Somewhere along the way, and at some point during its four seasons, Halt and Catch Fire became the most human series on television. I suspect that thoughtful humanity was always there, from the start, it just took some time to fully reveal itself. The show's four main leads, Joe, Cameron, Gordon, and Donna—as well as lovable fifth wheel, Bos—have each undergone tremendous personal growth over the four seasons. Importantly, the series avoided treacly manipulation, instead opting for thoughtful sincerity in its portraits of people growing up and changing, together, through the years. *Spoilers* The series' fourth season has achieved a sublime sort of excellence, week in and week out, with one stellar and emotionally affecting episode after another. By the time we reached Gordon's sudden and unexpected death in the third-to-last episode, "Who Needs a Guy," Halt and Catch Fire was firing (pardon the pun) on all cylinders. This season has taken us on an emoti...
we are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars