Overview
- FX set The Bear’s Season 5 premiere on Wednesday, announcing a June 25 launch with all eight episodes available to stream at once.
- Following Tuesday’s stealth release of an hourlong standalone prequel titled “Gary,” the special is streaming now as its own title on Hulu and Disney+.
- The flashback centers on Richie and Mikey a few years before the series begins, with Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Jon Bernthal co-writing and creator Christopher Storer directing.
- The special functions as a self-contained character study that also hints at story threads the final season may pick up, without revealing key plot points.
- The series has won 21 Emmys and Season 5 is widely expected to be its last, though FX and Christopher Storer have not formally labeled it the definitive end.