" is, only for Cicero and Natalie to reveal it's "Uncle Lee", Lee Lane", much to his displeasure. The audience will find out why in "Fishes."
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** In "Braciole" Carmy finds references to "KBL Electric" in Mikey's documents, which was apparently where the money loaned from Cicero was going. [[spoiler:They eventually learn the money was going into the tomato sauce cans]], but in the following episode, the Season 2 premiere "Beef", they learn KBL was more specifically an investment opportunity cooked up by Cicero '''K'''alinowski, Mikey (now Carmy) '''B'''erzatto, and '''L'''ee Layne.
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** In "Braciole" Carmy finds references to "KBL Electric" in Mikey's documents, which was apparently where the money loaned from Cicero was going. [[spoiler:They eventually learn the money was going into the tomato sauce cans]], but in the following episode, the Season 2 premiere "Beef", they learn KBL was more specifically an investment opportunity cooked up by Cicero '''K'''alinowski, Mikey (now Carmy) '''B'''erzatto, and '''L'''ee Layne.'''L'''ane.
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** Following from that, Carmy asks who "Lee Layne" is, only for Cicero and Natalie to reveal it's "Uncle Lee", much to his displeasure. The audience will find out why in "Fishes."
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** Following from that, Carmy asks who "Lee Layne" Lane" is, only for Cicero and Natalie to reveal it's "Uncle Lee", much to his displeasure. The audience will find out why in "Fishes."
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Season 1, Episode 5 "Sheridan", Carmy asks Tina when Mikey taught her about making a large batch of onions, to which she replies Christmas. He immediately catches that she must have had Christmas dinner with the Berzatto family and asks if his mother was "full psycho". Tina replies, as AnInsert reveals Carmy anxiously hitting his hand with a spoon, that she "wasn't calm" but the food was delicious. The exact nature of a Berzatto family Christmas dinner will be revealed in Season 2's "Fishes."
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In "Braciole" Carmy finds references to "KBL Electric" in Mikey's documents, which was apparently where the money loaned from Cicero was going. [[spoiler:They eventually learn the money was going into the tomato sauce cans]], but in the following episode, the Season 2 premiere "Beef", they learn KBL was more specifically an investment opportunity cooked up by Cicero '''K'''alinowski, Mikey (now Carmy) '''B'''erzatto, and '''L'''ee Layne.
** Following from that, Carmy asks who "Lee Layne" is, only for Cicero and Natalie to reveal it's "Uncle Lee", much to his displeasure. The audience will find out why in "Fishes."
** In Season 1, Episode 5 "Sheridan", Carmy asks Tina when Mikey taught her about making a large batch of onions, to which she replies Christmas. He immediately catches that she must have had Christmas dinner with the Berzatto family and asks if his mother was "full psycho". Tina replies, as AnInsert reveals Carmy anxiously hitting his hand with a spoon, that she "wasn't calm" but the food was delicious. The exact nature of a Berzatto family Christmas dinner will be revealed in Season 2's "Fishes."
** In "Braciole" Carmy finds references to "KBL Electric" in Mikey's documents, which was apparently where the money loaned from Cicero was going. [[spoiler:They eventually learn the money was going into the tomato sauce cans]], but in the following episode, the Season 2 premiere "Beef", they learn KBL was more specifically an investment opportunity cooked up by Cicero '''K'''alinowski, Mikey (now Carmy) '''B'''erzatto, and '''L'''ee Layne.
** Following from that, Carmy asks who "Lee Layne" is, only for Cicero and Natalie to reveal it's "Uncle Lee", much to his displeasure. The audience will find out why in "Fishes."
** In Season 1, Episode 5 "Sheridan", Carmy asks Tina when Mikey taught her about making a large batch of onions, to which she replies Christmas. He immediately catches that she must have had Christmas dinner with the Berzatto family and asks if his mother was "full psycho". Tina replies, as AnInsert reveals Carmy anxiously hitting his hand with a spoon, that she "wasn't calm" but the food was delicious. The exact nature of a Berzatto family Christmas dinner will be revealed in Season 2's "Fishes."
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* {{Fauxshadowing}}: "Review" introduces Tina's son Louie, who has been getting into trouble, and she wants Sydney to mentor him in becoming a member of the staff at The Beef. Any kind of development this plot thread would have quickly takes a backseat when the order tickets start coming in.
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* HollywoodHistory: While the show is pretty accurate in its depiction of how the restaurant industry works, its depiction of Chicago is a different story.
** There's a recurring theme in the first season regarding gentrification and its effect on the neighborhood. The show is set in 2022: while gentrification is an issue in Chicago, River North has been heavily gentrified for years, compared to the show's depiction of it being dark and gritty.
** There's a recurring theme in the first season regarding gentrification and its effect on the neighborhood. The show is set in 2022: while gentrification is an issue in Chicago, River North has been heavily gentrified for years, compared to the show's depiction of it being dark and gritty.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Season 1, Episode 5 "Sheridan", Carmy asks Tina when Mikey taught her about making a large batch of onions, to which she replies Christmas. He immediately catches that she must have had Christmas dinner at their mother Donna's house and asks if she was "full psycho". Tina replies, as AnInsert reveals Carmy anxiously hitting his hand with a spoon, that Donna "wasn't calm" but the food was delicious. The exact nature of a Berzatto family Christmas dinner will be revealed in Season 2's "Fishes."
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Season 1, Episode 5 "Sheridan", Carmy asks Tina when Mikey taught her about making a large batch of onions, to which she replies Christmas. He immediately catches that she must have had Christmas dinner at their mother Donna's house with the Berzatto family and asks if she his mother was "full psycho". Tina replies, as AnInsert reveals Carmy anxiously hitting his hand with a spoon, that Donna she "wasn't calm" but the food was delicious. The exact nature of a Berzatto family Christmas dinner will be revealed in Season 2's "Fishes."
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Season 1, Episode 5 "Sheridan", Carmy asks Tina when Mikey taught her about making a large batch of onions, to which she replies Christmas. He immediately catches that she must have had Christmas dinner at their mother's house and asks if she was "full psycho". Tina replies, as AnInsert reveals Carmy anxiously hitting his hand with a spoon, that "she wasn't calm" but the food was delicious. The exact nature of a Berzatto family Christmas dinner will be revealed in Season 2's "Fishes."
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Season 1, Episode 5 "Sheridan", Carmy asks Tina when Mikey taught her about making a large batch of onions, to which she replies Christmas. He immediately catches that she must have had Christmas dinner at their mother's mother Donna's house and asks if she was "full psycho". Tina replies, as AnInsert reveals Carmy anxiously hitting his hand with a spoon, that "she wasn't Donna "wasn't calm" but the food was delicious. The exact nature of a Berzatto family Christmas dinner will be revealed in Season 2's "Fishes."
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In Season 1, Episode 5 "Sheridan", Carmy asks Tina when Mikey taught her about making a large batch of onions, to which she replies Christmas. He immediately catches that she must have had Christmas dinner at their mother's house and asks if she was "full psycho". Tina replies, as AnInsert reveals Carmy anxiously hitting his hand with a spoon, that "she wasn't calm" but the food was delicious. The exact nature of a Berzatto family Christmas dinner will be revealed in Season 2's "Fishes."
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* ChekovsSkill: When Richie is sent to stage at a major upscale restaurant, he spends time shadowing a host responsible for expediting the very complicated, personalized orders, and eventually grasps the pattern of getting the orders out properly. When orders start stacking up at the Bear's soft opening, Richie is able to remember the pattern, take over the expediting station, and get the kitchen working again like a pro.
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* ChekovsSkill: ChekhovsSkill: When Richie is sent to stage at a major upscale restaurant, he spends time shadowing a host responsible for expediting the very complicated, personalized orders, and eventually grasps the pattern of getting the orders out properly. When orders start stacking up at the Bear's soft opening, Richie is able to remember the pattern, take over the expediting station, and get the kitchen working again like a pro.
