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‘Beef’ Season 2: Eating the Rich With a Side of Generational Angst [VIDEO]

Clarence Moye by Clarence Moye
April 21, 2026
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Beef Season 2

Beef. (L to R) Oscar Isaac as Josh Martin, Carey Mulligan as Lindsay Crane-Martin in episode 201 of Beef. Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2026

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Joey and Clarence look at Beef Season 2: the themes, the performances, and its Emmy chances. Plus, an early look at Michael.

Beef Season 2 dropped last week without the typical Netflix limited series fanfare. Audiences reacted in kind: initial ratings ranked 60% lower from season to season. But Beef Season 2 may not be a shower, more of a grower. Starring Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan, Lee Sung Jin’s second season explores themes of wealth, cultural identity, marriages, and the vast generational gap. Joey and Clarence break things down and find common ground in their reactions, even if they don’t agree 100 percent on the merits of the season. Will audiences find their way to the season? Will the Television Academy embrace it as tightly as they did Season 1? Find out on this week’s podcast!

But first, Clarence gives a quick sneak preview of his reaction to Michael, the new Michael Jackson biopic.

We close our podcast, as always, with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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Clarence Moye is a proud co-founder of The Contending where he writes about film, television, and occasionally Taylor Swift. Under his 10-year run at Awards Daily, Clarence covered the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the Telluride Film Festival, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, the Middleburg Film Festival, and much more. Clarence is a member of the Critics Choice Association.

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