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* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: George has a

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Mia in E6: "We're not going to see each other anymore, are me?" George in E7: "We're probably connected in the spiritual realm." He didn't physically cheat on Amy with Mia but he was definitely attached to Mia beyond thinking her IG photos were hot


* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been masturbating with Amy's assistant's Instagram pictures (and hitting like), and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been masturbating with is attracted to Amy's assistant's Instagram pictures (and hitting like), assistant Mia and claims a deep connection with her, and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]


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* MistakenForCheating: Naomi starts investigating the road rage incident and figures out that Amy and Danny are involved...but she jumps to the conclusion that Amy cheated on George with Danny and it ended badly. Amy is so shocked by the accusation that she laughs in Naomi's face, offending the latter further.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Jordan]] ends up getting ''cut in half'' by a panic room door that goes off just as they trip and land right in the middle of it.
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* BigFancyHouse:
** Amy, whom Danny describes as a "rich bitch from Calabasas", has a large, spacious modern home. It contrasts the dinky motel room Danny lives out of.
** Amy's own house is dwarfed by the home of billionaire Jordan, an isolated, high-ceilinged mansion on an isolated California hill, filled with expensive art, furniture, and cultural artifacts.


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* UnbrokenVigil: The series ends with [[spoiler:Amy waiting by Danny's bedside after he is shot by George. She eventually climbs in bed to cuddle with him until he recovers enough to put his arm around her]].

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* EscalatingWar: The series starts with a fairly mundane altercation in a store parking lot and escalates into a full blown road rage incident. Over the ensuing series, the two parties involved partake in increasingly elaborate ways of antagonising each other.

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* EscalatingWar: The series starts with a fairly mundane altercation in a store parking lot and escalates into a full blown road rage incident. Over the ensuing series, the two parties involved partake in increasingly elaborate ways of antagonising each other.other, which eventually results in [[spoiler:Amy's divorce, Paul cutting off Danny, Isaac in prison likely for life, and Jordan and Michael dead]].


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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: In the finale, [[spoiler:Naomi closes the panic button room doors too early, resulting in Jordan getting bisected by them]].


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* NeverMyFault: Because of his need to see himself as successful, Danny often tries to divert fault from himself. Near the end, he learns that [[spoiler:his parents' house burned down because Danny himself installed faulty wiring]]. His response is to [[spoiler:try and frame Amy for it]], a decision that has catastrophic consequences.

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** Jordan, the home improvement chain store owner Amy is hoping to sell her small business to, expresses interest in the art and philosophies of other cultures and has an otherwise 'zen' (read: wishywashy) personality.

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** Jordan, the home improvement chain store owner Amy is hoping to sell her small business to, expresses interest in (read: culturally appropriates) the art and philosophies of other cultures and has an otherwise 'zen' (read: wishywashy) personality.



* DrugsAreGood: In the finale, Danny and Amy are [[spoiler:stranded in the California wilderness and]] take some [[MushroomSamba hallucinogenic berries]]. They start seeing things and [[spoiler:finally begin to relate to one another]].



* EnemyMine: Danny and Amy are fighting with each other over their road rage. When someone complains about them offscreen, they both instantly turn and yell at him in tandem.

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* EnemyMine: Danny and Amy are fighting with each other over their road rage. When someone complains about them offscreen, taking up two parking spaces just to fight, they both instantly turn and yell at him in tandem.


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* ImmigrantParents: Both Danny and Amy experienced some difficulties growing up as second-generation Asian-Americans:
** Danny's need to always keep Paul underfoot stems from his parents having difficulty for both of them. He also feels like he has to successfully provide them with a home as the eldest son.
** Amy's emotional repression and tendency to ignore her problems until they spill over comes from being estranged from her parents and their somewhat tumultuous marriage.
* MirrorCharacter: The conceit of the story is that besides their [[SlobsVersusSnobs different social classes]] resulting in an EscalatingWar, Danny and Amy are ''extremely'' similar. This is something made clear not just in the identical way they react to the road rage incident and their rare moments of connection, but also in their backstories: both experienced family drama as a result of their ImmigrantParents and are projecting successful futures to motivate themselves.


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* OutclassedAtTheGym: In the second episode, Danny strains trying to benchpress a certain weight. His more fuckboyish younger brother Paul gets under it and starts lifting it with no problem.
* PowerHair: Amy's decision to start finalizing the business deal that will make her extremely rich is accompanied by a haircut that gets rid of her long dark hair for a chic blonde bob.
* SelfMadeWoman: Danny assumes Amy was only able to start her own multimillion-dollar company because she married into 'art money' -- her father-in-law Haru Nakai was a famous artist. However, Amy actually made most of the money herself by working very hard for years, and it is pointedly said that Haru left his son George with very little except for some valuable art pieces.


