Inspired by seeing Lee Pace in the Pushing Daisies post.

I feel like this show got overlooked amongst many of AMC's big hits around this time - Walking Dead, Mad Men, Breaking Bad. But Halt and Catch Fire deserves to be right up there with the best of them.

The storytelling is rich and compelling, the writing is great, the characters are nuanced and dynamic, and the actors are phenomenal. The show manages to capture different eras for the same characters flawlessly with each season - the sense of time and place is so well developed, and there is strong conceptual continuity throughout the show despite each season having a very different arc, look, and sometimes tone. If you haven't seen it, you should check it out!

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[–] 1 point 3 years ago

The first season was especially great. The set team really put a lot of effort into making everything accurate. If you are interested in the history of computing, even though this is a drama, I highly recommend it.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I loved this show, but it got pretty formulaic after a while with the same 3-4 people inventing every technological breakthrough in recent history. If you can suspend your disbelief for a bit, it's a lot of fun. Great soundtrack too.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    It was so criminally overlooked but I’m glad there ended up being 4 seasons!

    I’ve tried to get so many people to pick this one up.

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