Thats going to make me right, orThis is the relationship thats going to answer my problems.
Below Rogers and fellow co-creator Christopher Cantwell preview the emotional final season while reflecting on their characters cosmic relationships.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Before diving into the final season, I wanted to zoom out a bit.
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I would say that, for us, it feels almost cosmic.
Theres something about the characters and the way they respond to each other that I think they all recognize.
I think thats why theyre in technology, too.
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I think these people are emblematic of why they do what they do.
Theres a palpable loneliness in the first two episodes of the season.
Im thinking Joe and Cameron, who are kind of loners by nature.
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This has been 10 years of knowing these people.
Its been about them aging.
Its been about them maturing.
For people like Cameron, its been about going from a punky college dropout to an adult this season.
I think its a season that finds Donna blossoming.
Thats actually grown into quite an enterprise, his big regional web link called CalNect.
Joe is still looking for something more.
Hes loved and lost and gained and lost again, but I think hes still looking.
Lee Pace once told us early on in the series that Joe just seemed like a really lonely guy.
Its definitely something you could assign to our group of characters.
Chris put this well: [Hes] the last lighthouse waiting for the internet to arrive.
This is a guy who has been humbled and, I think, mellowed by time.
[In life], things are cyclical.
Season 3ended with Joe, Cameron, and Gordon sitting down to build this door to the internet.
This season, well see them getting into the world of search.
Historically, the surfing app Mosaic really kick-started things, and were going to see our characters experience that.
With all this information now growing on the web, how does one find anything?
I think one thing will lead to another for all of the characters in different ways.
The worst possible thing kind of happened in her blindspot.
I think she maintains this healthy relationship with Gordon.
I think shes a good parent.
I think she just makes the best moves available to her at a given time.
I think Kerry Bishe has just done a wonderful job bringing that arc to life.
Halt and Catch Firereturns with a two-episode premiere Saturday, Aug. 19 at 9 p.m.
