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(Warning: Spoilers ahead for Season 3, Episode 7: “Useful Idiot.”)
Parties at Pierpoint have always had an air of the last days of Rome in excess and revelry, but the end has never felt more in sight on Industry than it does now. It is the 150th anniversary of the American investment bank, and the fact that prosecco and not champagne is flowing at the black-tie bash indicates how dire the circumstances are. With the empire on the verge of falling, employees are straight-up banging in full view of everyone else.
To use another historical reference, Sweetpea (Miriam Petche) observes it is “deckchairs on the Titanic” after Rishi (Sagar Radia) pulls her and Anraj (Irfan Shamji) from the celebration to make some last-minute sales. Sure, Rishi claims he is working on an “off-ramp” for them, but Sweetpea continues to be the low-key MVP of the season, immediately smelling Rishi’s BS and desperation. She isn’t using what could be the final few hours of the biz working the phones. Instead, Sweetpea tells Anraj they should get “hooned” (aka wasted).
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