The Bear will end next summer. Its fifth and final season is set to premiere on June 25, 2026, and Hulu will release all eight episodes in the United States on the same day.
That date gives fans a clear answer to the question that has followed the show since its last run: when does the kitchen reopen for Carmy Berzatto? Jeremy Allen White is back in the role for the final chapter, alongside Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Abby Elliott, as the series moves toward its finish after becoming one of the most talked-about TV dramas of the decade.
Since its debut in 2022, The Bear has built its reputation on the chaos of kitchen life and the brittle relationships inside the restaurant. The series now carries a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score and has won multiple Emmy awards, which helped turn what began as a tightly focused comedy-drama into one of FX’s signature hits. The final season will pick up after Carmy steps away from the restaurant business, leaving Sydney Adamu, Richie Jerimovich and Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto to keep the operation alive.
That is where the story turns. The official logline says the new partners have to pull together with the rest of the team to deliver one last service while chasing a Michelin star, even as the restaurant runs out of money, faces the threat of a sale and gets hit by a torrential storm. It is the same pressure-cooker world the show has used from the start, only now the stakes are final and the margin for error is gone.
The ending is still being kept close. What the final service costs Carmy and the people around him is not yet clear, but the release plan is: June 25, 2026, on Hulu in the United States, with every episode arriving at once. For viewers, that means the whole conclusion lands in a single day, and for the characters, it means the last chance to save the place begins then too.
