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Halt and Catch Fire( 2014)

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Overview

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.

  1. Christopher Cantwell

    Creator

  2. Christopher C. Rogers

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Lee Pace

    Joe MacMillan

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    Scoot McNairy

    Gordon Clark

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    Mackenzie Davis

    Cameron Howe

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    Kerry Bishé

    Donna Clark

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    Toby Huss

    John 'Bos' Bosworth

Current Season

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Season 4

2017 | 10 Episodes

The final season chronicles the tech industry and the birth of the Internet in the 1980s and early 1990s and sees each character navigate the early days of the Internet as they search for answers, both personally and professionally, while the competitive nature of the tech world continues to grow and affect their relationships.

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A review by Benedict

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Written by Benedict on Thu Mar 02 2017
**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 Pace is beyond magnetic in the role, he’s electric, and the writers recognise that and use it beautifully. The storylines are broad, sweeping and powerful, skipping triviality in f...

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Status

Ended

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Original Language

English

Keywords

  • texas
  • manipulation
  • dallas texas
  • nerd
  • computer
  • family relationships
  • eccentric
  • period drama
  • laptop
  • laptop computer
  • narcissist
  • innovation
  • ibm
  • 1980s
  • informatics
  • computer programmer