Synopsis
The Chair (2021) Season 1 — a six-episode Netflix comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. Ji-Yoon Kim becomes the first woman of color to chair the English department at Pembroke University. The celebration lasts about five minutes.
The department is bleeding students and budget. Senior faculty who once mattered now lecture near-empty rooms. Ji-Yoon is trying to push through some kind of reform when a video from Bill's class starts circulating across campus — and she has to decide whether to protect her friend or protect her position. Neither option is clean. A new faculty hire quietly kills Yaz's tenure chances from underneath her. The dean keeps piling on. A town hall goes sideways. By the final hearing, the institution has made its expectations very clear.
Sandra Oh plays the whole season in low-grade crisis mode — competent, exhausted, and impossible to look away from. Stream The Chair Season 1 online on iFILM.
6 episodes
S1·E1Brilliant Mistake
With the department facing budget cuts and low enrollment, Ji-Yoon vows to make some changes as chair while one professor struggles to keep it together.
S1·E2The Faculty Party
Tired of the lack of diversity in Pembroke's staff, Ji-Yoon makes a bold decision during a faculty soiree. A video from Bill's lecture causes a stir.
S1·E3The Town Hall
Bill hosts a town hall with the students that quickly takes a turn. Joan starts a fire. A dinner with the dean puts Ji-Yoon in an awkward position.
S1·E4Don't Kill Bill
Pressure mounts for Ji-Yoon to turn the department around after Bill's suspension. The hiring of a new professor undermines Yaz's chance at tenure.
S1·E5The Last Bus in Town
Ji-Yoon visits Pembroke's new lecturer as Bill joins in on a Korean tradition. The tenured professors band together, and Yaz receives an enticing offer.
S1·E6The Chair
As his hearing approaches, Bill's academic future comes into question. Ji-Yoon's revelation puts the board on the spot and shakes up the department.
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