Warning: this story contains spoilers from The Bear season 4, which premiered on June 25
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Brie Larson plays Francine in season 4, episode 7 of The Bear
The introduction of the character brought some clues as to what happened between her and Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto (Abby Elliott)
Larson joins a star-studded list of actors who have appeared on the show’s fourth season
The Bear fans have finally met Francine Fak!
During season 4, episode 7 of the hit FX series, Brie Larson makes a cameo appearance as Francine, who reunites with Natalie “Sugar” Berzatto (Abby Elliott) at Tiff’s (Gillian Jacobs) and Frank (Josh Hartnett)’s wedding following a bitter feud between them.
Francine — who is the sister to Neil (Matty Matheson) and Teddy (Ricky Staffieri) — arrived in her Sunday best, including a floral yellow dress and headband, to the festivities. However, Francine and Sugar couldn’t help but yell at each other.
Accusations were thrown back and forth over whipped cream, not having a cellphone, being drunk and more in their shared past.
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Brie Larson on ‘The Bear’
While the introduction of Francine didn’t bring too many answers about what caused the divide between her and Sugar, the episode did drop some breadcrumbs about their feud.
Ted teased a potential reason for the pair’s fight, saying, “Pete’s [Chris Witaske] in denial about these two hooking up.”
The claim caused Pete to scoff, adding, “You two did not hook up.” Sugar and Francie exchange a look before Sugar says, “Well…”
By the end of the episode, the pair try to hash things out. “Francie, you wanna maybe try and be friends?” Sugar asked before adding, “You won’t f— me over?”
The character of Francine has been mentioned since season 2 of The Bear.
On episode 6 of the second season, Ted and Neil confirmed that she had been banned from Christmas dinner due to “the thing” that made Sugar “mad”. Two episodes later, Sugar shot down Neil’s suggestion that Francine come to The Bear’s Friends and Family dinner, saying, “She can go f—-, my love!”
In season 4, viewers got a peek at the heated text exchange between Sugar and Francine, which included “You are f—— dead to me” messages.
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Brie Larson attends the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on September 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.
Larson joins a star-studded list of actors who have appeared on The Bear season 4.
The core cast, including Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Lionel Boyce, Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott and Matty Matheson, are back this season.
Jon Bernthal (Mikey), Jamie Lee Curtis (Donna), Molly Gordon (Claire), Sarah Paulson (Michelle), Bob Odenkirk (Uncle Lee), Sarah Ramos (Jessica), Will Poulter (Luca), Gillian Jacobs (Tiff), Josh Hartnett (Frank), John Mulaney (Stevie) and David Zayas (David) also appear in season 4 after making cameos in previous seasons.
Additionally, Rob Reiner, Kate Berlant and Danielle Deadwyler pop up in season 4.
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The Bear season 4 is now streaming on Hulu.
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