Is 'Industry' Losing Its Edge?
Defector • • entertainment
Key Points:
- The fourth season of Industry introduces a shadowy figure involved in financial domination and sexual manipulation, drawing parallels to Jeffrey Epstein's Wall Street origins amid ongoing internet conspiracy theories.
- The show’s expanded scope by moving characters out of the central Pierpoint setting has led to a less coherent and less fulfilling narrative, with some character arcs feeling underdeveloped or inconsistent.
- Max Minghella’s portrayal of Whitney Halberstram as an Epstein-like antagonist is compelling, but the character’s eventual reveal as a pawn to even darker forces veers into implausible and uninspired territory.
- Industry’s increasingly chaotic and maximalist storytelling results in explosive but hollow plot twists, with characters lacking clear motivations, making it difficult for viewers to engage meaningfully with
