FX has confirmed season two of the critically acclaimed drama The Bear will premiere in June on Hulu. The first short-but-sweet teaser reveals The Original Beef of Chicagoland is closing as Carmy prepares to launch a new restaurant.
In the teaser, Natalie and Marcus are packing up while Tina covers the equipment. We also get of glimpse of Ebraheim in a storage freezer and Sydney looking through a hole in the wall. A complete renovation is underway as The Beef is set to transform into The Bear.
The video ends with a sign that reads: “The Beef is closed. Thank you for your patronage.” And FX offers this tagline: “It’s not a reopening, it’s a rebirth.”
Jeremy Allen White (Shameless) leads the cast as James Beard Award–winning Chef Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto. Ebon Moss-Bachrach plays Richard ‘Richie’ Jerimovich, Ayo Edebiri is Sydney Adamu, Abby Elliott is Natalie ‘Sugar’ Berzatto, Lionel Boyce plays Marcus, Liza Colón-Zayas is Tina, Edwin Lee Gibson is Ebraheim, and Matty Matheson is Neil Fak.
Christopher Storer (Ramy) created the series and serves as co-showrunner with Joanna Calo (BoJack Horseman). Storer and Calo write, direct, and executive produce. Super Frog’s Hiro Murai and Nate Matteson also executive produce.
Season one, which premiered in June 2022, won Critics Choice, Screen Actors Guild, Producers Guild, and Writers Guild awards. The first season sits at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Plot:
The Bear follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (White), a young chef from the fine dining world, who comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop – The Original Beef of Chicagoland – after a heartbreaking death in his family. A world away from what he’s used to, Carmy must balance the soul-crushing realities of small business ownership, his strong-willed and recalcitrant kitchen staff and his strained familial relationships, all while grappling with the impact of his brother’s suicide.
FX’s original series The Bear is about food, family, the insanity of the grind, the beauty of Sense of Urgency and the steep slippery downsides. As the young chef Carmy fights to transform both The Original Beef of Chicagoland and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges kitchen crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.