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* ChekovsSkill: When Richie is sent to stage at a major upscale restaurant, he spends time shadowing a host responsible for expediting the very complicated, personalized orders, and eventually grasps the pattern of getting the orders out properly. When orders start stacking up at the Bear's soft opening, Richie is able to remember the pattern, take over the expediting station, and get the kitchen working again like a pro.
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** In "Fishes", Cicero shares with Richie's then-wife Tiffany a fond memory he has of eating chocolate covered bananas as a child. In the Season 2 finale "The Bear", Cicero receives a gift during dinner courtesy of Richie: a chocolate covered banana, a gesture that clearly moves Cicero.
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** In "Fishes", Cicero shares with Richie's then-wife Tiffany a fond memory he has of eating chocolate covered bananas as a child.with his father. In the Season 2 finale "The Bear", Cicero receives a gift during dinner courtesy of Richie: a chocolate covered banana, a gesture that clearly moves Cicero.[[note]]Richie was present for this conversation but likely wasn't paying much attention. Up to this point, his and Cicero's relationship has been marked with conflict, but by revealing to Cicero he remembers this stray detail, he's shown that he's truly become a kinder and more considerate person.[[/note]]
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** In the series premiere, Richie derisively refers to Carmy as an "Eleven Madison Park dickhead", referring to his background in fine dining. In "Bolognese", after having spent the previous episode [[spoiler:staging at a fine dining restaurant and finding the joy in it]], he apologizes to Carmy, admitting he now gets it, to which Carmy sneakily repeats the insult right back at him.
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** Approximately the first ten minutes of the Season 2 finale "The Bear", from Sydney running orders to [[spoiler:Carm getting stuck in the walk-in fridge]] are one long-take.
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** Approximately the first ten twelve minutes of the Season 2 finale "The Bear", from Sydney running orders to [[spoiler:Carm getting stuck in the walk-in fridge]] are one long-take.
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* PainToTheAss: Sydney accidently stabs Richie in the ass in ''Review'', but he manages to walk it off.
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* PainToTheAss: Sydney accidently accidentally stabs Richie in the ass in ''Review'', but he manages to walk it off.
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Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto is a James Beard Award-winner who used to work at the best fine dining restaurants in America. Now, he runs The Original Beef of Chicagoland, a GreasySpoon left to him by his brother Michael, who committed suicide. Dealing with a failing business and a staff that doesn't understand or respect him, Carmy struggles to turn things around and keep his brother's legacy alive.
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Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto is a James Beard Award-winner who used to work at the best fine dining restaurants in America. Now, he runs The Original Beef of Chicagoland, a GreasySpoon left to him by his brother Michael, who committed died by suicide. Dealing with a failing business and a staff that doesn't understand or respect him, Carmy struggles to turn things around and keep his brother's legacy alive.
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** In "Fishes", Cicero shares with Richie's then-wife Tiffany a fond memory he has of eating chocolate covered bananas as a child. In the Season 2 finale "The Bear", Cicero receives a gift during dinner courtesy of Richie: a chocolate covered banana, a gesture that clearly moves Cicero.
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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Marcus, Richie, Carmy, Sydney, Tina, Sugar, Ebraheim.]]
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Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto is a James Beard Award-winner who used to work at the best fine dining restaurants in America. Now, he runs The Original Beef of Chicagoland, a GreasySpoon left to him by his brother Michael, who committed suicide. Dealing with a failing business and a staff that doesn't understand or respect him, Carmen struggles to turn things around and keep his brother's legacy alive.
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Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto is a James Beard Award-winner who used to work at the best fine dining restaurants in America. Now, he runs The Original Beef of Chicagoland, a GreasySpoon left to him by his brother Michael, who committed suicide. Dealing with a failing business and a staff that doesn't understand or respect him, Carmen Carmy struggles to turn things around and keep his brother's legacy alive.
