The Bear season 2

The Bear
Season 2
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Showrunners	Christopher Storer Joanna Calo
Starring	Jeremy Allen White Ebon Moss-Bachrach Ayo Edebiri Lionel Boyce Liza Colón-Zayas Abby Elliott Matty Matheson
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	FX on Hulu
Original release	June 22, 2023 (2023-06-22)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The second season of the American comedy-drama television series The Bear premiered with all episodes on June 22, 2023, on FX on Hulu. Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo serve as showrunners for the season. FX renewed the series for a ten-episode second season in July 2022. 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.

Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, and Abby Elliott return from the previous season as the supporting cast, with Matty Matheson promoted to a series regular. In July 2022, following the release of the first season, FX renewed The Bear for a second season, which began filming in February 2023 in Chicago, and wrapped in April of that year. The season consists of ten episodes.

The season received widespread critical acclaim, with many reviewers considering it an improvement over the first. It received eleven Primetime Emmy Awards wins from 23 nominations, making it the season of television with the most wins in a single year for a comedy series until the record was beaten by the series' second season. The Emmy wins included acting wins for White, Moss-Bachrach and Colón-Zayas, and for guest stars Jon Bernthal and Jamie Lee Curtis.

Cast and characters

Main

• Jeremy Allen White as Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto
• Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard "Richie" Jerimovich
• Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu
• Lionel Boyce as Marcus Brooks
• Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina Marrero
• Abby Elliott as Natalie "Sugar" Berzatto
• Matty Matheson as Neil Fak

Recurring

• Jon Bernthal as Michael "Mikey" Berzatto
• Joel McHale as David Fields
• Edwin Lee Gibson as Ebraheim
• Corey Hendrix as Gary "Sweeps" Woods
• Oliver Platt as Jimmy "Cicero" Kalinowski
• Richard Esteras as Manny
• Chris Witaske as Pete
• Molly Gordon as Claire Dunlap
• Robert Townsend as Emmanuel Adamu
• Alex Moffat as Josh
• Ricky Staffieri as Theodore "Teddy" Fak
• Jack Lancaster as Connor
• Isa Arciniegas as Daniela

Guest

• Adam Shapiro as Adam Shapiro
• Carmen Christopher as Chester
• Gillian Jacobs as Tiffany "Tiff" Jerimovich
• Mitra Jouhari as Kelly
• Will Poulter as Luca
• Jamie Lee Curtis as Donna Berzatto
• Olivia Colman as Chef Andrea Terry
• Sarah Ramos as Jessica
• Andrew Lopez as Garrett
• Rene Gube as the unnamed general manager of Ever.
• Maura Kidwell as Caro
• Bob Odenkirk as "Uncle" Lee Lane
• Sarah Paulson as Michelle Berzatto
• John Mulaney as Stevie

Episodes

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.

Production

Development

In July 2022, following the release and positive reception of the first season, FX renewed The Bear for a ten-episode second season, with Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo returning as showrunners. ^{[1] [2]}

Casting

Jamie Lee Curtis, John Mulaney, Gillian Jacobs, Sarah Paulson, Bob Odenkirk and Will Poulter joined the series for the second season.

Matty Matheson was promoted to a series regular in this season. Will Poulter was cast as Chef Luca after being a big fan of the series. ^{[3] [4]} Jon Bernthal reprised his role as Michael Berzatto from the first season. Jamie Lee Curtis, John Mulaney, Gillian Jacobs, Sarah Paulson and Bob Odenkirk were all cast as members of the Berzatto family, with only Odenkirk's casting being announced prior to the season's release. ^[5]

Writing

Series creator and co-showrunner Christopher Storer wrote three of the ten episodes, and co-showrunner Joanna Calo wrote three episodes. The rest of the episodes were written by Karen Joseph Adcock, Catherine Schetina, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Alex Russell, Rene Gube and Kelly Galuska. ^[6]

Filming

Filming for the second season began on February 21, 2023, and wrapped on April 28, 2023. ^{[7] [8]} Storer directed seven of the ten episodes, and Calo directed two. The only episode not directed by Storer or Calo was "Honeydew", which was directed by Ramy Youssef. ^[9] The episode "Forks" was filmed on location at Chicago's two-Michelin-starred restaurant Ever. The restaurant was shut down for one week and turned off its online reservation system to accommodate the filming schedule. Head chef Curtis Duffy cooked all the meals featured in the episode. ^[10]

Release

The second season of The Bear premiered on FX on Hulu in the United States on June 22, 2023, and became available internationally in the Star hub on Disney+. ^[11] Along with other Hulu content, The Bear became available to stream on Disney+ in the United States via the Hulu hub on December 6, 2023. ^[12]

