Partner Track

Episode 1 of Partner Track starts with us whisked off to the bustling streets of New York. The toughest, smartest lawyers do Mergers and Acquisitions - so ...

Despite a bit of a rocky start, Partner Track gets back on track by the midway point, partly thanks to the charisma and likability of Ingrid. When Ingrid heads out in the middle of work to try and find her sister, Ingrid loses the chance to see Ted Lassiter. Ingrid decides to skip out on the party and work – but not before kissing Nick first. She’s not happy that Dan has more connections than her, especially as he has a friend that works at the Department of Energy. His name is Jeff Murphy and we soon learn that he and Ingrid actually met (see: hooked up) at a wedding a while back. The toughest, smartest lawyers do Mergers and Acquisitions – so that’s precisely what Ingrid Yun has decided to do.

Wondering how Season 1 of Netflix's legal drama 'Partner Track' ends? We have the show's plot summary, ending explained, and Season 2 info at your service.

“I thought I could trust you but you didn’t tell the firm you’d been arrested, you didn’t tell the firm you went to jail, and you didn’t tell the firm you needed to be bailed out…but Jeff Murphy did. Tyler learns he just got a new job, while the new man learns he just got a new hire. Thanks to some expert stalling they manage to get Wujay to the meeting on time and successfully hold and win their vote of no confidence for Ted. Ingrid pays a visit to Z, who has her escorted out of the building, but after she convinces him to talk to he agrees to help take Lassiter down. On her way there, she sees a sign for playwriting classes and workshops and pauses to consider. Like Ingrid, he has some wrongs to right, and when he sees an article about a designer declaring bankruptcy after a legal battle with Luxe, he feels guilty for the role he played in protecting the brand. Ingrid is asleep on the couch with a blanket over her head and clearly hasn’t recovered from the news. Someone’s blackmailing her and she stands to lose the farm. With a little help from her best friends Tyler (Bradley Gibson) and Rachel (Alexandra Turshen), Ingrid sets out to get the promotion she so clearly deserves. Throughout the series we see Ingrid search for love; navigate the expectations and pressures of being a first-generation Korean-American; and question her boss, morals, and future. Episode 10, “Dawn Rain” follows the aftermath of the crushing partner announcements and shows Ingrid turn her massive setback into an opportunity for some positive, long-overdue change. Our protagonist, Ingrid Yun (Arden Cho), has to decide if she wants to become a powerful, successful lawyer at any cost or fight to uphold justice even if standing up for her morals isn’t the easy or personally advantageous path.

The Netflix legal drama, starring Arden Cho and based on the novel by Helen Wan, is disappointing, especially when it shows shades of what could have been.

And I hate to be that person, but I’m going to be that person. Yes, tiny moment, but I think it exemplifies some of the limitations of the writing. This show had all the ingredients to be an engrossing and juicy show. And yes, I am one of those people who has sometimes made the case that maybe the true mark of progress is getting to be mediocre because there are so many mediocre white shows that get to exist. The aesthetic of the show is so one-note and bland. I know she’s immensely talented and I wanted to see her in her character acting bag. You watched the screeners before I did, and I remember you telling me that it would get better about midway through — and you were right! I cannot overstate how annoyed I am with the execution of this show. There are so many more interesting threads that could’ve been pulled — from respectability politics and the “model minority” trope to her relationship with her sister. But overall, I was underwhelmed by the series’ surface-level exploration of what the book is pretty centrally focused on: How race and gender and class intersect in a hierarchal and structurally inequitable industry like corporate law. In the book, the rom-com elements are there but are far more secondary than they are here. I don’t want to spend too much time on the book versus screen comparison because there are a lot of ways to approach adaptations that have their various merits.

Netflix's new series Partner Track features a young lawyer (Arden Cho) who grapples with challenges in her workplace, friendships, and relationships.

"Partner Track" star Arden Cho talked to TheWrap about how the romantic dramedy prioritizes "complex stories" about women of color.

And so, watching Ingrid navigate through all of this with her friends and make these choices, mistakes and wins is really fun and a journey.” “A lot of these stories we’ve seen have been told from a perspective that only touches on sexist issues or something different, and I think for Ingrid and her friends and these characters, we really touch on so many different issues in our patriarchal society or in this world of Parsons Valentine,” Cho explained. “There’s so much in ‘Partner Track’ — there’s a little bit of something for everyone,” Cho said.

