Euphoria Meets Succession: Max's Top 3 Drama Is a Must-See That Scored 96% on RT
Big money, illegal substances and lust for power – sounds familiar, doesn't it?
The third season of Industry, a series about stock market workers, recently started on Max. The show has a solid 96% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, its audience is growing from episode to episode, and the fact that it took over the prestigious Sunday night slot that House of the Dragon recently occupied speaks volumes about HBO's confidence in the show.
The creators of Industry, as well as the writers of most of the episodes, Mickey Down and Konrad Kay, know the facts well. They themselves worked in an investment bank in the 2010s – the first was an analyst, the second sold stocks.
What is Industry About?
Season 1 of Industry follows five young employees, with no time to rest between their college education and their first day on the job, as they meet in a conference room at the prestigious bank Pierpoint.
They've all passed the interview and now face six months of hard work and anxious anticipation as they wait to hear which interns will get the full-time job and which will leave the building for good.
Industry Took The Best from The Biggest TV Hits
Industry has a lot in common with Succession – both are deep dramas immersed in the world of capital, competition, and mistrust. The opening credits of Industry's first season recall Skins with their editing and music, and the clash of naive graduates with caustic financiers recalls the problems of interns in the world of House and Grey's Anatomy.
And yet, no matter how you look at it, Industry is closest to another HBO hit, Euphoria. Young financiers learn to fight for someone else's capital, replenishing not only the company's reserves but also their own accounts.
By the end of the day, the tension becomes unbearable, and the only way to get rid of it is to go to a noisy party, where fatigue and doubt are usually easily erased with the help of a one night stand and illegal substances.
In the new episodes, the showrunners continue to study the structure of the financial market, the limits of human capabilities, and the behavior of characters in crisis situations. The characters of Industry are driven solely by personal gain, they do not inspire sympathy and are rather annoying, but this does not prevent them from being interesting to watch.
So hurry up and tune in if you haven't already.