CHICAGO—Stunning longtime fans with its climactic conclusion, FX series The Bear reportedly ended Friday with a continuous 45-minute shot of protagonist Carmy screaming while stirring tomato sauce. “After so many tense scenes and multifaceted characters, I’m glad we could provide the perfect finale to this show that I know the fans will love,” said star Jeremy Allen White, who noted that the single, unbroken take of his character splashing marinara all over the kitchen floor while shouting “Cousin!” repeatedly for three quarters of an hour was the only way the series could possible have ended. “[Carmy] was actually supposed to undergo a touching moment of character growth where he decides to give up cooking entirely, but when we got on set, I just improvised a long, high-pitched screech while stirring faster and faster, and the whole team agreed it perfectly encapsulated the story we had built.” At press time, longtime fans of the series had taken to social media to debate whether or not the finale’s abrupt cut to black alluded to Carmy continuing to stir the spaghetti sauce further.
