On this episode of Halt and Catch Fire...

Gordon is forced to fire employees at Cardiff Electric and keep on the others to help with the PC project.

Gordon enlists Donna's help, who is having some trouble at her work at Texas Instruments, who offers up the prospect of double layering the hardware.

A co-worker convinces Gordon to scratch the idea, but after a car accident, he fires him.

Joe and John seek out a financial backer, but Joe uses sex with another men to ultimately nix the deal.

Cameron goes on a party binge as she continues to struggle with writing the BIOS code. She goes to Joe.

Donna kills the bird that Gordon couldn't.