Out of Office
In episode 5 of Partner Track, Nick makes breakfast for Ingrid and is perfectly loving. However, it’s not enough for Ingrid. She’s still feeling guilty about the whole lying malarkey with Z, and of course her feelings for Jeff. The pair are interrupted by Lina who shows up and immediately starts helping herself to food. Inevitably things take an awkward turn… and even more so when Nick calls Ingrid a snuggle muffin. Cringe!
Dan and Tyler are on their annual retreat at a beautiful hotel. It seems that Tyler’s racism chat got through to Dan. For now, at least.
Ingrid is quickly thrown back into work again after Carter Min sends back the redlined purchase agreement for the Sun Corp acquisition. There are hundreds of pages of disclosure schedules that she needs to get through before 9am on Monday, and inevitably Jeff is not in the mood to work, until she grabs him off the golf course. Predictably, the pair are shacked up in the honeymoon suite together.
It has come to light that Min Enterprises has holdings in Syria and Iran. Their locations are suspiciously close to refugee camps there. This raises the question of whether or not Z’s handiwork is at play. It is a difficult moral dilemma because on the one hand, they can cancel the deal and save the refugees or keep it going and let the refugees be put at risk. ..
The Delaware Division Law is a new plan hatched by both Ingrid and Nick. They want to spin the holdings in Syria and Iran into a new corporation, meaning they’d be nonprofit and exempt from sanctions. They can call it the Min Foundation and close the deal. And just like that, Ingrid cheats on Nick and begins kissing Jeff.
Rachel and Justin end up kissing after dinner, which is a bit of an awkward moment for the other guests. Jeff and Ingrid are seated together, so they have to watch the show while the two friends kiss. There has been some chemistry between them over the season thus far, and as they spend time together getting to know each other, sparks fly. I mean, I’m sure they’re having a better time than those at dinner who have to sit and watch the talent show unfold. And speaking of shows, Rachel and Justin eventually end up kissing – which is a bit of an awkward moment for the other guests.
Back at the hotel, Dan steps up to do his stand-up routine and scathingly calls out Tyler for helping him learn about “white fragility.” It immediately rubs Tyler up the wrong way, and for the rest of the evening he’s absolutely seething, leaving midway through to go home. ..
Ingrid approaches Marty and demands a resolution to the routine. Ingrid believes Dan should be held accountable for what’s transpired and Marty agrees, promising to speak to him on Monday.
The Episode Review
Dan’s stand-up routine goes awry and he is slapped in the face by Tyler. ..
Episode 5 had little to no substance beyond developing the romantic relationships, including Ingrid cheating on Nick and Rachel off with Justin, which has been brewing for several episodes now. ..
I imagine that we’ll see more racist behaviour brought up in the episodes ahead, but beyond that, the lack of substance in these middle chapters has been pretty disappointing. Let’s hope the episodes ahead improve.
