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Spoilers ahead for the entirety ofBeef, includingfinale Figures of Light.
InBeef, the crows are always watching.
They survive and thrive because they call upon their peers often and without hesitation.
As the series progresses, Amy and Dannys continued engagement with their ongoing beef is treated as an addiction.
Its not a sustainable situation, but neither one of them wants to admit that.
So they keep mainlining their rage, trailing a wake of destruction.
The irony is that Amy and Danny are attempting to self-medicate the same issues.
They often present as caustic and unlikable because they dont like themselves very much.
Instead, they keep everything bottled up inside.
Paul often tries to avoid his brother because he cant stand to be around Dannys perpetual cloud of sadness.
Alternatively, Danny doesnt have the time or the funds to seek out a therapist.
He also doesnt have the desire.
When Paul tells Danny he needs therapy, its not a loving suggestion its an insult.
So Amy and Danny seek relief from their inner turmoil in other people.
Indeed, it does.
What unfolds is akin to a group-therapy session in which two individuals begin to relate on a deeper level.
Once they realize that theyre not alone in their feelings, they experience waves of relief.
Their breakthrough had to be organic to make it take hold.
Their spontaneous moment in the woods gives them the space and grace they need to unearth their long-buried feelings.
They survive until morning, and begin to walk through a tunnel into the light.
In a blind panic, he shoots Danny.
The final, silent scene in which Amy visits Dannys hospital bedside is striking.
The diminutive Amy curls her body around Dannys unconscious form, their two bodies creating a single entity.
True healing involves a deep reckoning with past, present, and future.
