As Gordon and Joe prepare to ship the Giant, a suspicious defect calls their partnership into question. Cameron takes her future into her own hands.As Gordon and Joe prepare to ship the Giant, a suspicious defect calls their partnership into question. Cameron takes her future into her own hands.As Gordon and Joe prepare to ship the Giant, a suspicious defect calls their partnership into question. Cameron takes her future into her own hands.
- John Bosworth
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe tune Gordon sings as he presents the newly packaged Giant computer to Cardiff staff is Wagner's Ride of the Valkyries.
- GoofsWhen Yo-Yo and Malcolm are testing the connectivity, the terminal says they're connected at 2400 baud, but they are using a Hayes Smartmodem 1200 (1200 baud).
Incidentally, the 'phase modulation' sound we hear is the sound of a 56k modem establishing a connection, not 2400 or 1200 baud.
- Quotes
Cameron Howe: For a while you had me fooled; I mean I thought I heard a heartbeat. But it wasn't a heartbeat. It was an echo. I loved you because you recited my own ideas back to me and pretended they were your own. You wanna know the truth? You're still exactly what you were the day your mom let you fall off that roof. Yeah. Just a sad little boy with a lot of wasted potential.
- ConnectionsReferences Apple Mac: 1984 (1983)
- SoundtracksStill on Fire
(uncredited)
Written by Anders Trentemøller
[Series theme music played during the opening title card and opening pre-commercial credits]
The GIANT was an immediate success. Computerland purchased the computer for an enormous amount of money. Joe and Gordon are now rich. They become owners of Cardiff Electric. With Gordon as the master engineer and making the big bucks, he still is not entirely happy. He even shaves his noteworthy beard to add an intimidation factor to his looks (not sure if it really worked). Joe realizes that his baby will only be a footnote in computer's history. Donna and Gordon plan to move Joe out, but they might not have to. Donna gets fired from TI and her future is murky. Cameron, still irked by Joe's betrayal, takes Cardiff's engineers and forms her new company. A company based on network gaming, called Mutiny.
I still thought the episode was decent, but I did not get the bang I hoped for. I am happy Donna and Gordon are still together. The first episodes portrayed her as the killjoy wife, but she really proved herself. Her scene where she was stoned and was dismayed at all the cookies being gone was cute. Joe spent most of the episode wandering around, not really what I wanted. I guess a relationship between Joe and Cameron are off the tables now.
This first season worked much better than I could have hoped. A show about making computers does not sound enticing, but AMC pulled it off. It is all about the characters! The show did not go crazy with ratings, but at least we got several quality seasons from Halt and Catch Fire.
My Grade: B
- gab-14712
- Jul 25, 2020
Details
- Runtime43 minutes
- Color