2023 has been an… interesting year for television, to say the least.

When you hear aboutThe Bearfrom friends or family, believe the hype.

The show continues to be one of the best for good reason.

Silo’s Rebecca-Ferguson, The Last of Us’s Pedro Pascal, and the Bear’s Jeremy Allen White

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Carmy is not perfect, but thats not what the show aims for.

It will leave you emotionally exhausted, stressed, and perhaps crying over the interactions.

Danny continuously feels like he’s at a dead end while Amy is facing stagnation in her marriage.

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This breathtaking action series lives up to its promise.

Cherry tomato boys for life, am I right?

Sparks fly when she meets Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin) for better and for worse.

Bill Hader as Barry Berkman in Barry Season 4.

Turns out that marriage?

Not as strong as it seems.

Is Hal just out for a power grab?

Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu and Jeremy Allen White as Carmy Berzatto changing into uniforms in the Bear Season 2

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“I really feel like I spend most of my adult life trying to not work.

I was not looking to do another series.

[But] it was fun to do,” says Russell.

Jeremy Allen White as Carmy and Ayo Edebiri as Sydney in The Bear Season 2.

However, life on this distant planet and back home on Earth in the aftermath is full of challenges.

It is this that makes the series so consistently engaging.

ShowrunnerDavid S. Goyerweaves a complex narrative and successfully adapts a series that was once considered unadaptable.

Steven Yeun and Ali Wong as Danny and Amy, crawling in the dirt in the Season 1 finale of Beef

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Steven Yeun and Ali Wong in Beef

Maya Erskine as Mizu in Blue Eye Samurai.

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Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone smiling at the camera in The Curse

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Nathan Fielder and Emma Stone posing in front of drywall as Asher and Whitney in The Curse

Josh Whitehouse, Sebastian Chacon, Sam Claflin, Riley Keough, Will Harrison, and Suki Waterhouse in Daisy Jones and The Six Episode 10

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Keri Russell as Kate Wyler talking on her cellphone in The Diplomat

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The cast of The Fall of the House of Usher pose for a promo photo

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Carla Gugino as Verna at a party wearing a skull mask in The Fall of the House of Usher

Joel Kinnamen as Ed Baldwin and Krys Marshall as Danielle Poole in For All Mankind Season 4

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Tyner Rushing in a space suit in space in For All Mankind

Lee Pace and Laura Birn in Foundation Season 2.

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