FX Sets June 25 Premiere for Final Season of ‘The Bear’

Season 5 will be the series’ last, picking up after Carmy leaves the restaurant to his partners.

FX will wrap The Bear with its fifth season. The final run premieres Thursday, June 25 at 9 p.m. ET on FX and Hulu. A show that remade kitchen drama into something clenched and immediate is bowing out on its own clock.

The season picks up the morning after Sydney, Richie, and Sugar discover that Carmy has walked away from the restaurant and the industry entirely. He left them the keys and no safety net. No money, a potential sale, and a torrential storm funnel the remaining crew into one last service, with a Michelin star as the distant possibility. The logline spells out what the show has circled for years: the people matter more than the food.

FX confirmed the end a day after surprise-releasing a prequel episode, a quiet maneuver that reframes everything back to before the beef. That kind of move, unannounced and confident, suggests the final season won’t be a drawn-out goodbye. It’ll likely be a hard, fast plunge, the way the show has always worked best.