Ambientada no começo dos anos 1980, Halt & Catch Fire acompanha o boom do mercado de computadores pessoais através dos olhos de um visionário, um engenheiro e um prodígio cujas inovações confrontam diretamente os gigantes corporativos da época. Suas relações pessoais e profissionais serão testada pela ganancia e ego da região texana dos EUA.

While the whole world is singing songs from balconies and throwing video parties, Gennady Borisovich, owner of a chain of hardware stores in Podolsk, is trying to save his business. And his wife can't (or won't?) go home from Bali.

Former Federal Security Service Colonel Sergey Dergach has settled in at his dacha with a load of alcohol and delivers controversial information from his dubious informants, which puts his colleagues in fear.

Meanwhile, Gennady Borisovich's secretary Julia is going for possibly the last manicure in her life. She is very upset that her secret boyfriend has self-isolated with his family. He connects to a video call with his colleagues from the closet - the only place in the house where he can hide from his wife and children.