HBO’s 4-Part Thriller Series Is One of the Best on Streaming

The best thing a network like HBO can do is find shows with potential and give them time to grow, and Industry is a prime example. What began as an under-the-radar hit has expanded into a sensation that feels both wildly entertaining and unusually experimental, blending the economic insight of Succession with the depravity of Euphoria and the scope of The Wire.

The series opens on a group of young graduates—Yasmin Kara-Hanani (Marisa Abela), Harper Stern (Myha'la), Gus Sackey (David Jonsson) and Robert Spearing (Harry Lawtey)—as they enter the prestigious investment bank Pierpoint & Co., where the incendiary Eric Tao (Ken Leung) acts as a dark mentor.

Characters quickly reveal themselves as deeply narcissistic and ambitious, willing to gamble with institutions for personal advancement, while the show gradually exposes the sickening system that enables them and the wider damage it can cause.

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