Overview
- Season 2 launched Tuesday, April 16 on Netflix with eight episodes, shifting the anthology to a Montecito country club and a clash between two intergenerational couples.
- Critics have been positive, with Rotten Tomatoes listing roughly 87% from reviewers, while audience scores near 61–62% reflect a more divided response.
- Creator Lee Sung Jin says the new story grew from a real altercation he overheard, which sparked a study of how younger and older generations read the same conflict.
- The season leans into class, workplace power, and healthcare access, using the club’s members-versus-employees divide to show who holds status and who serves it.
- Lee conceived Beef as an anthology from the start, so the reset to a new cast and premise was planned rather than a departure from the original format.