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* TimeSkip: Episode 7 is set eight months after episode 6 and changes the status quo of the characters: Danny [[spoiler:has taken over the construction company and has bought his parents a home]] while Amy [[spoiler:has gotten very rich by selling her company and is on better terms with George.]] That said, their petty feud gets in the way of these positive developments when they reunite.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been mastrubating with Amy's assistant's Instagram pictures (and hiting like), and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been mastrubating masturbating with Amy's assistant's Instagram pictures (and hiting hitting like), and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]



* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Danny buys numerous hibachi grills with the intention of setting them off in an enclosed space (like a motel room) in hopes of killing himself via Carbon Monoxide poisoning. [[BungledSuicide Because he has no idea how said poisoning works, it never works]]]].

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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Danny buys numerous hibachi grills with the intention of setting them off in an enclosed space (like a motel room) in hopes of killing himself via Carbon Monoxide poisoning. [[BungledSuicide Because he has no idea how said poisoning works, it never works]]]].he fails]]]].



* EscalatingWar: The series starts with a, fairly mundane, altercation in a store parking lot and escalates into a full blown road rage incident. Over the ensuing series, the two parties involved partake in increasingly elaborate ways of antagonising each other.

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* EscalatingWar: The series starts with a, a fairly mundane, mundane altercation in a store parking lot and escalates into a full blown road rage incident. Over the ensuing series, the two parties involved partake in increasingly elaborate ways of antagonising each other.
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* EscalatingWar: The series starts with a, fairly mundane, altercation in a store parking lot and escalates into a full blown road rage incident. Over the ensuing series, the two parties involved partake in increasingly elaborate ways of antagonising each other.


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* GreyAndGreyMorality: Both Danny and Amy have their sympathetic moments but both are also willing to engage in DisproportionateRetribution for the initial altercation.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Danny buys numerous hibachi grills with the intention of setting them off in an enclosed space (like a motel room) in hopes of killing himself via Carbon Monoxide poisoning. [[BungledSuicide Because he has no idea how said poisoning works, it never works]]]].

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* DumbassHasAPoint: Paul's not the smartest guy in the world, but his assessment of Danny as a dude who who has depression and not handling it well, which dooms their chances of maintaining a healthy brotherly relationship, is hard to argue with.



* ImportantHaircut: Amy gets her hair cut and colored blonde immediately before re-encountering Danny and pivoting on her plan to cash out of her company.

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* ImportantHaircut: Amy gets her hair cut and colored blonde immediately before re-encountering Danny and [[spoiler: pivoting on her plan to cash out of her company.]]

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been mastrubating with Amy's assistant's Instagram pictures (and hiting like), Mia, and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been mastrubating with Amy's assistant's Instagram pictures (and hiting like), Mia, and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]


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* ImportantHaircut: Amy gets her hair cut and colored blonde immediately before re-encountering Danny and pivoting on her plan to cash out of her company.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been mistreating with Amy's assistant's Instagram pictures (and hiting like), Mia, and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been mistreating mastrubating with Amy's assistant's Instagram pictures (and hiting like), Mia, and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]
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Unless there's a revelation later in the series I'm not sure emotional affair is the most appropriate term as 1. It's clearly sexual interest for George, not a desire for emotional intamacyand 2 there's no indication that Mia is even aware, much less reciprocates.


* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been having an emotional affair with Amy's assistant, Mia, and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been having an emotional affair mistreating with Amy's assistant, assistant's Instagram pictures (and hiting like), Mia, and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Desconstructed. Danny has tremendous insecurity and takes it all out on his role as Paul's older brother, constantly needing him around to protect him. For this to happen, he resorts to actions such as [[spoiler: throwing away Paul's admission letters.]]
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* VivaLasVegas: The characters go to Vegas in episode 4. Amy goes there for a work conference and Paul steals Danny's truck to follow her. Danny and Isaac promptly go as well to get the truck back, since they need it for a construction job. The action is primarily limited to Amy's swanky hotel (where Danny and Paul consider gambling and eating from the buffet).
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* SlobsVsSnobs: The central conflict: Amy is the wealthy breadwinner of her NuclearFamily, though permanently exhausted by the demands of her beautiful house and busy job. Danny is a handyman who's been unable to get a steadier job since his family lost their motel. They get in a feud.

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* SlobsVsSnobs: SlobsVersusSnobs: The central conflict: Amy is the wealthy breadwinner of her NuclearFamily, though permanently exhausted by the demands of her beautiful house and busy job. Danny is a handyman who's been unable to get a steadier job since his family lost their motel. They get in a feud.

