Halt and catch fire8/3/2023 ![]() At the start, Halt and Catch Fire was driven by the competing impulses of Joe’s ambition, Cameron’s idealism, and Gordon’s practicality. But this is the first episode where Cameron’s isolation really feels like a liability for the balance of the show. I understand why she’s out in the Airstream reading Stephen King and trying to block out the world. Last week, I wrote that it makes absolute sense for Cameron to be where she is: Though she truly believes Rover is the future, Joe is Team Comet and she’s estranged from Donna. But my problems with “Nowhere Man” have less to do with the sudden tone shift and more to do with my frustration with Donna and Cameron. It’s hard to go from the giddy highs of teams competing to win the golden surfboard, all the way down to Joe in a funk and Cameron and Tom having a long conversation about a parrot. It’s less like the bottom suddenly fell out from under Comet, and more like they’re walking around with a death sentence and don’t realize it yet. But in “Nowhere Man,” Donna and Joe are the only ones who can see Comet has been hobbled. ![]() It was a huge moment, culminating in Joe’s F-bomb cut to black. Rover and Comet have been playing a frantic game of musical chairs, and the end of episode four felt like someone suddenly swept out Comet’s legs, finally giving Rover a big advantage. It’s not hard to see why it might struggle a little, especially after “Tonya and Nancy” rode on such a high. ![]() I’ll just come right out with it: This is the first episode of season four that I didn’t love. Photo: Bob Mahoney/AMC Networks Entertainment LLC. ![]()
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