Complete story — includes the ending
Approximately five years before The Bear is set to open, Carmy returns from Copenhagen to spend Christmas with his family. Michael and Carmy warn Natalie not to ask their volatile mother Donna if she is "okay." Donna drunkenly prepares a meal based on the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Carmy's cousin Michelle encourages him to stay with her in New York to pursue his career, noticing how the family's dysfunction weighs on him. As they await dinner, an intoxicated Michael repeatedly throws forks at Donna's on-and-off boyfriend Lee, whom he resents for considering him a failure. Ignoring her brothers' warning, Natalie asks an upset Donna if she is okay, leading Donna to have an emotional outburst. Michael throws another fork at Lee when he scorns Donna's behavior and a fight nearly occurs, only to be interrupted when Donna crashes her car into the house.
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