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“The Bear” kitchen drama ends with final season on Hulu, focusing on core characters and a nail-biting day.
Critics give mixed reviews, with some praising the high note ending and others feeling it overstayed its welcome.
Lights out at The Bear as fans bid farewell to the Emmy-winning show, with a new electronic score.
The lights are out at The Bear. FX’s Emmy-winning kitchen drama ended its run on June 25, dropping all eight episodes of its fifth and final season on Hulu, with Disney+ carrying it for international viewers.
The season picks up the morning after Sydney, Richie and Natalie learn that Carmy has walked away from the food industry, leaving the restaurant to them. With no money, the threat of a sale and a storm closing in, the team scrambles toward one last service, learning that what makes a restaurant perfect may be the people rather than the food.
The final season runs two episodes shorter than usual, trades its signature needle drops for an electronic score from Christian Lundberg and Hans Zimmer, and confines the action to a single nail-biting day inside the restaurant. Critics read that as a corrective.
Variety called it a return to core characters that re-syncs the style and substance that had come unmoored at the show’s low point, though it stopped short of full redemption.
ScreenRant handed it a perfect 10, saying the show ends on a high note few series could match, while Consequence gave it an A-minus, and The Daily Beast wrote that the gem goes out on top.
The New York Post argued the story overstayed its welcome and took on a baggier shape than it should have.
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