Industry fans devastated over apparent character exit: ‘This can’t be the end’

The latest section of Industry has near fans devastated pinch what seemed to beryllium a abrupt farewell to 1 of its main characters.

After nan 4th play of HBO’s twisty finance drama brought a long-awaited confederation betwixt Eric Tao and Harper Stern — played by Ken Leung and Myha’la, respectively — viewers were stunned erstwhile nan sixth episode, “Dear Henry,” ended pinch Eric abruptly exiting their associated money owed to being blackmailed.

Without Eric ever giving Harper nan existent logic for his exit, nan section ended pinch nan credits rolling complete footage of Eric stepping down a agelong road, distant from nan camera — marking nan first clip that Mickey Down and Konrad Kay’s show featured a characteristic successful its end-credits scene.

Leung confirmed to TV Insider that nan segment was his last clip appearing successful play four, and to his knowledge, nan remainder of nan show, which has not yet been renewed for play five.

However, immoderate viewers could not judge nan shocking ending, pinch 1 penning connected X: “This can't beryllium nan extremity of Eric Tao successful Industry.”

“Pleaseee don't show maine this is Ken Leung's last episode,” different commented connected Instagram. A 3rd instrumentality chimed successful connected X: “I’m gonna beryllium honorable if Eric really is gone gone on Industry, I’m gonna beryllium highly disappointed bc nan Eric/Harper move is 1 of nan champion parts of nan show and I don’t really cognize really they’re gonna switch that.”

One personification claimed connected Instagram: “Eric is nan logic astir group watched. Now that he's been written retired of nan show, there's nary constituent successful watching nan last 2 episodes. We each cognize really it's going to end.”

Leung’s castmates besides shared their daze astatine his character’s exit from nan season.

Myha’la, who has anchored nan show since its premiere successful November 2020, recalled successful aggregate interviews really nan twist stunned her erstwhile she first publication nan book for nan episode.

“I virtually was like, that’s crazy,” Myha’la told nan Hollywood Reporter. “And it’s truthful sad. We worked truthful difficult to build this point and now you’re conscionable going to time off me.”

For his part, Leung said that filming his goodbye pinch Harper, who is emotionally wrecked by Eric’s abandonment, was cathartic successful much ways than 1 owed to filming it pinch his longtime segment partner Myha’la.

“As acold arsenic I know, it’s our past scene. So location was that successful it,” Leung told Insider. “And moreover though we’re friends and stay friends, and hopefully we’ll beryllium friends forever, to person what we created nan past six years travel to an endpoint, it’s very poignant. It’s not conscionable sad. There’s ceremony successful it. It’s everything. It’s beautiful.”

The season’s last 2 episodes are group to aerial February 22 and March 1.