Spoilers

E5: “Pop”

Carmy gets out of the restaurant for a bit as he goes to hang out with Claire. She talks him into accompanying her to a ‘party’ where one of her friends had just had a bad breakup. Carmy clearly was uncomfortable.

As this was going on, all kinds of troubles were coming to the restaurant in only six weeks before the opening. Oliver Platt made another appearance and helped get a liquor license. Better to not know how he cut through the red tape.

Richie is always fighting with everyone and it is becoming an issue.

Sugar is trying to deal with all of the problems as Sydney struggled with the menu.

The restaurant continues to be a place of chaos and it feels as if something is going to need to give soon.

Tina is doing well in her training, but she is worried about  Ebraheim. Others in the program invited Tina out for drinks that night and she ends up singing at karaoke and just knocking it out of the park. Tina seems to be living her best life so far this season. Carmy had gotten her a new knife too.

Carmy and Claire end up kissing after returning to the restaurant and seeing the chaos first hand. He admits how much he likes her and this is great. These two have amazing chemistry and have expanded the character depth while interacting.

This was a solid episode, but it does feel as if the show is in a bit of a holding pattern as it moves toward their opening date.