Bonus Ep: Is 'Beef' Season 2 Worth a Second Helping?
Decoding TV
David Chen
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2026
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
In this bonus Decoding TV episode, David is joined by Chris Klimek to discuss the second season of Lee Sung Jin’s Beef. Did this season of the show live up to its stellar first season? How did we feel about the cast this time around? And what was up with that ending? Listen to hear us discuss all these questions and more.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode contains spoilers for Beef Season 2 on Netflix. |
| 0:04.1 | Are you and Josh? |
| 0:06.2 | Happily married? |
| 0:09.9 | All the lights go down as they're crawling to the spaces. |
| 0:15.2 | I think deep down we both knew it was a temporary Band-Aid. |
| 0:22.9 | Band-Aandy for what? |
| 0:26.4 | For the immense pain of knowing that you picked the wrong person? |
| 0:33.6 | How did I not realize this, you know? |
| 0:44.7 | I'm going to record it. |
| 0:49.9 | Hello, everyone, and welcome to Decoding TV's coverage of Beef Season 2. |
| 0:55.1 | I'm David Chen, joining me today for this conversation about beef. |
| 0:59.2 | He is a cultural critic whose work has appeared at NPR, The Washington Post, and the Atlantic. |
| 1:04.8 | Chris Klimick, welcome for the first time to Decoding TV. |
| 1:07.8 | Yes, Dave. |
| 1:08.3 | Well, I'm always telling people, you don't just slap together a bespoke bed and breakfast overnight. So, glad to be here at last. Welcome to the podcast, Chris. |
| 1:18.9 | So happy to have you. And so excited to be here today to talk about Beef Season 2 now, just to be up front. |
| 1:25.9 | I have seen Beef Season 1. |
| 1:32.5 | Chris has not, but we've both seen all eight episodes of Beef Season 2. |
| 1:36.3 | And we're going to talk about our overall thoughts on the show and then dive into what happened later in the season a bit later on in this podcast. |
| 1:39.4 | But let's talk about what is the deal with Beef Season 2? |
| 1:42.1 | In Beef Season 2, Country Club employees, Ashley, played by Kaylee Spaney, and Austin, played by Charles Mnoy, what is the deal with beef season two in beef season two country club employees |
| 1:44.9 | Ashley played by Kaylee Spaney and Austin played by Charles Mountain witness a vicious |
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