With its bracing season finale on Sunday night, Industry has wrapped up its most bonkers, heart-racing chapter yet. And, boy, is that saying something: The drugged-up, sexually charged, 20-something bankers at its center have been getting into high-wire shenanigans—ranging from adultery to insider trading—since the show premiered in 2020. (That said, with HBO’s green light on Season 4, we’re sure that creators Konrad Kay and Mickey Down will find a way to outdo themselves.)
While there are no bad performances on Industry, and this latest season yielded especially dynamic turns from the likes of Harry Lawtey, Ken Leung, and Sagar Radia, Marisa Abela has emerged as the cast’s standout. Her restrained and nuanced turn as Yasmin Kara-Hanani has kept the show grounded, even as Down and Kay keep swinging for the fences.
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For those in need of a recap: After Yasmin’s philandering father, Charles Hanani (Adam Levy), embezzles from his publishing house and then mysteriously vanishes from his boat, the British media sics the paparazzi on Yas, dubbing her “The Embezzler Heiress.” When Charles later turns up dead, Yasmin is forced to either take the fall for his misconduct or go broke trying to clear her name. Meanwhile, she’s still downright bad at her job, having returned to the trading floor at Pierpoint from a doomed stint in private wealth management. Though Yas finds a new workplace mentor in Eric (Leung), he also brings a slimy, sexual undercurrent to their dynamic that would make HR’s eyes bulge.
Not all hope is lost for Yas, though. After three seasons of edging, Robert (Lawtey) and Yasmin finally consummate their will-they-or-won’t-they relationship. But just when you think these two can finally give it a real go, Yasmin chooses self-preservation over love, and agrees to marry man-child CEO Henry Muck (a delightful Kit Harrington)—a move that will keep the press off her back (Henry’s uncle is a British newspaper magnate), save her from financial ruin, and make her friends in high places. As Robert prepares to drive off, leaving Yasmin with Henry, Abela and Lawtey enchange a heart-shattering final look.
