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1 The Bear
When performing an impossible task like distilling the best shows of the year to a mere 10—or in this case, fudging it to 12—I tend to lean into those that simply brought me the most pleasure and that I couldn’t wait to share with others. Top of that menu is Season 2 of the FX-produced The Bear, an emotionally lacerating dramedy about an embattled family restaurant in Chicago.
This year, the theme was renovation and renewal—not just of the eatery into a fine-dining establishment, but
