Beef Season 2: Release Date, Cast, Story, and Everything Else to Know

Season 1 of Netflix's Beef won over audiences in 2023 with its unhinged-but-in-a-fun-way story of a road rage incident that neither party is able to get over even a little bit. Netflix has confirmed that this particular show will go on — though without Season 1 stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun. Their story is done, and Season 2 of Beef will move on to a new over-the-top interpersonal conflict. We'd say we can't wait, but like we said above, Season 1 come out in 2023 and we're still waiting.

The first season of Beef, which was created by Lee Sung Jin, saw Amy (Wong) and Danny (Yeun) cross paths when their cars nearly collide in a parking lot. Amy honks her horn and gives him the finger, and Danny, on his very last nerve, loses his mind and starts a high-speed chase across Los Angeles — and that's before things really escalate.

Given the popularity of the first season and the eight Emmys it won, another round of Beef felt inevitable even if it was intended to be a limited series. Despite its popularity, though, it wasn't renewed for more than a year after Season 1 dropped, and Season 2 is still missing as 2026 begins. But the wait is, finally, almost over.

Beef Season 2 release date

Season 2 of Beef will land on Netflix on April 16, 2026, just over three years after the first season debuted. 

Beef Season 2 cast and crew

Lee Sung Jin is returning as showrunner on Beef Season 2 and, as mentioned above, Beef has been renewed as an anthology — this means that Season 2 will tell a fresh story about new characters rather than continuing on with Danny and Amy. While it's sad to see Yeun and Wong go, the Season 2 announcement came with a pretty star-studded new cast list, headlined by Dune's Oscar Isaac, Saltburn's Carey Mulligan, Priscilla's Cailee Spaeny, Parasite's Song Kang-ho, and Riverdale's Charles Melton, whose performance in May December last year was snubbed by the Oscars. William Fichtner, Mikaela Hoover, and rapper BM will also appear in supporting roles.

Beef Season 2 cast:

• Oscar Isaac as Josh
• Carey Mulligan as Lindsay
• Charles Melton as Austin
• Cailee Spaeny as Ashley
• Song Kang-ho as Dr. Kim
• Youn Yuh-Jung as Chairwoman Park
• William Fichtner as Troy
• Mikaela Hoover as Ava
• Matthew "BM" Kim as Woosh
• Seoyeon Jang as Eunice

What's Beef Season 2 going to be about?

This new season will set its sights on a higher tax bracket than Season 1 did, with a new, country club-related beef. Netflix's synopsis goes like this: "A young couple witnesses an alarming fight between their boss and his wife, triggering chess moves of favors and coercion in the elitist world of a country club and its Korean billionaire owner." That's not an easy description to parse — an "alarming fight" could mean a large number of different things. But the country club setting is rife with potential for a series like Beef, and if Season 1 is any indication, Lee and co. won't be pulling any punches in this one.

Where to watch Beef Season 1

The first season of Beef is available on Netflix.