Spoiler alert: We're spilling on the closing course of"The Bear" Season 4. So if you haven't watched the finale, get to it. After all, "Every second counts." Has Carmy served his last dish on "The Bear?" In the Season 4 finale of FX's Emmy-winning series (now streaming on Hulu) Bear proprietor Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White) shocks Sydney (Ayo Edebiri) with news that he's leaving their restaurant. He says he'll get the upscale, Chicago eatery out of debt and then sink his teeth into some self-discovery. In many ways, the 10-episode season felt like a long goodbye for Carmy. He apologizes to his ex-girlfriend Claire (Molly Gordon), whom he parted with in Season 2, and makes amends with his volatile mom (Jamie Lee Curtis), who's celebrating nearly a year of sobriety. We even get to see the family members introduced in Season 2's chaotic "Fishes" episode reunite for the wedding of Tiffany (Gillian Jacobs) and Frank (Josh Hartnett). Cousin Michelle (Sarah Paulson) and her husband Stevie (John Mulaney) attend. So do Uncle Lee (Bob Odenkirk) and Francie Fak (Brie Larson in her debut on the series), the nemesis of Natalie, aka "Sugar" (Abby Elliott). And the countdown clock set up by financial backer Uncle Jimmy (Oliver Platt) in the season premiere to monitor the restaurant's time left to operate finally runs out. "This is all I've ever done," Carmy explains to Sydney during a boiling conversation in the finale. "This is all I've ever known … I think I (became a cook) so I didn't have to do other things." The bottom line is Chef Carmy doesn't love the craft anymore, and his drive has been brûléed. When Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) joins the conversation, Carmy shares, "I don't know what I'm like, Richie, like outside of the kitchen. I don't know." With Carmy's departure looming, what does that mean for "The Bear?" Read on to see what could be on the menu. Will FX satisfy viewers' appetites with additional seasons of "The Bear?" FX is leaving the future of the show in series creator Christopher Storer's hands. A network spokesman says Storer has not yet decided on another season. (It would be highly unusual to end an acclaimed series without advance notice of a final season.) FX Chairman John Landgraf also said last year that a decision on a potential Season 5 is Storer's to make. "It's about, how much more story does he have to tell,"Landgraf told Variety. In the revised partnership agreement that Sydney avoided reading, Carmy gave her a 25% share of the restaurant. His sister Natalie also got 25% and the remaining 50% is Jimmy's. "Syd, you're everything I'm never going to be," Carmy says, explaining his decision to leave. "You're considerate. You allow yourself to feel things. You allow yourself to care. You are a natural leader and teacher and you're doing all this stuff for" the right reasons. "Any chance of any kind of good in this building, it started when you walked in, and any possibility of it surviving, it's with you," Carmy adds. "I believe in you more than I've ever believed in myself." "Why?" Sydney asks in disbelief. Carmy responds, "Becauseyou'rethe bear." Sydney asks that her and Natalie's share of the restaurant be split three ways to include Richie, and Carmy agrees. Richie shares a story in the finale that really seems to summarize the sentiment of the season. Richie recalls a time when he and Carmy's late brother Michael (Jon Bernthal) went on a short drive to make a delivery for Jimmy. "We were, like, cruising down the lake, outside of town," with "good tunes," Richie says. "For, like, half an hour… it felt, like, perfect, like that was as good as it gets." Like dishes at The Bear this season, life's sweetest moments typically have few components. "The Bear" could easily return for a fifth season that depicts (or at least references) Carmy's recipe for becoming a more present human. As John Steinbeck writes in his novel "East of Eden," "And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." Perhaps the "Every second counts" sign was never meant to be a call for efficiency, but instead is a sly reminder to savor all of the moments of your life. After all, we all have a clock on our lives that is ticking away. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:Is The Bear ending after shocking season 4 finale?