Only the most talented actors can achieve on-screen chemistry of this level. With acting this extraordinary, some fans wonder if there's some romance going on ...

Unfortunately, we cannot be too sure of the nature of the relationship, as Arden and Junoflo have [ collaborated on musical projects](https://www.instagram.com/p/B1T5Dotpp75/) in the past. [J-14](https://www.j-14.com/posts/the-shadowhunters-stars-who-the-cast-has-dated-in-real-life/) reports that Dominic and Decker began dating not too long after Dominic and Modern Family actress Sarah Hyland called it quits, meaning Dominic and his boo got together sometime in 2021. And ever since then, Dominic and Decker have been attached to the hip. Or are they just that good at their job? Are these Partner Track co-stars dating? Only the most talented actors can achieve on-screen chemistry of this level.

In an exclusive chat with E! News, Arden Cho explained how her role on the new Netflix series Partner Track mirrors her experience in Hollywood.

"I never looked like the girl that I wanted to be or that I rooted for. "It's so different from the stereotypes, yet so relatable and real to so many strong Asian American women and minority women," Arden said. "I remember in all of my favorite shows, I never looked like the main character," Arden said. "So often, Asian women have been oppressed in media as ‘other' or ‘the vixen' or just a person who is portrayed negatively." "I might not have ever been mistaken for a paralegal, but I've definitely been mistaken as someone that I wasn't." But in Partner Track, Arden is front and center.

Though Netflix has yet to renew or cancel 'Partner Track,' executives are in "early conversations" about a second season.

If production follows a similar schedule, fans can expect Season 2 to premiere sometime around August 2023. “I think a lot of this is drawn from a very personal place, from Georgia’s experience in these white-shoe firms,” she explained in her Deadline interview. Spoilers ahead for Partner Track Season 1. Following an ongoing will-they-or-won’t-they, Ingrid and Jeff end up together. “So yes, we are [in] early conversations considering how excited we are about how Season 1 turned out.” [centers on Ingrid Yun](https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/arden-cho-partner-track-teen-wolf-representation), a first-generation Korean American facing the uphill battle of succeeding at an elite New York City law firm.

[Editor's note: The following contains spoilers for Partner Track.]Developed by Georgia Lee and based on the book by Helen Wan, the 10-episode drama series ...

I need to see what happens, and I need to see what other choices she will make. At the same time, I was so upset to find out the reveal about Jeff Murphy (Dominic Sherwood) and the role that he played in everything. I love that Ingrid comes up with a way to outplay the game that was played against her. In a way, they both almost want to be the other and are jealous of the other, and they respect the other, but maybe are just a little oblivious. Some of the conversations with Ingrid and her parents are moments that are so reflective of conversations I’ve had with my parents and experiences. That was something Georgia added to the adaptation, and it’s so great. What did you enjoy about getting to explore that, and getting to really dig into the relationship with her parents and her sister? I’m like, “Ooh, I fit that.” And then, to read the book and to see this journey that she goes on and to say, “Hey, this is important. I’m doing it and it’s happening, and I can’t believe that it’s real. I never really imagined what that would be like, but it’s so nice to be able to be on this journey and to say that I did it. [Doing interviews] is more nerve-wracking to me than filming because, at least with filming, I get to pretend, and I get to be someone and live it. It’s so rare to read a story and to be so invested because you relate so much.

The most frustrating turn in any romantic comedy is when the leading lady and/or man becomes a jerk. It's a crucial moment — necessary, even — but it's ...

If it weren’t for the scripts insisting that Ingrid and Jeff are endgame, in fact, it would be easier to believe that she might be destined for another kind of opposites-attract romance with Z (Desmond Chiam), a client’s son whose ideals keep clashing with the firm’s lack thereof, and with whom Ingrid has the biggest spark even in their brief scenes together. If “Partner Track” were a 95 minute movie, it would’ve had to make sharper edits in its story and meandering dialogue. This could make for an interesting conflict, especially when paired with Ingrid struggling to reconcile her ambition with the the firm’s complete bungling of a racist incident involving her biggest, frattiest competition (Nolan Gerard Funk) midway through the season. But it’s hard to buy that when Cho and Sherwood have so little chemistry that even the show’s ample use of sexy slo-mo can’t sell the sexual tension the pairing so desperately needs. The most frustrating turn in any romantic comedy is when the leading lady and/or man becomes a jerk. That she’s often compromising her values or throwing friends like Rachel (Alexandra Turshen) and Tyler (Bradley Gibson) under the bus to climb the company ladder is, she reasons, an inevitable hazard of the job.

