The least surprising news in Hollywood? The fact that The Bear — Christopher Storer’s supremely chaotic, incredibly moving comedy-drama, which delivered two of the best episodes of television in recent memory (the Christmas flashback “Fishes” and the Richie-centric “Forks”) back to back last season—will be returning for a third instalment. Still, we’re relieved to know that Carmy will eventually make it out of that walk-in fridge that he became trapped in as his new restaurant soft opened, and presumably, be forced to deal with the consequences of his actions. The confirmation came from the show’s US network, FX/Hulu, on 6 November 2023.
Then, in March 2024, it was reported that a fourth season was also in the works, and being filmed back to back with season three. It’s safe to assume that the main cast – Jeremy Allen White , Ayo Edebiri , Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Abby Elliott, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas and Matty Matheson—will all be back for both, as The Bear opens to the public, raising yet more questions about kitchen power dynamics, profit sharing, and whether or not Carmy and Sydney will ever actually get together or if they are in fact, as the show’s cast and creators keep telling us, just friends . We hear you, writers, but that scene between the pair under the table in the ninth episode, “Omelette”, had more sexual tension than any other in the show’s entire run.
Just sayin’. I also have other questions: once Carmy emerges from the .