Draft:List of The Bear episodes

The Bear is an American psychological comedy-drama television series created by Christopher Storer for FX on Hulu. Jeremy Allen White stars as Carmy Berzatto, an award-winning chef who returns to his hometown of Chicago to manage the chaotic kitchen at his deceased brother's sandwich shop. The supporting cast includes Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott and Matty Matheson. All episodes of the first season were released on FX on Hulu on June 23, 2022; the second season was released in its entirety on June 22, 2023. In November 2023, the series was renewed for a third season, which was released on June 26, 2024. As of June 26, 2024, 28 episodes have been released throughout the course of three seasons.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released
1	8		June 23, 2022 (2022-06-23)
2	10		June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
3	10		June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)

Episodes

Season 1 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"System"	Christopher Storer	Christopher Storer	June 23, 2022 (2022-06-23)
In the summer of 2022, James Beard Award-winning chef Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto returns home to Chicago to manage The Original Beef of Chicagoland, a rundown River North restaurant owned by his brother Michael, who recently died by suicide. His brother's best friend, Richie Jerimovich, and the stubborn staff resist Carmy's efforts to modernize the restaurant. Carmy hires Culinary Institute of America-trained chef and Chicago native Sydney Adamu, who wants to help him fix the restaurant because it was her father's favorite.
2	2	"Hands"	Christopher Storer	Christopher Storer	June 23, 2022 (2022-06-23)
In a flashback, Carmy works at a fine dining restaurant in New York City where his boss verbally abuses him. In the present, Carmy attempts to overhaul the menu as he faces continued resistance from the staff members who fail to show him respect. Carmy's sister, Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto, attempts to help but struggles to connect with him. After a health inspector discovers multiple safety and sanitation issues, the restaurant is given a "C" rating. Carmy discovers how poorly the restaurant has been managed, and that his brother owed $300,000 to their family friend, Jimmy (referred to as "Uncle Cicero"). Cicero offers to buy the restaurant from Carmy, who refuses the offer but promises to pay back his brother's loan. Sydney wants to be paid as a proper sous-chef. Richie reveals to Sydney that Michael wouldn't allow Carmy to work in the restaurant when he was younger and that he shot himself in the head four months earlier.
3	3	"Brigade"	Joanna Calo	Christopher Storer	June 23, 2022 (2022-06-23)
Carmy attends an Al-Anon meeting in an attempt to better understand his brother's struggles with addiction. At the restaurant, he introduces a brigade de cuisine-style kitchen and relies on the ill-prepared and increasingly frustrated Sydney to manage it. After initial failures, the staff begins to connect to their new roles – particularly Marcus, the passionate baker. Sydney confronts Carmy about being missing most of the day after not listening to her reservations about the new hierarchy. Carmy agrees that they need to collaborate and listen to each other if the business is going to succeed.
4	4	"Dogs"	Christopher Storer	Sofya Levitsky-Weitz	June 23, 2022 (2022-06-23)
Carmy and Richie cater a children's birthday party for Cicero. Carmy creates homemade Ecto cooler, which is accidentally spiked with Richie's Xanax, causing the children to fall asleep in the yard. When Carmy tells Cicero about the Xanax, Cicero responds that he actually doesn't mind the quiet. Meanwhile, Sydney butts heads but eventually bonds with the restaurant staff and begins to earn their respect. Marcus becomes passionate about his new chocolate cake program.
5	5	"Sheridan"	Joanna Calo	Karen Joseph Adcock	June 23, 2022 (2022-06-23)
To try to increase profits, Carmy and Sydney agree to create a new dinner menu. As they prepare to open for lunch, a toilet backs up. Carmy calls Fak, Richie's friend, to fix it. Fak wants to be an employee but his informal interview with Richie culminates in a fight which Carmy breaks up. Fak reveals that Richie has been selling cocaine in the alley behind the restaurant; Richie explains that this got the business through the COVID-19 pandemic but agrees to stop. Marcus experiments with fermentation, but neglects his baking duties. As he rushes to catch up, he overloads the mixer and causes a fuse to blow. With the power out, the crew scramble to save their perishables. When Fak informs Carmy it will cost over $5,000 to replace a damaged condenser, he asks Richie to get the money by selling cocaine one final time. Sydney saves the day by running an outdoor lunch service using a makeshift barbecue setup, causing her to reflect on her failed catering business.
