The Bear star can't reveal if Richie's cliffhanger ending in surprise prequel episode takes place before season 5

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The Bear star Ebon Moss-Bachrach's lips are sealed when it comes to what season 5 has in store for Richie after the end of prequel episode 'Gary.'

A surprise episode of The Bear dropped last week, which took us back in time to a flashback from Richie's POV. The prequel standalone episode saw Richie and his late best friend Mikey (played by Jon Bernthal) take a road trip to Gary, Indiana.

Richie was seemingly daydreaming about the trip behind the wheel of his car during a present-day journey, but was jolted awake when he collided with another vehicle at the end of the episode. But just where on the timeline those present-day scenes fall is being kept under wraps.

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"Beyond that kind of general tonal thing, I can't really get into the details," Moss-Bachrach, who co-wrote the episode with Bernthal, told Entertainment Weekly, before adding that the crash could "potentially" have occurred between seasons 4 and 5.

Richie's condition after the crash is still up in the air, but things don't look good for everyone's favorite cousin. We won't have to wait too long to find out once and for all, though. The Bear season 5 has been confirmed as the final installment of the comedy-drama series, with all eight episodes dropping at once next month.

The Bear season 5 arrives on Hulu and Disney Plus on June 25. In the meantime, fill out your watchlist with our picks of the other best new TV shows still to come in 2026.

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Emily GarbuttEntertainment Writer

I’m an Entertainment Writer here at GamesRadar+, covering everything film and TV-related. I help bring you all the latest news, features, and reviews, as well as helming our Big Screen Spotlight column. I’ve previously written for publications like HuffPost and i-D after getting my NCTJ Diploma in Multimedia Journalism.

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