{"id":2475269,"date":"2026-06-25T15:05:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2475269"},"modified":"2026-06-25T15:05:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T15:05:49","slug":"the-bear-gets-a-solid-send-off-in-final-season-after-overstaying-its-welcome-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/the-bear-gets-a-solid-send-off-in-final-season-after-overstaying-its-welcome-review\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Bear&#8217; gets a solid send-off in final season \u2014 after overstaying its welcome: review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F06%2FUntitled-1-copy-9.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Yes, chef, one last time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fifth and final season of \u201cThe Bear\u201d takes inspiration from \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d as the whole story takes place over the course of just one day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This makes it the best season in several years. That\u2019s not saying much; this show has always been more mediocre than its Emmys would have you believe. But, it\u2019s not a disastrous finale (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/08\/entertainment\/euphoria-season-3-is-an-unhinged-disaster-review\/\">like \u201cEuphoria\u201d<\/a>). It\u2019s a solid send-off.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) in \u201cThe Bear.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) in the final season of \u201cThe Bear.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Similar to past seasons, Season 5 of the Chicago-based workplace drama follows Carmen \u201cCarmy\u201d Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and the rest of their ragtag team of restaurant staffers, as they scramble to avoid falling apart (both emotionally and literally), and achieve culinary excellence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>This time, they\u2019re doing all that as a wicked storm wreaks havoc.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And, there\u2019s Carmy\u2019s looming departure from the restaurant, which he announced at the end of Season 4, because the job no longer makes him happy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The first few episodes of Season 5 follow the team as they try to salvage the place enough to provide dinner service after the storm causes damage.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Matty Matheson as Neil Fak in \u201cThe Bear\u201d Season 5.  <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) in Season 5 of \u201cThe Bear.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, Jimmy (Oliver Platt) is in a last ditch effort to see if they can sell the \u201cair rights\u201d above the building, as a final push to keep the lights on.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Neil Fak (Matty Matheson) gets involved in the repair work. The show continues to think that he\u2019s ten times more hilarious than he really is.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The time constraint gives the season a \u201cticking time bomb\u201d sense of pressure. So does the question of if they\u2019ll have the funds to keep the place running (although, that\u2019s been a repetitive issue in every season).\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Jeremy Allen White in the final season of \u201cThe Bear.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Marcus (Lionel Boyce) and Luca (Will Poulter) in \u201cThe Bear\u201d Season 5.  <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Setting the final season all in one day is the best idea that creator Christopher Storer and his writers have had in years. It gives the story\u00a0more momentum and more narrative flow than previous seasons had.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bear\u201d has always pretended to be more character-driven than plot focused, without having enough character development (beyond Carmy, Syd, and Richie) to justify that. It\u2019s only feigned at being an ensemble show. Side characters like Ebraheim (Edwin Lee Gibson) still remain underdeveloped.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also never been funny enough to work as a \u201chang out show,\u201d (despite the running frustration of how the Emmys and Golden Globes nominate it in the \u201ccomedy\u201d category \u2013 one can only hope that<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/06\/04\/entertainment\/why-widows-bay-is-the-tv-phenomenon-of-the-summer\/\"> \u201cWidow\u2019s Bay\u201d<\/a> knocks it out of the running this year).\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Syd and Carmy in \u201cThe Bear\u201d Season 5.  <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richie in \u201cThe Bear\u201d Season 5.  <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the past, The Bear\u201d has spun its wheels, gesturing at a semblance of a story without telling one.\u00a0The final season doesn\u2019t entirely fix this, but it\u2019s an improvement. Setting it all in one day gives it a sense of urgency, and makes Season 5 feel less aimless than Seasons 3 and 4.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It also means there\u2019s less opportunity for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/03\/entertainment\/josh-hartnett-reveals-how-the-bear-cameo-happened\/\">stunt-casting guest stars like Josh Hartnett<\/a>, which is for the best. A final season should focus on the main characters. And Season 5 still has some heavyweight actors, as Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Carmy\u2019s mom.<\/p>\n<p>The show remains strongest when it zooms in on small moments. When Carmy drops a plate in Season 5, the story treats it like a gunshot, complete with a slow pan to everyone\u2019s horrified reactions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Liza Colon Zayas as Tina in \u201cThe Bear.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Liza Colon- Zayas as Tina, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richie, Jeremy Allen White as Carmy in \u201cThe Bear.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Looking at \u201cThe Bear\u201d as a whole, it\u2019s stunning how little has happened since Season 1 first premiered in 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The show has had more impact outside of its story \u2013 making \u201cYes chef\u201d a worldwide slogan; launching White and Edebiri to A-lister status. Within the story, it\u2019s a lot of repetitive \u201csame old, same old\u201d moments for the characters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the show, Carmy has been constantly stressed, and had a boring on-again, off-again relationship with Claire (Molly Gordon). Richie has yelled and cursed a lot. Syd has been frazzled a lot. Carmy\u2019s dead brother, Mikey (Jon Bernthal), has appeared in too many flashbacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Abby Elliott as Natalie \u2018Sugar\u2019 Berzatto in \u201cThe Bear.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Syd (Ayo Edebiri) in \u201cThe Bear\u201d Season 5.  <span class=\"credit\">FX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s not Bernthal\u2019s fault, as he\u2019s a phenomenal actor, but too many flashbacks to a dead character give away the game that there\u2019s not enough story juice in the present. Maybe as a sign of the show\u2019s growth, Mikey is largely absent from Season 5 \u2013 and mercifully, so is Claire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Season 5 is the kindest to Syd and Marcus (Lionel Boyce). They depart as the characters who grew the most, and found their confidence.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the end, \u201cThe Bear\u201d did have some engrossing glimpses of what restaurant work is like, the cost of excellence, and flawed people trying to connect. It\u2019s too bad this story overstayed its welcome, and took on a more baggy and shapeless format than it should have.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Season 5 did its best to whip it into shape. The final season doesn\u2019t leave a bad taste in your mouth, and that\u2019s all you can ask for.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bear\u201d Season 5 premieres Thursday, June 25 at 9 p.m. on FX and Hulu.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, chef, one last time.\u00a0 The fifth and final season of \u201cThe Bear\u201d takes inspiration from \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d as the whole story takes place over the course of just one day.\u00a0 This makes it the best season in several years. That\u2019s not saying much; this show has always been more mediocre than its Emmys would [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2475270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25174],"tags":[320216,344542,21741,25850,307704,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2475269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-cooking","tag-drama","tag-entertainment","tag-hulu","tag-jeremy-allen-white","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/The-Bear-gets-a-solid-send-off-in-final-season-\u2014.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2475269"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2475271,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2475269\/revisions\/2475271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2475270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2475269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2475269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2475269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}