{"id":2014417,"date":"2026-06-27T10:41:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:41:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2014417"},"modified":"2026-06-27T10:41:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T07:41:10","slug":"the-bear-honours-late-guest-star-rob-reiner-with-heartfelt-nod-in-series-finale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2014417","title":{"rendered":"\u2018The Bear\u2019 honours late guest star Rob Reiner with heartfelt nod in series finale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/live-rob-reiner.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>TV News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">\u2018The Bear\u2019 honours late guest star Rob Reiner with heartfelt nod in series finale<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The beloved filmmaker appeared as a restaurant consultant in three episodes of the fourth season<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Poppy Burton<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-27T11:41:10+01:00\">27th June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/live-rob-reiner-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"Rob Reiner\" title=\"Rob Reiner\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Rob Reiner, 2019. CREDIT: Dia Dipasupil\/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><i>The Bear<\/i><i> <\/i>paid tribute to the late legendary director and actor Rob Reiner in its final episode.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1073\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE: <\/b><b>\u2018The Bear\u2019 season five review: tuck into the final helping of this heartfelt kitchen drama<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Created by Christopher Storer, the acclaimed FX kitchen drama stars Jeremy Allen White as Carmen \u201cCarmy\u201d Berzatto, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard \u201cRichie\u201d Jerimovich and Abby Elliott as Natalie \u201cSugar\u201d Berzatto.<\/p>\n<p>Before Reiner\u2019s tragic death, he appeared in a three-episode arc in <em>The Bear\u2019s<\/em> fourth season as restaurant consultant Albert Schnurr.\u00a0The 78-year-old filmmaker and his\u00a0wife, Michele Singer Reiner, 70,\u00a0were found murdered in their home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles late last year.<\/p>\n<p>In the last episode of the new and final season, line cook Ebra (Edwin Lee Gibson) calls Schnurr to deliver news about the future of the restaurant, saying:\u00a0 \u201cAlbert, we are in business. It\u2019s perfect. I will have all the documents, email it to you immediately. Anything else I can do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While viewers don\u2019t hear what\u2019s said by Albert, Ebra pauses and then says: \u201cAs you wish,\u201d a nod to Cary Elwes\u2019 Westley in the Reiner-directed 1987 classic <em>The Princess Bride<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Bear Season 5 is supposed to begin filming today in Chicago, not sure how they will go on without Rob Reiner \ud83d\udda4 pic.twitter.com\/UX01wLTY94<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 chefkids (@girlflopping) December 15, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reiner\u2019s son Nick, 32, was arrested in connection with their deaths last year and was later charged with two counts of first-degree murder with \u201cspecial circumstances\u201d,\u00a0pleading not guilty to the charges at a court appearance in February.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/billy-crystal-delivers-moving-tribute-to-rob-reiner-at-the-oscars-alongside-stars-of-the-late-directors-films-3934757\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/nick-reiner-pleads-not-guilty-to-the-murder-of-his-parents-rob-and-michele-reiner-3931053\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Tributes poured in for Reiner after the news broke in December, with the likes of\u00a0Jack Black,\u00a0Jane Fonda,\u00a0Stephen King,\u00a0Barack and Michelle Obama,\u00a0Paul McCartney, and\u00a0Meg Ryan\u00a0all penning moving odes to the late filmmaker.<\/p>\n<p>As for <em>The Bear<\/em>, its final season premiered last night (June 26), and picks up after Carmy\u2019s decision to step away from the restaurant industry, leaving Sydney, Richie and Natalie to carry The Bear forward without him at the centre of the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>With money running out, a possible sale looming, and a torrential storm hitting Chicago, the team are forced to pull together for one last service as they try to keep the restaurant alive and chase the recognition they have been working towards.<\/p>\n<p>In a four-star review of season five,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>wrote: \u201cThe exact fate of\u00a0<i>The Bear\u00a0<\/i>will be discovered by viewers when the final episode arrives, but the fifth and final season is a suitable send-off to these unlikely comrades. It might not reach the boiling temperatures of the show at its peak, but it\u2019s a satisfying final course.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_tags tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<ul class=\"tdb-tags\">\n<li><span>Related Topics<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Jeremy Allen White<\/li>\n<li>The Bear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_89 \">\n<div class=\"td-fix-index\">\n<h3>You May Also Like<\/h3>\n<div id=\"taboola-below-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_91  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span4 td-is-sticky\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td-a-rec td-a-rec-id-sidebar  tdi_92 td_block_template_2\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div 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its final episode.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"1073\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559684&quot;:-2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b>READ MORE: <\/b><b>\u2018The Bear\u2019 season five review: tuck into the final helping of this heartfelt kitchen drama<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Created by Christopher Storer, the acclaimed FX kitchen drama stars Jeremy Allen White as Carmen \u201cCarmy\u201d Berzatto, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu, Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard \u201cRichie\u201d Jerimovich and Abby Elliott as Natalie \u201cSugar\u201d Berzatto.