6	6	"Ceres"	Joanna Calo	Catherine Schetina & Rene Gube	June 23, 2022 (2022-06-23)
Sydney develops a risotto meal for an upcoming dinner menu, but Carmy rejects it; Sydney serves it to a customer anyway. Natalie comes to the restaurant to figure out the restaurant's unpaid taxes and she and Carmy search for the missing documents. Marcus continues to work hard on developing donuts but finds himself behind on restaurant work. The restaurant has its windows shot out by stray gunfire, and Richie asks the local gangsters to find out who did it. Later, the gangsters get into a scuffle, which Sydney breaks up by offering them leftovers; Richie feels left out and unneeded because of Sydney's success and calls the police on the gangsters.
7	7	"Review"	Christopher Storer	Joanna Calo	June 23, 2022 (2022-06-23)
Ebraheim reads aloud a very positive review of the restaurant, which especially mentions the risotto that Sydney served (unknowingly) to a food critic. Tina's son gets suspended from school and she brings him to the restaurant to learn culinary skills. Just before the lunch rush, the team learns that Sydney left the preorder option active on their newly computerized to-go service, generating more orders than they can fill. Carmy gets angry with Sydney and Marcus. Sydney accidentally stabs Richie in the chaos and announces her immediate resignation as Carmy begins to mentally deteriorate.
8	8	"Braciole"	Christopher Storer	Christopher Storer & Joanna Calo	June 23, 2022 (2022-06-23)
Carmy attends an Al-Anon meeting and shares that he started in the restaurant business because his brother didn't let him work at The Beef. Sydney and Marcus meet at her apartment and discuss their futures after they both quit due to Carmy's outburst. The Beef hosts a bachelor party, where a fight breaks out and Richie is arrested for nearly killing a guest. The man recovers and Richie is charged with aggravated assault. Marcus returns to work and Carmy apologizes. Carmy accidentally starts a stove fire and takes no action, and the other chefs extinguish it. Richie gives Carmy a letter left to him by Michael, which includes a spaghetti recipe with the direction to use smaller cans of tomatoes because they taste better. Carmy opens one of the cans and finds hundred-dollar bills hidden inside; they close the restaurant for the day, open all of the cans, and find more hidden money. Sydney returns after Carmy sends her a text with an apology and suggestions for improvements to her risotto dish. Carmy hangs a sign announcing that The Beef is closed and that a new restaurant called The Bear will be opening soon.

Season 2 (2023)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
9	1	"Beef"	Christopher Storer	Christopher Storer	June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
Carmy and Sydney begin to develop a menu for The Bear and bring in Natalie as project manager for renovations. Needing more funds, they ask Cicero for an additional $500,000 loan. He agrees under the condition that if the loan is not paid back in 18 months, he takes ownership of the property, estimated to be worth $2 million. Sydney asks Tina to be her sous-chef, to the latter's delight. Carmy, Sugar and Sydney plan to open the restaurant in three months.
10	2	"Pasta"	Christopher Storer	Joanna Calo	June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
Construction delays occur, including the discovery of a mold problem. Sydney has dinner with her father, who expresses his concerns about her choice to open a restaurant. Sydney sends Tina and Ebra to culinary school. Meanwhile, Carmy reconnects with his childhood friend Claire, now a resident in emergency medicine, but intentionally gives her a wrong phone number.
11	3	"Sundae"	Joanna Calo	Karen Joseph Adcock & Catherine Schetina	June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
Carmy continues to attend Al-Anon meetings, where he discusses his struggle to find time for leisure and enjoyment. He and Sydney prepare their menu, but realize they have to get out of their routine and sample food at other restaurants. Claire gets Carmy's real number via Fak, and asks Carmy to help her pack up her mother's house. Carmy subsequently bails on his plans with Sydney, so she goes to restaurants around the city to sample dishes. Gathering inspiration, she also receives feedback from a former colleague, who stresses the importance of having a business partner she can trust. Sydney returns to The Bear and becomes upset when she discovers Carmy has been making large decisions without consulting her.
