'The Bear' Season 4 released today: The plot, returning cast members and more, with all 10 new episodes now streaming

“Every second counts,” and that’s clear on FX’s The Bear. The Emmy-winning show returns for its fourth season on Wednesday and will transport fans back to the chaotic fine dining restaurant helmed by tortured culinary genius Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White).

FX quietly renewed the series for a fourth season in March 2024. The latest season was filmed back-to-back with Season 3, Deadline reported.

Ahead, we break down everything you need to know before The Bear returns.

Let’s back up — where did things leave off? (Warning! Spoilers ahead.)

The season three finale ends with a foreboding “to be continued” on the screen. In the final scene of the season, Carmy looks down at his phone to see that the Chicago Tribune review of his restaurant has posted — and that he has a number of missed calls from both Cicero (Oliver Platt) and the Computer (Brian Koppelman). We don’t get a close enough look at the review to fully knowwhether it’s positive or negative, though fans have tried to decipher what it says. Carmy angrily exclaims “motherf***er” after reading it — if that’s any sort of indication. And if the review is bad, Cicero will stop funding the restaurant.

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Sydney (Ayo Edebiri), meanwhile, has a tough decision to make: Will she sign the partnership agreement and stick it out with the Bear or jump ship and take up former Ever chef Adam Shapiro’s offer as his new chef de cuisine? Carmy’s strict list of non-negotiables and toxic pursuit of culinary excellence could be enough reason for Sydney to cut ties with him and start new elsewhere.

In the Season 4 trailer, Carmy seems eager to turn his attitude and the restaurant’s morale around, though it may be too late.

“Look, we could do this. We could take care of people. We could make it calm. We could make it delicious. We could make people happy,” Carmy says.

When will Season 4 of The Bear be available to stream?

Thankfully, we won’t have to wait for weekly episode drops. All 10 episodes of the fourth season will be available to stream on Hulu starting June 25 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

Who’s in the Season 4 cast?

Jeremy Allen White and Ebon Moss-Bachrach on Season 4 of The Bear. (FX)

It wouldn’t be The Bear without the group of chefs — or Jeffs — responsible for running it. Fans can rest assured that the entire kitchen staff, including the fan favorites below, are reprising their starring roles:

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Jeremy Allen White (Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto)

Ayo Edebiri (Sydney Adamu)

Ebon Moss-Bachrach (Richard “Richie” Jerimovich)

Liza Colón-Zayas (Tina Marrero)

Lionel Boyce (Marcus)

Abby Elliott (Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto)

Matty Matheson (Neil Fak)

Are there any new characters?

Jeremy Allen White on Season 4 of The Bear. (FX)

While there’s no word on whether or not we’ll be meeting any new faces, we will be reunited with familiar ones, like Donna (Jamie Lee Curtis), the volatile, unstable matriarch of the Berzatto family. Platt as Cicero and Molly Gordon as Claire Dunlap will also be returning this season.

The Bear has previously featured a noteworthy roster of guest stars like John Cena as Sammy Fak and Josh Hartnett as the fiancé of Richie’s ex-wife Tiff (Gillian Jacobs), who were both introduced in the third season. Jon Bernthal, beloved for his role as Carmy and Sugar’s big brother who passed away, and Joel McHale as David Fields, Carmy’s abusive old boss from New York, also appear in flashbacks throughout the series.

Will Poulter as chef Luca and Olivia Colman as chef Terry emerged as fan favorites during the show’s second season. Neither has outright confirmed they’re returning, but Poulter’s made his adoration of the show common knowledge.

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“I really hope so,” Poulter told the Los Angeles Times in April of whether he’d be returning to The Bear. “I love that show so much. The fact I get to be in it is crazy. When I’m on that set, I’m like, ‘Oh, they’ve let a fan on set.’ I literally feel like a competition winner.”

What has the cast said about Season 4?

Ayo Edebiri and Liza Colón-Zayas on Season 4 of The Bear. (FX)

The cast has remained pretty mum on details surrounding the Emmy-winning series’ fourth season. What we do know, though, is that Edebiri, who made her directorial debut with Season 3, Episode 6’s “Napkins” on The Bear, also cowrote an episode for Season 4 with Boyce.

“Each season I’ve gotten to do different things,” Edebiri told actor-director Ramy Youssef for Cultured magazine. “Last season I directed for the first time and this season I’ve written an episode. It’s been a minute since I’ve written for TV, and I’ve learned so much since the last time — even something as simple as knowing what it’s like to shoot an overnight. So, my episode will be taking place during the day.”