‘The Bear’: FX Sets Summer Premiere; Season 2 Upped To 10 Episodes
deadline.comFX‘s hit series The Bear is set to return early this summer with an increase from 8 episodes to 10. An exact date will be revealed at a later date.
The Bear follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen 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.
Series creator and EP Christopher Storer remained mostly tight-lipped as to what fans can expect from the show’s sophomore turn but he shared a small nugget of info. “I know this sounds like I’m avoiding the question but part of the reason why I even wanted to make the show in the first place was that I probably become unhealthily obsessed with time in a lot of instances that created anxiety,” he shared. “And there’s no better setting than a restaurant for the pressures of that.
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