The series follows Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto, an award-winning New York City chef de cuisine, who returns to his hometown of Chicago to run his late brother Michael's failing Italian beef sandwich shop.
Richie goes to the kitchen, where he reunites with Garrett (Andrew Lopez) and Jessica (Sarah Ramos) for one last time, and decides to help them in running service.
As the chefs talk about the importance of creating safe environments, Carmy finally admits his frustration with Fields to Sydney and Luca.
Carmy walks alone in the street, and discovers that he has missed phone calls from Cicero and Computer, as the Chicago Tribune review is finally out.
In May 2024, Hulu confirmed that the tenth and final episode of the season would be titled "Forever", and was to be written and directed by series creator Christopher Storer.
[3] The episode featured many songs, including "Together" by Nine Inch Nails, "In the Garage" by Weezer, "The Big Country" by Talking Heads, "Joy" by The Sundays, "Within' Your Reach" by The Replacements, "Can You Hear Me?"
by David Bowie, "Diamond Diary" by Tangerine Dream, "Just One More Day" by Otis Redding, "Big White Cloud" by John Cale, "Laid" by James, and "Disarm" by The Smashing Pumpkins.
"[7] Alan Sepinwall of Rolling Stone wrote, "even though the finale often gets high on its own supply, it eventually circles back to Carmy and Sydney, whose story this is above all else, and reminds us that miracles do not tend to come cheap.
"[8] Marah Eakin of Vulture gave the episode a 3 star out of 5 rating and wrote, "We'll have to wait until next season to find out, which could be The Bear's last if rumors are to be believed.
Most of the episodes were muddled with flashbacks, pretentious camera tricks, and what appeared to be an overreliance on the actors to improvise through dead spots in scripts.