--- title: Should The Internet Ship Sydney and Carmy From The Bear? description: The Bear released its second season and fans are shipping Sydney and Carmy. It's an online practice as old as time, but should we still do it? canonical: https://time.com/6289867/the-bear-sydney-carmy-ship/ author: Moises Mendez article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2023-06-23T19:03:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T16:04:20.691Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Should We Ship TV Characters? Viewers of The Bear Have Feelings og:description: The Bear released its second season and fans are shipping Sydney and Carmy. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Moises Mendez](https://time.com/author/moises-mendez-ii/)  ## Moises Mendez Jun 23, 2023 7:03 PM UTC  Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu in The Bear. Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, Ayo Edebiri as Sydney Adamu in The Bear.Chuck Hodes—FX  by [Moises Mendez](https://time.com/author/moises-mendez-ii/)  ## Moises Mendez Jun 23, 2023 7:03 PM UTC **_Warning_**_:_ _This post contains minor spoilers for Season 2 of_ The Bear. On the internet, anything is possible—for better _and_ for worse. It’s a virtual playground where our imaginations are meant to run wild, a place where people can talk about their attraction to the [10-foot-tall blue aliens from _Avatar_](https://time.com/6243099/avatar-2-way-of-water-jake-sully/) or which fictional TV characters they want to see end up together. Shipping, as it’s known online, is the practice of conceptualizing two people together in a relationship—the term “relationshippers” was eventually shortened to “shippers,” hence “shipping.” It’s been happening since what might feel to digital natives like the dawn of time but actually dates back to 1995, on forums for _The X-Files_ where fans clamored for Mulder and Scully to make it official. Today, however, the shippers are out in full force on Twitter timelines and TikTok “For You” pages thanks to the release of FX’s second season of _The Bear_. Users across social media are pining for the two main characters, Sydney Adamu (Ayo Edebiri) and Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), to be endgame. To put on my Carrie Bradshaw hat, in honor of [another major release yesterday](https://time.com/6288854/and-just-like-that-s2-biggest-reveals/)—I couldn’t help but wonder, is this a plot device being teased by the show’s creators, or just another case of denizens of the internet refusing to allow a male and female character to live out their happy platonic friendship in peace? [**_Sign up for_** **Worth Your Time**](https://cloud.newsletters.time.com/signup?nln=worth-your-time) **_for weekly recommendations on what to read, watch, and listen to._** Since the show’s [second season](https://time.com/6288002/the-bear-season-2-refresher/) hit Hulu yesterday, many who binge-watched all 10 episodes have already decided that Syd and Carmy are meant to be together. The new season finds the duo collaborating to renovate the space that used to house the Original Beef of Chicagoland and open a new higher-end restaurant, The Bear, with them and their team scrambling to develop menus, get new training, and deal with problems like heaps of black mold on an impossible timeline. **Read more:** [The Bear _Is More Delicious Than Ever in Season 2_](https://time.com/6287989/bear-season-2-review/) Following the origins of shipping with Fox Mulder and Dana Scully—who do, for the record, eventually get together—people have been shipped across TV shows (like [_Supernatural_),](https://shipping.fandom.com/wiki/Supernatural#Ships) bands (like the boys of [One Direction](https://fanlore.org/wiki/List%5Fof%5FOne%5FDirection%5FRelationship%5FNames)), and YouTube (like popular duo Daniel Howell and Phil Lester, or “Phan” in shipping terms). Whether cultivated with intent or completely in the imaginations of fans, shipping can be a valuable marketing tool. According to [_PsychologyToday_](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/psychology-tomorrow/201807/the-psychology-shipping), “​​The creators of _Friends_ discovered something revolutionary from a [marketing](https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/consumer-behavior) point of view: You can vastly increase your viewers if you manage to get them to ship a couple on your show—in the case of _Friends_, Ross, and Rachel.” The Carmy-Syd support is widespread on Twitter, where many tweets point back to a specific moment in the second season when Carmy has a panic attack and the thought of Sydney calms him down. There’s also a moment in which the two are under a table together, and Carmy says that he wouldn’t be able to run the restaurant without Sydney. Some see “platonic soulmates,” and others see inevitable romance. Either way, as one viewer points out, it’s “emotionally charged.” > [](https://twitter.com/diandrasdiandra/status/1672282376334917632) > [](https://twitter.com/OyindaOdewale/status/1671961702659661838) One Twitter user wrote, “If we aren’t supposed to ship Sydney and Carmy in the bear, then WHY did he have a panic attack thinking about Claire and immediately calm down when he thought of Syd?” Or TikTok, [fan edits have slowly started creeping](https://www.tiktok.com/@mayagetatme/video/7114784708055043370?q=carmy%20and%20sydney&t=1687532646736) onto the app. > [](https://twitter.com/beaniebarbie/status/1671992702488186880) While the two are constantly in close proximity (such is the nature of working in food service) and share some tender moments on the show, Edebiri has spoken openly about not wanting the two characters to be together. During an interview with _Us Weekly_ on the red carpet for the Golden Globe Awards, she said it was nice to do something that felt different with Sydney and Carmy’s characters because “there aren’t many platonic male/female relationships, and they got a lot of trauma on both sides.” Edebiri is not the only detractor of a potential “SydCarmy” ship. Theories have been swirling around the Twitter-sphere that Edebiri’s character is a lesbian. Some have noted Sydney’s tension with Ebon Moss-Bachrach’s Richie. And multiple [tweets](https://twitter.com/cinemahater/status/1672069473480605697?s=20) argue that Carmy and Sydney are “too interesting to be reduced to love interests.” The show, after all, is a workplace dramedy fueled more by familial and intra-kitchen drama than any kind of romantic subplot, though the introduction of a new character [played by Molly Gordon](https://time.com/6289319/the-bear-season-2-guest-star-cameos/) introduces a more obvious possibility for Carmy’s love life. > [](https://twitter.com/oncmingstorm/status/1672213605666934784) > [](https://twitter.com/cultclassikk/status/1671661377117618180) The “SydCarmy” critics have started to take note of the fandom’s growing devotion to making the ship happen, with one arguing, “[This is not that type of show, take yo ass to Netflix](https://twitter.com/ilyclemmie/status/1671707415769743362?s=20),” an apparent knock on some of the streamer’s algorithm-driven romances as compared to the prestige feel of _The Bear_. Another said, “\[you\] gotta be a different type of wicked to ship anyone on the bear. This show is about anxiety and sandwiches.” > [](https://twitter.com/Panashe3K/status/1671843155149291520) The show is definitely stress-inducing, in more ways than one, and fans now begin the wait to hear if it’s coming back for a third season. If Season 2 reaches anywhere near the highs of the first season, it’s highly likely it will return, and we’ll have more time to see where life leads Sydney and Carmy—regardless of whether it’s into each other’s arms. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6289867/the-bear-sydney-carmy-ship/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6289867/the-bear-sydney-carmy-ship/"},"headline":"Should We Ship TV Characters? 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