What happened at the end of The Bear season 3? Ending explained
The fourth season of the Disney Plus awards darling arrives on Thursday (June 26) with all episodes streaming just in time for a weekend binge.
The last we saw of the Chicago sandwich joint it had been wholly gutted to create a haute cuisine restaurant coincidentally called The Bear.
One of the best things going for the show is that it's always returned year in, year out despite the vanishing TV dependability elsewhere.
But after two first seasons that made stars of its cast and had everyone saying 'yes chef!', the third installment was met with a more divisive reaction from viewers.
This was largely because it was a slower and more sedate affair, with a batch of episodes that largely cast minds back to the past and didn't do much to progress the plot in the present.
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Here's your quick refresher on season three just in time to pick up with season four, which has some high expectations upon it after a more 'meh' outing last year.
The Bear season 3 spoilers follow.
The fact that there isn't a whole bunch to recap from season three might indicate some flaws, but where we did leave off was with a lot at the restaurant hanging in the balance.
In the final episode, Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) was invited to the last supper at hotshot Michelin locale Ever. What unfolded was essentially a long reminiscing conversation about what the business of cheffing up really means.
It was here that he finally confronted his longtime head chef tormentor (Joel McHale) – who would often feature in panicked flashbacks – but the whole thing left him unsatisfied when Carmy was hit with a Mad Men-style 'I never think about you at all' type response.
In the last scene of season three, he received The Chicago Tribune review of the restaurant – but we never saw what it said. Dun, dun, dun. More Trending
Another loose end from season three was what Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) will decide to do with her career, stay at The Bear or go elsewhere with another offer on the table? Plus, will Uncle Jimmy (Oliver Platt) properly come knocking for his investment in the restaurant?
And will Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) get his mojo back after a soul-sucking stint at The Bear under tyrannical Carmy? These are all questions that were left unanswered. We'll have to tune in to find out.
Perhaps it will also get into something I've long wondered: wouldn't the people of Chicago be annoyed that a cheap, banging sandwich place shut down and became a pricey fine dining set-up? I'd be livid.
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The Bear season 4 is available to stream on Disney Plus from June 26.
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