The first-look glimpse of the second season of BEEF is here. Netflix has released the teaser footage of the newest chapter, which follows the template of the acclaimed first season, but with a completely different set of characters and setting.
Slated to premiere on April 16, the new story revolves around the general manager of a country club (Oscar Isaac) who is seemingly committed to maintaining a place where people can "feel safe" and "pretend everything is okay." However, what's going on with his personal life appears to be a whole different thing altogether.
Carey Mulligan plays his wife, caught in an eroding marriage. What happens if one of their intense arguments is witnessed by another couple?
Creator, writer and showrunner Lee Sung Jin said in an official Netflix statement that he found inspiration in real-life events. “We’ve all been seen at our worst in the privacy of our own home,” he said. In the process of developing the entire concept for Season 2, Lee hoped to see the after-effects of personal conflicts spilling over into the workplace, affecting relationships between coworkers.
“We wanted to change the feeling of this season’s beef to be a bit more passive-aggressive,” he added. “It’s more about the internal repression of rage that you see in the workplace.”
Lee also wanted to explore generational differences between the two couples at the centre of the story. Charles Melton ("May December") and Cailee Spaeny ("Alien: Romulus") essay a Gen Z couple still in the early honeymoon stage of their relationship, in stark contrast with the above couple.
“We’ve seen a lot of ‘boomer versus younger couple’ stories in the past,” Lee said. “We thought, ‘What if we actually made them a little bit closer in age and highlighted the generational divide between the millennial couple and the Gen Z couple?’”
BEEF Season 2 also features acclaimed Korean superstar Song Kang-ho ("Parasite", "Memories of Murder") in a prominent role in a separate track. Another popular face, Youn Yuh-jung ("Minari", "Pachinko") plays his wife.
Watch the teaser here:
