An Alternate Reality In Which Claire Speaks Up For Herself

Aka: I shouldn't have rewatched The Bear S2.

An Alternate Reality Where Claire Speaks Up For Herself

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[Carmy is pacing in the walk-in alone, he cannot see that Claire is outside, able to hear him.]

Carmy: “I wasn’t here. What was I thinking that I was gonna be in a relationship I’m a fuckin’…I’m a fuckin’ psycho. That’s why. That’s why I’m good at what I do. That’s how I operate. I am the best because I didn’t have any of this fuckin’ bullshit, right? I could, I could focus, and I could concentrate and I had a routine and I had fuckin’ cell reception and…

“I don’t need to provide amusement or enjoyment. I don’t need to receive any amusement or enjoyment. I’m completely fine with that. Because no amount of good is worth how terrible this feels. It’s just a complete waste of fuckin’ time.”

[A tear falls down Claire’s cheek.]

Claire: “I’m sorry you feel that way, Carmy.”

[Claire begins to walk away. Carmy backs up from the door of the walk-in in shock.]

Carmy: “Claire?”

[Beat.]

Carmy: “Claire?!”

[Just when it seems like Claire won’t be saying anything else, she wipes the tear from her cheek and whips back around towards the broken walk-in door.]

Claire: “You might not need this, Carmy. But there’s a lot about this I don’t need either.”

[Beat.]

Claire: “You think there aren’t about a hundred fuckin’ glaring red flags about all of this for me? You think I’m just lucky to be here and I should be thankful for letting you be a little ‘distracted’ by me? There’s a lot about you that feels lucky, Carmy, but let me humor you just ever-so-slightly about all of the reasons why a lot of people would tell me that this could be a complete waste of *MY* fuckin’ time.