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** In Episode 7, Carmy repeatedly asks for a working sharpie, then destroys the ticket printer in a fit of rage. In Episode 8, somebody found a working sharpie, and wrote "Carmy is an asshole" on the broken printer.
** In Episode 7, Carmy repeatedly asks for a working sharpie, then destroys the ticket printer in a fit of rage. In Episode 8, somebody found a working sharpie, and wrote "Carmy is an asshole" on the broken printer.
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* BrickJoke:
**BrickJoke: In Episode 7, Carmy repeatedly asks for a working sharpie, then destroys the ticket printer in a fit of rage. In Episode 8, somebody found a working sharpie, and wrote "Carmy is an asshole" on the broken printer.
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** In Episode 7, Carmy freaks out at Marcus's behavior during the rush [[spoiler:by throwing the doughnut he was making on the floor]]. In Season 2, Episode 9 "Omelette", Marcus debuts his new dessert for Carmy and Sydney, which he labels "[[spoiler:Sydney's Donut (After Carm Destroyed It Like A Little Bitch)]]". An amused Sydney remarks they can work on the name.
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** In Episode 7, Carmy freaks out at Marcus's behavior during the rush [[spoiler:by throwing the doughnut he was making on the floor]]. In Season 2, Episode 9 "Omelette", Marcus debuts his new dessert for Carmy and Sydney, which he labels "[[spoiler:Sydney's Donut (After Carm Destroyed It Like A a Little Bitch)]]". An amused Sydney remarks they can work on the name.
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* SirSwearsALot: Pretty much every character in the show swears like crazy, with Carmy and Richie being the worst offenders.
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* SirSwearsALot: Pretty much every character in the show swears like crazy, a sailor, with Carmy and Richie being the worst offenders.
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** In "System," Richie complains about Carmy not making spaghetti. Later, in the Season 1 finale "Braciole," [[spoiler: the last note Mikey left for Carmy turns out to contain a spaghetti recipe that suggests using small cans of tomatoes. Carmy and the staff open all the cans they have in stock and find cash hidden in all of them]].
** In "System," Richie complains about Carmy not making spaghetti. Later, in the Season 1 finale "Braciole," [[spoiler: the last note Mikey left for Carmy turns out to contain a spaghetti recipe that suggests using small cans of tomatoes. Carmy and the staff open all the cans they have in stock and find cash hidden in all of them]].
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* CallBack: In "System," Richie complains about Carmy not making spaghetti. Later, in the Season 1 finale "Braciole," [[spoiler: the last note Mikey left for Carmy turns out to contain a spaghetti recipe that suggests using small cans of tomatoes. Carmy and the staff open all the cans they have in stock and find cash hidden in all of them]].
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** In Episode 7, Carmy repeatedly asks for a working sharpie, then destroys the ticket printer in a fit of rage. In Episode 8, somebody found a working sharpie, and wrote "Carmy is an asshole" on the brokenprinter.printer.
** In Episode 7, Carmy freaks out at Marcus's behavior during the rush [[spoiler:by throwing the doughnut he was making on the floor]]. In Season 2, Episode 9 "Omelette", Marcus debuts his new dessert for Carmy and Sydney, which he labels "[[spoiler:Sydney's Donut (After Carm Destroyed It Like A Little Bitch)]]". An amused Sydney remarks they can work on the name.
** In Episode 7, Carmy repeatedly asks for a working sharpie, then destroys the ticket printer in a fit of rage. In Episode 8, somebody found a working sharpie, and wrote "Carmy is an asshole" on the broken
** In Episode 7, Carmy freaks out at Marcus's behavior during the rush [[spoiler:by throwing the doughnut he was making on the floor]]. In Season 2, Episode 9 "Omelette", Marcus debuts his new dessert for Carmy and Sydney, which he labels "[[spoiler:Sydney's Donut (After Carm Destroyed It Like A Little Bitch)]]". An amused Sydney remarks they can work on the name.
