Talking Points
Ingrid moves back in with Nick and they continue to live together. Nick is still unsure about whether or not they should stay together, but Ingrid seems to be embracing the idea.
Ingrid refuses to wear the ring to work though, believing it would jeopardize her chances at making partner. Despite that, she’s apparently okay with telling her parents about the engagement that night at the gala, and smiles warmly at Nick when he suggests it.
Rachel has a follow-up interview for her writer gig. She’s also still with Justin and he helps support her, encouraging Rachel just to be herself. Unfortunately part of this also includes not talking to Ingrid… until they’re thrown together on the same case.
Alistair quickly realizes that the Victoria divorce settlement is not going to be what he was hoping for. He’s getting the short end of the stick, as Rachel reprimands Ingrid for even offering this and eventually scathingly calls out Ingrid for selling her soul. As they talk, Rachel immediately throws out that she’s screwing Justin… just as Justin and Victoria walk into the room. Oops.
Rachel takes control of the situation when she leaves and learns more about Alistair. It turns out he’s into gambling and Rachel decides to use that to her advantage. She meets with Alistair and concocts a situation where he rifles through her documents, which includes incriminating and damning details about his past. When Rachel re-enters the room, Alistair has a change of heart and decides to settle.
Ingrid and Jeff greet a new prospective client. This woman is Cleo Bajaj, the heiress to a real-estate empire in India. She runs Intersection Principal Investment for a big private equity fund. Marty is convinced she has money and wants to exploit that. Specifically, he wants her to be aware of Valentine’s best M&A firm in New York.
Cleo and her partners Nella and Lacey show up to Parson Valentine’s business deals with questions about the Sun Corp deal. Although they have the highest push-through rate in New York, the Sun Corp deal is still not settled, which makes Cleo and her partners curious. As they continue to talk, it becomes clear that they intend to move into the green tech sector in the future. They want to be with companies that are socially responsible, and as for Ingrid, she senses something fishy going on.
Ingrid finds herself going back over the details of these clients after the meeting. With a bit of due diligence, Ingrid realizes that these guys are actually part of NewLeaf and trying to pump them for information on the Sun Corp case. Ingrid’s interjection manages to save the day. They feed back their findings to Marty, who thanks them for their good work.
Nick gets Ingrid a dress to wear to the Diversity Gala, but she’s not exactly enthused given it’s yellow. It’s not her favorite but she wears it all the same. Marty is there too and he meets Ingrid’s parents. ..
Ingrid is given a prestigious award for her work in diversity during Marty’s speech. She stands up to accept the award, but her speech is written up extensively by the media. Tyler, who was previously written off as a “bad apple”, is now seen as leading the charge on equity and diversity within Parson City. After accepting the award, Ingrid takes a break to compose herself. ..
Ingrid’s mother follows her daughter to the bathroom, where Ingrid points out that this isn’t her. However, she also notices the ring box in her purse and gives Ingrid some solid advice, telling her she needs to be true to who she is, even if that means hurting some people along the way. And that night, Ingrid decides to crash at her own place, seeing off Nick as he heads home.
Ingrid returns to her apartment to find two policemen waiting for her. They ask if she knows where her brother is, and she tells them he’s at a party. The policemen tell her that they need to arrest her, and Ingrid is hesitant but agrees. She knows that if she doesn’t cooperate, she’ll be in trouble.
The Episode Review
In this episode, we finally get back on track with the law and cases in this law drama. Of course, there’s still the usual array of character drama and romance but the balance is much better in this chapter.
Ingrid is faced with a difficult decision moving forward and I’m sure we’ll see that compound into her choosing not to be with Nick after all. However, the whole drama at the Diversity Gala is certainly telling and it’s clear Ingrid may well decide not to be partner after all. Still, we’ll have to wait and see what that shocking ending involving the police is all about and what this means for the future.
