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Halt and Catch Fire Giant (2014–2017) Online

Halt and Catch Fire Giant (2014–2017) Online
2014–2017 Lee Pace Scoot McNairy Mackenzie Davis Jon Amiel
Original Title :
Giant
Genre :
TV Episode / Drama
Year :
2014–2017
Directror :
Jon Amiel
Cast :
Lee Pace,Scoot McNairy,Mackenzie Davis
Writer :
Christopher Cantwell,Christopher C. Rogers
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
43min
Rating :
7.9/10

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Halt and Catch Fire Giant (2014–2017) Online

The next phase of the PC project is design. Believing it could be aesthetically beautiful and not just another beige box, Joe is able to call in an old friend, top industrial designer Simon Church, to come up with a concept. Simon's arrival onto the scene has the possibility to alienate both Gordon and Cameron, but for different reasons. Gordon is feeling tired of people not listening to him, and acts upon his new-found albeit temporary freedom with the girls while Donna is out of town on business. Donna, on the other hand, may also act upon her new temporary freedoms based on a business meeting and a telephone call home to Gordon. And while he has been issued a divorce petition, an action which no one in the company knows about, John gets more bad news: the PC project is out of money, and without a quick cash influx, the entire company could shut down within a week if the PC project proceeds. John has to find some money to tie them over until COMDEX in a couple of weeks, without ...
Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Lee Pace Lee Pace - Joe MacMillan
Scoot McNairy Scoot McNairy - Gordon Clark
Mackenzie Davis Mackenzie Davis - Cameron Howe
Kerry Bishé Kerry Bishé - Donna Clark
Toby Huss Toby Huss - John Bosworth
D.B. Woodside D.B. Woodside - Simon Church
Graham Beckel Graham Beckel - Nathan Cardiff
Scott Michael Foster Scott Michael Foster - Hunt Whitmarsh
Ricky Wayne Ricky Wayne - Kenny Burke
Bianca Malinowski Bianca Malinowski - Debbie
Pete Burris Pete Burris - Ed
Eric Goins Eric Goins - Larry
Randy Havens Randy Havens - Stan
Morgan Hinkleman Morgan Hinkleman - Joanie Clark
Alana Cavanaugh Alana Cavanaugh - Haley Clark

The first patented portable computer was called "The Small One." The fictional name of the portable computer developed in the show is called "Giant."

The "Cardiff Giant" was a famous hoax from the late 1860's in which a business man named George Hull, hired men to create what was ostensibly a petrified corpse out of gypsum. After burying the "corpse" he then payed some New York laborers to dig a well at which point they "found" the body. Hull then used the publicity to turn a profit by charging admission to see the "body". Hull would later admit in the press that it was all a hoax. The giant was sold in 1947 to the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown, NY and as of May, 2018 is still on display there.


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Faugami

Faugami

The Giant episode reveals much in character development. The viewer learns more about Joe's past which troubles Cameron! Boz is the tough, Texan who is literally willing to bet the ranch on the P C project. Gordon snaps from the pressure, and there is asocial message about how one's ethics effects others. Giant is an episode which displays the frailties of the characters. One has to watch closely to notice the minor details. The viewer is asked how will the characters with their flaws survive at Cardiff electronics. Cardiff is about to go broke, and has no money to survive before the big sales convention. Well written, directed and acted episode. Seven out of ten.
Blackstalker

Blackstalker

I enjoyed this episode and thought it was among the strongest so far (I just started binge watching the series), but there were a few things that I thought were inconsistent with the times:

In 1983, homosexuality was still quite taboo. I don't think the characters would have treated it as so "matter of fact" like is done today. I even doubt that Bosworth would have punched out that idiot in the strip bar; he would most likely have just let it pass, lest anyone would think he thought it defensible.

Also, apart from Isaac Hayes, how many black men had shaved heads and a goatee in 1983?
Jugore

Jugore

Joe brings in an old lover, a master of design, to create a case for the new computer. Gordon confronts him at a meeting because he can't take any sort of invasion of what he considered a final design. In the previous episode, he stood up against personality; in this one, he is confronting aesthetics. Gordon is about to flip out. Donna goes on an overnight business trip with her handsome boss and a grave misunderstanding occurs. Meanwhile, Gordon begins to destroy any order in his house. He throws away the lasagna prepared for his girls. Attacks the plumbing under the sink. And, finally, he tears the crap out of his hand and begins to bleed all over the place. He also tells his girls a crazy story about a farmer, P. T. Barnum, and a giant, which parallels his role in the whole computer development process. Meanwhile, we come to realize that John's wife has filed for divorce. He knows that Cardiff is near insolvency and tries to borrow money. He and Joe have been at a strip club, trying to embrace a sleazy designer as a last resort. John is at a crossroads. Finallly, Cameron realizes that she loves Joe, but his swinging both ways, especially with a man he really loved, is going to bring some heavy duty challenges.