Finished S3 last night. The last episode really landed the plane for me. After the so-so episodes in the middle (the baby episode was awful), I liked the finale. Richie needed to bring his counterpart from the other restaurant to the wedding, but that may be too much for his daughter to handle. The Faks are ok, i think I read where most of their scenes were non-scripted. Sena was a non-starter for me, could have done without.
I loved the music as others have said, but i'm an REM and Counting Crows fan, so I was stoked for all the airplay. Kind of surprised Carmy didn't learn how not to manage from his experience with the shitty boss...Carm strikes me as a guy who hasn't been a boss before and instead of being in a kitchen for 10 years (eg), he's been in charge for 1 year, 10X, never evolving or growing as a leader. I don't have anything personally that I'm necessarily passionate about (maybe other than TX FB), so maybe I cant relate. I viewed the conversation with that guy in the hallway as a "I treated you poorly so you could do better " type excuse, so "you're welcome". Kind of a right of passage thing.
I can see him and Claire reuniting as he grows professionally. I see him ceding control to Syd next season, or perhaps as a way to wrap up S4. He is better as a #2 imo....no leadership skills. The boxes scene was him doing an I told you so. Looks like the review was bad, not sure how Cicero squares staying in the deal with the bad review. Someone needs to be an angel investor is most likely , perhaps they coop the deal and all put some skin in the game, get a loan etc.. but $800K from the kitchen staff is highly unlikely. Mortgage the building , get a loan and pay off the debt?
Looking forward to S4.