Fun convo! I have to agree with Hunter that Industry, despite how compelling it is, is not on Succession's level. While i think the show does a good job of showing a non-specialist audience who by and large don't understand all these financial/trading terms what the emotional effects of them are on the characters, a lot of the show does revolve around that insular world. Succession wasn't so jargony. Succession also resonated so deeply cuz it was about a family and their dysfunction and trauma. Industry feels like a thornier show cuz no one feels any real attachment to anyone else, except our sad boy Rob. Both shows are about incredibly broken people with absurd amounts of power and money but I don't care as much about the Industry characters.
In another Industry fan group, someone predicted that Yas will end up marrying Henry - because that kind of relationship is all she knows. For some reason that still feels bizarre and unexplained to me, she won't accept Rob's love. But I feel like the show hasn't done a great job of showing us why she keeps her distance. Why does she have to be on mushrooms to want to fuck him? Just feels a bit clunky and cliched - the rich girl who can only fuck/marry a version of her daddy.
loved how thorough this conversation is. i agree that this show has never been about subtlety. industry at its best is the mid point between succession & euphoria but it often is on the euphoria side of the scale. like when two people are just fucking in that upstairs office at the party…um ok. that being said, this show has matured over time & has gotten better & sharper. it feels like a soap that evolved into prestige. rather than an attempted prestige show that really ended up being a soap like the morning show.
love this conversation so much!! I binged the series before the new episodes began, which made certain elements feel a little more earned (I can’t imagine watching this with 2 years in between seasons 2 and 3!). the idea of harper and yas fighting over rob feels slightly more relevant only after immediately coming off the way they interacted with him pre-season 3: yas having that whole season 1 power play with him, the almost-threesome, harper maybe casually hooking up with him the following season after she and yas have blown up their friendship. I think, any actual attraction to him aside, they bring him up when they’re fighting and have something to prove to each other. I agree that an actual romance between yas and rob is a dead end!
Great article. This show is complex showing workers of different backgrounds in nationality, culture, and wealth. It shows how each character deals in this working environment.
i’m wondering if it meant anything that harper almost verbatim quoted what yas’s dad screamed at her on the boat when they had their fight in the kitchen (talentless, etc). it seemed too similar to me to make sense unless she was listening to that fight but would that even matter after she helped yas after he died anyway??
I think Yas and Harper fighting over Rob has very little to do with him and a lot to do with the tortured power play they have w/ each other(hot)
2 extremely insecure women fighting over a mediocre man they don't even care(romantically) about feels very true to life to me!
I think Yas is v good at the social aspect of her job but has been pretty mediocre in her role outside of that from the jump.
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Fun convo! I have to agree with Hunter that Industry, despite how compelling it is, is not on Succession's level. While i think the show does a good job of showing a non-specialist audience who by and large don't understand all these financial/trading terms what the emotional effects of them are on the characters, a lot of the show does revolve around that insular world. Succession wasn't so jargony. Succession also resonated so deeply cuz it was about a family and their dysfunction and trauma. Industry feels like a thornier show cuz no one feels any real attachment to anyone else, except our sad boy Rob. Both shows are about incredibly broken people with absurd amounts of power and money but I don't care as much about the Industry characters.
In another Industry fan group, someone predicted that Yas will end up marrying Henry - because that kind of relationship is all she knows. For some reason that still feels bizarre and unexplained to me, she won't accept Rob's love. But I feel like the show hasn't done a great job of showing us why she keeps her distance. Why does she have to be on mushrooms to want to fuck him? Just feels a bit clunky and cliched - the rich girl who can only fuck/marry a version of her daddy.
Criminally behind on this season but still will read the hung up take
loved how thorough this conversation is. i agree that this show has never been about subtlety. industry at its best is the mid point between succession & euphoria but it often is on the euphoria side of the scale. like when two people are just fucking in that upstairs office at the party…um ok. that being said, this show has matured over time & has gotten better & sharper. it feels like a soap that evolved into prestige. rather than an attempted prestige show that really ended up being a soap like the morning show.
love this conversation so much!! I binged the series before the new episodes began, which made certain elements feel a little more earned (I can’t imagine watching this with 2 years in between seasons 2 and 3!). the idea of harper and yas fighting over rob feels slightly more relevant only after immediately coming off the way they interacted with him pre-season 3: yas having that whole season 1 power play with him, the almost-threesome, harper maybe casually hooking up with him the following season after she and yas have blown up their friendship. I think, any actual attraction to him aside, they bring him up when they’re fighting and have something to prove to each other. I agree that an actual romance between yas and rob is a dead end!
Same! I started watching the series maybe 3 weeks ago and I love that for us 😂
There is a direct through line from the kids on Skins to the kids on Industry; it is not more than that even if they work in finance!!!
Great article. This show is complex showing workers of different backgrounds in nationality, culture, and wealth. It shows how each character deals in this working environment.
i’m wondering if it meant anything that harper almost verbatim quoted what yas’s dad screamed at her on the boat when they had their fight in the kitchen (talentless, etc). it seemed too similar to me to make sense unless she was listening to that fight but would that even matter after she helped yas after he died anyway??
but yeah skins series 8: industry™️ forever
Omg I haven’t been watching because I assumed it wasn’t available here but just discovered it’s on BBCiPlayer….im sat