<\/p>\n<p>Before Reiner\u2019s tragic death, he appeared in a three-episode arc in <em>The Bear\u2019s<\/em> fourth season as restaurant consultant Albert Schnurr.\u00a0The 78-year-old filmmaker and his\u00a0wife, Michele Singer Reiner, 70,\u00a0were found murdered in their home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles late last year.<\/p>\n<p>In the last episode of the new and final season, line cook Ebra (Edwin Lee Gibson) calls Schnurr to deliver news about the future of the restaurant, saying:\u00a0 \u201cAlbert, we are in business. It\u2019s perfect. I will have all the documents, email it to you immediately. Anything else I can do?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While viewers don\u2019t hear what\u2019s said by Albert, Ebra pauses and then says: \u201cAs you wish,\u201d a nod to Cary Elwes\u2019 Westley in the Reiner-directed 1987 classic <em>The Princess Bride<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Bear Season 5 is supposed to begin filming today in Chicago, not sure how they will go on without Rob Reiner \ud83d\udda4 pic.twitter.com\/UX01wLTY94<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 chefkids (@girlflopping) December 15, 2025<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reiner\u2019s son Nick, 32, was arrested in connection with their deaths last year and was later charged with two counts of first-degree murder with \u201cspecial circumstances\u201d,\u00a0pleading not guilty to the charges at a court appearance in February.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/billy-crystal-delivers-moving-tribute-to-rob-reiner-at-the-oscars-alongside-stars-of-the-late-directors-films-3934757\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/nick-reiner-pleads-not-guilty-to-the-murder-of-his-parents-rob-and-michele-reiner-3931053\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Tributes poured in for Reiner after the news broke in December, with the likes of\u00a0Jack Black,\u00a0Jane Fonda,\u00a0Stephen King,\u00a0Barack and Michelle Obama,\u00a0Paul McCartney, and\u00a0Meg Ryan\u00a0all penning moving odes to the late filmmaker.<\/p>\n<p>As for <em>The Bear<\/em>, its final season premiered last night (June 26), and picks up after Carmy\u2019s decision to step away from the restaurant industry, leaving Sydney, Richie and Natalie to carry The Bear forward without him at the centre of the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>With money running out, a possible sale looming, and a torrential storm hitting Chicago, the team are forced to pull together for one last service as they try to keep the restaurant alive and chase the recognition they have been working towards.<\/p>\n<p>In a four-star review of season five,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>wrote: \u201cThe exact fate of\u00a0<i>The Bear\u00a0<\/i>will be discovered by viewers when the final episode arrives, but the fifth and final season is a suitable send-off to these unlikely comrades. It might not reach the boiling temperatures of the show at its peak, but it\u2019s a satisfying final course.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/billy-crystal-delivers-moving-tribute-to-rob-reiner-at-the-oscars-alongside-stars-of-the-late-directors-films-3934757\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/nick-reiner-pleads-not-guilty-to-the-murder-of-his-parents-rob-and-michele-reiner-3931053\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Tributes poured in for Reiner after the news broke in December, with the likes of\u00a0Jack Black,\u00a0Jane Fonda,\u00a0Stephen King,\u00a0Barack and Michelle Obama,\u00a0Paul McCartney, and\u00a0Meg Ryan\u00a0all penning moving odes to the late filmmaker.<\/p>\n<p>As for <em>The Bear<\/em>, its final season premiered last night (June 26), and picks up after Carmy\u2019s decision to step away from the restaurant industry, leaving Sydney, Richie and Natalie to carry The Bear forward without him at the centre of the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>With money running out, a possible sale looming, and a torrential storm hitting Chicago, the team are forced to pull together for one last service as they try to keep the restaurant alive and chase the recognition they have been working towards.<\/p>\n<p>In a four-star review of season five,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>wrote: \u201cThe exact fate of\u00a0<i>The Bear\u00a0<\/i>will be discovered by viewers when the final episode arrives, but the fifth and final season is a suitable send-off to these unlikely comrades. It might not reach the boiling temperatures of the show at its peak, but it\u2019s a satisfying final course.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\" data-io-article-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/film\/nick-reiner-pleads-not-guilty-to-the-murder-of-his-parents-rob-and-michele-reiner-3931053\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Tributes poured in for Reiner after the news broke in December, with the likes of\u00a0Jack Black,\u00a0Jane Fonda,\u00a0Stephen King,\u00a0Barack and Michelle Obama,\u00a0Paul McCartney, and\u00a0Meg Ryan\u00a0all penning moving odes to the late filmmaker.<\/p>\n<p>As for <em>The Bear<\/em>, its final season premiered last night (June 26), and picks up after Carmy\u2019s decision to step away from the restaurant industry, leaving Sydney, Richie and Natalie to carry The Bear forward without him at the centre of the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>With money running out, a possible sale looming, and a torrential storm hitting Chicago, the team are forced to pull together for one last service as they try to keep the restaurant alive and chase the recognition they have been working towards.<\/p>\n<p>In a four-star review of season five,\u00a0<i>NME\u00a0<\/i>wrote: \u201cThe exact fate of\u00a0<i>The Bear\u00a0<\/i>will be discovered by viewers when the final episode arrives, but the fifth and final season is a suitable send-off to these unlikely comrades. It might not reach the boiling temperatures of the show at its peak, but it\u2019s a satisfying final course.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/tv\/the-bear-honours-late-guest-star-rob-reiner-with-heartfelt-nod-in-series-finale-3953653&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/live-rob-reiner.jpg&#8221;] NewsTV News \u2018The Bear\u2019 honours late guest star Rob Reiner with heartfelt nod in series finale The beloved filmmaker appeared as a restaurant consultant in three episodes of the fourth season By Poppy Burton 27th June 2026 Rob Reiner, 2019. 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