Halt and Catch Fire: Season 3

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Season Details & Credits

AMC | Season Premiere Date: August 23, 2016

Summary: Cameron Howe (Mackenzie Davis) and Donna Clark (Kerry Bishé) move their company from Texas to the Silicon Valley in 1986 in the third season.

Genre(s): Drama

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Season 3 Episodes

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S3:E10. NeXT
Air Date: October 11, 2016
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S3:E9. NIM
Air Date: October 11, 2016
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S3:E8. You Are Not Safe
Air Date: October 4, 2016

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Verne Gay

Aug 26, 2016

Halt finally looks like a series going someplace important, and worth viewers going there with it. Read full review

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Emily Todd VanDerWerff

Aug 25, 2016

The first five episodes of that third season are as good as anything I’ve seen on TV this year. Read full review

Alan Sepinwall

Aug 22, 2016

It would be easy for all this reinvention to feel jarring, or like Halt desperately racing from one idea to the next because the last one ran out of steam. But each transition has felt natural, earned, and of a piece with what came before. Read full review

Hank Stuever

Aug 22, 2016

Aside from the occasional inspired hairstyle and music cue, Halt and Catch Fire’s sense of period detail has never seemed adequately obsessive. Yet I also find that the show has smoothed out enough kinks to become compelling on its own terms, which is often the case with slower shows. Read full review

Chris Cabin

Aug 24, 2016

Halt and Catch Fire finally seems to know how to fluidly move from one proverbial decibel to the next, all in the hope of finding a place where you feel comfortable being yourself. Read full review

Maureen Ryan

Aug 23, 2016

In episodes that alternate percolating energy with quiet ruminations on loyalty, leadership and the ways in which people lie to themselves and others, the satisfying third season builds up an admirable head of steam and gives the core cast (including the wonderful and previously under-used Toby Huss) and guest star Annabeth Gish smart material to work with. Read full review

Ken Tucker

Aug 22, 2016

Halt and Catch Fire doesn’t seem to trust that the viewer will know what it’s talking about. Read full review

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GamergodsFail

Oct 12, 2016

Halt and Catch Fire is the perfect example of a television show that just keeps getting better and better. With great directing, phenomenal acting, and very intelligently written with surprising shocks and turns, Season 3 brought all the right ingredients to go down as the best drama of the year.

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OlivierPiel

Dec 10, 2016

A show that gets better and better. Even the acting has improved! If there is one word that would sum up that show it would be "tempo". What a great pacing, what a great sense of where to cut, to make that elliptic jump and to focus on the core of the story even though most viewers areA show that gets better and better. Even the acting has improved! If there is one word that would sum up that show it would be "tempo". What a great pacing, what a great sense of where to cut, to make that elliptic jump and to focus on the core of the story even though most viewers are computer illiterate.
The paranoid atmosphere is also rended in a far more electrifying manner than the AMC flagship, the ever slowly sinking The Walking Dead.… Expand

1 of 8 users found this helpful17

Tony1984

Feb 16, 2018

A tremendous drama that doesn't coat it's audience in sugar or tug blatant emotional levers to evoke sympathy. Instead we have a fierce drama with characters who are borderline obnoxious to the extent of psychological disorder . Somehow, despite not especially liking any of them, and I meanA tremendous drama that doesn't coat it's audience in sugar or tug blatant emotional levers to evoke sympathy. Instead we have a fierce drama with characters who are borderline obnoxious to the extent of psychological disorder . Somehow, despite not especially liking any of them, and I mean any of them, we are fascinated by them and need to know how their world turns out.
To some this will be perplexing or even boring to watch as you need a little retro techno knowhow to understand what's going on and an appreciation for nerd culture especially the 80's version. The story evolves and explains technical advances in way that is both satisfying and seamless with the narrative. There is sadness and hubris and revelation in this season, it’s more poignant than the previous for sure. The finale leaves us satisfied and wanting more at the same time.
The pace is gradual and then jumps multiyear and then gradual again. A nice technique to propel the story. What I like most are the stand alone scenes scattered throughout the season that are not pivotal or necessary as such but just develop the individual characters.These are subtle gems . Excellent show.… Expand

1 of 1 users found this helpful10

metabad

Apr 29, 2017

Season 3 and it's still one of my favourite shows on TV.
The show stays at the top of its game and with no sign of weakness.
It takes us on an exciting journey starting in the 80s and at the end of this season, it's the early 90s,
and it's still interesting and exciting. I want more!

1 of 2 users found this helpful11

Prosmooth

Aug 23, 2016

This show has really grown on me. I like it because every time I think it's going to zig left--it zags right. It's very unpredictable in plot and characterization. It reminds me a lot of Mad Men in that way. The 5 main actors are all excellent. Really strong show for AMC. A shame more peopleThis show has really grown on me. I like it because every time I think it's going to zig left--it zags right. It's very unpredictable in plot and characterization. It reminds me a lot of Mad Men in that way. The 5 main actors are all excellent. Really strong show for AMC. A shame more people don't watch it.… Expand

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GrantD243

Nov 18, 2018

Season three of Halt and Catch Fire takes the technology focus of season one, the character/drama focus of season two, and combines them for what is a very good season. Each character continues to progress on their path and the story remains as interesting as ever. This remains the perfectSeason three of Halt and Catch Fire takes the technology focus of season one, the character/drama focus of season two, and combines them for what is a very good season. Each character continues to progress on their path and the story remains as interesting as ever. This remains the perfect show for fans of the history of computers as well as just fans of drama shows in general.… Expand

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AngryIgor

Apr 2, 2018

is just as boring as you would expect.... when you got boring topic you cant have interesting story... its just big meh.

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Seasons & Episodes

75

Series Overview
Season 4

92
- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: August 19, 2017
Season 3

83
- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: August 23, 2016
- tbd
  S3:E10. NeXT
  Air Date: October 11, 2016
- tbd
  S3:E9. NIM
  Air Date: October 11, 2016
- tbd
  S3:E8. You Are Not Safe
  Air Date: October 4, 2016
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  S3:E7. The Threshold
  Air Date: September 27, 2016
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  S3:E6. And She Was
  Air Date: September 20, 2016
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  S3:E5. Yerba Buena
  Air Date: September 13, 2016
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  S3:E4. Rules of Honorable Play
  Air Date: September 6, 2016
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  S3:E3. Flipping the Switch
  Air Date: August 30, 2016
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  S3:E2. One Way or Another
  Air Date: August 23, 2016
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  S3:E1. Valley of the Heart's Delight
  Air Date: August 23, 2016
Season 2

73
- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: May 31, 2015
Season 1

69
- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: June 1, 2014