Final Thoughts on Character Growth

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I trust you with that sacred responsibility to pick our music I'm gonna to have to man the grill, and I'm gonna need like a copious amount of condiments. I need every possible fixion imaginable. Well, make sure to top your burger with only the best, Heinz Ketchup and Kraft singles. And you know, it's not a cookout without Heinz, ketchup and mustard. Different vibes, same ingredients. We all know it's not a cookout without Heinz, Kraft and Oscar Meyer. Shop at your local retailer Welcome to the Prestige TV podcast. I'm Charles Holmes. He's Van Lathan. together we're known as the Midnight Bys. B And we are back for the series finale culmination of the bear. It has finally happened after five seasons the beef, the bear has narratively closed evenven if spoiler alert story rolls on band they decided to do a big gamble this season Everybody's like, oh, this reminds me of the pit. The structure of this is one night in the restaurant, Can they pull it off? Can they work together And in the back of my mind, I was like Are they going to land this plane And I cannot lie once episode seven hit. I was like, they did it. They did it I was I was actually, I was getting shows. I'm like, Okaykay, this is why we watch TV is why you invest five years of your life. is why we love these characters seeing them finally get to the summit. was something I did not realize that this show could still make me feel the same way that I felt. season one season two in terms of just like what it is to see people achieve dreams in this way. and they did something daring They ended the show with by taking Carmi out of it Carmy had to go find something different He had to find fulfillment in a different way. He had to leave all of that. You thought This show was the origin story of Carmi as the best chefer in the world, but it was really kind of the origin story of Carmie as a healthy person, which is that journey is kind of just beginning. What does he say to? patterns you have to brerake pattern. Yeah, the bra patterns you have to brerake patterns and like Not everyone is suited for the amount of stress and the amount of strife and strain that comes along with doing the thing that you actually might be great at Sometimes health is the path of least resistance and least resistance for him is doing something totally different. Maybe cooks for his family at some point. Maybe cooks for people in his life at some point, but doing it the way that he was doing it was just going to eat them alive And Episode seven showed that from him show that he could be a part of a team, but also show that the healthier place for Carmy is outside of the restaurant. I mean, to your point was season one where he comes back to the beef And he sees a vision of this place that no one else Can? And I think in a lesser show They would end on episode seven. They would end on the thing finally happened. This man finally achieved his dreams. And instead of that It does the more difficult naughty thing, which is like Yeah, you can achieve your dreams in real life still something after. and maybe that thing you were chasing and you were achieving is not actually what's going to make you a fully self actualized person. Because what I love about this And we're going to jump around a lot is that scene where tells Sid They got two stars Sid goes back to cooking and the burner And they shoot it in that same way that we've seen Cari where that clicking sounds That igniter sound of the stove represents a certain type of anxiety in the walls closing in And for the first time in the show, Sid does something that Carmio and Wols can't which is she runs out and hugs him. And there's always been that in the show is like, is this a love story? And I'm like Oh this always was a love story. It was not a romantic love story, but it was Carmi realizing in SIid that actually for me to be my full self I have to like not only step away from this woman, but allow her to take on something because I can't. Yeah, this this is her thing. Yeah. It's like not really your thing. like you thought like man some people are Luke and some people are Obi Wan. Yeah. You know what I mean? And Obi Wan at one point was Luke. O Obi Wan at one point was the person that everybody was getting ready to go out and live his life as a Jedi then What you realize is the greatest contribution you have be getting the greatest Jedi of all time ready to go do their thing. It might be giving back Um As soon as this show stopped being oriented around Carmi The of the show and that was by design by the writers, I should say particularly this season. It wasn't oriented around Carmi anymore and the show got deeper. It got richer, it got fuller And it got easier to see where they were going and what the purpose of the show was. The purpose of the show was to show like What family can build? likeike what what can be built when you invest into people. We had these u these sort of examples early on with Carmy being around these chefs. We have this idea of executive chefs being these people who are consumed this who can't stop doing it. This is their whole life wake up in the morning early to get fish. lookook at the fish all day. they make a restaurant, they make a this I don't like this it sucks. All of this stuff And at some point The structure that was put into the beef. discipline that was put into it was going to be the thing that made it worth being there And that's not what made it worth being there. What made it worth being there is the questions that it answer for all of the people that were involved The fact that it helped them develop as human beings, that helped them