Carey Mulligan teases that Beef season 2 will double the stakes of its hit predecessor. The award-winning Netflix series, created by Lee Sung Jin, originally followed the escalating fight between Danny Cho (Steven Yeun) and Amy Lau (Ali Wong) after a road rage incident spirals into a prolonged feud. After winning multiple awards, including eight Emmys and three Golden Globes, Beef season 2 is set to offer even more of its dark comedy and existential thrills with a star-studded cast featuring Oscar Isaac, Mulligan, Charles Melton, Cailee Spaeny, and Youn Yuh-jung.
In an interview with ScreenRant‘s Liam Crowley at SXSW for her new film The Ballad of Wallis Island, Mulligan hinted at a completely “sideways” start to Beef season 2 as the tension ramps up. The sophomore chapter of Netflix’s hit anthology series is expected to follow a young couple who witness a horrible fight between their boss and his wife at a lavish country club. Read the full quote below:
It’s going sideways already. Yeah, it is fully sideways. The kind of wonderful appeal of it is just that it’s so unpredictable, and it shall remain so.
What This Means For Beef Season 2
Taking The Pettiness To New Heights
Continuing its anthology format, Beef season 2 will introduce an entirely new story and cast, though creator Lee remains onboard as showrunner and executive producer. The upcoming season is set to deliver another comedic and bitter feud—one that, according to Mulligan, goes “fully sideways” from the start. If Beef‘s explosive car chase opening escalated in unexpected ways, season 2 seems poised to take things even further—delving into a world where self-interest fuels deception and pettiness becomes a strategic weapon.
In this new chapter of Beef, the story reportedly follows a young couple who witness a confrontation between their boss and his wife, setting off a calculated game of manipulation and coercion. The couple, expected to be played by Melton and Spaeny, use this as an opportunity to gain access to an exclusive country club and its owner, a powerful Korean billionaire. Isaac and Mulligan are expected to portray the feuding husband and wife at the center of this messy power struggle.
Our Take On A Sideways Beef Season 2
A New Season, A New Feud, And More Chaos
With Mulligan teasing an immediate descent into chaos, Beef season 2 is shaping up to be even more unpredictable than its predecessor. Shifting away from the feud between the two main Beef characters, this season’s high-society context introduces a different kind of tension—one rooted in power and privilege akin to the calculated deception of The White Lotus. If season 1 thrived on escalating pettiness, Beef season 2 seems ready to push those stakes even further, delivering another sharp take on human nature right before it’s about to explode.
Beef
- Release Date
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April 6, 2023
- Network
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Netflix
- Directors
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Hikari
- Writers
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Alice Ju
