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Season 4 – The Bear

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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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The Bear — Season 4

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Critics Consensus

After simmering for too long, The Bear's fourth season finally turns the heat back up with a renewed sense of urgency, serving a rich meal despite tiresome wait times between courses.

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Phillip Maciak The New Republic Jul 8
While there’s still plenty of self-indulgence, the show has pared itself down, trying to focus on what works. What that means, though, is that The Bear focuses on what has worked. This fourth season is a real set of classic covers. Go to Full Review
Rebecca Tucker Globe and Mail Jul 1
The Bear’s evolution suggests a creative team that has simply lost its spark. And it’s a shame, really – we used to have something truly special. Go to Full Review
Radheyan Simonpillai CBC Radio Jul 1
This is the season that these characters really needed. And there's something really beautiful in giving them that. Go to Full Review
Mel Campbell ScreenHub Nov 7
Exactly the sort of painfully highfalutin television Carmy would make, were he a TV showrunner rather than a traumatised culinary genius. … This turgid vibe has got to be thematic, right? The Bear is so lost up its own clacker now because so is Carmy? Go to Full Review
Barbara Ellen Observer (UK) Oct 8
The Bear is a show I continue to love. For its heart, its meticulous ensemble playing, and for, if you will, its essential ingredient: earthiness, rootedness, all that humour soaked in pain. Go to Full Review
Kathryn Reklis The Christian Century Sep 11
Change rarely comes in a straight line, in people, a kitchen, or a television show. But I’ve been nourished by what’s been served so far, and I am going to stick around until the end of the meal. Go to Full Review
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tm11999 M @tm11999 Mar 23 laughable sewer of annoying morons. the sydney is an idiot, the 2 jewish brothers should eat poison and all the other somalis need to go home. in every scene errybody is always crying and all this show is lacking is a soundtrack of nothing but bill eyelash music. if your wife/husband wants you to watch this, consider killing them. See more Noga L @RT48919514 Mar 20 I don’t know how this show’s rating is so high. The first and second seasons were at least somewhat ok. Nothing special, but watchable. The last season is honestly so unwatchable. The acting makes me cringe, and having a "deep, long heart-to-heart" conversation in every single episode is so unnecessary… I’m tired. Every episode takes me several days to finish because the "meaningful" conversation scenes are so long and boring. It’s not just that, but the writing tries way too hard to be quirky. I hate this new style of writing… I think we had enough by 2023. Especially the scene where the entire cast goes under a table, it was so unnecessary and tried way too hard to be funny, and "different". I think whatever the writers were trying to convey could have been conveyed in a much better and less cringy way. Finally, don’t even get me started on Sydney’s actress. No hate, but a better actress could have been chosen. Anyone who watched the show will know, I don’t think I have to explain. See more Elena F @ElenaF708 Mar 16 Okay so I watched the first three series in quick succession then had a little break before the fourth, and I did lose momentum somewhat. That’s not to say it’s a bad series, but maybe I’d had my fill. That said, if there’s another series I’ll probably watch it, as overall it was really enjoyable. I watched it on a friend’s recommendation after the trailers and reviews hadn’t really appealed to me at all. I’m not all that interested in restaurant culture, but I became invested in the characters and intrigued by the changes of pace. Most of all I felt immersed in its portrayal of Chicago. See more Ma'ark T @RT57514104 Feb 17 The Bear season 4 might feel a little stale now that the restaurant is established, but I really enjoyed the character development. Even though some parts of it can be a bit stress-inducing, it really is comfort viewing at this stage. See more Schmiddi T @Schmiddi Jan 28 A visual and directive masterpiece. The Story is great and the flow works perfectly. Some episodes were a little confusing because they are in the past or somewhere else. This could have been fixed with simple subtitles. One of my favorite storylines and connections are the one of carm with the bakery boy and the bakery boy teaching carms baker. And the restaurant teaching carms cousin how fancy stuff works. Such great character development. See more Paul D @LVHothead Jan 25 This show goes nowhere! The first two seasons had purpose and direction. Since then, there is no point to this. See more Read all reviews
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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Jun 24, 2025 Groundhogs Today looks like yesterday. Details Episode 2 Aired Jun 24, 2025 Soubise Gears start to turn. Details Episode 3 Aired Jun 24, 2025 Scallop Opportunity. Details Episode 4 Aired Jun 24, 2025 Worms Decisions. Details Episode 5 Aired Jun 24, 2025 Replicants The team resets. Details Episode 6 Aired Jun 24, 2025 Sophie Sophie's here. Details Episode 7 Aired Jun 24, 2025 Bears The wedding. Details Episode 8 Aired Jun 24, 2025 Green Everyone keeps going. Details Episode 9 Aired Jun 24, 2025 Tonnato Carmy takes a ride. Details Episode 10 Aired Jun 24, 2025 Goodbye Time waits for no one. Details
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Season Info

Director
Christopher Storer, Janicza Bravo, Duccio Fabbri
Creator
Christopher Storer
Executive Producer
Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Nate Matteson, Hiro Murai, Josh Senior
Screenwriter
Christopher Storer, Joanna Calo, Rene Gube, Karen Joseph Adcock, Catherine Schetina, Lionel Boyce, Ayo Edebiri
Network
Hulu
Rating
TV-MA
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date
Jun 24, 2025