
Halt and Catch Fire
2014 · TV Series · TV-14 · ★ 7.9 · 83% critics
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

Lee Pace
as Joe MacMillan

Scoot McNairy
as Gordon Clark
- JM
Joe Massingill
as Doug Sheridan

Javier Grajeda
as Ellis Mortimer
- PR
Paul Rolfes
as Advertising Suit

Mackenzie Davis
as Cameron Howe

Kerry Bishé
as Donna Clark

Toby Huss
as John 'Bos' Bosworth
- AP
Aleksa Palladino
as Sara Wheeler
- SF
Scott Michael Foster
as Hunt Whitmarsh
Directed by Stacie Passon, Meera Menon, Michael Morris +18 more
Created by Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers
Episodes4 seasons · 40 episodes
Season 110 episodes
- S1E1I/O48mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E2FUD43mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E3High Plains Hardware43mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E4Close to the Metal43mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E5Adventure43mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E6Landfall43mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E7Giant43mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E8The 214s43mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E9Up Helly Aa43mAmazon Prime Video
- S1E10198443mAmazon Prime Video
Season 210 episodes
- S2E1SETI43mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E2New Coke44mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E3The Way In44mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E4Play with Friends46mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E5Extract and Defend43mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E610Broad3644mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E7Working for the Clampdown44mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E8Limbo43mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E9Kali44mAmazon Prime Video
- S2E10Heaven Is a Place46mAmazon Prime Video
Season 310 episodes
- S3E1Valley of the Heart's Delight44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E2One Way or Another43mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E3Flipping the Switch42mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E4Rules of Honorable Play43mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E5Yerba Buena46mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E6And She Was44mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E7The Threshold47mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E8You Are Not Safe47mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E9NIM46mAmazon Prime Video
- S3E10NeXT50mAmazon Prime Video
Season 410 episodes
- S4E1So It Goes45mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E2Signal to Noise49mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E3Miscellaneous47mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E4Tonya and Nancy44mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E5Nowhere Man46mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E6A Connection Is Made50mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E7Who Needs a Guy45mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E8Goodwill55mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E9Search46mAmazon Prime Video
- S4E10Ten of Swords52mAmazon Prime Video