So i’ve read loads of comments about people saying “oh the reason why I didn’t like season 2 is because season 1 had a more substantial “beef” in which it was interesting to see how far 2 ppl fck with each others life over that ‘beef’”
like yeah ok cool, that’s what season 1 was about and we all loved it. it was a different yet unorthodoxly relatable plot that seemed vulnerable, captivating and entertaining at the same time with very personal moments.
i think the same can be said about season 2 but what a lot of people are missing is that the ‘beef’ in season 2 isn’t the same as ssn1: instead of it being solely between starkly opposing people with vastly different lives in terms of financial stability, familial relationships and societal expectations ssn2 still retains all of these BUT i feel like the actual ‘beef’ is actually the interconnectedness between people specifically Lindsay and Josh and the role that others play in their life - inserting themselves in: Ashley and Austin’s sense of self preservation and social climbing (i know they’re mirrors of Lindsay and Josh), Mrs Park’s capitalistic ruthlessness and all the people within the club and their transactional relationship with the two protagonists.
The ‘beef’ is the actual strained relationship between everyone in what was formally a closed domain and within that highlight these imposed systems of capitalism, opportunism and selfishness which basically incite the irrational behaviour making everyone crash out like in season 1.
Sorry if that was long winded but was just a thought I had.
Edit: I knew i’d get downvoted for this because I feel like people’s media literacy is fully dead. I didn’t say oh if you didn’t like season 2 you didn’t understand it. NAH. What i’m SAYING is that people have said “season 2 was too different from season 1 and the beef wasn’t the same and i don’t get what the beef was”. this was just my opinion. i knew people in the subreddit were defensive over this show but why are people taking everything as an attack 😭