'' Halt and Catch Fire'' is an American

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television series created by Christopher Cantwell and

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, that aired on

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from June 1, 2014, to October 14, 2017. The series depicts a fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and later the growth of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s. The series' first two seasons are set in the Silicon Prairie of Dallas–Fort Worth, while the third and fourth seasons are set in

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. The show's title refers to computer

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instruction HCF, whose execution would cause the computer's

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to stop working (and

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catch fire).

Series overview

Episodes

Season 1 (2014)

;Notes

Season 2 (2015)

Season 3 (2016)

Season 4 (2017)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Halt and Catch Fire episodes, List of Lists of American drama television series episodes