"Over the course of season four, he has taken his banking company, Tender, from seedy porn-site transactions to the industry's hottest new prospect. Unfortunately, he has also fallen into the crosshairs of Harper Stern, who's intent on shorting Tender and spends the season looking for proof that it's all a front. When she learns most of the business doesn't actually exist, she announces her discovery at a conference, condemning Tender to annihilation."
"Whitney is casting about for an exit strategy and fails. He tries to flee, but his associates threaten to murder him. His alternate strategy, buying a different company to confuse auditors, doesn't work, despite giving a rousing speech about it. His business partner, Henry Muck, hates him, while Henry's wife, Yasmin, is trying to sabotage Tender from the inside."
"I loved getting the chance to play Whitney at rock bottom or a state of extreme fragility. So much of the time, he's in a different mode, but I'm much closer to that Whitney as a person. It's very easy for me to access that."
Whitney Halberstam has transformed his banking company Tender from handling illicit transactions to becoming an industry prospect, but faces exposure from Harper Stern, who discovers the business is largely fictitious. In the season's penultimate episode, Whitney attempts multiple escape strategies—fleeing, acquiring another company to confuse auditors, and delivering persuasive speeches—all of which fail. His associates threaten murder, his business partner Henry Muck despises him, and Henry's wife Yasmin sabotages Tender from within. Actor Andrew Minghella portrays Whitney's shock and fragility at rock bottom, describing the role as accessing a vulnerable version of the character he relates to personally. Minghella expresses the pressure of joining a show beloved by his closest friends.
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