"Halt and Catch Fire"

I made a ha-ha-only-serious kind of deal with a faraway friend that, by the next time we saw each other, I'd watch all of Halt and Catch Fire and he'd watch all of Steven Universe. Turns out I actually remembered this more than he did, but he is on his way to starting SU and I have now seen all of Halt and Catch Fire (there were a total of 40 episodes, 10 eps per season).

The East Germans who miss East German physical and pop culture call it Ostalgie. HaCF caters to octalgie -- nostalgia for the 1980s -- and then changes things up.

( spoilers for seasons 1-2 )

( spoilers for season 3 )

( spoilers for season 4 )