'The Bear' officially ending after surprise episode drop. Here's when.
'The Bear' officially ending after surprise episode drop. Here's when.
Brendan Morrow, USA TODAYWed, May 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM UTC
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So long, chef: "The Bear" is getting ready to serve its last course.
One day after dropping a surprise new episode of "The Bear," FX has confirmed the Emmy-winning series is coming to an end next month. The show, starring Jeremy Allen White, will return June 25 for its fifth season, which will be the series' last.
The final season will consist of eight episodes, all of which will be available to stream on June 25.
Since 2022, White has starred alongside Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach on "The Bear" as a chef who heads back home to Chicago after his brother's death to take over a sandwich shop, eventually seeking to transform it into a classy, five-star restaurant called The Bear.
Jeremy Allen White attends the premiere of "The Bear" Season 3 in Hollywood, California, on June 25, 2024.
Fans suspected "The Bear" was near the end of its run after the fourth season in 2025 concluded with White's Carmy Berzatto shockingly announcing he planned to leave the restaurant.
Star Jamie Lee Curtis later appeared to confirm the series was ending in a February Instagram post. The actress shared a photo with costar Abby Elliott and wrote that they "FINISHED STRONG" and completed "the story of this extraordinary family that we have all fallen in love with."
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FX confirmed the end of "The Bear" after, in an unusual move, releasing an entirely new episode of the show on May 5, with no prior announcement that it was coming.
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Titled "Gary," the surprise episode is a standalone, one-hour flashback that takes place before the events of Season 1 and centers on Moss-Bachrach's Richie going on a work trip to Gary, Indiana, with Mikey (Jon Bernthal). Moss-Bachrach and Bernthal cowrote the episode, which is listed on Hulu separate from the main show and is not considered part of a season. Fans can find it by searching "Gary" on Hulu.
Abby Elliott, Oliver Platt, Edwin Lee Gibson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Liza Colón-Zayas, Ayo Edebiri, Jeremy Allen White, Lionel Boyce, and Matty Matheson at the Emmys on Jan. 15, 2024, in Los Angeles.
"The Bear" has racked up 21 Emmy wins, and nearly 50 nominations, throughout its run, including a win for outstanding comedy series in 2024. It will be the latest Emmys comedy darling to wrap its run after HBO Max's "Hacks," starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder, which is scheduled to air its series finale on May 28.
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