PhotoUltimately the series centered on the work marriage — and work divorce — of Donna and Cameron. I’ve never seen a TV series convey as well as “Halt” did the pleasure of making a thing work. But in its final season, “Halt” managed to convey a sincere nostalgia for the optimism of the early Web. (“Halt and Catch Fire” will surely be the only drama ever to convey a climactic plot turn with a slow camera push-in on a browser toolbar.) But for me, the true ending of “Halt and Catch Fire” came one scene earlier, as Donna prepared to see Cameron off over breakfast at a diner.

Source: New York Times October 15, 2017 03:00 UTC