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Were past the halfway point of what is shaping up to beIndustrys last season.
How are we feeling?
I, for one, am feeling focused.
We have the mystery of Charles Hananis absence left to solve.
Yasmin, Harper, Robert, and Eric are shaping up for whatever their next move is.
Im a man, and Im relentless!
This weeks episode goes deep into Robert, who is being hung out to dry by Pierpoint.
Of course, that guy is Rob, who never saw this coming.
Sometimes, I find Roberts naivete tiresome.
Youve been in this business for years, guy!
You didnt set yourself up for protection?
Youve never sat Harper down at the kitchen table and asked for some pointers on how to be self-serving?
Come on, dude!
Together!!!!
The government inquest is looking to find whos to blame for this situation.
Is it Lumis inept CEO, Henry Muck?
Is it the bank that fronted Lumis IPO and failed to do due diligence on the company?
Is it the government itself?
Robert will be the sorry face of Lumis failure for most of the inquest.
But who should come to Roberts unlikely rescue but Aurore?
Shes wily, cunning, everything Robert isnt.
She takes the blame entirely, resigning from her position in the cabinet.
After a brief wait, Aurore joins them.
It turns out that the whole inquest was essentially a sham.
Even though hes been involved with the well-moneyed for years, he remains confused by his sudden class ascension.
Perhaps youll never understand how these posh people move.
Maybe thats what keeps you pure.
Henry and Co. spend the evening celebrating their success.
I hate when it happens to me, when it happens to strangers.
I especially hate watching it on screen.
After the gauntlet of the Lumi inquest and his harrowing psychedelic trip, clarity has descended on Robert.
Im sure hell quit after this or at least look for something else.
Remember when I said thatIndustryis a bildungsroman?
I think we are witnessing Robert growing out of Pierpoint in real-time.
Other people who have grown out of Pierpoint, quite literally.
I told you Sweet Pea is proving herself smarter than she looks.)
Pierpoints debt is coming to maturity, which means its time for Pierpoint to pay up.
However, Pierpoints strategy to pay back that money was essentially bidding everything on the ESG pivot.
Why is this important?
But later, when he confronts Bill Adler, he learns that Sweet Pea is right on the money.
Layered on to this looming crisis is the revelation that Bill Adler has an aggressive brain tumor.
Most importantly, hes a person to Eric, who came up in the bank with Bill.
Eric begins to cry, though Im unsure if hes crying for Bill or his own sorry self.
This is one hell of a midlife crisis.
All of this leaves us with one last person to cover: Yas.
This episode opens with Yasmin peeing on Henry Muck in the shower, which had me crowing in disbelief.
The writers ofIndustryare GOING THERE.
and also how needy Henry is (blech).
Somehow, this is a shock to Yas.
Maybe she and Robert are so drawn to each other because theyre both frustratingly naive.
Reminiscent of30 Rockepisodes where they discussed the Sbarro heiress.)
snarks about how Henry gets everyone to pee on him.
This is a bad look for Yasmin.
Yasmin hasnt grown all that much from last season whenshe ignored Venetias claims of Nicoles assault, has she?
All the chickens are coming to roost!
I assume the next episode will finally unravel this murder mystery that has been slithering alongside us all season.
Loose Change
What is Yasmin supposed to be dressed up as?
A very frumpy Princess Diana?
Someone just tell me.
Yasmin says, Why cant you just fall in love with me?
It would make everything so much easier to Robert, and it is so … obtuse.
Heisin love with you.
You are not in love with him!!
That is the problem, girly!
He was fired by Daria and we never saw him again.
I had always wondered what that was, and now we know.
It was money, which is so bittersweet.
I suppose Clem really did see Robert as a surrogate son in some way.
That scene of them in the tailor measuring Roberts first real suit in season one destroyed me.
