On FX’s hit comedy-drama series The Bear, Lionel Boyce plays Marcus Brooks, a humble pastry chef trying to balance the hardships within his life with the hectic environment of the restaurant. While Season 2 maintains the fast-paced, high-adrenaline storylines that the series is known for, the first few episodes take the opportunity to dig deeper into the lives of the other characters throwing down in the kitchen, but namely, Boyce’s Marcus.

Episode 4’s Emmy-nominated episode, “Honeydew,” directed by Ramy Youssef, follows Marcus’s life outside the kitchen, as he serves as caretaker for his ill mother, who is unconscious in a hospital bed. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity arrives via Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) and Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), who offer him a moment of reprieve as they send him to Copenhagen to learn from chef Luca (Will Poulter) and return with dessert ideas for the menu at The Bear. Throughout the episode,...