Sydney And Richie Are The Unsung Friendship In "The Bear"

What starts on a very rocky foundation at the beginning of The Bear season 1, due to poor communication and knowing exactly how to push each other's buttons, a frustrating coworker situation quickly evolves into a friendship with mutual understanding and respect.

"I love the relationship between Sydney and Richie," one Reddit user agrees. "Their characters are avatars for progress and tradition so it makes sense that they would argue, but you can also see it in the moments they share when they're not arguing...They exert an interesting push-pull dynamic on Carmy who's still too caught up in dealing with trauma from his old job and his brother's death to really parse out what he wants from each of them and become the leader the kitchen needs."

Do they still get on each other's nerves? Absolutely. But instead of yelling at each other (or, you know, threateningly holding up giant steak knives), Richie and Sydney understand one another. They're able to provide advice or comfort when they see the other upset, like Richie apologizing to Sydney when his and Carmy's fighting gets under her skin, or Sydney telling Richie everything will be okay when his front of house speech is rockier than normal.

Ayo Edebiri shares Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s birthday message to her: “Every birthday is a small death. HBD” pic.twitter.com/sswk9X0njh

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And the fact that Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Ayo Edebiri have a similar friendship in real life (like the fact Ebon texted her "Every birthday is a small death" on her birthday)? That’s just the cherry on top.