12	4	"Honeydew"	Ramy Youssef	Stacy Osei-Kuffour	June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
Two months before the planned opening, Carmy learns from Natalie that she is pregnant. Richie and Fak continue to lead construction efforts, while Sydney begins screening new employees. Meanwhile, Marcus is tasked with developing three unique desserts for The Bear. He temporarily leaves his terminally ill mother to travel to Copenhagen to learn from Luca, a skilled pastry chef, and the two quickly form a kinship. Luca recounts being humbled about his level of talent after working with a more skilled chef and how he has since found a better balance between honing his craft and appreciating life outside the kitchen. Marcus is inspired by the experience, while growing feelings for Sydney.
13	5	"Pop"	Joanna Calo	Sofya Levitsky-Weitz	June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
Sydney continues developing the menu with help from Tina, who is thriving in culinary school, although Tina is troubled when Ebra stops attending. Natalie convinces Cicero to expedite permit applications. Claire accompanies Carmy to drop off a liquor license application, where the pair bond. She convinces him to accompany her to a party, where Carmy realizes Claire represents the release and enjoyment he has been searching for. After the party, Carmy takes Claire to see the restaurant, walking in on an argument about Richie stealing electricity from a neighboring building. When the restaurant clears, Carmy and Claire share their first kiss.
14	6	"Fishes"	Christopher Storer	Joanna Calo & Christopher Storer	June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
Approximately five years before The Bear is set to open, Carmy returns from Copenhagen to spend Christmas with his family. Michael and Carmy warn Natalie not to ask their volatile mother Donna if she is "okay." Donna drunkenly prepares a meal based on the Feast of the Seven Fishes. Carmy's cousin Michelle encourages him to stay with her in New York to pursue his career, noticing how the family's dysfunction weighs on him. As they await dinner, an intoxicated Michael repeatedly throws forks at Donna's on-and-off boyfriend Lee, whom he resents for considering him a failure. Ignoring her brothers' warning, Natalie asks an upset Donna if she is okay, leading Donna to have an emotional outburst. Michael throws another fork at Lee when he scorns Donna's behavior and a fight nearly occurs, only to be interrupted when Donna crashes her car into the house.
15	7	"Forks"	Christopher Storer	Alex Russell	June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
Richie is sent by Carmy to Ever, an upscale fine dining restaurant, for the week as education. Richie is deeply skeptical of the restaurant and annoyed by having to wake up before dawn to meticulously clean forks. After seeing how dedicated the restaurant's staff are to their customers he has a change of heart, becoming enthusiastic and learning to expedite a busy dinner service. At the end of the week Richie is sad to leave and asks about staying on permanently, believing that Carmy is trying to get rid of him. He meets the owner, Terry, who recounts the origins of the restaurant and how she overcame professional setbacks. Terry reveals that Carmy told her that he believes in Richie and his people skills.
16	8	"Bolognese"	Christopher Storer	Rene Gube	June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
Ten days before opening, Carmy and Sydney are panicking over their inability to pass the fire suppression test. Ebra returns, reconciles with Tina, and agrees to take over the restaurant's takeout sandwich window. Richie returns with a newfound sense of purpose, while Marcus returns from Copenhagen with an impressive new dessert menu. Richie apologizes to Natalie for the way he has treated her, and they begin interviewing front-of-house candidates. Sydney begins to see Claire as a threat to Carmy's focus. Fak realizes that Michael disabled the fire suppression system when he tried to commit insurance fraud by burning down the restaurant. Fak fixes it in time for the test and they pass, allowing the restaurant to open. Carmy, realizing he loves Claire, makes her dinner.
17	9	"Omelette"	Christopher Storer	Joanna Calo & Christopher Storer	June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
The Bear is set for its soft opening, for family and friends only. Sydney feels pressured to impress her father. Carmy begins to second-guess the plans and forgets to have the handle of the walk-in refrigerator replaced. Natalie informs Carmy that she has invited their mother. Richie and Natalie see the restaurant is fully booked for two weeks, but need to increase reservations to stay profitable. Cicero delivers the official business license to Carmy, and warns him about the danger of distraction. Carmy apologizes to Sydney for his lack of focus, and gives her a custom chef's coat. With the team prepared and the restaurant ready to launch, the team opens The Bear for business.
