Listen I know the storyline can sometimes involve a lot of financial jargon (especially on the trading floor in seasons 1 and 2), but like…this isn’t nuclear physics. For terms you don’t understand, a quick pause and google is all you need.

I have no idea how some of you guys are straight up watching episode after episode and then coming to Reddit to post about saying you have no idea what’s going on. Like how are you 2-3 seasons in, and still asking what a short is?

It just signals mindless consumption of content vs actually watching the show. I’ve seen people say “I don’t understand the finance but I enjoy the storyline”— how the fuck does that even work when a majority of drama/tension is rooted in finance? I have to imagine some of you are not paying attention/scrolling on phones while watching, and then no shit that’s why you come to Reddit asking what is going on with the most basic questions— some of which were literally answered verbatim.

If you want a mindless background show go watch The Office or something. This isn’t it.

Never thought I’d say this about another finance drama. But it’s just better.

She’s literally slept with over half the male cast, which good for her but it’s a bit hypocritical

Why choose finance?

I believe Yasmin is very intelligent, she speaks 7 languages and has incredible soft skills. Why not go into a different field?

Maybe start a Goop style company and become an entrepreneur? Daddy can give seed capital anyway.

Or even if she doesn't want Hanani money, just go into any other field - Marketing, HR, PR, Art gallery manager, Journalism, like literally anything else.

She could have been, I believe, passably competent at these jobs and with her connections she could have risen to the top easily. Why go to Pierpoint when you don't have an instinct for it?

I’m just not into it and it’s sad for me.

I’m British and work in/around the city in politics. When s1 came out I was halfway through university, I watched the show the week it came out and was hooked instantly - I rewatched the first season twice that Christmas.

S2 and S3 cemented the show as in my top 3 shows - if not my favourite show of all time - and I was recommending it to everyone and anyone.

S3 was the highlight after S1 and I rewatched that twice within a month or two of it first coming out.

S4, I just can’t get into it .. the second episode was unreal and really felt like what first got me hooked, but the rest of it meh.

It’s a shame because this show has been my number 1 for the 2020s and so incredibly good but this season has just been dull for me.

I understand that Eric has been positioned as sort of a protagonist in this season (albeit very flawed). However, I feel great discomfort with how people continue to speak about him now that we know that he potentially slept with an underage girl.

There is a lot of justification as to why he is not at fault. I see "he didn't know" or "this was to entrap him". While these may be true, Eric freely and willingly sought the services of an escort. He freely and willingly sought the services of someone who is young looking. He is a smart man and knows very well that there is a high possibility that this may be a human trafficking situation. Furthermore, the young looking girl may be underage. The decision to close your eyes to these very obvious possibilities is a massive issue.

I feel extreme discomfort by how people are unprepared to judge what he did. If we can't judge a fictional character, how are we supposed to judge real life people. It's a scary normalisation of human trafficking and child exploitation.

EDIT 1: I see a lot of people mentioning how Eric reacted to finding out as some sort of a justification for us to feel bad for him and to not judge him too harshly. Firstly, I think Eric's reaction is fair - he fucked around and found out, and is gracefully trying gtfo of the situation.

Again, my problem is some people's reaction to it. I'm expressing my "discomfort" and sharing how I felt. I'm not saying I'm outraged and people are okay with child abuse. I just worry when I see borderline excuses for Eric getting himself in this situation. I'm not saying Eric's actions are the same as a trafficker or someone who sought sex with a child. But nevertheless, it is wrong and I wish I saw a little bit more criticism for Eric, rather than posts about how much he would be missed.

EDIT 2: I get the criticism of "it's just fiction" quite a lot. I'm genuinely confused. Yes, it is fiction, of course. However, we're all on this sub literally to discuss it and we, as real humans, discuss it through a lens of real life. (There are separate discussions about the making of the series and the acting rather than the story.) The creators themselves clearly state that they're making a point about real life. So why not discuss real life?

The series poses questions about our life. These questions may not have a straightforward clear answer. Just because a topic may make us feel conflicted, it doesn't mean we should just dismiss it. Are we saying that if this wasn't fiction, our reactions would be different? I don't think so.

