When Industry premiered during the thick of the pandemic, in November 2020, critics swiftly jumped on board — but audiences were slower to find the thrilling drama, which centers on ambitious young graduates navigating their new life in a cutthroat London investment bank. As the HBO show took some wild twists and turns, welcoming starry new castmembers like Kit Harington along the way, reviews stayed top-tier and the ratings started catching up. The fourth-season premiere jumped 20 percent year-over-year.
Long off the Emmys’ radar, Industry suddenly feels like a player. Last year, Marisa Abela won a BAFTA for her central role, and now all eyes are on fellow original star Myha’la, who got her biggest showcase yet in season four as the mercurial, brilliant, self-destructive Harper Stern. This batch of episodes saw her grieving the death of her estranged mother, reeling from the departure of her longtime mentor Eric (Ken Leung) and taking some huge risks — as ever — to keep her own new fund afloat.
The next season will be Industry‘s last. “I just read some very early drafts of the first and second episodes, which are very exciting — classic Industry,” Myha’la says as we begin our chat. “No, I can’t tell you anything.”
