Creators Of 'Industry' Reveal HBO 'Balked' At Scene Where Stockbroker Fails To Receive A Facelift

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Industry insiders have revealed that HBO originally balked at the draft of the series finale of the financial drama Industry, which featured a stockbroker facing the horrifying ordeal of not receiving a facelift.

Sources claim the network feared corporate investors would be outraged by such a tasteless scenario.

"We just thought it was too unrealistic and disgusting to air," said HBO executive Michael Begley. "Honestly, it was impossible for us to believe that such a thing could happen in real life — even if it's fiction."

The final episode of the season originally showcased Pierce Hillman, COO and Vice Chairman of the multinational investment banking firm Two Bit, trying to schedule a facelift. However, during a frantic call for last-minute Botox, another investor swooped in with a larger donation, unintentionally monopolizing Hillman's credit.

When his co-workers see Hillman's face aging five years overnight, they shun him, triggering a mental breakdown that leads him to dramatically jump off his yacht into the ocean.

"It was completely realistic — and then HBO forced us to cut it down to the watered-down finale you see today," lamented producer Bud Hereford. "This show is meant to be a reflection of real life, and now HBO has tarnished our credibility, a credibility we held in as high regard as our mothers' beauty treatments."

At publishing time, HBO backtracked from its earlier decision, stating it was "sheer madness" to have ever questioned the producer's authority in the first place.