If this TV show were on Netflix, it would be all anyone are talking about. Industry has the best of well-constructed character drama and the corporate spirit of great series like Mad Men and Succession if they were starring characters from Generation Z in situations always on the verge of exploding, like an intense plot from the best moments of Breaking Bad.

It's an explosive, intoxicating, and addictive cocktail. It's the best series you're not watching, and this summer is the ideal time to catch up on its first two seasons because the third one premieres in August, and discovering it these months will be the best (audiovisual) decision you make this year. 

This co-production between BBC2 and HBO went unjustly unnoticed at its premiere. Perhaps because being led by young and unknown actors made it difficult to sell with a headline, and, we have to admit, the title is not very suggestive. 

The premise is simple: a group of recent graduates in their twenties compete for a limited number of permanent positions at a top-tier investment bank in London. "The boundaries between colleague, friend, lover, and enemy soon blur as they immerse themselves in a corporate culture defined by sex, drugs, egos, and dividends".

In the first episode, someone dies. The series wastes no time and quickly demonstrates that in its universe if you're not the shark, you're the prey. The competition is brutal and ruthless. There's no room for weakness, and excessive ambition is not a flaw but the greatest virtue.

'Industry', Season 2 Promotional Poster

There's sex and drugs, but they're not an escape, they're just fuel because what gives life to these characters is the risk; the ease with which they can lose millions that aren't theirs in a second, literally. That danger is their true addiction.

The perfect summer binge

When the first season ends, you think it's the best you've seen. A tense, intense, complex story inhabited by characters full of contradictions and no ethical or moral scale. But it's in the second season where it solidifies.

In its second year, the series has no bad episodes; each one is better than the last, building moments of tension that keep you glued to the seat as if a bomb were about to explode at any moment.

It has great actors

In its first season, its young protagonists were new faces for viewers. Today, Myha'la already has in her credits Leave the World Behind, alongside Julia Roberts and Mahershala Ali; Marisa Abela has recently portrayed Amy Winehouse in the biopic Back to Black; and Harry Lawtey will be in the sequel to Joker, in a role that has not yet been revealed. 

Alongside them shine established actors like Ken Leung, whom Lost fans will remember for the role of Miles; Jay Duplass, the new addition of the second season; and Kit Harington and Sarah Goldberg, who return to HBO after Game of Thrones and Barry, respectively, with two characters that fans have been counting the days to see on screen since it was announced that they would be part of the series's cast. 

The third installment arrives on August 12 on Max, as a replacement for House of the Dragon, and its fans have been counting the days since the date was confirmed. If you're looking for a series to binge-watch this summer, you don't need to think twice: this is the perfect choice. 

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence