Carmy didn’t reveal he was planning to leave The Bear until the end. The final episode, which was filmed in one single shot, captured Carmy giving his goodbyes to Sydney and Richie after all the work they put into creating the restaurant together. It remained unclear what Carmy would do next — or if The Bear would survive without him.

This article contains spoilers for the season 4 finale of The Bear. The Bear just served up yet another cliffhanger, but the potential end of the award-winning series is starting to take shape. Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) spent season 4 healing his psychological trauma — he finally sat down with his mother,