Will There Be a 'Beef' Season 2? What We Know So Far
Find out if we'll get more of the meaty dramedy.
Netflix's Beef is so good, even vegans can't resist it.
The anthology series explores what happens when we embrace our basest desires and shadow selves, as well as how misery loves company and doesn't discriminate by tax bracket.
Beef is already a huge hit for the streaming giant, raking in 1 million viewers within its first four days on the platform alone. What's more, the dramedy provided some much-needed mainstream AAPI representation both in front of and behind the camera.
While Beef pretty much ended perfectly, because it was so well-received, there could be more meat to this story in the future. Find out if we'll see a Beef Season 2, but beware of potential Beef spoilers for Season 1 ahead!
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What is the ending of Beef?
Beef concludes with Danny (Steven Yeun) and Amy (Ali Wong) essentially destroying their own lives: Paul (Young Mazino) abandons Danny when he finds out Danny got rid of his college applications, while George (Joseph Lee) asks Amy for a divorce.
In the finale, when Danny and Amy wake up after eating poisonous berries and eventually get cell service back, they each receive a flurry of back messages: Danny learns that Paul survived the shootout but wants nothing to do with him, and George uses the "find my phone" feature to locate Amy.
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As Amy and Danny continue walking back toward the city, they stop briefly to rest. When they do, George arrives and sees Danny standing over Amy. Not knowing what's really going on, George shoots Danny.
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The show ends with Danny unconscious in a hospital room. Amy lies down in his hospital bed and puts her arm around him while reminiscing about their fateful first encounter (the road rage incident), as well as previous conversations they shared. Time passes, and Danny eventually hugs Amy back.
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What does the Beef ending mean?
Ultimately, what makes the ending of Beef so delicious is that it's whatever you want it to be.
"I think part of the joy of watching television is so many things are open to interpretation, but the one hope is that no matter where you’re at in your own life, the show’s gonna offer you something," series creator Lee Sung Jin told Deadline. "Whether it is relating to Amy or Danny or about accepting your shadow self, or just a good laugh or a good thrill. I’m just hoping that the show can connect in some form or fashion."
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Will there be a Beef Season 2?
It's currently unclear if there will be a second season of Beef, which is currently billed as a limited series.
“We pitched this as a limited anthology when we sold the show, so there’s a little bit of a close ended-ness to the story,” Lee said. “But you know, if the fans demanded, I certainly wouldn’t mind exploring Danny and Amy more either because I’m very curious what they do after the hospital.”
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Is there a Beef Season 2 release date?
No release date has yet been announced for a potential second season of Beef.
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Who will be in the Beef Season 2 cast?
A second season of Beef hasn't been greenlit yet, but if it follows the same characters, we can expect to see Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, Young Mazino and Joseph George again, as well as Netflix stalwart Ashley Park (who also stars in Emily in Paris).
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That said, it may be unlikely that David Choe (who played Isaac) will return, at least in a front-facing capacity: A clip from a podcast resurfaced on Twitter in which Choe describes what sounds an awful lot like the sexual assault of a massage therapist. (Choe has since filed a copyright claim getting the video removed, but if you want to know what he said, there's a transcript here. Be warned that it may trigger sexual assault and abuse survivors.)
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When the clip first made the rounds online in 2014, Choe wrote in a statement, "I never thought I’d wake up one late afternoon and hear myself called a rapist. It sucks. Especially because I am not one. I am not a rapist. I hate rapists."
He then claimed the story was a work of fiction, saying, "We create stories and tell tales. It's not a news show. It’s not a representation of my reality. It’s not the place to come for reliable information about me or my life. It’s my version of reality, it’s art that sometimes offends people. I’m sorry if anyone believed that the stories were fact. They were not!"
If, as an anthology series, Lee opts for a new story for Season 2, it may feature a new cast of very angry, very broken characters—but it's also possible he may use the same actors in different roles (think Ryan Murphy with American Horror Story and American Crime Story).
Is there a Beef Season 2 trailer?
As you may have suspected, there's no trailer for Beef Season 2 just yet, seeing as the show hasn't been greenlit for a second season. When there is, you can catch it here.
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