The title Halt and Catch Fire is misleading, evoking the gruesome deaths of soldiers in battle.but the series (2014-2017) is not about war, and no actually catches fire. It's about software development in the 1980s, with Joe MacMillan (Lee Pace) trying to develop a new "personal computer."
The episode synopses on wikipedia are so loaded with jargon that no one but an IT professional could possibly figure out what's going on. Except when the plot veers away from coding problems to Joe's love life.
Through nearly three seasons of The Righteous Gemstones, fans argued vociferously over whether Kelvin is gay or straight. When he kissed his boyfriend Keefe in Episode 3.8, speculation ended. A few holdouts didn't want to believe that he was gay, so they proposed some wild alternatives. Maybe Kelvin is actually a transgender woman, or straight but kissing Keefe to mess with the family. When Joe kisses a guy (Travis Smith) in Halt and Catch Fire Episode 1.3, paradoxically, speculation begins.
"WTF was that scene about? Is Joe gay?"
"He's not feminine, so he can't be gay."
"Maybe he's bi?"
"No, he's straight, but seducing Travis to get something he wants."
"This is the 1980s! There weren't any gay people back then!"
In Episode 1.7, Joe's ex-boyfriend Simon (D.B. Woodside) shows up, hoping to rekindle the romance and threatening his relationship with his girlfriend Cameron.
The two specify that they are ex-boyfriends, so Joe must be bisexual, right? The safe sort of bisexual man who had one same-sex relationship in the distant past and spends the rest of the series pursuing the Woman of His Dreams.
But the long-gone bisexual romance did not codify Joe as bi, at least not for many fans, who continued to assert that he must be straight.
There are nude photos of Lee Pace on RG Beefcake and Boyfriends.
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