Partner Track

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 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.

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.

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.

[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.

Partner Track is now streaming on Netflix, and it's sure to be your new binge-watching obsession as summer turns to fall. The new series is based on the ...

26, Netflix hasn’t officially indicated whether Partner Track season 2 will happen. Partner Track also stars [Dominic Sherwood](https://netflixlife.com/2022/08/25/partner-track-dominic-sherwood-age-height-instagram-roles-murphy-actor/), Rob Heaps, Alexandra Turshen, Bradley Gibson, and Nolan Gerard Funk. Partner Track is now streaming on Netflix, and it’s sure to be your new binge-watching obsession as summer turns to fall.