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** Amy's husband is the son of an artist and himself a potter.
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** Amy's husband is the son of an artist and himself a potter.potter, though downplayed in that his wife Amy is the main breadwinner.
* {{Catfishing}}: Amy catfishes Paul by pretending to be a hot girl on Instagram. It's so obvious that every single character immediately notes that she's a catfish, but he ignores them.


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* SlobsVsSnobs: The central conflict: Amy is the wealthy breadwinner of her NuclearFamily, though permanently exhausted by the demands of her beautiful house and busy job. Danny is a handyman who's been unable to get a steadier job since his family lost their motel. They get in a feud.

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* BourgeoisBohemian: Jordan, the home improvement chain store owner Amy is hoping to sell her small business to, expresses interest in the art and philosophies of other cultures and has an otherwise 'zen' (read: wishywashy) personality.

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Jordan, the home improvement chain store owner Amy is hoping to sell her small business to, expresses interest in the art and philosophies of other cultures and has an otherwise 'zen' (read: wishywashy) personality. personality.
** Amy's husband is the son of an artist and himself a potter.
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* InsistentTerminology: Danny isn't a "handyman", he's a ''contractor''.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The first episode ends with "The Reason", a hard rock love song by Music/{{Hoobastank}}. This playing right after Danny pissed all over Amy's bathroom floors and she shouts expletives while chasing him as he makes his getaway.

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* SoundtrackDissonance: The first episode ends with "The Reason", a hard rock love song by Music/{{Hoobastank}}. Music/{{Hoobastank}} that emphasizes someone atoning for their past mistakes and becoming a better person. This playing plays right after Danny pissed all over Amy's bathroom floors and she shouts expletives while chasing him as he makes his getaway.getaway, driving off with smug, unrepentant satisfaction that he just got away with vandalizing someone who slighted him.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The first episode ends with "The Reason", a hard rock love song by Creator/{{Hoobastank}}. This playing right after Danny pissed all over Amy's bathroom floors and she shouts expletives while chasing him as he makes his getaway.

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* SoundtrackDissonance: The first episode ends with "The Reason", a hard rock love song by Creator/{{Hoobastank}}.Music/{{Hoobastank}}. This playing right after Danny pissed all over Amy's bathroom floors and she shouts expletives while chasing him as he makes his getaway.
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The first episode ends with "The Reason", a hard rock love song by Creator/{{Hoobastank}}. This playing right after Danny pissed all over Amy's bathroom floors and she shouts expletives while chasing him as he makes his getaway.

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The show is about two strangers -- struggling contractor Danny Cho (Creator/StevenYeun) and successful but unfulfilled businesswoman Amy Lau (Creator/AliWong) -- who share an incident of road rage with each other. The event spirals into an increasingly escalating feud between the two that threatens their individual personal lives.

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The show is about two strangers -- struggling contractor Danny Cho (Creator/StevenYeun) and successful but unfulfilled businesswoman Amy Lau (Creator/AliWong) -- who share an incident of road rage with each other. The event spirals into an increasingly escalating feud between the two that threatens their individual personal lives.



* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been having an emotional affair with his assistant, Mia, and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been having an emotional affair with his Amy's assistant, Mia, and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]]]
* BourgeoisBohemian: Jordan, the home improvement chain store owner Amy is hoping to sell her small business to, expresses interest in the art and philosophies of other cultures and has an otherwise 'zen' (read: wishywashy) personality.



* EnemyMine:Danny and Amy are fighting with each other over their road rage. When someone complains about them offscreen, they both instantly turn and yell at him in tandem.

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* EnemyMine:Danny EnemyMine: Danny and Amy are fighting with each other over their road rage. When someone complains about them offscreen, they both instantly turn and yell at him in tandem.



* GilliganCut: Utilized in the trailer when Creator/MariaBello's character compliments Amy on how zen she is. Immediate cut to Amy holding a gun to her phone and screaming like a maniac.

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* GilliganCut: Utilized in the trailer when Creator/MariaBello's character Jordan compliments Amy on how zen she is. Immediate cut to Amy holding a gun to her phone and screaming like a maniac.
* HouseHusband: Amy is driving herself nutty with her successful small business. Her husband George works from home in his own time (he's a sculptor) and is usually the one driving their daughter around.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Amy's mother-in-law likes to snark about how Amy is raising her daughter and how the house always needs remodeling.
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The show is about two strangers -- struggling contractor Danny Cho (Creator/StevenYeun) and unfulfilled housewife Amy Lau (Creator/AliWong) -- who share an incident of road rage with each other. The event spirals into an increasingly escalating feud between the two that threatens their individual personal lives.

