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Meanwhile, Gordon Clark has a meltdown in the Cardiff Electric parking lot. He notices Cameron Howe walking across the parking lot and gets out of the car to yell at her for abandoning them. Joe Macmillan shows up and tries to pitch the idea for the portable computer. However, his timing is bad with Gordon and Cameron already arguing. Gordon and Joe get in a physical fight which results in Joe's shirt being torn open. Gordon and Cameron stare in awe at a scare that Joe has. Joe tells them about his childhood and his need pull this project off. He says he thinks they have the same need and that he plans to be at work the next day to keep working on the project.
 
Meanwhile, Gordon Clark has a meltdown in the Cardiff Electric parking lot. He notices Cameron Howe walking across the parking lot and gets out of the car to yell at her for abandoning them. Joe Macmillan shows up and tries to pitch the idea for the portable computer. However, his timing is bad with Gordon and Cameron already arguing. Gordon and Joe get in a physical fight which results in Joe's shirt being torn open. Gordon and Cameron stare in awe at a scare that Joe has. Joe tells them about his childhood and his need pull this project off. He says he thinks they have the same need and that he plans to be at work the next day to keep working on the project.
 
Gordon and Cameron do show up for work the next day. Gordon doesn't want to talk and shuts his office door. Cameron opens up to Joe as the episode ends.
 
Gordon and Cameron do show up for work the next day. Gordon doesn't want to talk and shuts his office door. Cameron opens up to Joe as the episode ends.
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==Featured Music==
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Boz Scaggs - “Lido Shuffle” (1977)
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Bad Brains - “Pay to Cum” (1982)
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Flint, Wozo, and the Colin Lloyd Band - “Badly Bruised, Slightly Stoned” (1978)
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Richard Hell & The Voidoids - “Blank Generation” (1977)

Revision as of 04:26, 13 June 2014

FUD
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Season 1 • Episode 2
Episode Information
Air Date June 8,2014
Chronology
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I/O High Plains Hardware

FUD is the second episode of the first season of Halt and Catch Fire on the AMC network. It first aired on Sunday, June 8, 2014.The episode picks up where the first episode, I/O, leaves off. It begins with various employees of Cardiff Electric being interviewed by executives from IBM. The executives use various scare tactics but fail to get anyone to mess up their story. Shortly after the IBM executives leave, Joe Macmillan, Gordon Clark, and Cameron Howe meet to discuss how to go to work.

Joe tells them the goal is a machine that is twice as fast for half the price. They are quickly told that Gordon and Cameron cannot be in the same room together. Cameron goes to work trying to write the computer code to make the machine work. Cardiff Electric falls under attack as various businesses pull their accounts while IBM also recruits some of the Cardiff Electric employees. The company's sudden loss of business threatens the company's survival. Many people are quick to blame Joe Macmillan for his ideas setting off this chain of events. Cameron Howe begins to struggle to write the computer coding. She leaves Cardiff Electric upset. Gordon Clark expresses his distrust of Cameron Howe to Joe Macmillan. The both fear that Cameron Howe has left the project. With Cardiff Electric under attack and the team arguing with one another, it seems the entire project is doomed to fail.


Joe Macmillan receives a visit from his former boss at IBM who tries to recruit Joe to come back. Joe chooses not to go back to IBM. As his former boss leaves, he sees the portability of the former boss' briefcase and realizes they need to develop a portable computer. Meanwhile, Gordon Clark has a meltdown in the Cardiff Electric parking lot. He notices Cameron Howe walking across the parking lot and gets out of the car to yell at her for abandoning them. Joe Macmillan shows up and tries to pitch the idea for the portable computer. However, his timing is bad with Gordon and Cameron already arguing. Gordon and Joe get in a physical fight which results in Joe's shirt being torn open. Gordon and Cameron stare in awe at a scare that Joe has. Joe tells them about his childhood and his need pull this project off. He says he thinks they have the same need and that he plans to be at work the next day to keep working on the project. Gordon and Cameron do show up for work the next day. Gordon doesn't want to talk and shuts his office door. Cameron opens up to Joe as the episode ends.

Featured Music

Boz Scaggs - “Lido Shuffle” (1977)

Bad Brains - “Pay to Cum” (1982)

Flint, Wozo, and the Colin Lloyd Band - “Badly Bruised, Slightly Stoned” (1978)

Richard Hell & The Voidoids - “Blank Generation” (1977)