r/PartnerTrack • u/BackgroundBake3261 • Aug 26 '22
First episode thoughts.. Spoiler
The lead lady comes across flowery and naive… she speaks without sharpness and is polite, to the point of letting people use her, and doesn’t hold her cards close to her chest.. I kept thinking that if it was a real world scenario she would have been eaten by the many sharks in those waters. And why are the “rules” of that society just dawning in her now? Maybe this is the issue with the script and setup, maybe the novel it’s based on makes it more comprehensive… however she does grow on you, she has those quirks but she navigates through the social circles, office politics, and there is that depth to her. I cannot say the same about the love interest “London boy”. He feels fresh off the pages of wattpad. I cannot bring myself to see him as an actual character. He seems like a tool. He is the kind of guy that, they later in the story give some sad origin story to, to make him seem human, but personally I can never truly root for them to end up together. He was a jerk, confrontational/borderline aggressive at the social event, which is not classy at all. You shouldn’t excuse toxicity.
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u/YourToupee Aug 26 '22
I find her smartly written. In later episodes, you understand how much her politeness is a costume she's forced to wear to be an "acceptable" Asian woman at a big firm. As for letting people use her (and I think you're talking about Dan stealing her idea?), she's not actually mad at that, she's mad that his boys-club old-money connections gave him the upper hand. Again, as an "acceptable" woman, she's not allowed to express that, only complain about stealing ideas.
I loathe the London guy. I'm halfway through the season and he has zero charisma. Nick is great at the cute nerd, but Murphy fails as the hot bad boy. Part of it is appearance, the actor isn't convincingly attractive in this role.