Industry
Induction
TV Flash files “Induction” as a desk essential hour — Industry (2020–) on HBO, season 1, episode 1, aired 2020-11-09, 51 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E01: listed hour 1 of 32 in the Industry guide, first listed hour of season 1. It aired 2020-11-09 (51 min). No earlier hour is listed in this guide. Next is “Quiet and Nice” (S01E02).
Essential hour: “Induction”. Induction as the HBO contract: entry-level finance as sex, coke, and Bloomberg terminals, Down and Kay treating moral erosion as onboarding.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Five young graduates do whatever it takes to make themselves indispensable at preeminent London investment bank Pierpoint & Co. As hungry outsider Harper grapples with a decision that will gravely affect her future at the bank, she and party-boy Robert take very different approaches to their first few weeks in the bank. Meanwhile, Yasmin braves the unchecked disrespect of her superiors and Hari's unhealthy work habits raise companywide red flags.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Induction sit in the Industry guide?
S01E01 is listed hour 1 of 32 — first listed hour of season 1, season 1 episode 1.
When did Industry S01E01 air?
Induction aired 2020-11-09 and is listed at 51 minutes.
Where should I start?
Season one, graduate intake at Pierpoint. The onboarding is the thesis: sex, coke, terminals, moral erosion. Later seasons darken rather than reboot.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Watch Mickey Down and Konrad Kay's London bank fever dream for toxic workplace craft and characters magnetic even when indefensible. Entry-level finance as sex, coke, Bloomberg terminals, and moral erosion as onboarding. Best if you like ambition dramas that smell like the trading floor.
2020, BBC Two and HBO. Young graduates claw for permanent jobs at fictional Pierpoint & Co in London — sex, coke, Bloomberg terminals, and moral erosion as onboarding. Mickey Down and Konrad Kay made entry-level finance a fever dream of class and ambition. Myha'la, Marisa Abela, Harry Lawtey, and Ken Leung power an ensemble that treats deals like combat, rotating focus on young bankers and management. Seasons darken as careers solidify through the mid-2020s. **Thirty-two episodes, four seasons, explicit on…
Filed against
- Myha'la as Harper Stern
Myha’la’s Harper Stern made Industry’s London bank feel like onboarding as moral erosion — Mickey Down and Konrad Kay’s 2020s fever dream, entry-level finance as sex, coke, Bloomberg terminals, characters magnetic even when indefensible.…
- Marisa Abela as Yasmin Kara-Hanani
Marisa Abela burned the graduate scheme as Yasmin Kara-Hanani on Industry — Mickey Down and Konrad Kay’s London bank fever dream, toxic workplace craft, characters magnetic even when indefensible. Entry-level finance as sex, coke,…
- Harry Lawtey as Robert Spearing
Harry Lawtey's Robert Spearing sweats Industry's London bank fever — Mickey Down and Konrad Kay's toxic workplace craft, entry-level finance as sex, coke, Bloomberg terminals, moral erosion as onboarding. Characters magnetic even when…
- Ken Leung as Eric Tao
Ken Leung's Eric Tao made Industry smell like the trading floor — Mickey Down and Konrad Kay's London bank fever, entry-level finance as sex, coke, Bloomberg terminals, moral erosion as onboarding. TV Flash files him as 2020s workplace…