‘Industry’ Season 3 Finale Wins Show Title as New ‘Successor’

third season related to IndustryThe HBO drama, which follows the chaotic and ruthless lives of a group of financiers working at the fictional bank Pierpoint & Co., is a season of television that will be lost among the greats.

inside extended final episodeAiring on Sunday night, Yasmin Kara-Hanani (Marisa Abela) announced her surprise engagement to Lord-in-waiting Henry Muck (Kit Harington) broke the hearts of fans everywhere who were hoping she would ride off into the sunset with softboi banker Rob Spearing (Harry Lawtey). Pierpoint’s London operation collapses, leaving ruthless boss Eric Tao (Ken Leung) as “yesterday’s man”. becomes protégé Harper Stern (Myha’la) Forbes The face of the future of the magazine. And Rishi Ramdani (Sagar Radia)? I’m still trading HE scene. Wow.

The third season of the series works on a completely different level. The script has gotten noticeably sharper, and the show seems more confident in what it really wants to say. The quality of the writing and performances led to inevitable comparisons. Inheritance.

On the surface, this seems like a bit of laziness. (And series co-creator Konrad Kay recently shared article arguing for just that.) Although these series are produced by HBO and are ostensibly about wealth, they are quite different. Industry examines the British class systemespecially and how parent trauma It affects people from different backgrounds, yet I see Inheritance more as a case study in a very blended family, as an allegory for how power works in American society as a whole. But there is some truth in the comparisons, because both programs “eat the rich!” has greatly stimulated the issue. Canon is onward, to a much more challenging place.

Art that attempts to inflate the elite often includes the “trouble in paradise” motif. Film Triangle of SorrowFor example, it portrays a luxury cruise that goes horribly wrong, leaving guests and crew alone. Here the dynamics are reversed: the (mostly useless) wealthy guests become dependent on the more sophisticated crew for survival. (Kind of like something Below Deck meets Lord of the Flies.) Nonsense on Netflix Knives OutA similar dynamic change occurred. At the beginning of the film, the Thrombey family discusses deep political differences and personal resentments among themselves. But when family patriarch and best-selling crime novelist Harlan Thrombey leaves his fortune to his nurse Marta (Ana de Armas), they quickly put aside their superficial differences and unite against him.

Season 1 White Lotus There was a similar “us vs. them” dynamic. It focused on the strained relationships between wealthy guests and staff at a glamorous resort in Hawaii. Heartbreakingly, the hotel masseuse Belinda (Natasha Rothwell) dreams were destroyed by Tanya (Jennifer Coolidge) is a neurotic millionaire who brutally rebuffs promises to fund his own massage studio. Then there was Kai (Kekoa Scott), a (beautiful) Hawaiian hotel doorman who is convinced to steal an expensive necklace from the safe. (The theft goes horribly wrong and he is arrested.) Eventually the hotel manager, Armond (Murray Bartlett), spoiled overgrown brother Shane (Jake Lacy).

Season 2, this time set in Sicily, was a little more challenging. We saw Tanya’s husband try to deprive her of her fortune with the help of a group of evil “upper gays”. In the finale, Tanya blew them all to bits with a gun before falling off the side of a luxury yacht to her death. In other words, it was a rich-on-riches crime.

If Industry really “successor” InheritanceAs claimed, both series depict how rich people make fun of each other, even while stepping over the “little people.” Inheritance It may have started with Roman (Kieran Culkin) tearing up a $1 million check in front of a poor family, but the Roy family are actually their own worst enemies. Much of the show is taken up by the siblings trying to win the approval of their terrible father. They either trick each other to get closer to Logan (Brian Cox) or be ruined by it. The show even ends with Shiv (Sarah Snook) removing Kendall (Jeremy Strong) as CEO; Mostly because he can’t stand giving Kendall what she wants.

Industry It also goes deeper into generational trauma. Many of the characters face a parental figure who abandons or disappoints them. While Yasmin and Henry bond over having fathers who “ruined” their lives, Rishi and Eric do a good job of doing this to their own children. In Episode 6, Eric tells Yasmin that she’s probably a worse father than he is, perpetuating the cycle for another generation.

Industry it also depicts the elite living in a highly precarious manner. When Yasmin’s publishing mogul father Charles disappears amid a decades-long sexual abuse and embezzlement scandal, he leaves her with nothing but debts and a now toxic surname. Before this, he was living a relatively comfortable life, but suddenly he was struggling to survive among the elite. As for Harper, he could finish the season on a high but is initially working as an assistant after being unceremoniously fired by Pierpoint. season 2 finale. A character like Henry, an old-money aristocrat whose obscene wealth protects him from the consequences of his actions, seems to exist to highlight that even among the wealthy there are “untouchables” and then others who can lose everything.

This distinction reminded me of a scene from season two. Inheritance. Here, “Cousin” Greg (Nicholas Braun) is worried about the possibility of his uncle’s $250 million fortune being wiped out, but he finds solace in the fact that another relative will leave him $5 million. “You can’t do anything with five, Greg. Five is a nightmare,” says Conor (Alan Ruck). “I can’t retire, it’s not worth working. Oh yes, five will take you a poco loco.”

Tom (Matthew Macfadyen), the only person in the immediate area who wasn’t born rich, also scoffs at the idea. He tells Greg that he will be “the poorest rich man in America, the tallest midget in the world.” In the penultimate chapter InheritanceAfter Logan’s death, it was revealed that he spent exactly that much money ($5 million) on a mausoleum to bury his body. This is pocket money for them.

Inside IndustryRishi falls into the “poor rich person” category. At the beginning of the season, he has a big country house, a flashy wife and a flashy car. However, we soon learn that beneath his flashy lifestyle, he is deep in debt due to his out-of-control gambling addiction. Everything catches up with him in the finale. He loses everything—his job, his house, his wife—and ends the season a broken (and broke) man.

But he is the exception that proves the rule, because most industry the characters rise up: Eric’s time at Pierpoint may be over, but he leaves the company $20 million richer. Plucky rookie Sweetpea found a job with Harper. Finally lived up to its potential. After a brief setback, Yasmin got married and entered the 0.01 percent, and even the show’s “sad boy” Rob was given the chance to start a new life in California. This is a representation of the fact that once you get into these environments it’s probably pretty hard to break down and burn. completely.

What do people really mean when they compare? Industry And Inheritance is that the qualities of these shows make them feel a certain way. They deliver breathtaking TV moments while also capturing the more subtle brutalities of money, love and power. These shows don’t just scream “eat the rich”, they also reveal how the rich eat themselves.