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Season 5 – The Bear

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Season 5 – The Bear

Jun 2026

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Drama

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A young chef from the fine dining world comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop after a heartbreaking death in his family. A world away from what he's used to, Carmy must balance the soul-crushing realities of small business ownership, his strong-willed and recalcitrant kitchen staff and his strained familial relationships, all while grappling with the impact of his brother's suicide. As Carmy fights to transform both the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew that ultimately reveals itself as his chosen family.

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Critics Consensus

The Bear closes out its final season with the character-driven finesse that it started with, ensuring its story and fans are served the finest of televisual meals without diminished returns.

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Audience Says

It’s hard to bid farewell to Carmy, Syd, Richie and the rest of the crew who made The Bear a Michelin-star caliber series, but this acclaimed drama goes out with a bang -- having served five show-stopping seasons to savor for years to come.

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Laura Martin

London Evening Standard

3/5

The Bear has made household names of White, Edebiri and Moss-Bachrach — who all give strong performances again in this outing — and fans will no doubt enjoy the ride up to the final episode...

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Wenlei Ma

The Nightly (AU)

Jul 7

An excellent instalment that cements the series as one of the great shows of the 2020s.

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Linda Holmes

Pop Culture Happy Hour (NPR Podcast)

Jul 1

Overall, I enjoyed this season a lot, with the slow first episodes and the WTF architecture kind of caveats.

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Olivia Ovenden

Observer (UK)

Jul 6

It’s a fitting farewell that makes you pray a prequel isn’t in the works.

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Laura Fernández

El Pais (Spain)

Jul 6

... this fifth season does more than just bid farewell with a flourish. It symbolically attempts to pull us out of it. [Full review in Spanish]

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Rachel Ho

Exclaim!

Jul 6

8/10

Like Syd and Carmy, [Christopher Storer] delivers one final dinner service befitting of the house he built four years ago.

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Delia S

@DeliS462 8h

10/10 ending. S3 was the weakest but glad they nailed it.

j C

@Jayjwy 12h

After a few seasons of building and building and building, this final season is rushed and it feels like no resolution. A great show that finished with such a muffled bang that no one heard it. Disappointed would be an understatement.

Robert B

@RT98266491 2d

The bear had an excellent first season, but never lived up to it again. This finale was no exception, it was okay, but im glad that the show is over. Worth the watch, but not a lot more than that.

Lelu W

@RT48340493 2d

Brilliant! In my top 5 of best shows ever written. I love the diversity displayed by actual “real” characters with flaws who are not just in service to other actors. Thank you so much for this gift.

Li C

@ThePlucker 2d

A gritty but satisfying, hopeful conclusion to a tense, thrilling series

Hallie S

@Hallie804 3d

Liked the season alright. Still miffed that a show mostly following Carmen became about Sydney all of a sudden in the last season. Also doesn't help that the last two seasons were Avengers level with their casts.

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Jeremy Allen White

Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto

Ebon Moss-Bachrach

Richard "Richie" Jerimovich

Ayo Edebiri

Sydney Adamu

Lionel Boyce

Marcus Brooks

Abby Elliott

Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto

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Episode 4

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Aired Jun 25, 2026

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