Unforeseen adversaries and new complications threaten to derail all that the Cardiff Electric team has worked for at COMDEX.Unforeseen adversaries and new complications threaten to derail all that the Cardiff Electric team has worked for at COMDEX.Unforeseen adversaries and new complications threaten to derail all that the Cardiff Electric team has worked for at COMDEX.
Toby Huss
- John Bosworth
- (credit only)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaUp Helly Aa is a Viking fire festival in the Shetland islands, it is the largest fire festival of its kind in Europe and attracts visitors from all over the world. Every year there is an elected guizer Jarl who leads the Jarl squad who are all dressed as vikings, there is usually about 50 other squads carrying torches culminating in the burning of a Viking galley.
- GoofsWhen Joe ventures to get some ice for the champagne, he enters a room where an original Macintosh is on display. The keyboard is clearly disconnected, as the Macintosh keyboard is plugged into the front of the unit.
- Quotes
Joe MacMillan: I can't get over HP's touch screens
Gordon Clark: It's a fad, guaranteed.
- SoundtracksStill on Fire
(uncredited)
Written by Anders Trentemøller
[Series theme music played during the opening title card and opening pre-commercial credits]
Featured review
Very Amusing Episode!
"Up Helly Aa" is the penultimate episode of Halt and Catch Fire's first season, and it is a beautiful episode. The main theme is "betrayal." Due to some unforeseen circumstances, Cameron's vision for the Giant has been compromised by both Joe and Gordon, which will undoubtedly lead to an interesting future for the three characters. The final scene is amazing and rather crushing. Donna played a bigger role here and Kerry Bishe did an excellent job. The scenes were Gordon chewed her out and her reactions are great. This episode is funny, moving, and entertaining from start to finish.
Joe sold his sports car for $11,000 and the gang hope that is enough money to promote the Giant at COMDEX in Las Vegas. They arrived in Gordon's station wagon. With the bad publicity Cardiff Electric received over the embezzlement scheme, Joe hopes to use it to his advantage. With the usage of smoke and mirrors, they should be able to get by. Still, the computer had trouble booting so they had to quickly think on their feet to make it work. There is one huge problem, however. Donna's former boss and Gordon's former coworker teamed up to create Slingshot, a smaller, more portable version of the Giant. Shades of Macintosh versus Apple, anyone?
I liked the episode's title. Apparently, the name comes from a Viking festival. Anyhow, great episode! When the computer struggled to properly load, I love how Joe and Cameron uses shrimp and a party to keep investors waiting as Gordon and Donna worked out the kinks. Perhaps the most amusing sequence of the entire episode.
My Grade: A
Joe sold his sports car for $11,000 and the gang hope that is enough money to promote the Giant at COMDEX in Las Vegas. They arrived in Gordon's station wagon. With the bad publicity Cardiff Electric received over the embezzlement scheme, Joe hopes to use it to his advantage. With the usage of smoke and mirrors, they should be able to get by. Still, the computer had trouble booting so they had to quickly think on their feet to make it work. There is one huge problem, however. Donna's former boss and Gordon's former coworker teamed up to create Slingshot, a smaller, more portable version of the Giant. Shades of Macintosh versus Apple, anyone?
I liked the episode's title. Apparently, the name comes from a Viking festival. Anyhow, great episode! When the computer struggled to properly load, I love how Joe and Cameron uses shrimp and a party to keep investors waiting as Gordon and Donna worked out the kinks. Perhaps the most amusing sequence of the entire episode.
My Grade: A
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- Jul 25, 2020
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