This post contains details from Season 3, Episode 6 ofIndustry.
Industryhas finally given audiences an answer about the fate of Yasmins father, Charles Hanani (Adam Levy).
KONRAD KAY:The show has never traded in anything like this before.
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So we approached it in the writers room with a fair bit of caution.
We liked the idea of a mystery box.
We felt that it was an organic thing to flesh out more depth.
Adam was a great actor.
We wanted something seismic to happen to Yasmin between seasons.
Both of them, in some ways, dissolving at the same time.
They felt almost like counterparts to one another.
It would traumatize the character in a way thats actually very hard to come back from.
So we just thought, Okay, she has to be one piece removed from it.
I still think that she was, in some ways, culpable.
She is the main character in her life.
Harper saying, You didnt do anything.
Youre not culpable here.
Whatever he decides to do himself is not not on you.
DEADLINE: Im glad you mentioned the fight at the end of the episode.
Why did you decide to bookend the episode that way?
Thats always been the thesis statement of the show across two seasons.
One of the things were trying to say is like, coworker, friend,how blurry is that?
Can one really, truly ever be the other?
Then her new mentor is saying, Youve got to leave that stuff in the past.
It hinges on a kind of betrayal, right?
It hinges on a simple thing of, Yasmins in a vulnerable position.
Its a pretty simple story.
We were shocked by how much that scene could keep going.
They know all of their weaknesses.
They know every part of their underbelly.
DOWN:Its triggering.
Its one of her massive insecurities, and its like, Thats exactly my father made me feel.
As Konrad said, weve gone too far with words, now [she] has to take action.
I think that was one of our writers ideas.
Then she says this.
And hes just like, What if she slaps her?
And yes, we love Freya [Mavor].
Freya was like, Ill do this every year if you want me to…
I think we set in Episode 3, when we first mentioned it as a playful Easter egg.
Because, ultimately, it doesnt really make that much of a difference.
It only makes a difference, I think, if the companys basically insolvent as a result of that.
In the business world, you dont really short a company to get revenge.
KAY:In the fictional world we created, it 100% tracks, though, doesnt it?
DEADLINE: On that note, Eric is really spiraling.
He has been all season, but this episode really drives it home.
When he storms into Leviathan, it feels like the gloves have finally come off.
Yes, theyve been at odds for the whole season.
Theyre giving each other lessons to go and apply to the rest of their seasons.
Harper says to Eric, Youve lost everything, you could now go after something that you actually want.
Eric is saying to Harper, Youre no longer making excuses…youre actually a bad person.
And shes like, You know what?
Maybe I am trying to protect Yasmine too much.
Thats the teaching that she gets.
You walk around with that feeling every day, looking for external validation…
I think Harper could easily say those lines back to him, and it could have equal validation.
DEADLINE: I laughed out loud at the line, Theres a green fintech company on there.
Do we even know what that is?
In the last episode, the line thats like Ive always enjoyed a cafe au lait as well.
How do you come up with them?
DOWN:Obviously the show is plot heavy, and hopefully its rigorously plotted.
Its where me and Konrad are most unchained in our writing.
Thats where Rishis background dialogue came from.
Lets just make people laugh as much as possible.
Theres a lot of heavy sh*t happening, sometimes a lot of dramatic stuff.
We can just undercut some of that by having someone say something funny.
That cafe au lait scene…I think we came up with that line on the day.
KAY:We did.
DOWN:It really is an exercise to make me and Konrad laugh.
KAY:You realize the show could actually just never be too funny.
Is he on the verge of a breakdown?
There is a personal and business element to that in Episode 7 and 8.
Hes had a bit of a reckoning.
His eyes have been opened by the drugs, and hes a slightly changed person.
But like with all hallucinogens, that change is only as long as you keep taking them.
Youll have to wait to see if that kind of change in mentality actually holds.
He has something that hes like, Oh, my God, this is profound.
It kind of feels very true to life somehow.
DEADLINE: What else can you say about the rest of the season?
DOWN:Theyre massive episodes.
KAY:Were behind the camera for the first time.
Its up to people to see, but I think the show feels maybe slightly different visually.
DOWN:A bit of both.
We have a really good Season 4 idea.
Ill just put that out there.
