5 min read The following story contains spoilers for season 5 of The Bear . THERE WERE A lot of moments in The Bear ’s series finale that were relatively easy to predict: After exchanging little pointed looks over the course of three seasons, Richie ( Ebon Moss-Bachrach ) and Jess (Sarah Ramos) finally wound up together, and Richie’s arc—one of the most satisfying a TV character has had, period—wrapped with the guy who once considered the 40-minute drive from Chicago to Gary to be an exotic voyage (as depicted in the standout “Gary” flashback episode) headed across the world to Japan for a fancy hospitality conference. Despite its financial troubles, The Bear lived to see another day, and, of course, Sydney ( Ayo Edebiri ) and Carmy (Jeremy Allen White) finally got the Michelin stars they’ve been dreaming of since they first got their sauce-covered hands on a large sum of cash and decided to flip the sandwich shop into a fine dining establishment at the end of the show’s first season.…