The Bear Season-Finale Recap: Closure

Last year, with “Fishes,” The Bear produced an episode packed with guest stars, from Bob Odenkirk to John Mulaney to Jamie Lee Curtis. This year’s star-packed episode, “Forever,” is slightly different. Instead of guest actors — though it does have some of those — the show packs its call sheet with culinary stars, all supposed to have worked at or touched Chef Andrea Terry’s Ever at some point in its decadeslong run.

There’s Grant Achatz, whose Alinea, in some ways, set the standard for Chicago fine dining.