It got VERY close to going that route though…and the reason it worried so many viewers is that HACF has done that before.

She created a relationship with her boss, on a business trip JUST BECAUSE. Seriously, Donna is the worst character of all four. Joe may have a mean streak when his back is against a wall….but Donna just does whatever she wants because she can.

Hard to win when Emmy voters only award Game of Thrones year after year. I like how "Let's randomly kill a loved character in each episode!" still passes as good writing. The garbage was exhausting back in 2005 with Battlestar Galactica. Even Lost fell victim to that.

This is likely the final season, so enjoy it. I cannot possibly see how the writers can come up with anything compelling or believable for Joe to do in season 4, unless they have him working at Mutiny after they get a windfall of cash. I hope they don't. I think the show needs to ride off into the sunset….and I LOVED…

Sneakers is so awesome. One of the (if not THE) best 80s/90s era tech films ever.

There were a lot of "Oh please don't start kissing" moments though. The awkward young college guy and Donna…the awkward closeness of Cam and Gordon…the awkward embrace of Joe and Ryan…….and I even thought for a moment when Donna was alone at that house, Diane was going to show up, provide the feminine embrace Donna…

I knew it meant he was sick. It was a laugh of relief of simply knowing that he didn't have to keep trying. This could be his last hurrah. This also means, of course, that this season is the last. There is simply no reason to keep Joe and Gordon chugging along, when both have been cut off from the focus of the show…

Well, this is what you get for that abomination of a second season where all the carefully constructed set pieces from season 1 that unified all the characters (Cardiff, Joe+Cameron, Gordon+Donna, hardware -> personal PCs -> software) was thrown away. Season 2 had characters flailing about and they barely pulled it…

>>>I still do not get what they are trying to say about Gordon and Donna..that they love each other but maybe never really liked each other? (at least on her part)

I think his laugh was a laugh of relief. He at least knows what's happening now. That's why he went right back to work, to make the most of his time left. I think he's sick. That's how the writers get him off the show (or at least wrap the show up, which I suspect will be done this season).

I think, if anything, Joe is trying to shape Ryan into his successor - someone who has both the vision and the talent to make things happen. And with Joe now obviously being sick (I don't think he got good news), he really wants Ryan to knock it out of the ballpark and cement his place in tech, even if Joe couldn't…

Yeah, I suspect this is the end. The way the writers are just pushing everyone away from each other (Joe's lazily-written "chance" encounter w/ Cameron is perhaps all we'll see of them this season) indicates they've reached a point of no return. Gordon will die. Joe will die. Tom will come work for Mutiny. Donna and…

That's too bad. Tom was a bad character and frankly, a wuss last season. "I won't stay with you because you sold a videogame we made….in order to save your company that we both rely on!" :/ Really?

Yup - definitely an affair. Obvious twist is obvious. *sigh*

"but they seem to be accentuating Cameron's neurosis this year in a way they didn't in the past."

I agree…that's why I still consider Season 1 to be the true vision of the show, and the show that actually worked. I think the showrunners and AMC just got scared after season 1, and thought HACF was a Mad Men knockoff….so they essentially chopped Pace's character off at the knees and made him a supporting cast…

I just don't like Donna. You get the sense that from the very beginning of the series, when she was seeking an affair, to lying about an abortion, to sabotaging Joe's career, to guilting Gordon into moving, and now to this season's antics —- she's probably the WORST personality of the entire bunch. At least Gordon and…

I'm guessing the show will only be on this series on next at the most…and I'm thinking Cameron will somehow look to Joe for actual support in protecting her vision/business….and that's when they'll reconcile. As for Donna and Gordon, I see Donna being found out shortly that she's taking the company from Cameron, and I…

Donna couild have also not tried cheating in S1 andf blaming Gordon too (guy backed out on cheating wityh Donna…not her choice). So really if Gordon and Donna's cheating cancel each other out, that means Donna's abortion is the only bad blood still out there….and she kept that secret. I'd say Donna is the worse of the…

It would help if they promoted it as well. Name the last time you saw on-TV, on-internet or in-store advertiusding about HACF. I think a M-Th primnetime sdlot weould be better than Sunday.