#careful bc storer is a sadist

[gingergofastboatsmojito]

No so fast!

OK so this post by @rose-of-red-lake is amazing BUT

Also very scary, because IRL Trotter ended up like this:

Source: Wiki

The Trotter Project is too similar to the LEGERDEMAIN agenda Carmy talks about in LEGACY 3X7 to pass on the legacy to others as a mission to make the "trick last longer".

I really hope Storer only finds inspo in these true stories and doesn't go verbatim and my only hope is Mariya, who is indeed living happily ever after with her blue-eyed white husband who is also a renowned chef, they have a beautiful family and are living the dream, whereas Trotter and Rochelle did not get a happy ending, and she was excluded from the Trotter Project by the rest of his family. I really don't want that for Sydcarmy.

The Bear's legacy

The series finale has already been announced

I still think Sydcarmy will be endgame, of course. But most importantly, I also think that all Carmy said in this scene in regards to HIS LEGACY (because that's what he was talking about, not just legacy in general but his own based on what he learned from the legends that taught him well) is the clearest foreshadowing of what Storer has in mind to wrap The Bear up.

I say all of this now because I believe S4 will be the last one and after this S3 we were just served my mind keeps wandering to: HOW CAN WE GET OUT OF HERE?!?! HOW WILL STORER GET US OUT OF THIS. HOW WILL HE CLOSE THE OPEN LOOP HE LEFT US STUCK AT IN THE SEASON FINALE:

I already went over my idea of how the endgame for the entire series may look like here, before watching S3. But that was just an assumption (yet fully compatible with what I will elaborate on below).

These previous posts of mine, also tap into The Family tree concept and I suggest you check them out for context as well:

The tree

Found Family

What I think will happen in whatever way Storer wants to go about it is that even though The Bear, the restaurant will not go under, at least not as a result of this bad review:

Eventually, it might close its doors like Ever did (after getting 1 or more stars for Sydney), so Carmy can live and escape the prison of his own design that Richie mentioned:

Now, I'm prepared to make a formal prediction based on the script presented in ep 03x07 → Legacy, which I cross-referenced with LWTH.

And the parallelisms, which would take a way longer post than what I have time to make right now, all point in this direction:

The team will spread around the world/country to open their own restaurants/bakeries, etc. - This happens either in the post The Bear era or even if The Bear remains open.

Or in other words, like Storer Carmy said:

This will be the case for each member of the family:

And because the show is about "found family", they still find a way to remain together, even if at some point they go their separate ways to carry on with The Bear's legacy elsewhere as Carmy foreshadowed and just like Carmy carried on with Michael's at some point, which was the kickstart of the whole series.

Thus, it will be a full circle.

IMO, and this is unrelated to the book, The Bear will close its door eventually or change its name and Sydney will open her dream spot, maybe where The Bear once was or elsewhere. Carmy will change careers and will crossover into other arts, such as painting. Let's not forget that he's already an artist of the culinary arts, so it will not be too much of a stretch. He seemed to have found his peace once in Copenhagen doing this and he keeps coming back to it, even now, as he hits rock bottom, he keeps turning to this type of art to try and cope:

He never seems to drift too far away from it.

I think this is where he's headed post The Bear. Back to his solace (which will include Syd too).

And this is what comes to mind → an Austenian happy ending for the entire family that was foreshadowed in 03x07 "Legacy".

The ending will be all about carrying on with Carmy's legacy or better yet, "Sydcarmy's Legacy", one way or the other. Kinda like this fic narrates here.

And I can't wait.

Bonus track: I hope they leave the door open to continue telling this story on the big screen, which if you didn't cheat and carefully read the Found Family context post I linked at the beginning, you now know was Storer's original idea for The Bear. This, unlike all I mentioned above, is indeed a stretch. But... a girl can dream.

[gingergofastboatsmojito]

My thoughts - on the trailer / teaser/ crumbs Storer decided to throw our way today -

My approach to try and decode this POS trailer/teaser or whatever, bare minimum this sadist is entertaining us with today, was to play a game because this is unserious. So, I wanted to try and form a sentence with random words I gathered from what they said. While I will pay attention to the metaphorically implied data because Storer´s language remains metaphorical, I will not fall down the "unsaid" rabbit hole for now. I will "save it for later". FYI: pay attention to the links.

So, as you could clearly see, it starts and ends with the L, and last year I sensed that S4 was gonna be the Loop season (when the loop is closed), and here is why:

Success

Then it goes on to Richie defining (re-defining) what "Success" is, which I coincidentally talked about in last week´s ep of the Under The Table podcast that you can listen to here. Time stamp: 01:05:56-01:11:00.

They had fallen into THE TRAP and now they are looping back to a safe space where they will be able to thrive and achieve the new definition of success they come up with, together.

Everything changes

Again, I talked about this time and time again, in my S4 predictions, in my Gingerpovs meta and in the pod. Everything HAS to change. Because they will get UNSTUCKED this season.

Cliffhanger

The "Throw it off a cliff" comment Cicero made, IMO, is a spoiler. I don´t think it should be heard verbatim, per se, I think is kinda foreshadowing a cliffhanger. In other words: We need to pay special attention to S4´s last episode, because it may not be a series finale but a season finale, and thus it may indicate that chances are that there is gonna be a S5, but more importantly,

that such "cliffhanger" is gonna be where, and I´ll quote Syd here, "We get it." (the endgame).

We finally fucking get it!

We get Sydcarmy at the end of S4. Some sorta Sydcarmy, I´m not saying full-on, because if there´s gonna be a next season after this one, that main dish will be served then, but in terms of endgame, S4 should be the appetizer, and the entrée menu. Meaning: it will be canon, we get it.

Showtime

In other words, what he said: "SHOWTIME!"

Pasta

I´m more inclined to this meat theory BUT If @outmakingmoonshine´s pasta theory was correct (no, I haven´t forgotten, but I couldn´t find the link bc it´s not my meta, sorry), then this frame:

makes total sense in this context.

Chopping carrots

And I think this frame:

symbolically means this:

No more chasing carrots for them. Because, as stated above, EVERYTHING CHANGES this season. Besides, they get it, so why continue chasing the carrot? They will get what they want once they correctly redefine what success means for them.

Neal goes

He´s out. He walks. I took it more as "Off you go, Neil". The operative words being: you go. The public was crystal clear last year: we do not need more of that character. I think Storer listened. Either because Fak is gonna leave the restaurant or because he will just go away, sit in a corner, and just STFU. Noticed he´s out, in the back, not here with the rest of the team?

(I don´t think that´s a coincidence; there´s a reason why Storer chose to show these scenes and not others.) He´s gonna be given little to no relevance, unlike last season.

Bonus track: Richjess endgame, maybe I was also right about that... LOL! Not that I care, tho.

Let´s see... there´s always the chance that I´m delulu, ofc. But one thing doesn´t cancel the other one out ;)

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