Reception

Audience viewership

According to the streaming aggregator Reelgood, The Bear was the second most watched program across all platforms in the United States during the week of June 22, 2023, ^{[13] [14] [15]} and the most during the week of June 29, 2023. ^[16] According to JustWatch, The Bear was the most streamed television series across all platforms in the United States during the week ending June 25, 2023. ^[17] According to FX, the second season was the most-watched season premiere in the network's history. ^{[18] [19]} According to Whip Media's viewership tracking app TV Time, The Bear was the eighth most-watched streaming original television series of 2023. ^{[20] [21]}

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes, 99% of 109 critic reviews are positive for the second season, and the average rating is 9.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Instead of reinventing the menu, The Bear's second season wisely opts to toss its lovable characters into another frying pan of adversity, lets 'em cook, and serves up yet another supremely satisfying dish." ^[22] Metacritic assigned it a weighted average score of 92 out of 100 based on 42 critic reviews. ^[23]

For the second year in a row, the American Film Institute named The Bear one of the ten best television programs of the year. ^[24] The Bear appeared on many publications' lists of the best TV shows of 2023, including Rolling Stone , The New York Times , The Hollywood Reporter , and People , among others. ^{[25] [26] [27] [28]}

Accolades

The season received critical acclaim, with multiple awards nominations and wins. The season won eleven Primetime Emmy Awards for its 23 nominations, making it the season of television with the most wins in a single year for a comedy series, beating the record set by the first season, which won ten. ^{[29] [30]} The following is a list of awards the second season of The Bear has been nominated for or won.

