MH Illustration/Netflix/Embassy Pictures 6 min read The following story contains spoilers through the end of Beef season 2. WHILE THE FIRST season of Beef, Netflix’s anthology series centered on a social conflict that increasingly escalates with each passing episode, honed in on a conflict between two people (Steven Yeun and Ali Wong, giving performances that won both Emmys), the second takes things to the next level. Instead of once again putting a mano a mano feud under the microscope, Beef chooses to follow a pair of warring couples for its second go-around. Through this, we meet wealthy country club manager Josh (Oscar Isaac) and his former socialite wife Lindsey (Carey Mulligan), and we also meet part-time country club trainer Austin (Charles Melton) and Ashley, his fiancée who works full-time in a low-level position at the club. The decision to center the season’s titular beef not between two people but two couples is a strong one.…