The series follows Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto, an award-winning New York City chef de cuisine, who returns to his hometown of Chicago to run his late brother Michael's failing Italian beef sandwich shop.
Tina (Liza Colón-Zayas) arrives late, being forced to bring her son Louie (Pedro Henrique) after he was suspended from school.
Meanwhile, the staff learn that Sydney accidentally left the pre-order option on for the shop's to-go service, leaving them with hundreds of orders that will be due in less than 10 minutes.
Completely oblivious to the chaos in the kitchen, Marcus (Lionel Boyce) neglects his cake-making duties in order to experiment with his side project of perfecting a donut.
[1] Jeremy Allen White explained, "They still managed to keep all of the important story points in place for Episode 7, but they wrote it as a blueprint to allow us to shoot it in one shot.
White praised the episode, considering it as "it really lends itself to the story and where the characters are at because the tension is building so quickly we don't give the audience a break from it.
It's shorter than any of the other episodes, and most of its action takes place over a very small handful of long, uncut shots in the restaurant that perfectly encapsulate the escalating chaos of the season's dramatic climax.
"[7] Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone wrote, "It is far more panic-inducing than anything to come in the first few episodes, but the difference is that by now, The Bear has made us invested in Carmy, Sydney, Marcus, and all the others.
"[9] Nicole Gallucci of Decider praised the episode and compared it to the film Uncut Gems, writing, "'Review' is a remarkable, anxiety-inducing feat that harnesses tension as an art form.
The performances are raw, ripe with passive aggression, and at times hard to watch — an especially disturbing truth, since the show has been praised for authentic depictions of abusive culinary workplaces.
"[10] Dina Paulson of Collider praised the episode's conclusion, writing "The character tension that boils over in 'Review' is, for sure, between the chefs in this extraordinary kitchen, but it also is about the self feeling self, in natural states of aggravation, healing, and absorbing pleasure because damn, sometimes a thing is so good it stops you in your mind tracks.