Wondering if Netflix's legal drama 'Partner Track' starring Arden Cho will return for a Season 2? Here's everything we know about the series renewal.

And considering the cast is incredibly charming and Season 1 ends with several cliffhangers we have a good feeling Partner Track could come back for a sophomore season. We’d see Ingrid, Rachel, and Tyler embark on new chapters of their lives — Ingrid would return to the firm and work with Z, Rachel would figure things out with Justin and pursue playwriting, and Tyler would start a new job with a new man in his life. We’d also likely explore the relationship between Ingrid and Murphy and find out if he’s really the snake that the end of Season 1 makes him out to be. Curious if Netflix has renewed Partner Track for Season 2? And what a second season of Partner Track might look like? [Helen Wan’s 2013 novel, The Partner Track](https://www.amazon.com/Partner-Track-Novel-Helen-Wan/dp/1250019575?tag=decider08-20&asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fdecider.com%2F2022%2F08%2F26%2Fnetflix-partner-track-ending-explained-season-1-finale%2F&asc_source=web).

Arden Cho talks entering the legal world as Ingrid Yun for the series Partner Track on Netflix.

It’s a simple thing as seeing all the boys doing the boys’ thing and bonding in the office and you’re like, “Um, hi, can I be a part of this?” or “why am I not a part of this?” Even in that, it’s like, maybe you didn’t intend to leave us out, but you did. We must have a season two and I’m hoping the viewers binge it all, and then tweet Netflix like, “Hello, must have a season two, we need to know what happens to Ingrid!” There are so many exciting things that I feel like could happen. It’s fun to hear from people who’ve seen the show saying, “It was tough to watch, but I loved it. I feel like there was a lot of pressure to make sure that I am true to the character and respectful of Ingrid. Oh, that’s really uncomfortable,” and “Oh, I’ve said that before, but that was not my intention.” Because that’s the other thing, sometimes I believe that people say microaggressions or they say things with no ill intent, but it is received, unfortunately, not well and sometimes it takes a little educating. It’s not our job, but it’s nice that on a platform like this that we can in a fun and dramatic way educate without really planning to. And yeah, I mean, I want to do it justice, especially for readers and fans of the book. Why did I pick that one?” What I hope is that it’s that ending moment where she’s like, “Oh, okay. Rewind, what is life really about, and what am I doing?” I mean, there’s like so many thoughts running through her mind in that moment, right? Are you down for season two and what would you hope happens next? To all the women out there who are afraid to take leaps or to take the risk, do not do that to yourself. Now, she’s bringing this incredibly fierce, intelligent, and determined book character to the screen while portraying situations that many women will (unfortunately) relate to.

For one thing, she is caught in the midst of a sizzling love-triangle with doting wealthy heir Nick Laren (Rob Heaps), and fellow lawyer Jeff Murphy (Dominic ...

However, the status of her love life is less clear: after engaging in a clandestine affair with paralegal Justin (Roby Attal), she tells him she doesn’t know if she wants to commit to him. Of course, there’s always a chance that, after realizing that Nick was actually the good guy of her two suitors, she’ll try to make amends with him. After a chance encounter with his former enemy and fashion tycoon Valdo (Alejandro Hernandez), the two team up to take down a corrupt fashion line named Luxe. In the end, quitting turns out to be a good thing, because it forces her to realize how wrong it was for her to convince Z to accept the Sun Corp deal. Ingrid is shocked that Marty knows about her brief stint in jail, as the only people who she told about it were Lina and Murphy. And now that we know Murphy is a nefarious character, who’s to say that he won’t go so far as to attempt to undermine Z’s environmental efforts just to spite Ingrid? While in a challenging position with her love life, Ingrid is put in an even more challenging position in her work life. [Aurora Amidon](https://filmschoolrejects.com/author/aurora/)· Published on August 26th, 2022 [Ending Explained](https://filmschoolrejects.com/topics/ending-explained/) is a recurring column in which we explore the finales, secrets, and themes of interesting movies and shows, both new and old. Ingrid also comes out (seemingly) victorious in her work life – even after quitting Parsons when Marty offers the partnership to Murphy instead of her. The life of a New York lawyer is full of trials, tribulations, twists, and turns. Throughout the ten-episode first season of Partner Track, Ingrid’s professional and personal life is jam-packed with obstacles and complications. Although Nick breaks off his engagement with Ingrid when he discovers she is cheating on him with Murphy, Ingrid is happy.