18	10	"The Bear"	Christopher Storer	Kelly Galuska	June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
On family and friends night, Richie runs the front of house while Sydney runs the kitchen. Several issues begin to mount: the restaurant runs out of forks, Sydney and Marcus are forced to assist when a line cook disappears, and the walk-in refrigerator handle breaks, trapping Carmy inside. Pete sees Donna outside, who refuses to go in due to feeling undeserving of seeing her children's success. Pete accidentally reveals Natalie's pregnancy to Donna before she leaves. Trapped in the fridge, Carmy spirals into self-loathing and rants about how his relationship with Claire has ruined his focus in the kitchen. Claire overhears him and leaves in tears. Richie sees her leave and has a heated argument with Carmy through the refrigerator door. Carmy is devastated when he plays a missed voicemail from Claire earlier in the day, in which she confesses her love for him. Sydney has a panic attack from the stress of service and runs outside to vomit, but her dad comforts her by expressing his pride in her. Marcus receives a gift from Luca in Copenhagen, but misses several calls from his mother's caretaker.

Season 3 (2024)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
19	1	"Tomorrow"	Christopher Storer	Story by : Christopher Storer & Matty Matheson Teleplay by : Christopher Storer	June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
After being freed from the walk-in, Carmy apologizes to Sydney for abandoning the team and promises never to make the same mistake again. He also leaves Richie a message apologizing for his tirade. Marcus learns his mother has died, and Sydney calls to offer her condolences. Flashbacks recount Carmy's time working for renowned chefs at various restaurants, including Chef Terry at Ever alongside Luca, René Redzepi at Noma, Daniel Boulud at Daniel, and David Fields at Empire in New York, where Sydney was one of his patrons. During this time, Carmy also deals with Mikey's death and subsequent funeral, which Carmy is revealed to have observed from his car but could not bring himself to attend. In the present, Carmy arrives early to The Bear and draws upon his past work experience to craft a new menu and a list of "non-negotiables" for the restaurant to follow.
20	2	"Next"	Christopher Storer	Story by : Christopher Storer & Courtney Storer Teleplay by : Christopher Storer	June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
Carmy's non-negotiables prove controversial among the rest of the staff, particularly his decision to change the menu every single day. Carmy tells Sydney he sent her a partnership agreement to formalize her stake in the restaurant. Richie and Carmy remain at odds despite the latter's apology. At Richie's provocation, Carmy tells the others about what he said to Claire. The group immediately stops arguing when Marcus suddenly arrives; he insists upon focusing on the work to get his mind off his mother's death. Carmy privately offers his support, but Marcus says he is grateful to have been in the kitchen when his mother died, feeling it is what she would have wanted. He urges Carmy to lead The Bear to success.
21	3	"Doors"	Duccio Fabbri	Story by : Christopher Storer & Will Guidara Teleplay by : Christopher Storer	June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
Following Marcus' mother's funeral, the team endures a chaotic first month of service at The Bear. Carmy's daily menu changes quickly drive up the restaurant's expenses, angering Natalie and Cicero, while Richie attempts to implement his own set of non-negotiables, much to Carmy's chagrin. Carmy himself struggles to keep his composure amidst the high-pressure environment of the kitchen, with Sydney frequently having to manage his temper. Carmy and Richie eventually have a physical altercation that leads to the restaurant's expo sheets flying off the table, making Sydney realize the extent of the kitchen's dysfunction.
22	4	"Violet"	Christopher Storer	Christopher Storer	June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
Sydney gets a new apartment, despite her father's concerns that it is both more expensive and a further commute from the restaurant than living with him. Sydney is later approached on the street by Ever CDC Adam Shapiro, who reveals he discreetly visited The Bear and observed the chaos in the kitchen, while praising Sydney's skills. Richie has an awkward conversation with Tiff's fiancee Frank, making him wonder whether his presence in his daughter's life is confusing her, but Natalie encourages him to continue being there for her. Natalie receives word that The Chicago Tribune plans to write a review of The Bear, causing the staff to realize that their food critic has already visited the restaurant.
23	5	"Children"	Christopher Storer	Christopher Storer	June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
As the team prepares the restaurant to be photographed for the review, Cicero brings in family friend Nicholas "The Computer" Marshall to help the restaurant cut costs and trim inefficiencies. One of his recommendations is to let go of Marcus or reduce his pay, which Natalie swiftly shuts down. The team also scrambles to prepare a duck dish mentioned in the review, whose ingredients they do not have on hand due to the daily menu changes. Chef Terry unexpectedly closes Ever, making Carmy doubt The Bear's own future.
