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Halt and Catch Fire (TV Series)

TV Shows from the 2010s

Halt and Catch Fire

2014

Christopher Cantwell (Creator), Christopher C. Rogers (Creator) ...

Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Davis, Kerry Bishé ...

7.6

4,714

TV Series. Drama TV Series (2014-2017). 4 Seasons. 40 Episodes. Set in the early 1980s, series dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the changing culture in Texas' Silicon Prairie.

	Author	Review
United States	Doreen St. Felix The New Yorker	"[4th Season Review]: A beautiful deconstruction of the Silicon Valley myth. (...) The humanity of its final season is stunning".	POS
United States	Ben Travers IndieWire	"[4th Season Review]: An exceptional final (...) The time jumps make it clear the creators are aware they’re short on time, and they want to get to the good stuff; the heart of the matter."	POS
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[4th Season Review]: The show's cumulative power after four seasons as a story of four people (...) is greater than any individual piece of the show."	POS
United States	Jeff Jensen Entertainment Weekly	"[4th Season Review]: Season 4’s first three hours make major investments in everyone, especially Gordon, imbuing them all with deeper poignancy (...) [It] is an urgent story of rehumanization"	POS
United States	James Poniewozik The New York Times	"[3rd Season Review]: The new season takes time to reset, and the movement in the early episodes is slow. The character dynamics are solid, though, and the ’80s details continue to be spot on."	POS
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"[3rd Season Review]: The show has smoothed out enough kinks to become compelling on its own terms, which is often the case with slower shows."	POS
United States	Maureen Ryan Variety	"[3rd Season Review]: 'Halt and Catch Fire' (...) is both a retro pleasure and a forward-looking gem."	POS
United States	Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"The good news is that 'Halt and Catch Fire' is a triumphant pilot with excellent writing, impressive acting and a noteworthy cinematic visual style. ... But ultimately that means nothing until we see the next episode."	POS
United States	Lori Rackl Chicago Sun-Times	"The action unfurls a mere 30 years ago, but it may as well be the Dark Ages when viewed through today’s technology-dependent lens. That’s a big part of what makes the show such fun. (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	James Poniewozik The New York Times	"I watched and loved “Halt and Catch Fire” for four seasons. (...) Above all, “Halt and Catch Fire” was about failure. Which was part of what made the show a triumph".	POS
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"'Halt and Catch Fire' suffers from a common case of style over substance."	NEU

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