With every intention of recreating the first season’s Emmy-sweeping success, which also won fans over in droves, Netflix is now gearing up to premiere Beef season 2 on April 16th, 2026.
Having reunited Drive and Inside Llewyn Davis co-stars, Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan, as well as enlisting the talents of Charles Melton (May December, Warfare) and Cailee Spaeny (Civil War, Alien: Romulus, Wake Up Dead Man), the sophomore instalment now promises to be another must-watch affair.
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“Get ready to air your grievances, because Beef – the critically-acclaimed anthology series from creator and showrunner Lee Sung Jin and A24 – has been renewed for a second instalment.”
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Here’s everything we know about Beef season 2 so far.
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What is Beef about?
Beef season 1 follows two strangers – a failing Danny Cho (Steven Yuen) and unfulfilled entrepreneur Amy Wong (Ali Wong) – who meet by pure chance during a road rage incident, spurring a steadily escalating conflict between two people from very different backgrounds that gradually unravels their lives.
What begins as a tale about suburban vengeance of hilarious proportions evolves into something simultaneously darker and more introspective; the black tragicomedy decides to explore both characters from an empathetic lens, and blurring the lines dividing who’s in the “right” and who’s in the “wrong.”
The plot was partially inspired by creator and showrunner Lee Sung Jun’s own road rage experience.
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Not-so one & done
On October 23rd, 2024, Netflix confirmed it had greenlit Beef season 2 with A24 and creator/showrunner Lee Sung Jin returning.
As some of you may recall, the miniseries certainly felt like a one-off deal; with Lee Sung Jin acknowledging the original story’s “closed-ended-ness” after publicly musing about ways Yuen’s Danny and Wong’s Amy could “continue.”
But much like FX’s Shogun, given the universal acclaim and gilded glory Beef season 1 experienced, they’ve since decided it’s worth continuing as an anthology la True Detective, Fargo, and The White Lotus (“multiple other beefs and other character types.”). Which brings us to the next section…
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What will the second season of Beef be about?
According to Netflix, the “inciting incident” of Beef season 2 involves a young couple (Melton and Spaeny), who witness an alarming fight between their boss and his wife (Isaac and Mulligan) – triggering chess moves of favours and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner.
“There was always going to be new characters,” Lee Sung Jin told Deadline backstage at the 2024 Golden Globe Awards, where Beef won Best Limited or Anthology Series or Television Film, Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film (Steven Yuen), and Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film (Ali Wong).
Elsewhere, in an interview with Rolling Stone, Lee revealed he had three seasons mapped out in his head. Some of which could still keep the Danny and Amy story going.
Do we know the Beef season 2 cast?
Aside from the headlining duos of Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan as Josh and Lindsay, Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny as Austin and Ashley, the cast of Beef season 2 revealed by Netflix thus far includes:
- Youn Yuh-jung as Chairwoman Park
- Song Kang-ho as Dr Kim
- Seoyeon Jang as Eunice
- William Fichtner as Troy
- Mikaela Hoover as Ava
- And musician BM, in his acting debut, as Woosh
Once upon a time, Love & Other Drugs co-stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway were also in the conversation, before Deadline ultimately clarified, “that ultimately did not come to fruition.”
Aside from Steven Yuen and Ali Wong, Beef season 1 was brought to life by the following:
- Joseph Lee as George Nakai – a sculptor of Japanese heritage & Amy’s stay-at-home husband
- Young Mazino as Paul Cho – Danny’s languishing younger brother
- David Choe as Isaac Cho – Danny & Paul’s cousin, recently released from prison
- Patti Yasutake as Fumi Nakai – George’s mother
- Maria Bello as Jordan Forster – the wealthy owner of a home improvement chain store
- Ashley Park as Naomi – Jordan’s sister-in-law & Amy’s neighbour
- Mia Serafino as Mia – Amy’s assistant
- Remy Holt as June – Amy & George’s young daughter
- Justin H. Min as Edwin – a praise leader in a Korean church & husband of Danny’s ex-girlfriend
- Alyssa Gihee Kim as Veronica – Danny’s ex-girlfriend & Edwin’s wife
- Andie Ju as Esther – a friend of Edwin & Veronica
- Andrew Santino as Michael – an associate of Isaac
- Rek Lee as Bobby – another associate of Isaac
When is the Beef season 2 release date (Australia or otherwise)?
As outlined earlier, Beef officially returns to air grievances with a second season on April 16th, 2026.
Has the Beef season 2 trailer been dropped yet?
Nope. Standby.
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