24	6	"Napkins"	Ayo Edebiri	Catherine Schetina	June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
Some years before the events of the series, Tina is laid off from her longtime office job during a difficult financial period for her family. As she goes about her daily routine raising her son Louie with her husband David, she travels to different businesses across Chicago trying to find work and facing rejection everywhere. Losing hope, she makes a stop at the Original Beef for a coffee, and is offered a sandwich by Richie on the house. Mikey notices her crying in the dining room and offers a sympathetic ear as they commiserate over how the world has beaten them down, noting that they still find hope in the younger generation: Tina expresses her begrudging admiration for some of the younger workers she has seen in her job hunt, while Mikey brings up his pride in Carmy. Mikey offers her a job as a line cook.
25	7	"Legacy"	Joanna Calo	Christopher Storer	June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
Carmy attends an Al-Anon meeting where another attendee expresses doubts over the value of apologies due to having to deal with the consequences of the apologizer's prior actions, while another attendee insists that letting an unspoken apology fester is worse. Adam reveals to Sydney he wants to open his own restaurant and offers her a job as his CDC, further complicating her hesitancy to sign her agreement with Carmy. Carmy shares with Marcus his thoughts on how chefs define their legacies based on the different restaurants they work at. The Bear rehires some of Mikey's old staff to help Ebra run the sandwich window, with Ebra finding the joy in his work again in the process. Sydney starts to resent Carmy for undercutting her authority in the kitchen. Natalie travels to Restaurant Depot to get supplies, only to go into labor in the parking lot.
26	8	"Ice Chips"	Christopher Storer	Joanna Calo	June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
Unable to get in touch with Pete or anyone at the restaurant due to the start of service, Natalie reluctantly calls her mother to meet her at the hospital. Although their reunion starts off rocky, Donna successfully helps calm Natalie down during her contractions. While waiting for Pete to arrive, Donna cheers her up by telling stories of the births of Mikey, Carmy, and her. Natalie confesses that she did not initially tell Donna about her pregnancy due to fear over spreading the family's dysfunction to her child; Donna expresses her regrets over her behavior and promises she is trying to get better. When Pete arrives, an emotionally drained Donna quietly exits the hospital room to wait in reception, where she is comforted by the Faks.
27	9	"Apologies"	Christopher Storer	Alex Russell	June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
The Faks urge Carmy to apologize to Claire, which he considers but continually puts off. Carmy invites Sydney to the Ever "funeral service" closing dinner. The staff anxiously await the Tribune review. Cicero warns Carmy that, with the finances in dire straits, he will likely have to pull out if it is negative. Richie ponders whether to attend Tiff and Frankie's wedding, with Tiff urging him to do so. With the restaurant closed for the day so Carmy, Sydney, and Richie can attend the Ever dinner, Marcus and Tina help each other experiment with their own dishes. Sydney delivers food to Pete and Natalie, and discovers from Pete that Carmy is offering her less money and fewer benefits as a partner than she would get working for Adam. The Faks visit Claire at her job and implore her to reach out to Carmy, telling her he feels sorry but is too nervous to talk to her.
28	10	"Forever"	Christopher Storer	Christopher Storer	June 26, 2024 (2024-06-26)
Carmy, Sydney and Richie attend the Ever closing dinner. Richie spends time with Garrett and Jessica while they run service, while Carmy reconnects with Luca, who plans to stay in Chicago for a few months to visit his sister. Sydney converses with Luca and various renowned chefs as they share their stories from past kitchens, and is struck by their aversion to dysfunctional kitchen environments. Carmy confronts David and accuses him of ruining his self-worth; he snidely claims Carmy should be thanking him as his abuse towards Carmy made him a better chef. Adam reminds Sydney about his prior offer, to which she states she is still interested. Chef Terry explains her choice to close the restaurant to Carmy, explaining she was tired of the constant stress and wanted to finish her career on her own terms. After the service, Sydney hosts an afterparty at her apartment attended by Luca, Chef Terry, and members of The Bear and Ever's staff. Noticing the Original Beef's old four-star review and thinking about how the staff has changed since, Sydney runs out of her apartment and has a panic attack. Carmy checks his phone to discover several missed calls from Cicero and Computer, along with the Tribune review.