EPISODE
SEASON
Halt and Catch Fire - Season 1
Follows some players in the 80s technological revolution that lead to information society.
13 September 1951, Seattle, Washington, USA
27 November 1966, Tampa, Florida, USA
28 July 1975, St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
26 May 1984, Seoul, Korea
30 December 1988, Winder, Georgia, USA
April 06, 2020
Its first batch of chapters carried the heritage of Don Draper and the antiheroes that populated the series' recent golden age. [Full Review in Spanish]
October 09, 2018
Halt and Catch Fire stumbles right out of the gate with its squandering of its talented actors on inconsistent, thin characterizations [...] and a noticeable lack of the drama and mystery it so desperately wants to create.
May 29, 2014
This is smart, engaging television about the early days of the tech craze in the '80s.
September 21, 2017
... the biggest issue is the characters themselves, which are by now copies of copies of the great antiheroes (and their equally fascinating enablers) written by Matt Weiner and David Chase and Vince Gilligan.
May 29, 2014
Before long, everyone seemed to have an IBM "clone." That's your backdrop to Halt, but the foreground is a compelling human one.
May 30, 2014
It all adds up to a promising, surprisingly lively and fast-paced drama that humanizes those early computer geeks.
March 12, 2014
The pilot is definitely intriguing, helped along by solid writing and a good cast, including a cantankerous Toby Huss.
May 29, 2014
Halt has earned both my interest and my patience. Actors this good deserve a showcase, and AMC viewers deserve a show that respects brains for their content, not their calorie count.
August 08, 2019
It's weakness is hidden by the show's confidence.
June 02, 2014
As far as spinning a tried-and-true formula, Halt has pulled off an intriguing debut that modernizes the concept and at least cleans up some of the 1950s issues that plagued Mad Men.
May 30, 2014
So far it's promising without being riveting, with the potential to be Facebook -- or Myspace.
July 02, 2018
Well-acted, visually striking, with an engrossing story, Halt and Catch Fire is one of the most promising dramas that AMC has delivered in recent years.
