‘The Bear’ Season 4 Episode Lengths Revealed
The Bear is coming back. Here are the runtimes of each episode of The Bear Season 4
Like clockwork, The Bear has consistently aired a season every June, and this time is no different. The Bear Season 4 is coming on June 25th. Here is everything you need to know.
The Bear Season 3 leaves off with a “To Be Continued” title card, with the fate of the restaurant in the balance of the reviews from food critics. Season 4 is set to continue that storyline and everything else it left on the table.
Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) and Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) both have unresolved storylines. The latter in particular must choose between a tempting new venture with Adam Shapiro or continuing on despite all the chaos at The Bear.
The official logline of the season:
Season four finds our chefs pushing forward, determined not only to survive, but also to take The Bear to the next level.
Here are the runtimes of each episode of The Bear Season 4:
| Episode Number | Runtime |
| 1 | 31 minutes |
| 2 | 31 minutes |
| 3 | 37 minutes |
| 4 | 32 minutes |
| 5 | 33 minutes |
| 6 | 29 minutes |
| 7 | 69 minutes |
| 8 | 36 minutes |
| 9 | 38 minutes |
| 10 | 33 minutes |
Source: Hulu
The Bear Season 4 Total Runtime
The entire season adds up to 369 minutes, which is 6 hours and 9 minutes. This total runtime makes it the longest season of the show.
The longest episode of the season is Season 4 Episode 7 at 69 minutes which also makes it the longest of the entire series. Previously, the longest episode was Season 2, Episode 7: “Fishes” which ran 66 minutes, meaning this would now be the longest episode by 3 minutes.
The shortest episode of the season is Season 4 Episode 6 at 29 minutes. This is the first season to have only one episode under 30 minutes.
Season 4 Runtime vs Season 1, 2, and 3
Total Runtimes
- Season 1: 239 Minutes (3 hours and 59 minutes)
- Season 2: 357 Minutes (5 hours and 57 minutes)
- Season 3: 345 Minutes (5 hours and 45 minutes)
- Season 4: 369 Minutes (6 hours and 9 minutes)
It is to be noted that Season 1 is only 8 episodes, while Season 2, 3, and 4 are all 10 episodes.
Season 4 is the only season thus far to run over 6 hours, but all 3 of the 10-episode seasons are pretty close in runtime.
The average runtime of the episodes for each season is the following:
- Season 1: 29.875 minutes
- Season 2: 35.7 minutes
- Season 3: 34.5 minutes
- Season 4: 36.9 minutes
Seasons 2-4 are all quite a bit longer than season 1 in both episode count and episode length.
When Does The Bear Season 4 Release?
The Bear Season 4 is set to release on June 25th. According to the Hulu app, it will release at 5 PM Pacific Standard Time / 8 PM Eastern Standard Time. All 10 episodes will be released at that time, as it is a binge-release format.
The show is made by FX for Hulu. It was created by Christopher Storer and is showrun by him and Joanna Calo.
It airs exclusively on Hulu in the US. It will also be released on Disney+ internationally, although the time and date may be different.
The Bear season 4 stars Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard “Richie” Jerimovich, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu, Lionel Boyce as Marcus Brooks, Liza Colón-Zayas as Tina Marrero, Abby Elliott as Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto, and Matty Matheson as Neil Fak.
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