![]() “I’ve been in tech for 18 years,” Donna tells a bevy of female colleagues. Then, in the series’ final hour, Donna offered a retrospective on her own life and career-one that, especially in the context of this week’s events, is perhaps even more poignant: This drama has certainly grown a lot-but now, with the pieces all in place, it seems fair to say that it was also brilliant from the start. But as Joe Macmillan capped the series finale by intoning the same exact words he used in his initial sales pitch four seasons ago, it’s hard not to look back fondly even on Season 1, as though each of these characters’ memories, and their journeys, have been our own. Sometimes they’ve collaborated, and sometimes they’ve stabbed each other in the back. And as a group, they’ve demonstrated the computer command referenced by the show’s title: each has followed their ambitions, competing ruthlessly to get to an unseen top of the food chain. With each subsequent season, all of the show’s five main characters-Joe, Cameron, Gordon, Donna, and Bosworth-has become irresistibly complex. But in Season 2, Halt shifted its focus toward its two female protagonists-particularly Donna, wife of tech wiz Gordon Clark, taking charge of a company of her own. Coming on the heels of AMC’s Mad Men, the series premiere felt like well-trod territory: a charismatic womanizer in a suit talking strangers into making big, disruptive decisions. It’s become common practice as a Halt and Catch Fire fan to disavow the show’s first season. ![]() This post contains spoilers for Halt and Catch Fire’s two-part series finale. ![]()
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