'Industry' Gives Us The Character Study We've Been Waiting For

If you had to pick one word to describe Sunday night’s episode of “Industry,” the first one to come to mind might be “chaos.”

But as is often the case with the hit HBO series, that chaos is portrayed in such a bold and ambitious way that you cannot look away. Season 3, Episode 4 focuses in on chaos agent Rishi Ramdani (Ragar Sadia), the king of one-liners and lewd commentary on the trading floor at Pierpoint. Sadia was upped to a series regular in Season 3.

“He’s an alpha male, he leads with his chest out,” Radia told The New York Times . “And he’s the epitome of bravado, which is so fascinating, because for someone like myself who comes from a British South Asian background as an actor, we don’t get the chance to play those types of roles.”

Throughout the episode, audiences get a peek into Rishi’s life with his wife Diana (Brittany Ashworth) and newborn, the financial secrets he’s hiding in his personal life and his career, and how his brash personality at work is a bit different than his demeanor with people in and around his home.

We chatted about Episode 4 and all the sides of Rishi. Get into our chat below.

OK, Let’s Set Up The Top Of The Episode

Ah yes, the long-awaited Rishi episode. Here we are, people. We’re in for a ride.

The opening meeting was so fascinating to watch. Since Frank (Joel Kim Booster) published a hold, signaling to investors to sell Lumi stock, the aftermath has negatively impacted Pierpoint’s reputation handling future IPOs (i.e. Europa Gas). Now, the bank is functioning like a pressure cooker, despite Eric trying to keep his cool, and Rishi feels tasked with making up whatever revenue they’ve lost. He’s watching closely to see how the government’s emergency budget announcement will