Season 3 of The Bear spent 10 episodes leading up to a significant moment: the restaurant’s first major review. The groundwork is laid early; in the season’s fourth episode “Violet,” the Fak brothers give themselves a project. Neil (Matty Matheson) and Ted (Ricky Staffieri) have tracked down every Chicago-based restaurant critic, blogger, and influencer and pasted their faces to the wall of the office. While it’s done in good faith, Carmy takes one look at the wall and is immediately flooded with memories of the harsh criticism he faced both inside and beyond the restaurants he trained in. But he keeps his composure, only letting out a, “I hate this feeling,” before asking the Faks to put the names into a binder and leave it at the front of the house.