TV show or Movie: TV show

Where to watch: Hulu/FXX.

Premise: A young chef from the world of fine dining comes home to Chicago to run his family’s Italian beef sandwich shop after the suicide of his older brother, who left behind debts, a rundown kitchen, and an unruly staff.

Cast: Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott.

What it reminds me of: Imagine that Lip from Shameless moved to Chicago and became a chef. Kidding. JAW (Jeremy Allen White, as I am now calling him) will not be type cast! I love seeing all of the characters from Shameless in their new endevors.

This show reminds me of those shows and films where someone comes back to their hometown and tries to put the pieces together. Because that’s what this show is.

Why I like it:  This show is wild. Part comedy, part drama, part anxiety-inducing entertainment. So a dramedy panic attack? I dont know what I would call it.

If you have worked in a kitchen before, or just a restaurant in general, some of this will connect for sure. The acting is so, so, so good in this show. Jeremy Allen White took culinary classes and worked in a kitchen to prepare for the role. And it shows.

The show is fast-paced, tense, everyone hits their beat. It’s truly one of the best shows of 2022. Just like Yellowjackets, we are all just sitting here waiting for season two.

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