Dark comedy Beef has been named "the best show of 2023" by Netflix fans after they discovered hidden messages in the recently released series.
Beef is an American TV comedy-drama miniseries created by Lee Sung Jin for Netflix and produced by Jake Schreier, Ravi Nandan, and Alli Reich.
It also stars Joseph Lee, Young Mazino, David Choe, and Patti Yasutake and tells the story of two strangers who get into a road rage incident, which soon upturns their lives through each person's need for revenge.
The new series stars The Walking Dead's fame Steven Yeun (Danny Cho) who plays an unlucky contractor and Birds of Prey's fame Ali Wong (Amy Lau) who is portrayed as a self-made entrepreneur in the series.
The TV show has already amassed a legion of fans, with it receiving 99% on Rotten Tomatoes, just one week after its release.
One person said of the show: "The show is one of the best I've seen in a while, with incredible performances all around.
"Yeun and Wong are outstanding. The show is a perfect blend of humour, excitement, and tension. It's a definite winner for Netflix."
While a second added: "The best show I've ever seen, it’s perfect in every single way. I want 1000 seasons of this."
A third wrote: "Beef on Netflix is fantastic. Great writing, amazing acting."
And fans have since clocked on to some hidden meanings laced throughout the 10 episodes – including in the show's titles, sculptures, and even the name of the show.
Using "abstract-looking sculptures" to represent Joseph Lee's character's "personal emotional state", Grace Yun, the production designer, explained that the "amorphous blob shapes" represented how "George floats through life and doesn’t really restrict himself".
The symbolism of "growing artworks" signifies George becoming a "bigger fixture inside the home".
And speaking about the name, creator Lee Sung explained why the miniseries has been given such an odd title.
"There are surprisingly few catchy words or idioms that sell the feud aspect of the show and the few that exist have been done before."
Lee also confirmed that if Netflix had seen the original list of "aggressively bad" potential names, "there might not be a show today".
Netflix has explained the titles of each episode saying that they might be part of a "famous quote".
They said: "There’s a reason they’re all so despairing, and if some of them sound familiar, chances are you might recognise them as part of a famous quote."
While other production designer, Grace Yun shared that the complex meaning of the titles have been individually created by cast member David Choe, who happens to play Danny's cousin Isaac.
"We wanted something beyond a text title card. Sonny [Lee Sung Jin, showrunner] was friends with David Choe, and we had this amazing group of his original imagery and paintings to choose from.
Grace continued: "It was a visceral feeling that we got from each image of whether or not it would reflect the theme of that episode."
The title cards reads "The Birds Don't Sing, They Screech in Pain" on a painting with meat and a cow's head where people from different classes interacting in the foreground.
Since the episodes are highly based on class divisions and beef- the intention couldn't be clearer.
Talking about episode four, the title "just not all at the same time" references a line from feminist author Betty Friedman who said "You can have it all, just not all at the same time.
The series was released last week on 6 April and is currently available to stream on Netflix.
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