Yahoo Lifestyle Industry Season 3 Finale Recap: Yasmin Makes a Devastating Decision — Plus, Harper and Pierpoint’s Fates, Revealed!
Adler’s hiring of Ali El Mansour turned into a big mistake after Eric threw Bill to the wolves and brokered an intro between the Pierpoint board and Al-Mi’raj. So what does that mean for Pierpoint exactly, and what huge changes are in store for Harper and Yasmin? Let’s break down the Season 3 finale of Industry.
Last week, Petra asked Otto Mostyn to OK Harper’s removal from their joint fund. But when Mostyn and Harper come face to face, he calls Petra a “tattle-tale.” Instead of ripping Harper a new one, he confides that he’s looking for a spiritual successor for his operations. He wants someone who views trading the way he does. Harper seems intrigued, noting that the optics are good, but in a later meeting, Harper chooses to double down on her partnership with Petra. They tell Mostyn that while they appreciate his initial funding, his ROI was in the green. They say they’ll pay him back, plus 8%, while repeating the word “amicably” nine times as they tell him to kick rocks. He’s not pleased. “I really thought I found a spark,” he says, eyeing Harper. When left alone, Petra apologies for freaking out and going behind Harper’s back. They once again vow: No unilateral decisions. Onward!
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Word spreads throughout Pierpoint that Al-Miraj is taking over, so Rishi books a meeting with Harper. “When exactly did you and Eric decide to f–k me?” Harper asks him. Harper is toying with him, a point that’s made crystal clear when Sweetpea walks in, blindsiding Rishi. “I wanted to give Sweetpea the pleasure of watching someone treat you with as little respect as you treat them,” Harper says. Sweetpea follows that with: “Time’s up!” Rishi starts to panic, and oh boy, does he deserve the grief they’re dishing out. Turns out being an a–hole to everyone around him isn’t going to pay off this time.
Meanwhile, after Hanani Publishing attempted to sucker Yas into becoming the face of her late father’s scandal, Yas tells the company head that HP is going to pay the restitution to the embezzlement claimants and then leave her the F alone. “This is the courtesy of a final warning,” Yas says. “You sound exactly like your father,” the businesswoman replies. “I sound nothing like him. He was weak.” Go, Yas! But after that, Yas calls Henry. She then convinces Robert to drop by Norton’s mansion on their way home so Robert can start seed funding for his new gig. She must have an ulterior motive, right? Turns out: Yup!
Henry seems open to giving Rob the funding he needs, and “Robsmin” (“Yasbert”? Wow, neither of those work) are invited to stay the night. The next morning, Yas has a chat with Norton. He assures her that her father’s predatory behavior has nothing to do with her, and again not-so-subtly states that he always uses his “not insubstantial power” to protect his family. “But then again, life’s about the family you choose,” he tells her, putting the pressure on with a wink-wink, nudge-nudge. Instead of feeding into the suggestion, Yas runs to Robert and the two flirt, kiss and have sex on a bench in a fancy garden. She tells him she loves him. He says it back. Is this ‘ship finally setting sail?!
In the very next scene, Yas is with Henry and asking if he loves her. (Anyone else filled with rage and frustration? Just checking.) Henry explains how he can’t feel joy. Yas says they should be practical. Then boom! They’re announcing their engagement at a formal dinner party. The look on Robert’s face says it all, and boy, do we feel his pain. As the crowd claps, Robert stares at Yas. The rest of the guests disappear, and we see only Yas and Robert sitting at the table sharing a poignant look. “I’m sorry,” she says to him. “I understand,” he diplomatically replies, fully getting her predicament. (The scene also has the perfect song: The Kills’ “The Last Goodbye.”) The next day, Robert packs up his car. We witness a heartbreaking Robert/Yas montage. They bid each other farewell with one last lingering look. And I am deceased. A portion of one of their past conversations replays. “I’m good at making people feel like I love them,” she told him. “But, I don’t know that I ever have. Loved anyone.” Sigh.
As for Pierpoint, Eric’s out. The new owners are hacking more staffers than originally planned, and the London office will now be focused on private wealth. Therefore, there’s no business need for Eric anymore. (Tom? He’s out too.) Eric’s “happy goodbye” is banking him $20 million, though.
After reading about Jesse Bloom’s release from prison, Harper reveals to Mostyn that she wants to start a short-only fund. He’s intrigued by her subversive “anti-fraud fraudsters” pitch. “It’s only criminal if we’re caught.” And she wants to run it from New York.
Yas calls Harper and asks why she hasn’t responded to her wedding invite yet, then congratulates her for making Forbes’ 30 Under 30. Eric even gave her a quote. Yas, meanwhile, has gotten her own press in Real Country. Image rehab, complete? Harper asks if there are any corporate big-wigs and what the seating chart’s like. “Are you honestly saying you’ll only come to my wedding if I sit you next to someone important?” asks Yas. “Why else would I come?” Harper replies. Both women are smiling.
And then Rishi’s wife is shot in the head. Whoa! Did that seem too abrupt to just drop at the top of a new paragraph with absolutely zero lead-in? Because that’s how it felt watching this all go down! Yep. Rishi’s gambling debts have caught up with him. “Big Man” came to collect and when Rishi’s wife berates the guy, he pulls his gun out and BAM. Rough season for Rishi, innit?
Harper calls Eric to thank him for the quote. “I hope they paid you,” she tells him, as he stares at his photo on the office wall. He tells her to take care. There’s a finality to it. (Will this be the last time their paths cross? Will Eric be heading back to New York too next season?) Regardless, Eric quits his moping. He ends the call with Harper and immediately starts networking.
We end with Robert in the States working at his new job and making a pitch. He received a million dollars from Henry, after all. And he assures his listeners that they can come in on the ground floor of a spectacular journey. “Mark my words.”
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