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2024	AACTA International Awards	Best Comedy Series	The Bear	Won	[31]
		Best Actor in a Series	Jeremy Allen White	Won
	AARP Movies for Grownups Awards	Best Actor	Oliver Platt	Nominated	[32] [33]
	Artios Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Comedy Pilot or First Season	Jeanie Bacharach, Mickie Paskal, Jennifer Rudnicke, AJ Links	Won	[34]
	American Cinema Editors	Best Edited Single Camera Comedy Series	Joanna Naugle (for "Fishes")	Won	[35]
			Adam Epstein (for "Forks")	Nominated	[36]
	American Society of Cinematographers Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Episode of a Half Hour Series for Television	Andrew Wehde (for "The Bear")	Nominated	[37]
	Art Directors Guild Awards	Excellence in Production Design for a Half Hour Single-Camera Television Series	Merje Veski (for "Omelette")	Nominated	[38]
	Astra TV Awards	Best Streaming Series, Comedy	The Bear	Pending	[39]
		Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy	Jeremy Allan White	Pending
		Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy	Ayo Edebiri	Pending
		Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy	Ebon Moss-Bachrach	Pending
			Matty Matheson	Pending
			Oliver Platt	Pending
		Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy	Abby Elliott	Pending
			Liza Colón-Zayas	Pending
		Best Guest Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy	Bob Odenkirk	Pending
			Jon Bernthal	Pending
		Best Guest Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy	Jamie Lee Curtis	Pending
			Olivia Colman	Pending
			Sarah Paulson	Pending
		Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Comedy	Christopher Storer (for "Fishes")	Pending
		Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Comedy		Pending
	British Academy Television Awards	Best International Programme	The Bear	Nominated	[40]
	Cinema Audio Society Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – Half Hour	Scott D. Smith, Steve "Major" Giammaria, Patrick Christensen, Ryan Collison (for "Forks")	Won	[41]
	Costume Designers Guild Awards	Excellence in Contemporary Television	Courtney Wheeler (for "Fishes")	Nominated	[42]
	Critics' Choice Television Awards	Best Comedy Series	The Bear	Won	[43]
		Best Actor in a Comedy Series	Jeremy Allen White	Won
		Best Actress in a Comedy Series	Ayo Edebiri	Won
		Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Ebon Moss-Bachrach	Won
	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series	Christopher Storer (for "Fishes")	Won	[44]
			Ramy Youssef (for "Honeydew")	Nominated
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy	The Bear	Won	[45]
		Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Jeremy Allen White	Won
		Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy	Ayo Edebiri	Won
		Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Ebon Moss-Bachrach	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film	Abby Elliott	Nominated
	Golden Reel Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Short Form	Steve "Major" Giammaria, Andrea Bella, Matt Snedecor, Evan Benjamin, John Werner, John Bowen, Annie Taylor, Leslie Bloome, Shaun Brennan (for "Fishes")	Nominated	[46]
		Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Short Form	Jason Lingle, Jeff Lingle (for "Fishes")	Nominated
	Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards	Best Contemporary Make-Up in a Television Series, Limited, Miniseries, or Movie for Television	Ignacia Soto-Aguilar, Nicole Rogers	Nominated	[47]
		Best Contemporary Hair Styling in a Television Series, Limited, Miniseries, or Movie for Television	Ally Vickers, Angela Brasington, Melanie Shaw	Nominated
	NAACP Image Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Ayo Edebiri	Won	[48]
	People's Choice Awards	The Show of the Year	The Bear	Nominated	[49]
		The Comedy Show of the Year		Nominated
		The Male TV Star of the Year	Jeremy Allen White	Nominated
		The Comedy TV Star of the Year		Won
		The TV Performance of the Year	Ayo Edebiri	Nominated
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Comedy Series	The Bear	Nominated	[50]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series	Jeremy Allen White (for "The Bear")	Won
		Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series	Ayo Edebiri (for "Sundae")	Nominated
		Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series	Lionel Boyce (for “Honeydew”)	Nominated
			Ebon Moss-Bachrach (for “Forks”)	Won
		Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series	Liza Colón-Zayas (for “Pop”)	Won
		Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series	Christopher Storer (for "Fishes")	Won
			Ramy Youssef (for "Honeydew")	Nominated
		Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series	Christopher Storer and Joanna Calo (for "Fishes")	Nominated
	Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series	Jon Bernthal (for "Fishes")	Won
			Bob Odenkirk (for "Fishes")	Nominated
			Will Poulter (for "Honeydew")	Nominated
		Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series	Olivia Colman (for "Forks")	Nominated
			Jamie Lee Curtis (for "Fishes")	Won
		Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour)	Eric Frankel, Lisa Korpan, and Merje Veski (for "Omelette")	Nominated
		Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series	Jeanie Bacharach, Maggie Bacharach, Jennifer Rudnicke, Mickie Paskal, AJ Links	Won
		Outstanding Cinematography for a Single-Camera Series (Half-Hour)	Andrew Wehde (for "Forks")	Won
Outstanding Contemporary Costumes for a Series		Steven "Rage" Rehage, Lariana Santiago, Courtney Wheeler (for "Fishes")	Nominated
Outstanding Contemporary Hairstyling		Angela Brasington, Melanie Shaw, Ally Vickers (for "Fishes")	Nominated
Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic)		Justine Losoya, Zsofia Otvos, Nicole Rogers, Ignacia Soto-Aguilar (for "Fishes")	Nominated
Outstanding Picture Editing for a Single-Camera Comedy Series		Joanna Naugle (for "Fishes")	Won
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation		Steve "Major" Giammaria, Andrea Bella, Evan Benjamin, Jonathan Fuhrer, Annie Taylor, Jason Lingle, Jeff Lingle, Leslie Bloome, Shaun Brennan (for "Forks")	Won
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation		Steve "Major" Giammaria, Scott D. Smith, Patrick Christensen, Ryan Collison (for "Forks")	Won
Producers Guild of America Awards	Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy	The Bear	Won	[51]
Satellite Awards	Best Comedy or Musical Series	The Bear	Nominated	[52]
	Best Actor – Comedy or Musical Series	Jeremy Allen White	Won	[53]
	Best Actress – Comedy or Musical Series	Ayo Edebiri	Nominated	[52]
Screen Actors Guild Awards	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series	Lionel Boyce, Jose Cervantes Jr, Liza Colón-Zayas, Ayo Edebiri, Abby Elliott, Richard Esteras, Edwin Lee Gibson, Molly Gordon, Corey Hendrix, Matty Matheson, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Oliver Platt and Jeremy Allen White	Won	[54]
	Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series	Jeremy Allen White	Won
		Ebon Moss-Bachrach	Nominated
	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series	Ayo Edebiri	Won
Television Critics Association Awards	Program of the Year	The Bear	Nominated	[55]
	Outstanding Achievement in Comedy		Nominated
	Individual Achievement in Comedy	Ayo Edebiri	Nominated
		Jeremy Allen White	Nominated
Writers Guild of America Awards	Comedy Series	Karen Joseph Adcock, Joanna Calo, Kelly Galuska, Rene Gube, Sofya Levitsky-Weitz, Stacy Osei-Kuffour, Alex Russell, Catherine Schetina, Christopher Storer	Won	[56]
	Episodic Comedy	Joanna Calo and Christopher Storer (for "Fishes")	Nominated	[57]
		Alex Russell (for "Forks")	Nominated

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