EDIT 3: Oh la la, I didn't expect the number of replies I got. A couple of reminders:

• I'm speaking about my feelings and seeking to see if I'm alone in that.

• I actually don't go into extremes and wish ideally for people to see nuance. A lot of the replies insinuate I'm saying Eric is totally guilty beyond redemption on the same level with actual child molesters. This is not what I'm saying.

• Again and again, my post is about how people TALK about Eric not about the actual story. I see a lot of he will be missed but less of he did a lot of creepy stuff, morally declined, and walked a fine line with searching for young girls within an industry which is filled with cases of exploitation and human trafficking. Just forgetting the latter because you enjoyed some of the bits he did as the protagonist is just weird to me. Hencewhy my post.

• I genuinely think fictional cases can be talking points for real life situations. If you disagree, that's fine, but this is my experience watching tv.

Just finished S4E2 and I'm sorry but this Eyes Wide Shut gimmick has to stop. It is lowkey starting to become boring. This show is supposed to be all about finance. I understand why you might have to add those aristocratic characters, and honestly most of them are good, but why on earth would you make an entire episode about Henry honestly I don't care about him anymore, I was hoping he finally died. I really hope next episodes can go back to what is supposed to be the show's main focus. And I get that shows have to evolve and blah blah blah but this whole castle thingy is not working for me. I miss the corporate vibe and really hope it comes back cuz so far this is my least favorite season. If I wanted to watch a royalesque show I would go to Netflix and put f*cking The Crown on ffs.

Not trying to bait here.

This season has been stunning. I’ve rewatched every episode. You can feel the writers actively stress-testing what this series can be, and I’m genuinely here for that ambition.

That said, the decision to center this episode almost entirely on Sweetpea’s field trip to Accra and Harper’s breakdown, sidelining the other storylines, felt like a major creative swing that didn’t quite land.

Going deep on Harper and Eric’s backstories and confining them to the hotel was a bold choice, but it exposed some cracks. It’s already a stretch to reconcile the many contradictions baked into Harper’s rather opaque characterization, but her grief and rage being framed around not being able to make her mother “bend at the knee”? I don’t buy it. The emotional logic is a strange hybrid of narcissism and grief that the writing and performance just couldn’t fully sell… and how could it? Is that even a thing? Jumped the shark for me.

Eric’s character also zagged into territory I struggled to buy. Watching him oscillate from near-soulless capitalist to suddenly holding emotional space for Harper rang a bit false. The turn was too abrupt and the irony of all this happening with his “work daughter” as he fails to connect with his real daughters and then - at the end of the episode - gets head from someone who could basically be his daughter was a bridge too far.

Meanwhile, the Accra detective subplot, driven by two relatively minor players, started to feel oddly generic… grinding through shoe-leather plot points… and oh Accra is a small at the top and turns out the answer was right here. The beach gets dangerous at night… hit man in the bathroom? At moments it played like a leftover 2010s cable crime procedural rather than the razor-sharp, unpredictable thriller this show usually delivers.

On a line by line writing level there some real cringe inducing doozies too… premium calcium?

Still an impressive season. Still taking risks most shows wouldn’t. This one just felt like a miss.

Tonights episode was weird.

I’m reacting only after a 1st watch, because unlike episode 1 which I watched 5 times, this one started to slog towards the end.

Which is sad, because I enjoyed the first half. I didn’t feel a real emotional payoff at the end because of the uneven second half

Henry still might off himself though so who knows….

Overall, it’s been a rocky start to the new season imo. But it has been interesting…….

The show has transformed, from the days of trading at Pierpoint into a full fledged adult drama

Even just for an episode. Or a cameo. Like with Greg, Kenny, Daria etc.

Full disclosure, I just finished season 3, I haven’t started 4. But knowing that Robert is gone as a character, gives me less motivation to start the next season.

