The Bear Season 5 Will Be The Last, Cast Member Jamie Lee Curtis Claims

The Bear is set to end after its upcoming fifth season, cast member Jamie Lee Curtis has claimed.

Late last month, the Oscar nominee appeared to let the cat out of the bag with a revealing Instagram post.

In the picture, Jamie – who plays matriarch Donna Berzatto in the comedy-drama – appeared alongside The Bear’s Abby Elliott, suggesting the actors had just finished filming a scene together.

“FINISHED STRONG!” she wrote in the caption. “Surrounded by an extraordinary crew and group of writers and producers and scene partners on the show that Chris Storer created, completing the story of this extraordinary family that we have all fallen in love with.”

Fans speculated this meant the end of the road for the popular culinary series, which Jamie has confirmed to be the case.

Earlier this week, a reporter from Access Hollywood asked the Freaky Friday star whether the post confirmed that the next series would be the last.

“Everybody’s confirmed the show is ending,” she insisted. “I don’t understand why that’s such a [big deal].

“Unless I’m gonna get a call from all the people saying, ‘You just told [everyone],’ I think everybody understood that it was the last season of the show. If it isn’t, then I’ve completely blown it.”

Although there has been no official statement from The Bear about its upcoming ending, undisclosed sources confirmed to Deadline that Jamie’s comments were accurate. 

However, this news won’t come as too much of a surprise to fans of the show, as leading man Jeremy Allen White previously revealed that the show’s creator, Christopher Storer, had originally only planned for the show to run for four seasons.

Series four ended with Jeremy’s character, Carmy, leaving the restaurant and signing over his stake in it. 

Despite feeling like a goodbye to The Bear, the series was soon renewed for its fifth season, although at the time there was no word if it would be the last.

Over the last three months, the cast has been spotted around Chicago, filming new scenes for the upcoming final episodes.

The Bear premiered in 2022 to huge acclaim, winning 21 Emmy awards and five Golden Globes over the course of the series, including individual acting wins for Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri and Ebon Moss-Bachrach.

There is no current release date for season five of The Bear, but you can watch all four series of The Bear on Disney + now.