Investment bankers carry a certain rock n’ roll notoriety, but above all else, as young people with an ungodly amount of money. HBO’sdoesn’t neglect this stereotype. Instead, it couples the known lasciviousness of the job against its lesser-known opposite: the sterility of its corporate politics. Like the name of the show suggests, the London-setfamilarizes itself with the bland as well as the hazards that loom within seemingly innocuous workplace environments.
Zooming out, there’s a final population who gets screwed but goes unannounced: the average consumer. From threats manifesting within the glamour of nightlife to the stress-sweat soaked 9-to-5, the cast seems to take every hard knock.