Episode
Industry: Useful Idiot
Overview
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.
Details
- Series
- Industry
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 2024-09-22
- Runtime
- 62 min
Episode context
Useful Idiot is Episode 7 in Season 3 of Industry. It aired on 2024-09-22. The runtime is 62 min.
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Episode 6: Nikki Beach, or: So Many Ways to Lose
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.
Episode 8: Infinite Largesse
After a long night, Eric and Pierpoint’s executives find a solution that could bring new changes – and consequences – for the company. Meanwhile, Yasmin and Robert pay a fated visit to the countryside, and Harper’s career ambitions lead her to a crossroads.
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Episode 5: Company Man
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, during the company’s annual charity day, Sweetpea shares a theory with Eric that could mark the beginning of the end for Pierpoint, and Yasmin wonders if being vulnerable in a relationship is worth it.
Episode 4: White Mischief
Deeply in debt with a new home and baby, Rishi takes a massive gamble after a surprise visit from an old friend. Later, with his luck running out both at home and work, Rishi engages in another high-risk, high-reward opportunity that could threaten his job at Pierpoint.
Episode 3: It
Eric, Yasmin, and Robert descend on the COP Climate Conference in Switzerland to display Pierpoint’s confidence in pivoting to ethical investing, where Harper's machinations threaten to disrupt the status quo.
Episode 2: Smoke and Mirrors
Following a bumpy launch, Eric scrambles to maintain control over the floor and ensure Lumi's IPO is a success. Meanwhile, Harper forms a new work alliance, Robert suffers a devastating loss, and Yasmin’s ingenuity wins Henry’s attention.
Episode 1: Il Mattino ha L'Oro Bocca
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.