sometimes find love, answer questions about their life, reconnect with family, like connect with other people. That's the thing that's going to keep that entity running for a long time notot because Carmi is the dopeest cook because they make the best food in Chicago. And like I would have never thought that the bear was going there I would have never thought that the bear was going there. Maybe it always was or maybe something that they learned along the way. It was heartbreaking because it was one of the most realistic scenes, which and it made sense why they had released that long Garyand indication ary Indiana episode. When Richie reveals that he's never been on a plane, or're out of the country That revealed something to me not only about him as a character, but what Carmi was returning to. Silar when his mother was going through his journals of like York and the French laundry and seeing like him point and be like, I stayed on that boat in Copenhagen. You're realizing that for Carmi, he's returning with all of this knowledge about the world who haven't been able to travel. Even Sid was like, She hasn't been that well traveled And I thought that it was so interesting to end on that note of Carmi talking to the leader of that architecture firm and realizing the actual joy was of him creating a family again. Yeah and like giving them the tools and empowering them that they're the CDCs, they're the head chefs, they can go to the Japan. And I was like, I am glad that they ended up there. I'm glad they didn't do the thing where it was like Carmy does the buzzer beater, he makes the Brioche. He's the hottest fucking chef. He has to stay in this kitchen because they can't survive without him. I love the narrative. Did you think he would change his mind and stay I was so scared when he's getting emotional talking to that woman in the office. when he's realizing how much that day where they finally all come together and sing, I was like, please don't do Don't do the last minute actually I need to go back to the bear. But what I also think The reason why I was Almost positive that they wouldn't do that is because Harmy is so resolute not only in his decision, but he keeps going to Sid, That's your two stars He's like he is very much like this is something that you did, which always made me be like, he's saying I don't need the stars For someone like for his journey, if you think about it He's already been where Sid has been at. Right. And it's destroyed him sense would it make for us to have watched five seasons of this where he's like Aually stars are really, really important. Right,, right, right you know what I mean? Yeah. where like because also it what it proved to me was The reason why The stars can be important for Sade is because When Carmi's like, the difference between you and me is When I get overwhelmed, I yell at everyone around me You come out here and you let it out by yourself. You don't take it out. I'm like Sid's the type of person where the stars are not going to go to her head. Right. And she's also the type of person that. Everybody is going to work freely better. Maybe not erfectly Even the errors are going to be useful She's going to trust you more, which means there will probably be more mistakes Yeah. But those mistakes are going to be out in the open. They're going to be useful mistakes because she's going to be able to correct Carmy is the kind of guy that kept you on Es so much to where Even though he wasn't like the sort of fire breathing dragon that we remember him as now is just the intensity that he brought was sometimes suffocating to people and he didn't let them be the full of selves So he's learning or has learned about himself. and we've also learned that for that particular restaurant She's the much better leader. What was interesting to me about the latter half of this season is They give both Sid and Marcus who are obviously going to be the inheritors of this thing. is Marcus having one best new chef Sid being in the paper, getting the two stars being the head chehef It was very interesting that this season gave them both moments where they became little carneies Yeah, where the structure of this place was like, oh It's not that carm me was born like A megalomaniac fucking. I you gott to do this. It's like know the pressure of the star system and the accolades and needing to get the food out on time can turn you into a mon? That's what I say Yeahah, like he was created that way. Yeah. and seeing both of them in different w seeeeing how Marcus It said in their own lives and in their own careers gotot up to that precipice. It had to be like N too much I got because me is also true to life where it's like it's not like you go in one day, you're like, I'm a fully realized person. I'm not going to be toxic in the workplace. I'm not going to get it let it get to me. There's a moment in this season where they're just like Okay, now we have to do it all over again. Right. Yeah. Like there's a whole like I'm like, yeah, you achieve like excellence this one night You got to bring it again. I was like, Oh, right. So they're just at the beginning of something. Walt Carmy is at the end of something. Yeah. Did you think that the restaurant were close So Early on, I thought that they were getting us ready for the restaurant to cook. Yes first four episodes, it very much felt like a funeral, which is good writing where I was like This because of the structure of the season, I was like, there's Michael Mann in this, there's Heice moovie in this, but there's also like a sports movie analogy whereere it was like like this is our final game. Right But then I was like, oh no, that almost funeral aspect in the latter half of the