Some fans of the FX on Hulu show The Bear have a sickness that no kind of medicine can cure. Symptoms include editing fan-cams of characters Sydney and Carmy to desperate Taylor Swift love songs, writing romantic fanfic about the pair, and making enough noise about the ship online that the cast and the crew have no choice but to acknowledge the delusion. Though the characters played by Ayo Edebiri and Jeremy Allen White, respectively, have an intense working relationship built on mutual understanding and respect, much like Mad Men ’s Peggy and Don , thirsty people keep wishing on a star that Syd-Carmy would kiss.
While The Bear ’s main leads do share a deep intimacy, it’s clear that the show isn’t a romantic love story based on what it presents to the audience. Showrunners Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo and cast members Edebiri, White, and Molly Gordon agree: Syd-Carmy is not a thing. Here’s all the times they’ve made it clear.
July 22, 2022: Just a month after The Bear premieres, creator and writer Christopher Storer friendzones Syd-Carmy. Talking to Esquire about the real-life Copenhagen restaurant Noma’s role in the show, he says the characters’ fixation on the restaurant brought them together. “It’s a big part of the reason why Sydney and Carmy develop this friendship,” Storer says .
“Carmy is someone who’s terrible at communicating on some things, and Sydney communicates too much, but their middle ground is this creative thing — and betwee.
