In its second series, Industry’s stock climbed tremendously. Three years after we last saw them, the Pierpoint graduates are no longer fresh-faced and bright-eyed. Now, they’re world-weary and drug-addled, chasing the highs of money and success – bringing a desperation to this finance drama that cemented it as one of the best shows on TV this year.
There have been a crop of brilliant series about people with too much money, but what about those they employ to manage their millions and billions? What makes Industry different from the likes of The White Lotus and Succession is that we see the cutthroat workplace machinations that keep the likes of Tanya McQuoid or Logan Roy in the black – and it’s not pretty.
