‘The Bear’ drops surprise episode that may have killed off a major character

No, chef.

Warning: Spoilers ahead! Do not proceed unless you’ve watched nan astonishment section of “The Bear,” titled “Gary.”

“The Bear” dropped a astonishment section on Tuesday, up of nan 5th and last play premiere this summer.

Titled “Gary” and now streaming connected Hulu, it’s a flashback pursuing Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and Mikey (Jon Bernthal) connected a roadworthy travel years earlier nan events of nan Emmy-winning chef show.

The shocking ending has implications for Season 5, because it’s imaginable it killed disconnected Richie.

The section ends seemingly retired of nan flashback, successful nan existent timeline. As Richie is sitting successful a car, different car plows into him. The mishap looks brutal, and his destiny is near up successful nan air.

Co-written by Moss-Bachrach and Bernthal (who are besides presently on Broadway together successful “Dog Day Afternoon”), nan section follows Richie and Mikey arsenic they thrust to Gary, Indiana, wherever they play hoops and trash talk pinch section teens, snort cocaine successful their car and bent retired successful a bar.

Richie besides calls his wife, Tiffany (Gillian Jacobs), who is astir to springiness commencement — truthful it seems irresponsible that he’s away. In nan existent timeline of nan show, unsurprisingly, Richie and Tiffany are divided co-parents of their daughter, and she has moved connected pinch Frank (Josh Hartnett).

Mikey’s behaviour gets much erratic arsenic nan section progresses, until he yet calls Richie a “coward” successful beforehand of a crowded bar, and tells him “your kid is gonna dislike you.”

The flashback information of nan section ends pinch Richie and Mikey driving successful their car, sitting adjacent to each different successful tense silence.

The segment past switches to show Richie sitting unsocial successful his car, looking sadly astatine nan quiet spot adjacent to him. In nan show’s existent timeline, Mickey is dead, having taken his ain life anterior to nan opening of nan series.

The show’s different seasons travel Mikey’s relative Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) arsenic he takes complete Mikey’s Chicago sandwich shop aft his suicide. Over nan seasons, he’s turned it into a good eating establishment.

Given nan show’s timeline, it appears nan extremity segment pinch Richie’s car mishap has moved retired of nan flashback and into nan coming day, aft Mickey’s death.

There’s nary timestamp connected surface informing america precisely erstwhile Richie’s car mishap occurs. But, he’s not severely injured successful nan first 4 seasons. It seems logical to presume that his car sewage T-boned soon earlier Season 5. If he survives, he’ll apt beryllium connected crutches successful Season 5 — astatine nan very least.

The different characters successful “The Bear,” for illustration Carmy and Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) don’t look successful “Gary.” 

Season 5 of “The Bear,” nan show’s last season, is expected to premiere connected an unannounced day successful June.

“Gary” is now streaming connected Hulu and Disney+.