After a three-year wait, Beef is officially back for season two on Netflix. All eight episodes of the anthology series dropped on April 16, and early reactions suggest viewers are already locked in. But if you were expecting a continuation of the original story, this season is doing something different: it’s a full reset with an entirely new cast and a surprising real-life family connection behind the scenes.
So what’s the connection? Series creator Lee Sung Jin shared with People that “Charles' mother plays his mom in the show,” pointing to scenes where Charles Melton’s character, Austin, is shown speaking with his mother over the phone.
