Halt and Catch Fire is the Best TV Show Ever to Deal with Technology
Running four seasons from 2014-2017, Halt and Catch Fire was the story of a group of computer engineers and programmers on the Silicon Prairie in Texas and how their personal lives fit into the changing industry over the 80s and early 90s. Every character is fascinating in his or her own right and the plots and sub-plots are expertly woven into a compelling narrative that shows deep understanding of tech and human nature, not always an easy thing to pull off.
The main characters are:
- Lee Pace as Joe McMillian an entrepreneur and former sales engineer from IBM
- Scoot McNairy as Gordon Clark - a computer engineer who reverse engineers the IBM 40486
- Mackenzie Davis as Cameron Howe - a computer programming prodigy
- Kerry Bishé as Donna Clark - a computer engineer at Texas Instruments
- Toby Huss as John Bosworth - the SVP of Cardiff Electric, the fictional company at the center of the early seasons of the show