3 min read ANYONE PRESSING PLAY on the second season of Beef might be in for a jarring couple of moments. Presumably, anyone interested in a “season 2” of Beef will have also watched “season 1.” If, by chance, those same people didn’t catch the news that the second season of Netflix’s hit would be a brand new story—and not continuing the first season’s, focusing on actors Steven Yeun and Ali Wong—they might be very surprised. But it doesn’t take long to settle in to yet another juicy story of character, class, and society. The second season follows two couples—a wealthy duo played by Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan, and a younger pair played by Charles Melton and Cailee Spaeny—as they navigate a modern-day life in California. Like the first season, our story begins with a fight, quite literally: One couple finds the other fighting in plain sight. But, also like the first season, this escalates into a story that’s so much bigger and so much more. At its core, the season is about those four characters.…