Halt and Catch Fire

**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 compl…

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 …

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 typ…