Kayla Kinsey
Arts: Issue 1
Netflix’s new TV series, “Partner Track,” engages elements of feminism and accurately relates to the real-world hardships of a working woman, but undermines the real meaning of hardwork with distractions of romanticism and questionable morals.
This American legal drama first streamed on August 26, 2022, and has been riding high on the streaming services’ Top 10 list. Cast members consist of Dominic Sherwood; playing Jeff Murphy, Rob Heap; playing Nick Laren partake in a love triangle, but actor Arden Cho (Ingrid Yun), and Dominic Sherwood (Jeff Murphy) fail to portray a level of chemistry that is needed to fuel the series.
Rop Heap (Nick Laren) is seemingly perfect for Ingrid Yun, yet she denies him because of her lack of overall compatibility and attraction to him. This is disappointing because both love interests lack certain aspects of intimacy that the show so desperately needs.The series is subjective, as it does not accurately portray all law firms, which may offend some watchers, and was not eye-catching in terms of being a binge-worthy show.
Based on Helen Wan’s novel, the television series fails to heat protagonist, Ingrid Yun, with a properly formatted love triangle, that will both highlight her diligence in the law firm, and a fiery tension in love. In fact, a romance with Z and Ingrid would have been much more interesting with an “opposites-attract” plot twist because their few interactions proved to portray a level of mystery that is appealing in a TV series.
Although, the series gives watchers an interesting insight to the cruelty of American society through the perspective of a hard-working, female lawyer, bursting with motivation and the urge to join partner track, a term used in law firms to evaluate an associate’s potential for partnership.
At the beginning of the series, the flare of Ingrid’s connection to women in the working world is what successfully grips certain communities to watch until the finish. Ingrid is a motivated lawyer battling with workplace moral dilemmas, and must ultimately act on her fate as an American dream success story, but a morally corrupt individual. Navigating this issue is what makes “Partner Track” a worthwhile watch, but for viewers who crave romantic essence, this is not the show for them.
I will admit, the show is comforting as it has 10 episodes about motivation and making it in life as a working woman in a fast-paced environment. It is inspiring, but simply does not have enough romantic spark.
The characters do not have enough depth, as their characters are seemingly minimalistic, and they do not have their plot twists. For example, an attorney at Parsons, Rachel Friedman (Alexandra Turshen), is one of Ingrid’s good friends, but she does not have enough depth to her character.
Ingrid endures daring actions to try and get her firm back, and ends up being successful, but the plot does not have enough twists that are eye-catching. So far, the show has not been renewed for another season. Ingrid Yun journeys through many immoral encounters and she faces a multitude of challenges in the workplace, which makes her success in the end all that impressive.
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