Money, Money, Money, Money

Looking for a drama that fills the void between seasons of Euphoria and Succession? Joy Press has the answer: Industry, an unusually gripping drama about young people working in finance that returns for its second season on HBO tonight. Don’t worry if the language of futures and shorts and positioning is all Greek to you; these young brokers and analysts will hold your attention, she insists, even if there’s no Margot Robbie in a bathtub to explain what their work actually means. “Despite their deficiencies of conscience and personality flaws, these 20-somethings are oddly lovable—a credit to the writers and the actors, who fill these strivers with charm and energy,” writes Joy. 

Elsewhere in HWD, Savannah Walsh details a preponderance of evidence proving we are, implausibly, living inside an episode of the 20-teens NBC flop Smash; Yohana Desta recommends what to watch after you’ve inhaled The Last Movie Stars; Netflix goes after the creators of an unauthorized Bridgerton musical; and Jordan Hoffman gives a Vulcan salute to Star Trek great and activist Nichelle Nichols.

Financial Incentives

In season two, Industry’s characters may not be likable, but they are ridiculously watchable.

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Smash Rules Everything Around Me

The short-lived NBC drama was a notorious hate-watch—but a decade later, Broadway’s leading lady drama and Marilyn mania indicate Smash may be having the last laugh.

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True Romance

The pivotal 1968 film Rachel, Rachel tends to be overlooked, but it’s an essential follow-up to Ethan Hawke’s docuseries about Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward.

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Stop the Music

Netflix claims that composers Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear “have taken valuable intellectual property from the Netflix original series Bridgerton to build an international brand for themselves.”

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O Pioneer!

Nichelle Nichols delighted fans onscreen and at conventions for more than 50 years.