Halt and Catch Fire

2014 • AMC
4.7
829 reviews
TV-14
Rating
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Season 1 episodes (21)

1 I/O
5/31/14
The 1980s computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy as they chart the changing culture in Texas' Silicon Prairie.
2 Inside Halt and Catch Fire: I/O
6/2/14
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3 FUD
6/7/14
After surviving a visit from IBM, Joe's team must overcome internal differences and begin the technical feat of building the new machine.
4 Inside Halt and Catch Fire: FUD
6/9/14
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5 High Plains Hardware
6/14/14
Gordon and Cameron struggle to make Joe's vision a reality while Joe and Bosworth attempt to procure capital to fund the making of the new machine.
6 Inside Halt and Catch Fire: High Plains Hardware
6/16/14
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7 Close to the Metal
6/22/14
As Cameron nears completion of the BIOS, a crisis threatens the project's future and requires all hands on deck to save the machine.
8 Inside Halt and Catch Fire: Close to the Metal
6/23/14
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9 Adventure
6/29/14
Cameron bristles under a new manager as Joe and Gordon attempt to procure a key piece of new technology for the computer.
10 Inside Halt and Catch Fire: Adventure
6/30/14
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11 Landfall
7/6/14
A breakthrough by Cameron places her at odds with Gordon and leaves Joe to make a difficult decision. Hurricane Alicia spurs personal revelations.
12 Inside Halt and Catch Fire: Landfall
7/7/14
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13 Giant
7/13/14
A visitor from Joe's past threatens his newfound connection with Cameron. With Donna out of town, the toll of Gordon's work catches up with him.
14 Inside Halt and Catch Fire: Giant
7/14/14
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15 The 214s
7/20/14
Scandal rocks Cardiff Electric as the team finalizes preparations for COMDEX. Bosworth makes a sacrifice for the good of the PC program.
16 Inside Halt and Catch Fire: The 214s
7/21/14
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17 Up Helly Aa
7/27/14
Unforeseen adversaries and new complications threaten to derail all that the Cardiff Electric team has worked for at COMDEX.
18 Inside Halt and Catch Fire: Up Helly Aa
7/28/14
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19 1984
8/3/14
As Gordon and Joe prepare to ship the Giant, a suspicious defect calls their partnership into question. Cameron takes her future into her own hands.
20 Inside Halt and Catch Fire: 1984
8/4/14
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101 A Look at the Series
5/19/14
In 1983 Texas, three rebels reverse engineer an IBM PC and shake up the booming computer industry in AMC's new original series Halt and Catch Fire.

About this show

Halt and Catch Fire: In 1983, personal computing was anyone's game. Navigating the thin line between visionary and fraud, genius and delusion, 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. The battle for CTRL begins

Ratings and reviews

4.7
829 reviews
Devin Smith
January 12, 2021
I think this is one of my favorite shows. I'm so sorry I missed watching this when it was being made, although what a joy to discover it later. I can see how the setup of the first episode turned people off - for me, not so much - I enjoy a good antihero and some crazy plans coming together, but what followed was such a wonderful surprise and genuine exploration and development. I love all of these characters, even when I'm mad as hell at them. I don't mind suspending my disbelief that these character manage to have their minds on so many cutting-edge ideas right as they are getting developed elsewhere - the ability for the show to tell me the story of living through this break-neck industry development as mere mortals is worth it. Enjoy.
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Chance
November 3, 2017
The Series wrapped beautifully, and, in my humble opinion is one of the better season finales I have ever watched. I was a HACF truther from the very first episode, it had me wrapped around it's finger from the first scene to the last with Joe MacMillan. I encourage anyone who is looking for some awesome story telling to watch this series and enjoy it's minor issues (having the same group of four be so instrumental in the different evolution's of the PC is a bit Hollywood), focus on the Character development and the fantastic acting. Oh, and by the way one of the best intro songs/sequences EVER.
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A Google user
September 3, 2017
The show manages to take topics that would otherwise bore all but a few viewers and make them into delicate personal narratives that draw you in fully to the world of tech. The acting is superb. The characters can be a little one-sided within a single season, but have beautiful flaws and compelling personal development across the seasons. The romantic sub-plots are sometimes a bit heavy-handed, but still better than many. The final season is experimenting even more and despite not always hitting the mark perfectly, the experiments are all very enjoyable.
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