{"id":943,"date":"2026-05-05T21:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/the-bear-drops-surprise-episode-that-may-have-killed-off-a-major-character\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T21:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T21:25:16","slug":"the-bear-drops-surprise-episode-that-may-have-killed-off-a-major-character","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/the-bear-drops-surprise-episode-that-may-have-killed-off-a-major-character\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The Bear&#8217; drops surprise episode that may have killed off a major character"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/bear-copy2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>No, chef. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you\u2019ve watched the surprise episode of \u201cThe Bear,\u201d titled \u201cGary.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bear\u201d dropped <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/entertainment\/how-to-watch-surprise-the-bear-episode-gary-for-free\/\">a surprise episode <\/a>on Tuesday, ahead of the fifth and final season premiere this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Titled \u201cGary\u201d and now streaming on Hulu, it\u2019s a flashback following Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Mikey (Jon Bernthal) on a road trip years before the events of the Emmy-winning <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/06\/26\/entertainment\/real-chefs-weigh-in-on-what-the-bear-gets-right-and-wrong\/\">chef show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The shocking ending has implications for Season 5, because it\u2019s possible it killed off Richie.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Ebon Moss-Bachrach and Jon Bernthal (pictured above in \u201cGary\u201d) co-wrote and also star in the surprise episode. <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of FX Networks<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cGary\u201d does not feature other characters in the show, like Jeremy Allen White\u2019s Carmy (pictured here in Season 3). <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9FX Networks\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The episode ends seemingly out of the flashback, in the current timeline. As Richie is sitting in a car, another car plows into him. The accident looks brutal, and his fate is left up in the air.<\/p>\n<p>Co-written by Moss-Bachrach and Bernthal (who are also currently <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/03\/31\/entertainment\/dog-day-afternoon-review-jon-bernthals-broadway-play-turns-classic-ny-movie-into-a-silly-sitcom\/\">on Broadway together in \u201cDog Day Afternoon\u201d<\/a>), the episode follows Richie and Mikey as they drive to Gary, Indiana, where they play basketball and trash talk with local teens, snort cocaine in their car and hang out in a bar.<\/p>\n<p>Richie also calls his wife, Tiffany (Gillian Jacobs), who is about to give birth \u2014 so it seems irresponsible that he\u2019s away. In the current timeline of the show, unsurprisingly, Richie and Tiffany are divorced co-parents of their daughter, and she has moved on with Frank (<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/03\/entertainment\/josh-hartnett-reveals-how-the-bear-cameo-happened\/\">Josh Hartnett<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Mikey\u2019s behavior gets more erratic as the episode progresses, until he eventually calls Richie a \u201ccoward\u201d in front of a crowded bar, and tells him \u201cyour kid is gonna hate you.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bernthal\u2019s character Mikey (pictured in \u201cGary\u201d with Marin Ireland) died by suicide before the main timeline of the show. <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of FX Networks<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bernthal\u2019s characer Mikey (pictured in \u201cGary\u201d) spirals and behaves chaotically in \u201cGary.\u201d  <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of FX Networks<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The flashback portion of the episode ends with Richie and Mikey driving in their car, sitting next to each other in tense silence.<\/p>\n<p>The scene then switches\u00a0to show Richie sitting alone in his car, looking sadly at the empty seat next to him. In the show\u2019s current timeline, Mickey is dead, having taken his own life prior to the beginning of the series.<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s other seasons follow Mikey\u2019s brother Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) as he takes over Mikey\u2019s Chicago sandwich shop after his suicide. Over the seasons, he\u2019s turned it into a fine dining establishment.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bernthal and Moss-Bachrach (pictured above in \u201cGary\u201d) are also currently on Broadway together. <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of FX Networks<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Bernthal and Moss-Bachrach (seen here in \u201cGary\u201d) go on a manic road trip in \u201cGary.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of FX Networks<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Given the show\u2019s timeline, it appears the end scene with Richie\u2019s car accident has moved out of the flashback and into the present day, after Mickey\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no timestamp on screen informing us exactly when Richie\u2019s car accident occurs. But, he\u2019s not badly injured in the first four seasons.\u00a0It seems logical to assume that his car got T-boned shortly before Season 5.\u00a0If he survives, he\u2019ll likely be on crutches in Season 5 \u2014 at the very least.<\/p>\n<p>The other characters in \u201cThe Bear,\u201d like Carmy and Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) don\u2019t appear in \u201cGary.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Season 5 of \u201cThe Bear,\u201d the show\u2019s final season, is expected to premiere on an unannounced date in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGary\u201d is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/05\/entertainment\/the-bear-drops-surprise-episode-that-may-have-killed-off-a-major-character\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, chef. Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you\u2019ve watched the surprise episode of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/bear-copy2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}