*Warning, major ‘ Industry ’ season three spoilers to follow* Industry star Harry Lawtey, who plays party boy Robert Spearing in the popular finance drama, has addressed the shocking character death that occurs in the first episode of the show’s third season. HBO ’s hit Succession -esque series about a group of recent college graduates fighting for a limited number of spots at London’s top investment bank returned last week on Max . Toward the end of the new season’s first episode, titled “Il Mattino Ha L’Oro in Boca,” Robert pays a home visit to his predatory client Nicole (Sarah Parish), where she welcomes him in, and the two have sex.
Afterward, as the two are enjoying a drink together, Robert confides in Nicole about his financial woes and professional insecurities. “Why do you stay after you f*** me?” Nicole asks, with Robert quipping: “Here’s me thinking we were making love. I don’t know why I’m still here.
” “You desire me. We get each other off. You’re you with me,” she answers for him before he adds: “I don’t need this toff CEO to say ‘well done’ to me.
” “Yeah, you do. That’s all you’ve ever wanted,” Nicole retorts, “Validation of your betters. And functioning codependencies with someone as f***ed up as you are.
” The next morning, Robert is seen waking up to find Nicole lying dead with her head on his chest. As he abruptly gets up her body rolls off the pool chair the two of them fell asleep on. In a new inte.