The WORST episodes of Industry
Every episode of Industry ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Industry!
In the cutthroat world of international finance, a group of young graduates compete for a limited set of permanent positions at a top investment bank in London. The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a company culture defined as much by sex, drugs and ego as it is by deals and dividends.
#1 - Notting Hill
Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/23/2020
When Pierpoint loses a major client, the grads face their most challenging – and potentially rewarding – test to date: devising pitches to drive new business. After the dissolution of his team finds him reassigned to a disinterested new supervisor, a creative Gus partners with Robert to catch Clement’s attention. Aas she navigates a complicated living situation with Yasmin, Harper attempts to juggle conflicting requests from Eric and Daria.
#2 - Kitchen Season
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 8/29/2022
After learning of Yasmin and Jackie’s impending trip to Berlin, Harper attempts to land an invite for more than just business reasons. Approached about a new government position, Aurore offers a conflicted Gus a spot on her team. Danny asks Robert to pursue a recent grad for a position at Pierpoint.
#3 - Quiet and Nice
Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/16/2020
With Harper struggling to find her feet in a new city, Pierpoint throws a morale-boosting appreciation dinner which sees her challenging a drunken, irate Kenny, while Gus alienates senior management by discussing his team’s future. Yasmin comes face to face with the culture of her new team and takes her flirtation with Robert to risky new heights.
#4 - Learned Behaviour
Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/7/2020
As Pierpoint is shaken by a former employee's scathing expose, Eric goes offsite for the day, prompting an unauthorized Gus to cover trades from his desk, while Harper maneuvers her way into a meeting with one of Eric's coveted, disgruntled ex-clients. But when Gus and Harper both cross the line, they risk compromising their futures at the bank. Following Robert's successful first business trip, Clement treats him to a special outing, while Yasmin works her connections to land a major client meeting.
#5 - Daddy
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/1/2022
Unable to swing working from home any longer, Harper returns to a rapidly changing – and intensifying – atmosphere at Pierpoint. As directives from new U.S. leadership set the office on edge, Robert attempts to hook a client, while Yasmin receives pushback from her young recruit.
#6 - Pre-Crisis Activity
Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/21/2020
With Reduction in Force Day looming, the graduates do whatever it takes to secure final recommendations from their superiors and solidify vital client relationships. At a dinner party hosted by Yasmin and Sebastian, resentment and jealousy bubble to the surface, and Harper divulges confidential company business.
#7 - There Are Some Women...
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 8/22/2022
Reeling from the Felim fallout, Eric takes some time to reassess his next move – which later finds him on a plane to New York. While continuing to reap the rewards of closing Bloom as a client, Harper begins to grow closer to Danny. As she moves towards managing her family’s money, Yasmin learns some startling truths about her father.
#8 - Induction
Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/9/2020
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. Yasmin braves the unchecked disrespect of her superiors and Hari’s unhealthy work habits raise companywide red flags.
#9 - Nutcracker
Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/14/2020
Sex, drugs, and secrets light up Pierpoint's annual holiday party, where Maxim's unexpected arrival aggravates tensions between Yasmin and Kenny, and Greg finds himself in a painful predicament after partying a little too hard with Robert and Usman. After confiding in Daria, Harper is blindsided by a meeting with Sara, the president of the London office.
#10 - Short to the Point of Pain
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/5/2022
When a group of online traders attempts a short squeeze of FastAide, Bloom takes it personally, while a recently AWOL Harper suddenly fears the future of their working relationship. As Gus grows increasingly conflicted about Aurore’s job offer, Yasmin navigates a major transition.
#11 - Sesh
Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/30/2020
After a wild birthday celebration with Robert, Yasmin, and Greg, Harper’s workday spirals out of control. As a discrepancy in one of her trades puts her team at risk for major losses, Harper seeks support from a surprising source, while unexpected trouble at a networking event brings Yasmin and Robert closer and Gus further alienates his coworkers.
#12 - Reduction in Force
Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/21/2020
After a tumultuous few months at Pierpoint, the graduates take vastly different approaches as they stand before senior management to prove they’re worthy of permanent positions. Following an unexpected meeting with a familiar face, Harper contends with a decision that could transform the culture of Pierpoint.
#13 - The Fool
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/15/2022
The high of landing Bloom soon wears off when Harper suddenly finds herself stuck between rivals at Rican Healthcare’s investor event – and at the mercy of Eric’s frustration. After attempting to lure her father’s business, Yasmin is forced to curry favor with Celeste. Unexpected doors open for Gus while tutoring Bloom’s son, Leo.
#14 - The Giant Squid
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/8/2022
Harper’s decision to pursue Bloom over Felim exposes larger issues between her and Eric and the account. Yasmin pitches herself for an exciting new opportunity just as her estranged father Charles suddenly reemerges, and Robert takes his pursuit of Nicole to another level.
#15 - Company Man
Season 3 - Episode 5 - Aired 9/8/2024
After being summoned by a government select committee, Robert worries he’s become a pawn in a much larger battle between very powerful entities. Meanwhile, Sweetpea shares a theory with Eric that could mark the beginning of the end for Pierpoint.
#16 - Lone Wolf and Cub
Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/12/2022
After receiving confirmation that the London office will merge with New York, Harper, Eric, and Rishi team up to pitch their small global force to rival banks. Just as Yasmin readies herself for her first client meeting in her new role, she becomes engulfed in a pressing issue at Pierpoint. Gus leverages an opportunity for Leo.
#17 - It
Season 3 - Episode 3 - Aired 8/25/2024
Eric, Yasmin, and Robert head to the COP Climate Conference in Switzerland to display Pierpoint’s confidence in pivoting to ethical investing. But when Harper pulls a stunt that disrupts the status quo, market support for Lumi becomes threatened.
#18 - Il Mattino ha L’Oro in Bocca
Season 3 - Episode 1 - Aired 8/11/2024
As Pierpoint preps for an IPO, Yasmin tries to defy assumptions, Robert mismanages Lumi’s CEO, and Harper plots to get back in the game.
#19 - Smoke and Mirrors
Season 3 - Episode 2 - Aired 8/18/2024
Following a bumpy IPO launch, Eric scrambles to maintain control over the floor. Meanwhile, Harper forms a new work alliance, Robert suffers a devastating loss, and Yasmin’s ingenuity wins Henry’s attention.
#20 - White Mischief
Season 3 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/1/2024
Amid multiple crises in his personal life, Rishi takes a massive gamble that could threaten his position on the desk.
#21 - Jerusalem
Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/19/2022
As she chases a life-changing opportunity at Shogun, Harper receives an unexpected test from Bloom. Still shocked by her response to Venetia, Yasmin has a reckoning with Celeste, her father, and the future she imagined for herself. Meanwhile, Gus pursues his next move, and Robert reaches out to a surprising source for help.
#22 - Useful Idiot
Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 9/22/2024
When disaster strikes during Pierpoint’s 150th anniversary celebration, Eric is summoned to the executive boardroom, while Rishi, Sweetpea, and Anraj try to save their own skins on the trading floor. Across town, Harper’s risky moves jeopardize LeviathanAlpha, while Yasmin escapes on a road trip with Robert.
#23 - Nikki Beach, or: So Many Ways to Lose
Season 3 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/15/2024
Invigorated by LeviathanAlpha’s success, Harper pitches an idea to Petra that finds them visiting London’s top financial institutions – including Pierpoint. Later, Yasmin leans on Harper when her world is upended by catastrophic news.
#24 - Infinite Largesse
Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 9/29/2024
As a new era dawns at Pierpoint, Yasmin and Robert pay a fated visit to the countryside, and Harper comes to a career crossroads.