season, I'm like this is their final game with Carmi. And that's what I realize where There's a moment in the penultimate episode. where Carmly drops though. What was the dish? It was like the lamb? The lamb Yeah that that he had created And it's this moment where about to meltown. He's having all these flashbacks to when he was in the kitchen the mistakes and they they think that it's going to be the critic that's going to give them the stars And that was the moment where I was like, o places in closing because they all like Richie's like, hey, we got you. everyone rallies around him. And Carmi has that final moment where he makes the brioche where like Luke is like, Dog, that's not even the first time I've seen him pulled out something like this. I was like, Ohh, that was the writers, the creators Christopher Store giving Carmi that final moment off like, hey, yo, you won the championship. This is no Right? It's no longer your team In that moment Carmy didn't need correction. he needed care M. That's what the entire restaurant needed from the beginning thought that everybody needed correction, but what they needed was care. They needed somebody to believe in them, to invest in them. to listen to them And so When he got that probably was the time in his life that he appreciated it the most. Yeah, right And then it was it's just so interesting to go from that to go from him learning that lesson to him still making the decision to leave. It's a balssy choice It's a bsy choice. becausecause the big things that you set up for here are either The restaurant closing U Car me leaving Or maybe something happening to someone, which would have been really cheap had they done that, right? Yeah Sometimes shows do kind of crazy shit I really think I really thought that Everybody was going to leave and go their separate ways and ways and be better as people B What I got Brilliant seventh episode and then O the brilliant utimate episode. and then the last episode, which was kind of like a post loot almost. Yeah likeike an epilogue What I got was just like, this deep understanding of how well I know these characters But I didn't realize how well I knew them how well I knew them How much they've changed, Richie has changed as much as any character on television ever to see him in a situation. whereere he flying off to go do his thing Hana almost got his girl. No, he did because Jes was right there on the plane and even that scene where He puts his finger on hers.es Right. You look like Because I want to ask you this What was genius about the latter half of the season is You knew what each character wanted. and they had created a moment where it's like, we get to see Carmi have his buzzer beater. We get to see Sid get to bring out that dish that she had made first season, the one that I kind of put the beef on on the map, the Coca Cola short ribs. We got to see Marcus start a reconciliation with his dad and even someone like Ebra finally like get his moment of just like, oh, K's like, Yeah, do it I thought that was also brilliant where there was all of these balls in the air. and I was like how are like how are you guys going to land this fucking plane And to get to the end of the series where it's like to your point, not only do I know these characters so much, I know what they want and I know how hard they've been fighting for this thing. I can see that like even with Tina, This season starts with Tina waking up storm being like this means so much to me. like what am I without this, I was like, oh, is her lesson going to be that she'll be fine as a CDC? She could go anywhere and it actually being that moment where Sid has to be like to carm me She's got this. We're going to send her dish out there. I was like, that she got to call the shot. She even know how to do it She was like sitting down there' like, But you guys could take it. say hands, chehef. Like it just like even that All of that stuff watching her come into her own and all of that stuff just really, really worked It really, really worked. This episode is brought to by Netflix. The T mobile homeome runun derbies right around the corner. might be one of the best showcases of pure power and off sports baseballs Biggest sluggers. along with some legendary Announcers, Puhos, Rizzo, Bonds, Sabathia L Duncan Yeah Pence, Matt Fast Kurzian, a whole bunch of people And it's the one night where you don't swing to make contact. You swing. to make history. I'm interested this is who what Bon says about this actually. Anyway, it is all live. from Citizens Bank Park In Philly, watch the T mobile homeomeerun Derby liive on Netflix this Monday, july thirteenth at eight A PM Eastern five PM Pacific. 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If this season was last season, I do think people would be having a different conversation with it because Y biggest critique about Late stage the Bear and weirdly Pen Ultimate episode pooking fun at itself. the penaltimate episode is very, very better because they have that annoying who's back there, the guy that's like Yes, chehef. Yes, chehef. Or there's the joke about u I think it's Carmie's mom As h is there? theies And it was like I think that what I loved about that episode was it was almost Christopher Storer. I think the bear could get so self serious at point and the previous season got so self serious. It almost felt like the pet ultimate episode was Christopher Sar being like, we can have one again.. We can laugh again. Not only do I think this would have been better if it had one lastess season I will say with this final season I don't know how many people are going to give it a chance where it's like you do have to stay with the seass because it's