Industry season 4 airs surprising sex scene and marks return of controversial character

*Warning: This article contains full spoilers for Industry season 4 episode 3.*

Another week, another episode of Industry that continues to leave us with jaws on the floor and this time around, the fourth episode (entitled Habseligkeiten) not only saw Yasmin (Marisa Abela) and Henry (Kit Harington) introduce a new lover into their equation – but also ended with the surprise return of one very controversial character.

As Henry continued to worry about his new role as Tender CEO, Yasmin was right on hand to offer support and guidance as a wife and supposed Tender colleague. "I'd be dead without you, you know that?" Henry tells his wife but as Tender prepares to get their banking licence, there's unrest within the Tender board.

They're told that the Bauer family (Moritz-Hunter Bauer and his mother Johanna Bauer) may have voted in favour of the merger, but they're now audibly voicing their concerns about it. It's a problem for Whitney (Max Minghella) and the company seeing as they hold two board seats. While those seats are legacy seats (because they sold their 300-year-old family bank) and Whitney thinks they should just shut up, Henry says they need to quell any unrest so that Tender can get their banking licence.

The Bauer's issues are seemingly with GDPR but as referenced in that meeting, the Bauer family seemingly financed "the Reich" – even if there's an argument to be made that they have since donated money to Holocaust survivors.

Yasmin suggests that going to see them in person in Austria is a good idea and so, Henry decides that it'd be best for the company for them all to go to quell any dissension from the Bauer family.

But it's in Vienna where the real cracks start to show as Moritz talks about how Western liberalism has failed. He doubles down on the fact that his politics and his business are one and the same, citing the need to retain traditionalism in both worlds.

While we may expect Henry and Whitney to appease Moritz for the sake of the company, in a private conversation away from them, Henry calls Moritz out for being a fascist. Yasmin actually doesn't seem to have that much of a problem with his opinions despite her own background but Henry doesn't think they should pander to Moritz's views and neither does Whitney, with both of them keen to leave. However, Yasmin thinks they should stay and says that she will in the morning.

That evening, though, things take a particularly steamy turn as Hayley (Kiernan Shipka) comes to Yasmin and Henry's room with three possible FinDigest rebuttals from Whitney. Yasmin says she could've emailed them but soon talk turns to Hayley being sexually frustrated and Henry, coming out of the shower shirtless, is pulled into the conversation. Yasmin then begins to orchestrate an unexpected threesome, with Henry initially unsure but then continuing to kiss Hayley.

However, Yasmin's disposition starts to change as she walks to the table opposite, sits down and starts lighting a cigarette. We then see her order Hayley and Henry around as they have sex, finishing off the surprising turn of events by telling Hayley: "I think you have something that belongs to my husband and now, to me."

The next morning, Yasmin and Johanna are the only people left at the house as the men have left, with Whitney and Henry having travelled back to London for the banking deadline. In that conversation, Yasmin offers up the possibility of getting Moritz published in a national newspaper, talking about the weight of legacy media and her own connections. While Johanna may seem to be a quiet mousy figure, she then surprises Yasmin by saying that her son's views are really rooted in common sense. She laughs and urges Yasmin to agree with her, which Yasmin uneasily eventually does.

Later on, when Yasmin is back in her room packing her bag, she looks at one of the paintings on the walls of the castle in which they're staying in. On closer inspection, she sees Adolf Hitler's signature in the corner, which leaves her shocked and open-mouthed, simply left to look at her surroundings with a newfound disgust. Do Henry and Whitney's words from the night before ring out to her in a new way now? Quite possibly for a fraction of a moment – but nothing deters Yasmin in her plans to get Moritz on side.

Lo and behold when they're back in London, Henry is annoyed to see that Moritz has been given a one-page piece in the newspaper. Yasmin tells him that she organised the spread with his uncle Alexander (Andrew Havill) and she tells Henry that she thinks the deal wouldn't have gone through without her giving Moritz a chance to air his views in such a way. However, Henry uses the opportunity to bring up their evening with Hayley, telling Yasmin that it didn't feel right but she simply says: "I was just bold enough to know what to give you."

All the while, in the background of the episode, Harper is chasing leads and trying to find out more about Tender by going through their transactions and history. Tender has acquired multiple payment processors in Africa but Harper can't seem to get through to anyone to enquire about anything.

After getting a scoop of their own about Tender's payment processing system and the way it logs consumer products, she officially hires Sweetpea, giving her her word that she's going to follow through on this new venture and not just leave.

Riding that wave of their own at the end of the episode, we see Harper, Eric and Sweetpea all waiting in the lobby of an office building for some kind of meeting. We don't know who they're waiting for until a surprise character returns to our screens: Kenny Kilbane (Conor MacNeill). As they walk into the building with him, Harper tells Kenny that they want to place a short with him.

But as they get into the lift, Eric uses the chance to try and apologise to Kenny. If you cast your mind back to season 3's premiere, Eric viciously fired Kenny after the pair grew increasingly close. In the time elapsed between seasons 2 and 3, it was clear that Kenny had clearly become one of the only support systems for Eric, with the pair confiding and sharing in their personal struggles with alcohol. Even though their bond was tight, Eric fired Kenny in a surprise move which shocked viewers and Kenny alike.

So, it's safe to say that their reunion isn't all rainbows and roses as they awkwardly shift into the lift together. "Well, it's not the worst thing anyone's ever done," Kenny says as he breaks out into a smile.

MacNeill had previously told RadioTimes.com that he didn't know whether he'd be back for anymore Industry, saying: "Kenny's gone from Pierpoint – at the end of season 3, Pierpoint is gone itself. I don’t know is the God's honest truth. It felt very explosive."

He added: "I'm really excited to see where season 4 goes because they've got an entirely clean slate with Pierpoint being gone. And look, these people are ruthless. I think Harper Stern and Eric Tao and Yasmin – I just love watching those characters, I could watch them all day. I have no idea where it goes, but it will be an amazing watch, no doubt because Mickey [Down] and Konrad [Kay] are such clever writers."

But what exactly's next for this Kenny/Eric/Harper partnership and how will Yasmin's new dynamic with Hayley play out? It's safe to say we're primed for some expectedly hefty fallout to be coming our way.

Industry seasons 1-3 are available to stream on BBC iPlayer in the UK, and season 4 continues every Monday on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. The drama airs on HBO in the US.

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