We’re past the halfway point of what is shaping up to be Industry ’s last season. How are we feeling? I, for one, am feeling focused. Lumi is over, Harper has Leviathan Alpha, and the show starts to feel like it’s hinting at its finale.
We have the mystery of Charles Hanani’s absence left to solve. Yasmin, Harper, Robert, and Eric are shaping up for whatever their next move is. I’m ready! I’m a man, and I’m relentless! This week’s episode goes deep into Robert, who is being hung out to dry by Pierpoint.
Post-failure, Lumi is the subject of a government inquest, and Pierpoint has to send a representative who will act as the bank’s face and potential fall guy. Of course, that guy is Rob, who never saw this coming. Sometimes, I find Robert’s naivete tiresome.
You’ve been in this business for years, guy! You didn’t set yourself up for protection? You’ve never sat Harper down at the kitchen table and asked for some pointers on how to be self-serving? Come on, dude! Get! It! Together!!!! I forgive him, though, because he looks A+ adorable in those Clark Kent glasses he wears to his deposition. I will be honest and say I did not care very much about the exact workings of this government inquest, but the broad strokes appear to be Lumi sold itself as a green company that would bring energy to underserved and low-income households. When Lumi went under, it was placed under emergency government control and bailed out by taxpayers for £2 billion.
Perhaps worst.