Beef Season 2 Ending Terrible?*spoiler rant*
I liked the first season and liked the second up until the final episode, it jumped the shark big time, for the following reasons:
•Chairwoman Park murders her own husband, doesn’t feel bad, but just lets these walking time bombs back out into the world that could expose her? She killed her own adopted son for less (he just wanted a promotion), and sent assassins to kill Oscar’s Isaac, but sure let these people who saw her murder her husband out into the world when she had them caged up at her mercy. Give them access to the club where she launders money. I’m calling absolute BS.
•Austin goes back despite seeing a guy get his brains blown out and expects not to be killed after handing over something Chairwoman park didn’t even know he had (his only leverage). He holds all the cards and just gives it up, not even a phone call to negotiate, just shows up and hopes she doesn’t kill him, all so that the show’s director can make a statement or something about the nature of relationships? The whole story revolves around blackmail but not the ending I guess. Also him not turning in the flash drive is a death sentence for Eunice. She is dead and he is directly responsible for killing her. He knew, he’s not that not dumb.
•Austin had zero development to overlook straight murder and risk his life giving up the USB. Zero development, he finally leaves his girlfriend which is the hardest thing he’s ever done, he’s doing the right thing for himself and his friends (he’ll save their lives by getting the authorities involved) but instead he chooses to lie about murder all of a sudden - dude can barely lie about being a physical therapist. It felt so forced.
•The whole “we’re back to where we began and they’re married and running the country club giving the same speech” was a nightmare to experience, just so cliche and boring. An absolute 180 that says nothing that the rest of the show wasn’t already saying. Also, Ashley still has the screenshots and they oversee the very club that is laundering money, AND witnessed Dr. Kim’s murder - they are loose ends!
•Doctor Kim butchered innocent people and manipulated his wife (pretended to leave and turn himself in) to make sure she covers it up so he can continue being a surgeon - because he didn’t want to retire. But then, in the last episode, he gains a conscious because “I’m scared of my wife” even though he’s guilty of murder and he’s suddenly a good guy now who wants to go to the police? He was just screaming a scene ago “they’re lying! They’re not telling us the truth” and she says “calm down honey”. Like what is up with the back breaking 180s!?
• Are we supposed to suddenly care about this “circle of life” white lotus crap in the last 30 seconds of the final episode when there is zero development in that direction? It’s sprung on us like “oh look humans are selfish by nature, circle of life” like guys, that’s philosophy 101. You couldn’t do anything interesting with that concept, just had to cram that “message” down our throats with no buildup.
• To all the people saying “you just didn’t get it, they’re all terrible people” It’s not that the audience doesn’t get that or is uncomfortable that they’re terrible, the creators just don’t do anything with it. It kinda feels surface level. Wasted potential in that regard, the ending was poorly executed and forced.