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The show is about two strangers -- struggling contractor Danny Cho (Creator/StevenYeun) and successful but unfulfilled housewife businesswoman Amy Lau (Creator/AliWong) -- who share an incident of road rage with each other. The event spirals into an increasingly escalating feud between the two that threatens their individual personal lives.

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''Beef'' is a ten-episode dark comedy miniseries by Creator/LeeSungJin (''WesternAnimation/{{Undone}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'') for Creator/{{A24}}. It is set to release on Creator/{{Netflix}} on April 6, 2023.

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''Beef'' is a ten-episode dark comedy miniseries by Creator/LeeSungJin (''WesternAnimation/{{Undone}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'') for Creator/{{A24}}. It is set to release was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} on April 6, 2023.
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* ClusterFBomb: In the trailer, Amy sees that there's pee on her floor, and lets out:

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* ClusterFBomb: In the trailer, Amy sees that there's pee on her floor, and lets out:



* EnemyMine: At the end of the trailer, Danny and Amy are fighting with each other over their road rage. When someone complains about them offscreen, they both instantly turn and yell at him in tandem.

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* EnemyMine: At the end of the trailer, Danny EnemyMine:Danny and Amy are fighting with each other over their road rage. When someone complains about them offscreen, they both instantly turn and yell at him in tandem.



** In the trailer, Amy is nearly hit by Danny, drives a bit, then honks her horn and sticks her middle finger out the window. This pisses him off so much that he starts chasing her.

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** In the trailer, Amy is nearly hit by Danny, drives a bit, then honks her horn and sticks her middle finger out the window. This pisses him off so much that he starts chasing her.



* VehicleBasedCharacterization: The trailer establishes the respective financial situations of Danny and Amy in part with the cars they drive during their near-collision. Struggling blue-collar contractor Danny has a beat-up truck; posh housewife Amy has a Mercedes-Benz SUV.

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* VehicleBasedCharacterization: The trailer series establishes the respective financial situations of Danny and Amy in part with the cars they drive during their near-collision. Struggling blue-collar contractor Danny has a beat-up truck; posh housewife career woman Amy has a Mercedes-Benz SUV.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Amy and George are married. She's not satisfied with the sex, and he feels that she's emotionally distant. [[spoiler:George has been having an emotional affair with his assistant, Mia, and Amy eventually has sex with Danny's brother, Paul.]]
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''Beef'' is a ten-episode dark comedy miniseries by Creator/{{A24}}. It is set to release on Creator/{{Netflix}} on April 6, 2023.

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''Beef'' is a ten-episode dark comedy miniseries by Creator/LeeSungJin (''WesternAnimation/{{Undone}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TucaAndBertie'') for Creator/{{A24}}. It is set to release on Creator/{{Netflix}} on April 6, 2023.
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''Beef'' is a ten-episode dark comedy miniseries by Creator/{{A24}}. It is set to release on Creator/{{Netflix}} on April 6, 2023.

The show is about two strangers -- struggling contractor Danny Cho (Creator/StevenYeun) and unfulfilled housewife Amy Lau (Creator/AliWong) -- who share an incident of road rage with each other. The event spirals into an increasingly escalating feud between the two that threatens their individual personal lives.

The supporting cast includes Creator/JosephLee, Creator/DavidChoe, Creator/PattiYasutake, Creator/AshleyPark, Creator/MariaBello, and Creator/JustinHMin.

Previews: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFPIMHBzGDs Official Trailer]]

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* ClusterFBomb: In the trailer, Amy sees that there's pee on her floor, and lets out:
-->'''Amy:''' Bitch-ass handyman pissing on my fucking hardwood floor? This is European ''oak'', [[CurseCutShort motherf--]]
* EnemyMine: At the end of the trailer, Danny and Amy are fighting with each other over their road rage. When someone complains about them offscreen, they both instantly turn and yell at him in tandem.
* FlippingTheBird:
** The poster is structured with two fists with middle fingers raised at each other, with said middle fingers drawn to look like Danny and Amy. This fits the feud theme of the show.
** In the trailer, Amy is nearly hit by Danny, drives a bit, then honks her horn and sticks her middle finger out the window. This pisses him off so much that he starts chasing her.
* GilliganCut: Utilized in the trailer when Creator/MariaBello's character compliments Amy on how zen she is. Immediate cut to Amy holding a gun to her phone and screaming like a maniac.
* VehicleBasedCharacterization: The trailer establishes the respective financial situations of Danny and Amy in part with the cars they drive during their near-collision. Struggling blue-collar contractor Danny has a beat-up truck; posh housewife Amy has a Mercedes-Benz SUV.
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