11/7/2023 0 Comments Halt and catch fire episode 1![]() Yet, the story feels complete by the end of the episode. ![]() Even less time passes and neither of them really seem to be changed by it. In one scene Gordon and Donna are in their nice red porsche, ten minutes later they’re getting carjacked. One second Joe seems hopeful, the next he’s setting things on fire. One moment we were looking at Cameron quitting her job, the next moment she had all of Cardiff working for her. As succinct as the path of the show has been, this was the most frenetic episode of the season. He is satisfied with where he has landed given from where he’s fallen.īut let’s talk about that finale first. That is probably the reason why he is seemingly so content at the end of the season. He spends a lot of the season wanting to be excited but is constantly reminded of his past failures. Joe’s eye on innovation forces them to look up, while Cameron’s unfettered imagination gives them wings to go higher, and Gordon’s (in)stability and the realities of hardware keep them firmly grounded.Īnd it’s not to say that Gordon has never seen the world through Joe and Cameron’s eyes, it’s that he has and he failed because of it. The show has always had quite an interesting dynamic between the leading three protagonists as well as Gordon with Donna. Yes, it seems they all have moved forward except Gordon, who seems to be pleased with the present and, instead of turning his eyes brightly forward, is worrying about what might be on the horizon for this company which he now owns 8% of. Even Donna, who felt under appreciated, used, and second-best in her family life and work life has taken the steps to maintain control of her own life and sees a new future working with Cameron at her business. Joe, who we first meet as a distant and calculated businessman who seems to border on American Psycho‘s Patrick Bateman is hyped up all up until he is broken down by Cameron in the finale and is looking for a new beginning of his own (again?).Ĭameron, who is an unpolished genius held back by the partners she works with has realized her own brilliance and Joe’s bullshit and has gone her own way, stealing many of Cardiff’s employees along the way. For a season that started off quite shaky for me, it ended in a way that was able to wrap the whole story of season one quite nicely. It caught fire, both literally and maybe even figuratively. Synopsis: The series is set in the Silicon Prairie of Texas in 1983 and depicts a fictionalized insider’s view of the personal computer revolution.Īs far as season finales go, AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire did exactly what it’s name says it does.
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