‘Partner Track’ EP Georgia Lee On Finale Betrayal Cliffhanger, D&I Storyline & Plans For Potential Season 2

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From Netflix, the streamer behind Virgin River and Sweet Magnolias, comes Partner Track, a new contemporary comedic drama series that combines the romance of Virgin River, the friendship of Sweet Magnolias with the corporate intrigue of HBO’s Succession.Based on Helen Wan’s book, Partner Track follows Ingrid Yun (Arden Cho), an idealistic young M&A attorney, daughter of Korean immigrants, who struggles with her moral compass as she fights to climb the partner track at white male-dominated top New York City law firm Parsons Valentine.

The first season finds Ingrid in a love triangle with Nick, a handsome, rich, nice guy, and Jeff Murphy, a new transfer from the London office, with whom she once shared a one-night stand and clearly still has attraction to.

She tries to do the sensible thing and commits to Nick by accepting his proposal, but the pull of Murphy, regardless of his checkered past, proves too strong, and, during a marathon Thanksgiving case prep session in the office, the inevitable happens, leaving Nick devastated as he shows up unannounced to drop off a cake for his fiancée.

Ingrid and Murphy have a few blissful weeks until he commits the ultimate betrayal, as revealed in the final seconds of the finale, which came as a shock to those who had not read the book. (More on that later)Career-wise, Ingrid is forced to make bigger and bigger moral compromises as she battles to land one of the new partner spots, a goal she shares with her best friends — at work and off –Tyler and Rachel.