almost It is structured more like a movie than it is a season of toot. And it's at times at the beginning of this season, it wasn't always easy to watch. It was like a lot of shit going wrong at all times, a lot of stress and strain on these characters. We haven't even talked about Harry Lennox comes in like and plays Marcus' dad That stuff really worked for me. Yeah It was very, very meaningful and moving to me. L He cuts the candlem Yeah. I mean It's like, who are you really cooking for? Like the reason why this matters is because that's like something that you do out of love for someone, but for him he can you know, display his genius and get like it's just underlying theme of family continues to be hammered into the bear And that's what that's enduring for me. I mean, even when because timimes I was getting a little bit done with the facts of it all. but even when fact did get that moment where Richie Abody super fucking nervous. like Godddamn he's talking to. He's telling stories, but then you see see he's charming He's charming home who they think is the restaurant critic I was like Oh shit, okay. They have They have landed the plane on each and every single one of these characters What I also think is kind of like a deaft piece of writing and this is what you can do when your show comes back every year is plot thread. I remember that plot thread of like when Richie makes it snow And there's that guy sitting there who I'm like, that's the critic. That's the star critic. and we did not get it in that season. All we got were the bad reviews. R And for them to bring up the fact I forgotten Here's the thing I knew that like instinctually, but to your point forgot that that had never paid off. I was just like, oh, I guess he had just written when they got the bad review. I kind of confused between the review and the stars. Yes. Like I was like, oh, they got a bad review. Does that mean you don't get your star? but those are two completely different Th are those are two completely different things. But to your point, I Once it like pops back and that guy popped on screen, it was like And he started talking about the snow outside Oh, so I went back to that episode sccallops to look at And I was like, oh, I do remember because this was the episode where Richie's on his fucking game. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? And like even Carmi's like pulling the sandwich and he's like cutting it and he's like, no them all to share it. Marcus makes the hot cocoa. It's every and like even Sid has her mom with the scallop and I was like, That to me is genius writing as well that to cut you off. But real quick That is one of the episodes where you thought You were sure that everything was going to be okay. You just knew that everything was going be okay. And then it wasn't okay. So you thought you had already lost that battle, right? And then to know that Everything was kind of okay the entire time. I mean, not really in a way, you had already made your impression, you had already done this and the rest of Oh no. like that was really to me something that they did really well. I mean, but Isn't that also true to most artistic endeavors where If you're in the back, if you're in the back of house, if you're the person who's making the thing, you see all the warts You see how it Fucking shitty yesterday was today was last week, last month was. But when you're truly doing it for the love and you're on top of the game People in the front of house can't tell. Yeah And I was like that was also interesting where it was like, oh The real win and I think this series has always been toggling between Does the recognition matter? Do the stars matter? Right? And I think by hiding that and showing Carmi's reliving that night She's not thinking of like, o That was the night we got the star or we thought this person was there. He was like, No, that's when my team Yeah. That's when they were the best and that was that was probably the moment where he was like Oh I can actually leave now. Yep. I feel good about leaving because One of the best moments it had And it's such a little moment is when Carm's doing his little Carm shit Tin is trying to help him And he's like o Oh, I can just do it faster myself. And she's like You're like, o, she is a better leader. Yeah. This isn't about Carm isn't about you scoring all the points. This isn't about showing us how fast you are plating, how fast you can cut an onion This is about empowering everybody around you be able to do it them fucking selves When the bear came out, It was It kind of a Trendy show. we talked about this in the last episode. It was a Trendy show, It was a show that cut through culturally And Man It could have like restrested on that It could have continued to just be a show about Beautiful people making beautiful food. Carmi's love story and all of that stuff, we could have done the whole thing, They did something more daring in the end and they they kind of got away from themselves and some of the celebrity stuff and all of that stuff, but it was just deeply emotional and moving at the end of it because You were just with someone. and you remember sometimes. It's like almost being like with a friend where you remember Like how much you have Like how long youve been with them? I found myself at the end of the show being way more emotionally invested than I thought I was going to be Like I wast I wasn't even super looking forward to doing this because Done these mean you have done two shows in total We've done more than that, but for prestige, we've done We did Alana And then I feel like We might have done our first time here might have been actually Wandaavivision. WandavVision. So longongivision