Halt and Catch Fire

This show had big shoes to fill replacing breaking bad in it's time slot. So far, it's doing well. Very, very character driven, yet in a way that isn't so slow that it bores me.

I've waited a long time to say anything about Halt and Catch Fire. It seems too easy or pointless to use a word like "underrated." It's hard to say the most compelling aspects are "subtle." No matter how many times I try to dismiss the whisper "masterpiece," it still returns. This isn't a show that wastes time trying to "work its angle" well enough that you get cheap glimpses into "the computer world." It doesn't try to impress you with talk that makes you think of a snobbish adviser they consult with too often. It doesn't try to make profound statements about family or entrepreneurship. Halt and Catch Fire is the grind. It's the thing that gets you to the thing.

I crave entertainment that makes me think. Halt puts me into a kind of meditation. I can adopt the skin of practically any character and feel like I know how I'd react to any other. I want to forgive and grow and try and disappear as they did. I want to root for them, and be cut deeper and deeper each time I try to believe again. I want to feel like my home is where my heart is, and my heart can reside in so many people and everything we've tried to create together. This show can let you feel a dynamic and chaotic beauty and drive for every ounce of the pain it takes to do so.

I've reached a point where I can't find anymore words to wrap the swelling in my chest with that will quell what I'm going to miss now that it's over. What these characters have, what this story shows, is human perfection. Bloody, confusing, tumultuous and heartfelt perfection. While the show can end, what it represents is everything I want my life to be, and I feel humbled that they were able to strike the chord so soundly.

Hands down best show. love the plot and the acting is spectacular. First show in a very long time that I can't wait for the next episode and go through withdraws at the end of each season.

I'm actually stunned by how good this show is. I heard about it from watching a documentary on how Compaq started. I'm a computer guy by trade and I actually find a lot of what the first season talks about to be very relatable. I have met people like the hardware engineer, Clark. I have met people the software engineer, Cameron. I have even met people like the salesmen, Joe. I love that Clark's the one building the computer but his wife, Donna, is the brilliant one. The characters feel real to me. Cardiff Electric is loosely based on Compaq. To me this feels less like really interesting fiction and more like a dramatized documentary. I just finished the first season and I would heartily and without reservation recommend this show to anyone. I don't even like Lee Pace and he's, quite frankly, stunning in this role.

This is a really awesome show. I don't know about the industry but from a lay perspective it seems like a very fine portrait - and the characters and the way the evolve throughout the show is amazing. For computers users and nerds such as myself that grew up with the developments portrayed in the series it is also very nostalgic in the absolutely most positive sense of that word. Simply lovely.

I started watching this show when I was in the startup scene but lost touch after about midway through season 1. Having left my company and taken a year or so to myself, I picked up the show again from the beginning and all I can say is it was an incredibly cathartic experience. I saw myself in each of the characters at various points and watching their journey and evolution over a decade or so helped me grow, develop as a person, and come to terms with my past. Easily one of the best shows I've watched from end to end. It's a blessing when a show has a planned ending and spends the final season unwinding than trying to ramp up to one final climax. Sometimes the excitement is things returning to normalcy.

This show wasn't the thing. It's the thing that got me to the thing.

OMG, season 4 is finally hear. Can't wait!!!

@thomas-a-roche yeah I'm pumped for the new season to start!!

The atmospheri the actors, everything so well chosen. Best show off this kind love it! Unlike sillicon valley this one is not teens only.