Such is the case for Ingrid Yun (Arden Cho), a young woman gunning to make partner at her elite and very old-school New York City law firm, Parsons Valentine.

“Ingrid might have to rethink some of the choices she’s making.” She admits there’s a bit of Ingrid in her, but the partner track was never her end goal. For Wan, the stars aligned regarding her first and only novel, “The Partner Track,” which made its debut in 2013. At a deep subconscious level, that scene made me understand more of who she is and made me want to bring this book to life.” “She’s just human, and she makes a lot of mistakes. At the time, Wan was busy as a lawyer specializing in IP and media at a New York law firm and raising her young son. “It was so wonderful to have women telling a woman’s story.” She’s the first lawyer in her family and feels pressure from her parents. To make things even more complicated, she finds herself in a love triangle with Jeff Murphy (Dominic Sherwood) and Nick Laren (Rob Heaps). “How nice to have a woman do that.” Such is the case for Ingrid Yun (Arden Cho), a young woman gunning to make partner at her elite and very old-school New York City law firm, Parsons Valentine. I can't tell you how many times in my life I suggested something and it went unheard until a man suggested it,” Cho said in a phone interview.

Arden Cho knows a thing or two about the challenges with breaking a glass ceiling as an Asian American woman.

For instance, Cho pointed to a scene in the second episode in which Ingrid celebrates Chuseok, a Korean harvest festival, with her family, and multiple scenes where Ingrid and her mother speak “Konglish,” a mix of Korean and English. “I feel like, when there is such a big expectation for every Asian American film or TV show to make everyone happy and to be perfect, you just sort of set them up to fail. After Netflix released the show’s first trailer last month, the cast and producers of “Partner Track” received backlash for seemingly making a strong Asian female lead choose between two white male love interests. While there are some similarities among the different Asian cultures, Cho, who identifies as Korean American but admits she can sometimes pass as Chinese or Japanese due to her possibly mixed heritage, said that interchanging those cultures — without any research about their different nuances — can be “very problematic” and hurt the way a story is told. Her character Ingrid is ambitious to a fault “because she doesn’t want to lose [her edge], but she ends up making mistakes that she regrets," Cho said. Now, Cho, who has “learned the power of saying no” but would prefer to not dwell in the past, wants to use her story to inspire the next generation of Asian American women.

Partner Track's Lena Ahn was born on November 2, 1993, in Los Angeles, California. Learn more about the Netflix star (and former K-pop singer) here.

[IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2089463/), some of the California native’s most notable roles include Memoirs of a Geisha as a student dancer, A Passing Glance as Olivia, and Good Game as Jax. In addition to her selfies, Lena also posts a few snaps of her cast mates. [ her K-pop fandom page](https://kpop.fandom.com/wiki/Lena_Ahn), Lena stands at approximately 5-feet-4-inches. One of her most recent snaps includes her and Arden Cho standing side by side on the Partner Track red carpet. Whether chilling by the beach or sipping from a tall glass, her 18,400 followers can’t get enough of her stunning pictures, and we can definitely see why—she’s gorgeous! But when Lena discovered her love for acting, she retired her microphone and picked up a script instead.

Partner Track actor Rich Ting has starred in All of Us Are Dead, Magnum P.I., and many more notable roles. Learn his roles and more here.

