Halt and Catch Fire
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Created by Christopher Cantwell, Christopher C. Rogers
On AMC
A character-driven period drama about ambition, innovation, and the personal cost of chasing transformative ideas during the PC revolution, told with sustained interior focus on a fractured ensemble.
During the rise of the PC era in the early 1980s, an unlikely trio - a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy - take personal and professional risks in the race to build a computer that will change the world as they know it.
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Is Halt and Catch Fire sad? Yes. More sad than 84% of series.
Is Halt and Catch Fire violent? Not especially. Less violent than 70% of series.
Is Halt and Catch Fire easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of series.
Does Halt and Catch Fire leave you hopeful? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Halt and Catch Fire scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
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