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HBO MaxIn the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.
That is a laughable idea in Industry, the most cynical show on television. Largely because of that cynicism, it's also one of the best. The series about young professionals at the London branch of Pierpoint, a major investment bank, is ruthlessly clear-eyed about the cutthroat nature of its business and the competitiveness of its characters who are, if we're being charitable, ethically challenged. If we're being blunt, they are very attractive snakes, slithering around and selling each other out in an atmosphere of high-tension trades and privileged lives fuelled by sex and drugs.
Industry TV Show HBO. Courtesy of HBO.For all that talk of toxic workplaces in 2020, HBO’s “Industry” seems to revel in the concept. And that isn’t a bad thing. The eight-episode series, created by Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, slowly unravels the culture at a leading bank in London by following a group of graduates hired on to compete for a limited number of positions.
