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Season 2 – Beef

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Season 2 – Beef

Apr 2026

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A young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner.

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Critics Consensus

Beef pairs its second season with winning performers and a crackling sense of ingenuity in a saga that Lee Sung Jin perfectly anchors through his mastery of class satire and the unexpected modes of human nature.

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Chris Vognar

Boston Globe

May 13, 2026

The performances are all killer -- Mulligan, in particular, has never been better -- and while the personnel has changed, creator Lee Sung Jin’s authorial voice remains wickedly smart.

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Melanie McFarland

Salon.com

May 6, 2026

If “Beef” were solely about the corrosiveness of rage, this season’s rivalry wouldn’t be worth slicing into. But Lee marbles other theories and indictments into his meat concerning the privilege of extreme emotion and behavioral honesty.

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Nicholas Harris

New Statesman

May 6, 2026

This could all get a bit relentless and wearing, but fortunately the quality of the writing carries it as satire and not as nihilism.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

Jun 10, 2026

More than well-done, Netflix’s dramedy is a rare treat.

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Danny Minton

Houston Community Newspapers

Jun 7, 2026

C+

I can see why such a cast would take on this project, but I didn’t think the story-telling to be nearly as strong as the first, and ultimately, the last chapters, while creatively disastrous, are hard to connect with.

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Jeff York

The Establishing Shot

May 29, 2026

3.5/4

Exceptionally clever, involving, and hard to predict exactly where any of it will end up.

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Charlee P

@Charlee564 Oct 12, 2026

Season 2 show was good but don’t bother with the ending tbh

susan P

@susie200 Oct 7, 2026

There's sooooo much to watch on Netflix...but Beef Season 2 stands out because its soooooo different...it's not a spy, crime or drama show. But what makes it stand out is the incredible acting...each actor was superb. Even tho the setting wasn't typical...the characters they played seemed so authentic. The issues they encounter are real...the way it's shot...the dialogue...glued me in for every episode. Thanks to the entire cast.

Op P

@RT41055354 Oct 1, 2026

Beautifully made and written

Cecilia R

@dixie97 Sep 25, 2026

I really wanted to love season 2 as much as the first, but it never quite grabbed me in the same way. There are some fantastic performances and a few scenes that are genuinely brilliant, but the story felt more scattered this time around.

Tom R

@RT26773826 Sep 20, 2026

First season 5/5. It had honesty and catharsis, even a molecule of hope. Second season 0/5 if I could. Hollywood elites, telling on themselves. We know you're damaged. This was about you freaks, not real people, stuck in the hamster wheel of life.

J R

@RT87480877 Sep 19, 2026

Watched as I am a fan of both main actors--Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan but couldn't say the series was great...too much back and forth trying to weave separate scenarios into the plot which only muddied it more, and it brought me back to thinking of "Ozark", which was 20 times better than this particular season. Not sure why S. Korea location/story had to be added into the mix--plot was already muddied as it was. And can't we all for ONCE watch an American made series WITHOUT the immature necessity of "F" bombing every other line?? Where is the mature, inteliigent writing?!

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Oscar Isaac

Josh

Carey Mulligan

Lindsay

Charles Melton

Austin

Cailee Spaeny

Ashley

Youn Yuh-jung

Chairwoman Park

Episode 1

Aired Apr 16, 2026

All the Things We're Never Going to Have

Country-club employees Ashley and Austin witness a vicious fight between their boss and his wife and decide to leverage it to get ahead.

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Episode 2

Aired Apr 16, 2026

A New Starting Point for Further Desires

Josh tries to play off Ashley's ascendance at the club; Lindsay seeks petty revenge; the Chairwoman proposes changes at the gym.

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Episode 3

Aired Apr 16, 2026

The Increasing Flimsiness of Any Certainties About the Future

Josh and Lindsay consider a new chapter for their lives; Ashley encourages Austin to get closer to Eunice.

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Episode 4

Aired Apr 16, 2026

Oh, the Comfort, the Inexpressible Comfort

When Austin and Ashley are trapped for hours in an ER waiting room, Josh sees an opportunity to turn the tables.

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Episode 5

Aired Apr 16, 2026

I Am Killing My Flesh Without It

Lindsay and Josh's marital strife comes to a head when an unexpected crisis hits home.

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Episode 6

Aired Apr 16, 2026

Those Blue Remembered Hills

Josh and Austin try to mend fences with a training session; Lindsay tutors Ashley in the delicate art of winning over the club's wives.

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Episode 7

Aired Apr 16, 2026

The Hour of Separation

Ashley, Lindsay and Ava's girls' getaway to Seoul is upended by old tensions, new revelations and shocking confessions at 30,000 feet.

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Episode 8

Aired Apr 16, 2026

It Will Stay This Way and You Will Obey

Fighting for survival on the Chairwoman's home turf, both couples must decide what and for whom they're willing to sacrifice.

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