Another television goodbye, and trust me, they never get easier. HBO has revealed that Industry will return for Season 5 — but it will be the show’s final season as well.
The series will air its Season 4 finale on March 1, and there’s no exact release date for the final season just yet, but no matter when it hits our screens, it’s going to be a doozy. HBO’s logline for Season 4 proves just that.
“At the top of their game and living the lives they set out to have as Pierpoint grads, Harper (Myha’la) and Yasmin (Marisa Abela) are drawn into a high stakes, globetrotting cat-and-mouse game when a splashy fintech darling bursts onto the London scene,” according to a press release from the network. “As Yasmin navigates her relationship with tech founder Sir Henry Muck (Kit Harington) and Harper is pulled into the orbit of enigmatic executive Whitney Halberstram (Max Minghella), their twisted friendship begins to warp and ignite under the pressure of money, power, and the desire to be on top.”
The series — which was created by Mickey Down & Konrad Kay, who also write on the show — stars Myha’la, Abela, Harington, Minghella, Ken Leung, Toheeb Jimoh, Charlie Heaton, Kiernan Shipka, and Kal Penn.
“For four seasons, Industry has thrilled us while examining power, money, politics, and class,” EVP of programming and head of drama series and films at HBO Francesca Orsi said in a statement. “Under Mickey and Konrad’s ambitious and singular vision, it has solidified itself as an important contemporary, genre-bending drama in HBO’s lineup that keeps viewers on the edge of their seat week after week.”
She added: “It is gratifying that viewers and critics have recognized season four as bigger and more thrilling than ever, buoyed by career defining performances from our magnificent cast. We are so proud we can announce the fifth season of this terrific show, which Mickey and Konrad have decided will take us to the end of Industry’s story.”
“This March marks a decade since we first began to conceive of the world of Industry and it exists because of the unwavering faith and vision of our partners and former partners at HBO,” Down and Kay said in their own statement. “For some time now we have been thinking about how best to end the show on an unparalleled high. Unlike some of our characters, we know when to leave a party.”
See? Even if they do know when to leave a party, it’s definitely going to be a doozy until the lights come on. What else would you expect from this series?
Image credit: Simon Ridgway/HBO.
Lex Briscuso is a film and television critic and a freelance entertainment writer for IGN. You can follow her on Twitter at @nikonamerica.
