THE fifth and final season of The Bear is out now on Disney+.
Created by Christopher Storer, the critically acclaimed show follows young chef Carmen ‘Carmy’ Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), who inherits his family’s rundown sandwich shop in Chicago following the death of his brother Michael. He is expected to run it while processing family traumas and dealing with his late brother’s debts.
The chaotic series’ cast also includes Golden Globe-winner Ayo Edebiri as crew member Sydney Adamu, and Emmy-winner Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who plays restaurant manager Richard ‘Richie’ Jerimovich.
Season four’s finale concluded with Carmy stepping away from the restaurant, as he no longer found joy in cooking and felt disconnected from his passion.
The final season will pick up the morning after Sydney, Richie and Carmy’s sister and business manager Natalie (Abby Elliott) find out he left the restaurant to them.
With no money, the threat of a sale and a torrential storm in their way, the new partners must band together to achieve one last service in hopes of finally earning a Michelin star.
“The end of the show is, for Carmy at least, about this sort of ultimate surrender and acceptance of an honesty with himself so, that all makes sense to me,” Jeremy said in an interview, adding that he agrees with the decision to have his character step back from the restaurant.
“I’m proud of that for Carmy, I’m proud of the rest of the characters for stepping up. They’re so capable and so talented and so driven. I think it got wrapped up in the perfect way.”
The Bear has been praised for its ‘engaging and genuine’ storyline, which involves accurate kitchen lingo that fans of the series have become familiar with. Characters are often heard shouting ‘corner, behind!’, which prevents kitchen staff from running into each other, ‘family style’, referring to the staff sharing a meal, and ‘chaos menu’ for a menu that isn’t curated around a particular cuisine or theme.
Fans are also hungry for more musical moments, as the series is loved not only for its mouth-watering dishes, but also for its sound tracks, which previously included tunes by Talking Heads’ frontman David Byrne, LCD Soundsystem and, most famously, a moment from season two that featured Taylor Swift’s 2008 country hit Love Story.