aside because that would have been on the midnight board at that podcast if existed at that time U doing this And having done those two shows specifically This one felt more pertinent to my life right now I can understand how everyone feels and I felt good for them. Atlanta was so avant garde that at times it was just like, what are they what crazy shit are they going to cook up But man, I'm just happy everybody's okay. All right, this show is not the wire, but it's funny how When the wire comes out it is not If you're a true TV head knew it was happening. But it's not the most popular show People had their problems with the second season. People had their problems with the last season. But now not only is it talked about a different way when you can watch the Vision from front to back You have a different conversation And I think When you watch the Bear or Atlanta now in a couple years and you see the full brereatadth of it. I think people are going to appreciate the show. You're going to be like, damn, this did Ring n Jeremy Allen White. This did introduce us to Iowa Debris. This was the start of Lionel Lionel Boyceays like dramatic actor, you know? I was rewatching some Atlanta episodes recently and I'm like This is so much more enjoyable outside of the take cycle. Like you appreciate the large swings way more. Be I think what people these shows get to is they start chasing Why isn't this show giving me the same feeling as it did in the first and second season Why isn't this show the thing that all of my friends are watching? Why are people falling off And that's what's different about it where it's like we're not actually talking about the beir hal the time. we're like, why is it a binge? Is it really a comedy? four years who is a fuckking by way? Yeah. You know what I mean? And I think It is harder now because less shows I would not be surprised if Third season of something like Widows Bay, thirird season of the pit People start having these conversations because you can only be that show for a season or two before everybody's just like. You guys aren't the center of attention anymore. You're not the center of culture anymore. I mean Weirdly, it's what we're talking about with something like Supergirl whereere it's like, what are these movies now when they're not the center of culture. We're always going to getess Spider Man. We're always going to get Batman. We're going to get X men Are you truly a fan when this thing isn't ent This sort of mob entality that givst people both on something and off something is a double ged sword It's it's kind of a thing to where when everyone, the group think It's just so oundingly evident now. That's not to say that there weren't certainly things to criticize about the Bear during his run. Yeah.. But, you know, for people that stuck with it, I think they got a treat I want to ask you about one more thing specifically. Okay She was at the party. She was at the party. But they just fucking kicked the ball away from Claire. There was nothing about Claire Bears entire deal. that ended up being figured out in this season, not to me They kind of abandoned the Clare and Carmy thing orr maybe not. Did you expect some kind of resolution? Yes. And the thing I was surprised about is They had been giving us Kind of little hints last season about kind of the Richie Jess romance. It was very funny that like they showed us way more of that than they did of like the romance that took up a fucking entirered season. It was like the whole a whole season and a half. oriented around it. you thought legitimately that Claire was Carmie's salvation. Yes that like if Carmi could just figure shit out with Claire that he would become a normal person And then that just kind of that's not what what saved Carmy. What saved Carmy was walking away from the restaurant. But like She's just g. I do think it is the right creative choice and that's nothing against that actress. That's nothing against the Claire plot line. When Sid runs out to hug Aarmie I was like, well, that That was the central relationship of the show all. That's what it was. And I'm just like that is the right creative choice because I'm just like once you add Claire to the mix, it gets a little bit muddled. Yeah. But I was like because there was even this moment where like Jeremy Allen White holds IO's ace I'm like please't the kiss. I thought that was going to happen. But And I think there was a reason that But I was like, o To me, that was Christopher's story being like, you know what Let me reorient this because it is a love story. I think people wanted this to be a romantic love story. and I think that this was a platonic love story. This is about someone finding their person in this world and having that connection And then that ability to let go and Where would Claire have fit in this? ' we also forget This is about one night in the bear. Yeah. The whole thing about Claire was she was not connected to the bear. Right. She was connected to Carmi. Yeah Because even it was funny, like I thought that scene between Tarm me and Richie in the in the freezer. was phenomenal Like getting to see these two brothers come together and heal that place for Claire But that been too much Yeah. Yeah, that moment wasn't really about Claire. That moment was think was cool narratively is I'm like Carmi isn't just telling Richie That you can fly, you can travel. He's saying like you can live, like you deserve love. Like you just don't have to be this like surly single father. Like there's more like you can be a person especially if I'm not Alost was like he was giving him permission to do it And And that's why I loved where it ended, where I was like, Carmie was giving permission