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Halt and Catch Fire

20144 Seasons7.9575 votes
Drama

During the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, an unlikely trio - a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy - take personal and professional risks in the race to build a computer that will change the world as they know it.

Reviews (3)

Benedict

Mar 2, 2017

8

**Perhaps the best show on television.** I found myself a new favourite among TV series. Exceedingly strong performances from the whole cast, a gripping, dynamic plot, and script and direction that will have you laughing aloud before hunkering at the edge of your seat. As TV goes, I honestly don’t think it gets much better than this. The character of Joe MacMillan is just unrivalled in complexity and depth. Lee…

CarsonTrent

Nov 24, 2021

10

An interpretation of the ending + the meaning of the series as a whole * * * SPOILERS AHEAD * * * It was about Joe all along. Profound conclusion to a transcendental experience 10*++ At first glance this series seems to be about the world of tech. It takes place during an exciting time in the evolution of this field and it gives us a glimpse into the background of that era, even if it is a fictitious account.…

TomB19

Jul 5, 2026

10

This is an unusual show. It is conspicuously missing the stuff of a typical drama (ie: shoot-outs, nudity, car chases). In place of hyperdrama are the deepest and best characters in a TV series. The recount of the origin of personal computing is fictional and a mild abstraction from the real one so you won't learn much about personal computing history but you will absolutely learn about the type of people, the dri…