S5E1
Soda
The Bear · 2026-06-25 · 22 min
FLICKFEEL
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from 13 comments
COMMUNITY
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nobody yet
YOURS
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…
what happens
A storm hits.
how it went
Left to right is this episode — its opening to its closing minutes. This is the one span the comments were always describing.
FUN
36
how good a time it was
MEANINGFUL
51
how much it moved you
Two separate readings, not parts of the score — the score says how much of it held you, these say what kind of watch it was.
Read from 13 comments — 6 said when.
Not enough to put a number on. The shape below is drawn from what there is, with the widest uncertainty band we use — it is the start of an answer, not one.
Not enough people said when to name this shape. The line is what the evidence draws, not a finding.
Hover the curveDrag across the curve to see what people said at any point.
- height
- how intense it got, 0–100
- gold above
- how tender it felt. violet below — what it cost. Thick on both at once means it was doing both.
- grey haze
- how sure we are — wider means fewer people described it
what people actually wrote
Grouped by where it was written, because a considered review and a reaction typed an hour after the credits are different things. Every quote links to its source.
“Opening with Tina and David (and those gorgeously-seared Brussels with fried leaves over a puree!!!!!!!!!) was a literal chef's kiss. That single scene is telling me what this season is going to be.”
UrNotOkImNotOkItsOk▲ 63about 0–15% inread it ↗
“Richie's self "affirmations" in the mirror before showing up to work and showing up for others got to me.”
WhatcomGreens▲ 49about 0–100% inread it ↗
“I’m going against the grain and saying I’m not enjoying it so far. I am just not invested enough in the closure of the restaurant to care about what’s happening so far as much as they want us to.”
RhubarbNo1760▲ 43about 0–50% inread it ↗
“I just feel like things have got to start winding down sooner than they are. The story is ending. The plot has been flopping with the audience for several seasons now. We know that this restaurant is doomed, and honestly I don’t think anyone watching actually wants it to succeed. It was a stepping stone for all of the characters and now they are all basically worse off than they were when it opened. Dragging out the drama of everyone trying to hold it together is a weird choice.”
RhubarbNo1760▲ 43about 66–100% inread it ↗
who made it
- directed
- Christopher Storer
- written
- Christopher Storer
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Oliver Platt as Uncle Jimmy 'Cicero' Kalinowski
Jamie Lee Curtis as Donna Berzatto
Ricky Staffieri as Theodore Fak
Will Poulter as Chef Luca
Sarah Ramos as Jessica
David Zayas as David Marrero
Brian Koppelman as Nicholas 'Computer' Marshall
Ulyses Espinoza