[](https://netflixlife.com/2022/06/06/all-of-us-are-dead-season-2-renewed-happening-netflix/) [@richtingworld](https://www.instagram.com/p/Chs1W1fOgmC/?hl=en). ( [Check out his full interview here](https://www.instagram.com/p/Chs1W1fOgmC/?hl=en).) Oh, and don’t forget to give [Somi’s Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/somitingworld/?hl=en) a follow, too! [Partner Track](https://netflixlife.com/2022/08/26/partner-track-season-2-release-updates-another-season-netflix/) star Rich Ting! No matter the height, just like [ Rob Heaps](https://netflixlife.com/2022/08/24/partner-track-rob-heaps-age-height-instagram-roles-nick-actor/), Rich is amongst the tallest in the cast of Partner Track.

Partner Track is a law drama but let's be honest here, it's mostly a romantic drama. Our protagonist here is Ingrid Yun, an idealistic young lawyer who ...

As mentioned above, we predict that this will be renewed but we’ll be sure to update this page in the future when more information is known though! At the time of writing, Partner Track has not been renewed for a second season. So far, Partner Track has had a pretty mixed reception with critics giving this show mixed reviews but audiences (at the time of writing) more positive overall.

What makes Netflix's "Partner Track" stand out is, Ingrid Yun, a first-generation Korean American who deals with patriarchy at her law firm.

But after his termination, Tyler got some time to reflect on the decisions he had made in his life and figure out what he really wanted. Rosenstein, one of the senior partners at the firm, suggested her name for a new writer’s program in “The Syndicate Theatre.” However, Rachel was doubtful whether she wanted to change her career from being a high-paid lawyer to a struggling artist, yet she thought of giving the interview a try. He told Valdo that an individual might not have shrill enough in his voice to create a ripple in the world, but a collective union of all the artists would certainly shatter the glasses of the kingdoms of those sitting at the top of the hierarchy. At the end of “Partner Track” Season 1, Rachel was neither selected for the writer’s program nor elected as the partner of the firm because of her low work performance during the year, though the real reason was that she was dating a paralegal, Justin Coleman. Ingrid didn’t approve of Ted’s ideology, yet Marty forced her to lie to Zi-Xin about Ted’s plan for Green Tech if she wanted to save the deal and become a partner. She always wanted to do the right thing, but Marty and others around her compelled her to take the wrong path to fulfill her goals and fill her pockets. At this point, Rachel Friedman suggested her client and friend, Wanda Jean Weaver, buy 2 percent of Sun Corps shares as the market would open, and with their assembled power, they had a share vote of 50.1 percent, which was enough to pass a motion to kick out Ted at the shareholders meeting. To protect the deal and her chances of promotion, Ingrid assured Marty that she would get the signatures of both parties on the term sheet before the article came out. Ted didn’t reply to Zi-Xin during their first meeting but later revealed to Marty, Jeff, and Ingrid that he was only buying Min Enterprises because he wanted to shut down Green Tech. On the other hand, Jeff was career-oriented and ambitious himself and was able to understand why Ingrid weighed the professional life more than the personal one. But Ingrid Yun, the protagonist of “Partner Track,” believes in following a righteous path and playing by the rules. Marty Adler, along with the management committee, exercised the right to announce a junior partner, and thus, Ingrid, along with the others, decided to be in their good books to fulfill their goals.

Ingrid Yun (Arden Cho) won big, then lost big in the Partner Track season finale. After betraying Zi-Xin 'Z' Min (Desmond Chiam) by closing the SunCorp deal ...

That would inform how we feel about it and the philosophy of the writers room, is we want every character to be [as] complex and nuanced as possible. Having the family helps us understand at a deeper level that we don't necessarily talk about overtly on the show, but it's underlying everything about why Ingrid is doing what she is. It's like the story Ingrid's mother tells her on the stairs, telling her that her dad was a building supervisor. And that's why episode 5 with the retreat and episode 6 with the HR interview, we were trying very hard to thread the needle getting into some of the nuance and subtlety of it all. There's a flashback scene in the book where a young Ingrid goes to New York City for the first time for the amazing Big Apple experience. Her character seems so interesting in the books. [What] we found fascinating is that while there might be lip service to all the diversity conversations at these firms, what is the reality of it? I'm curious about how she got [to where her character starts in the book]. I would just say he's still a lawyer, he's just on the other side of the table. We're exploring what it is to be someone who's not part of the power structure operating in like the ultimate power structure. We added Ingrid's younger sister because I have two younger sisters who are so influential and important in who I am. GEORGIA LEE: One of the things we did was add characters and expand storylines.