"Kal Penn weaponizes and corrupts the stoner quirks viewers may recognize from his years playing Kumar Patel in the Harold & Kumar films. His easygoing roguishness? Not so fun when paired with casual racism. Self-deprecation as a defense mechanism? It's more bitter than charming now. Penn convincingly makes Jonah, co-creator of the fintech company Tender, an asshole puffed up on his own wealth and status."
"Whitney and Jonah are two of the series's most important new characters, co-leaders of a payment-processing company threatened by a British law aiming to curtail online porn. They've made hundreds of millions of dollars thanks to Tender's partnerships with adult-entertainment websites, but Whitney and Jonah see the future of the company differently. Jonah thinks Tender should stay loyal to the sex workers and be content with their already significant market share,"
Jay Jonah Atterbury retools familiar stoner mannerisms into a wealthy, morally compromised fintech co-founder whose charm masks casual racism and entitlement. He and Whitney Halberstram co-lead Tender, a payment processor built on partnerships with adult-entertainment websites and threatened by a proposed British law restricting online porn. Jonah favors loyalty to sex workers and preserving Tender's current market, while Whitney pushes to abandon that base and expand into traditional financial services. The partners' strategic and ethical conflict escalates through their scenes together and culminates in Whitney staging a boardroom coup. Whitney seizes control of Tender and Jonah is ousted and emotionally devastated.
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