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Halt and Catch Fire

2014 · TV Series · TV-14 · ★ 7.9 · 83% critics

Drama

In the early days of the personal computer boom, a small, mismatched team takes big personal and professional risks to build a machine they believe can change everything. As ambition and pressure rise, their drive to innovate tests relationships, loyalty, and what success is really worth.

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Details
Years
2014–2017
Release date
2014-06-01
Network
AMC
Language
English
Rated
TV-14
Critic score
83/100
TMDB rating
7.9/10 (564 votes)
About

You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a character-driven, high-stakes drama about ambition, failure, and reinvention during the PC boom, with a Mad Men-style interpersonal edge; Not for you if you dislike slow-burn conflict and messy workplace drama.

Pros: gripping entrepreneurial drive; rich character growth; addictive, emotional ride | Cons: slow stretches; lots of arguing; occasional frustrating choices

Themes

  • texas
  • manipulation
  • silicon valley
  • dallas, texas
  • nerd
  • computer
  • family relationships
  • eccentric
  • period drama
  • laptop
  • laptop computer
  • narcissist
  • +10 more

Cast & crew

Episodes4 seasons · 40 episodes

Season 110 episodes
  • S1E1I/O48m
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  • S1E2FUD43m
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  • S1E3High Plains Hardware43m
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  • S1E4Close to the Metal43m
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  • S1E5Adventure43m
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  • S1E6Landfall43m
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  • S1E7Giant43m
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  • S1E8The 214s43m
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  • S1E9Up Helly Aa43m
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  • S1E10198443m
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Season 210 episodes
  • S2E1SETI43m
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  • S2E2New Coke44m
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  • S2E3The Way In44m
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  • S2E4Play with Friends46m
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  • S2E5Extract and Defend43m
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  • S2E610Broad3644m
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  • S2E7Working for the Clampdown44m
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  • S2E8Limbo43m
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  • S2E9Kali44m
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  • S2E10Heaven Is a Place46m
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Season 310 episodes
  • S3E1Valley of the Heart's Delight44m
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  • S3E2One Way or Another43m
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  • S3E3Flipping the Switch42m
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  • S3E4Rules of Honorable Play43m
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  • S3E5Yerba Buena46m
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  • S3E6And She Was44m
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  • S3E7The Threshold47m
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  • S3E8You Are Not Safe47m
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  • S3E9NIM46m
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  • S3E10NeXT50m
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Season 410 episodes
  • S4E1So It Goes45m
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  • S4E2Signal to Noise49m
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  • S4E3Miscellaneous47m
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  • S4E4Tonya and Nancy44m
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  • S4E5Nowhere Man46m
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  • S4E6A Connection Is Made50m
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  • S4E7Who Needs a Guy45m
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  • S4E8Goodwill55m
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  • S4E9Search46m
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  • S4E10Ten of Swords52m
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