THE second season of American comedy drama anthology Beef is out now on Netflix.

Taking place at a country club, it follows workers Ashley Miller (Cailee Spaeny) and Austin Davis (Charles Melton).

The newly engaged couple becomes entangled in the unravelling marriage of club general manager Joshua Martín (Oscar Isaac) with Lindsay Crane-Martín (Carey Mulligan) after witnessing them fight.

Through favours and coercion, both couples vie for the approval of the elitist club’s billionaire owner, Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-jung), who struggles to manage her own scandal involving her second husband, Dr Kim (Song Kang-ho).

The show is meant to tackle a new tale of rivalry and rage in each season.

The debut 2023 season, featuring a different cast, explored the story of two strangers whose road rage evolves into a prolonged feud, and the latest one delves into relationships and how they evolve overtime.

“Austin and Ashley think all they need is each other and the beach so, when we meet them, they are thrust into intersecting with our millennial couple,” director Lee Sung-jin said.

“It’ll be interesting to see with these two how they react to life’s first real struggles,” he added.

“Season one’s ‘beef’ is so overt and aggressive. I thought season two should be the inverse: a passive-aggressive beef, which is more true to life, especially in a workplace.”

Grammy-winning singer and musician Finneas O’Connell, who is a ‘genuine fan’ of the show, has been announced as the composer of the new season’s score.

“I probably watched every scene 100 times while I scored the show, and I felt it every time,” Finneas recounted, adding that he is very honoured and proud to be a part of it.

Lee stated that he knew Finneas would be the perfect collaborator after hearing the musician and his sister Billie Eilish’s Oscar and Grammy Award–winning song What Was I Made For? in the 2023 blockbuster Barbie.

“I’ve never cried so hard at the end of a movie. He has an incredible ability to make the darkest emotions sound so achingly beautiful, and I cannot wait for everyone to hear what he’s cooked up,” he added.