to Sid to be like This is your place now You serve your food You lead these people. sameame thing with like Richie's like Hey, yo, Mikey's gone. I might like I'm still here Bro, you're no one side kick. do what you need to do and to me to your point that you brought up earlier. That's when the show got deeper. Like I was always worried. I'm like, what is a final season going to look like where like Jeremy Allen White is not in the center of the frame and to me The salvation of the show was realizing like, E go Bear was always these people were like, look at all these actors. I'm going to put them in a position where they're going to become superstars. You really don't know what they have And to me, that's also the defining thing of the bear. You could talk as much shit about the show as you want The amount of talent Really truly like cultivated nurtured. Yeah. IO was not only front of like is not only superstar She was in front of the camera and behind the camera. Same thing with Lionel. You have all these moments like where I'm like, Jeremy Allen was on a successful show for years, I don't think anybody was just like That's a leading man many shows can do that. Yeah. not many shows can do that at all. And not many shows can do that and while landing the plane of their narratives showhs that send you off and away that makes you feel not good about leaving. I think a lot of people get that is like You never feel good about leaving your favorite show or a show that you love But you do want to feel okay about it You want to feel okay to le R? You want to feel okay to get out of this world and and go do something else or experience something else, you want to feel okay. And so a lot of times when shows Don't work at the end It's because you don't really feel okay leaving. You feel like they' unanswered questions. You feel like the answers that you got didn't make any sense. You feel like the characters acted in ways that didn't line up or align with who they were And you don't feel okay about it like what is that? Like what's like I want more Why did that person die? That's not the way that was supposed to go. I legitimately feel Okay. about leaving this world every where everyone ended up seemed so true, whereere you were just like, point I'm like this way about the end of something like Atlanta where you're just like, hey As long as every character ends in a ends at a place where I'm like, it could be tragedy, it could be joy feels true to the show that I've been watching and it feels true to how many hours I invested with these characters in this family Hey bro, like they did it. I don't what anybody says. was just like, yo, they fucking land at the plate. Is there anybody else that you feel like You wanted to see more D you want to see more of the facts Did you want to see is there is there anything that was left on the table for you The reason I will say no is because that penaltimment episode Num seven. hour long episode did go out of its way to give every single And the one person who didn't get it Ebra got it in the finale. Yeah. where you were like, o. That was a great scene. Also to take a character like Ebra that is almost, I don't want to say almost forgettable in the first season, but not even really part of the main main cast give him the actual win where like Carmie is sitting there with uncle Jay is like likeike giving Ebra the moment where he's the actual person that saves the bear and then Carmie telling everybody at that table You guys are the actual reason that we keep getting to be able to do this. is so smmart because I'm like it's also true to life There's no main characters and the most Talented person. is not is not always the person that's going to end up saving the day. person who saving the day is a lot of time the one that's like has their hands in the dirt slinging the fucking sandwiches Ebra was actually the one where I was getting a little choked up when my mate Ebra finally got that shit Do you remember two? Richie, Do do you remember the scene? I think it's from season one, maybe two where Richie and see it run into each other. Yeah Rere that seen? Wait was that when I think that was also the penulttimate episode where She accidentally stabs R She with a knife. Yep. Right. So think about Richie's response to a mistake and the intensity of that episode and how that mistake like shaped like the environment of that scene And then think about how Richie reacts Cari drops the lamb that is A f character That's this guy. makes a bad situation worse It makes the tense situation more tense This guy is might be good at his job. he can diffuse a situation, but he's not a caretaker Think about the way Richie defuses his situation in the first episode They're lining up comes out with a gun, you snotverse motherfuckers, You know what I mean By the end, he's using his words, he's using his emotions, he's using his connection to get through it those types of journeys is what makes a good developed television show and makes you remember a character for a long time That's the perfect place to end it because I couldn't agree more Yo Thank y'all for everyone out there who's been on been at this restaurant with us for u What, four years now? Four years. He yeah, and you know what? spepecial, special Scial shad out. producer who has seen us throughraordinir. This all literally like what he's been he's been our sid. You You know what I'm saying? He's our sid. Yo, shout out Ky Grady for always killing it behind the boards. Hey Yo There did it Shout out the Prestige CV podcast Make sure you tap in if you want to hear more Midnight boys come out every Wednesday. tap into higher learning twice a week y'all, will' see y'all very soon Ohw