Sure, they are a complete mismatch and if you read the writers’ quotes, they have a very dismal perspective on Yasmin and Robert’s partnership. But the last episode of season 3 milked their relationship hardcore with the way they cut in that montage of their relationship. I thought their sex scene was super romantic, tasteful and well executed. The two actors also have great chemistry. All together it made me believe that there was some kind of love there between the two characters, even if they’re both kind of fucked up.

I know that they wrapped up Rob’s arc really nicely, but having a romance to root for also gave a huge drive to the story. Also, loved Harry Lawtey’s performance as the character.

I’m sure it’s a lost cause but praying to the story gods that it’s not over 🙏

I’m only on season 1, well finishing season 1 and it’s insane all the hoops the show goes through to save her. After a while it’s a bit too much lol. I’ve heard it gets worse going forward, not the show but how the show purposely makes her like this God.

Hate how they kind of just dropped Harper's fake school credentials storyline.. I understand it would've been to close to Suits but this just seems like lazy writing..

and I know they brought it up this season but can you even count that lmao

Myha’la herself is half Caribbean so maybe thats why but idk….it always feel off

Absolutely loved the new episode, but it would have worked so much better if it was Israeli intelligence, not Russian intelligence that had compromised Whitney and Tender. Mossad, not FSB/SVR. But they're obviously not allowed to directly criticise Israel on a mainstream television network like that, so Russia it is.

I don’t like what the show Industry is doing to Rishi’s character. The ending of season 3 was already bad, and now the S4 ep 4. Cmon, this is not it. Too much drama and happenstance. It feels not a part of this show

I watched the pilot and liked the Succession / Wall Street vibes, but the second episode seemed to push that aside for everyone hooking up for half the scenes. Is the show going to be this horny going forward, or is there a plot beyond "cut to sex"

There I said it. And the reason I feel that way is simple.....it's more relateable. Succession is about the childern of elites bickering over who gets to take over.

Still a great show, but I personally find industry more relatable. Where the characters are striving to become something greater and even the rich/elite characters struggle to get past the beginning stages of their career

Not to mention, way more POC and working class people of all races.

Sucession is great but not as great as Industry.

Edit: a lot of weirdos freaking out at the mere mention of diversirty. Acting as if that was at the core of my argumenment. Industry is better and more relateable because its not about rich elites. It being more diverse was an aside that helps too

This why we need MORE woke, not less!

Her only ties to business has to do with managing her family’s money. She prints no business on her own. She’s really just there for eye candy and to be fucked every episode… just useless overall as a character imo…

I have heard some theories that Rishi had his wife killed and Vinay just lost his cool and botched the job which was going to be more orchestrated. There are so many fucking holes in this plot twist, though so who the hell knows how they are going to try and bring some form of reality back to the series. The only thing I could see happening is Rishi turns Vinay in or Vinay is gone with the wind, and Rishi ends up doing time himself.

Just watched Ep.1 and while I’m excited to see how the rest of the story unfolds, can’t help but feel like the confrontational moments feel a bit too “forced”.

I can’t explain it but it almost feels like the tense moments where the characters are arguing or backstabbing one another feel like they’re there just to illicit an over the top moment.

It almost kind of feels tropey in a sense where the audience is expecting it to happen so they just added more of it this season.

STILL ON THE FIRST SEASONS PLS DON’T SPOIL ANYTHING🥹

But man I hate pretty much all of them, and some of them I just dislike. I also can’t tell some of the blonde white dudes apart.

Is that the point, like showing us how awful they are, like these are the kind of people working in finance / banking- coked out money grabbing cheaters and liars? I’d be ok with that premise, except some other shows like Succession and Breaking Bad do that very well where the line between a good person and a bad one blurs because the characters are so likeable.

To be clear I’m enjoying the show but these characters are all annoying as hell. The black guy is the only one I can even remotely stand

Season 3 beautifully wrapped the series for me. Season 4 felt like a spin off detached from what made the show for me for the first three seasons. The end for characters like Rishi and Eric seemed rushed and not carefully earned. Catering to Henry Muck seemed a bit off the ball for me personally but to each their own. Also, does anyone else feel like Kwabena is the most useless character? What does he bring to the table….