Lee Sung Jin: I’m sweating.

[Oscar Isaac laughs]

Carey Mulligan: [laughs] I just … feel like I’m doing an art history lesson.

[group laughter] 

Lee Sung Jin: Hi, Tudum. Lee Sung Jin, creator of BEEF here. And before we started shooting this latest season, I emailed Oscar, Carey, and Charles a bunch of research documents. We're gonna quiz them today to see if they read them.

[curious music playing] 

[GFX: BEEF — Unpacking the Episode Artwork and Who Read the Email…]

[CLIP] Austin (Charles Melton): None of this is your fault, okay? The people in charge have made it impossible for us.

Lee Sung Jin: “All the things we’re never going to have.” Do you know who said that? 

Oscar Isaac: Yes.

Lee Sung Jin: And?

[laughter]

Oscar Isaac: It's a great saying. 

Lee Sung Jin: I will give you a clue. Uh … email.

Oscar Isaac: Is that Esther Perel?

Lee Sung Jin: Esther Perel.

Charles Melton: Wow. 

Lee Sung Jin: That is a point for Oscar Isaac.

Oscar Isaac: I'm actually on her mailing list.

Lee Sung Jin: Oh, really?

Oscar Isaac: Yeah. Have I revealed too much?

[group laughter] 

[CLIP] Lindsay (Carey Mulligan): These ******* kids don't know who they messed with. We have so many more years experience being petty.

Lee Sung Jin: “A new starting point for further desires.”

Carey Mulligan: I don't remember you sending these emails. 

Lee Sung Jin: I did, I did. 

Charles Melton: I remember the pictures. 

Lee Sung Jin: Do you know who painted this? 

Charles Melton: Yes, um … I don't remember. Uh, no.

Lee Sung Jin: Jan Steen. Jan Steen.

Oscar Isaac: Jan. Good old Jan.

Lee Sung Jin: Yes.

Carey Mulligan: That's you.

Charles Melton: I … I would … Yeah, I think … I think that's, uh … that's Austin right there. Of service. 

Carey Mulligan: [points] That's Oscar.

[Charles laughs] 

Oscar Isaac: I'm just taking a little nap in the corner. Just having a little … 

Lee Sung Jin: The title is "Marcel Proust," which is very appropriate for episode two. Do you remember what happens in episode two?

Oscar Isaac: How could I forget? 

[CLIP] Josh (Oscar Isaac): If we can't afford that pen, what pen can we afford?

Lee Sung Jin: “The increasing flimsiness of any certainties about the future.” Who said that? 

Oscar Isaac: Uh … Ted Nugent?

Lee Sung Jin: Ted Nugent, correct.

Charles Melton: What?!

Lee Sung Jin: That is another point for Oscar Isaac.

Carey Mulligan: No, it's not.

Lee Sung Jin: It is not.

Oscar Isaac: No, it's not Ted Nugent.

Lee Sung Jin: Absolutely not. It's Lynn Siegel. Uh … [chuckles]

Carey Mulligan: I mean, no one wants to be this lad.

Oscar Isaac: Yeah, we all want to be that guy. 

Lee Sung Jin: Yeah, that's been season two in a nutshell, you know.

[group laughs] 

[CLIP] Ashley (Cailee Spaeny): I hope we haven't been here eight hours because I ate an expired Hot Pocket.

Lee Sung Jin: “Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort.” Any idea … Let's just say, uh, male or female? 

Carey Mulligan: Honestly, I'm gonna go back and look at my emails. I don't think you ever sent this document to me. Charles has his hand raised.

Oscar Isaac: She has a big firewall. 

Charles Melton: Is it … is it Greg? Greg … Craig … 

Carey Mulligan: Did you say Greg?

Charles Melton: Craig, the … the, uh …

Oscar Isaac: Greg Craig?

Charles Melton: The person that, uh, wrote that.

Lee Sung Jin: Mm, mm. No. No, that's incorrect.

[Carey laughs]

Carey Mulligan: You were pretty close with Craig, though.

Oscar Isaac: Gregory Craig.

[Charles laughs]

[CLIP] Ashley (Cailee Spaeny): I totally get, like, being overwhelmed when you lose something important. 

[CLIP] Lindsay (Carey Mulligan): Well, I guess it's a good thing you got that health insurance, then.

Lee Sung Jin: “I am killing my flesh without it.” This is a female poet, and I'm pretty sure we spoke about this.

[Charles laughs] 

Oscar Isaac: Sylvia Plath?

Lee Sung Jin: Oh my God, Oscar Isaac. Another point.

Oscar Isaac: No, because I remember that, yeah. 

Carey Mulligan: Name three other female poets. 

Oscar Isaac: You name three other female poets. You didn't even name one.

[group laughs] 

Lee Sung Jin: This is, uh, turning into a landslide.

Oscar Isaac: And do you know what that's called? That's called incubus.

Lee Sung Jin: Yes, that is correct.

Oscar Isaac: Which is one of your favorite bands.

Lee Sung Jin: Oh my God, this wasn't even a question. That is a bonus point. 

Oscar Isaac: It's a male demon when it's incubus, and a female is succubus. 

Lee Sung Jin: Yeah, that's … that's absolutely right. 

[CLIP] Lindsay (Carey Mulligan): You know, you really ****** us with your whole escape attempt.

Lee Sung Jin: “It will stay this way and you will obey.” It's a female … thought leader.

Oscar Isaac: [to Carey] You should know this one. 

Lee Sung Jin: It's from her book, Coming Home to Myself: Reflections for Nurturing a Woman's Body and Soul. 

Carey Mulligan: Oprah.

[group laughs]

Lee Sung Jin: That is not correct. It is Marion Woodman. What is your interpretation of, uh, why we collectively chose this?

Carey Mulligan: Charles?

Lee Sung Jin: Charles. 

Charles Melton: Uh … [chuckles] Well, it's very beautiful. The, um …[group laughs] It looks like everyone has kind of a fruit basket face. [Carey laughs] That guy has celery on their face. 

Oscar Isaac: Yeah, cucumber nose. 

Charles Melton: Cucumber nose, apple chin.

Lee Sung Jin: It's a very literal interpretation …

Oscar Isaac: Just say what you see. 

Charles Melton: Yeah, fruit basket. That's what I got.

[group laughs] 

Oscar Isaac: Hey, it's been a minute. It's been a minute.

Lee Sung Jin: It has been a minute. But you know, we’re back together.

Oscar Isaac: The seasons, I see the seasons changing.

Lee Sung Jin: It is the seasons. "The Four Seasons." That is another point for Oscar Isaac, who has clearly won this game. Thank you for reading the emails.

[group laughs]

[CLIP] Chairwoman Park (Youn Yuh-jung): From now on, I tell you what to do, and you do it.

Lee Sung Jin: Tune in April 16th to BEEF Season 2.

Charles Melton: Tudum!