HBO’s ‘Industry’ Is Not the Successor to ‘Succession,’ But It’s Becoming Something Better

The show’s third season showed the show evolve from a send-up of the City of London to deeply nuanced portraits of its characters.

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Myha'la (L), Harry Lawtey and Marisa Abela play young finance professionals in 'Industry'. HBO

Describing the HBO series “Industry”, whose third season concluded Sunday night, can be a very hard task. Since its debut in 2020, the series, created by the British writing duo of Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, has evolved beyond its simple premise that centers on a group of young graduates at the London office of Pierpoint, a fictional American investment bank. Vanity Fair has described it as “the missing link between ‘Euphoria’ and ‘Succession’”. The Independent called it “millennial ‘Mad Men’”; Vulture labeled it as Michael Mann directing ‘Gossip Girl’; Vox has called it a soap opera, while others say that it reminds them of the raunchy British teen series “Skins”. Looking through all its episodes, I would argue that it is something better.  

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