TV Show - Alcatraz

  • 2012
    16

    Release Date

  • January 16th, 2012

  • Created By

  • Elizabeth Sarnoff
  • Steven Lilien
  • Bryan Wynbrandt

  • Network

  • FOX

  • Seasons

  • 1

  • Episodes

  • 13

  • Summary

  • Alcatraz is an American television series created by Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt, and produced by J. J. Abrams and Bad Robot Productions. The series premiered on Fox on January 16, 2012, as a mid-season replacement. Switching between eras, the series focuses on the Alcatraz prison, which was allegedly shut down in 1963 due to unsafe conditions for its prisoners and guards. The show's premise is that both the prisoners and the guards disappeared in 1963 and have abruptly reappeared in modern-day San Francisco, where they are being tracked down by a government agency. The series starred Sarah Jones, Jorge Garcia, Sam Neill and Parminder Nagra. The show was cancelled on May 9, 2012.

  • Cast

  • Sarah Jones - Detective Rebecca Madsen,   Sam Neill - Emerson Hauser,   Jorge Garcia - Dr. Diego Soto,   Jonny Coyne - Warden Edwin James,   Parminder Nagra - Dr. Lucy Banerjee,   Cameron K. Smith - Alcatraz Guard  

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Season 1  

Season 1

No. Episode Summary Date
1 Pilot Detective Rebecca Madsen and Alcatraz historian Dr Diego Soto team up with a secret agency that is dedicated to finding and catching inmates from the infamous prison who went missing 50 years ago and are reappearing today. 2012-01-16
2 Ernest Cobb When a sniper begins targeting young victims, the team is forced to retrace the steps of the past in order to solve this modern day mystery. 2012-01-16
3 Kit Nelson When child killer Kit Nelson, a terrifying kidnapper who always returns his victims home - after he's killed them - reappears from the past, the team is in a race against time to catch the man before he kills again. 2012-01-23
4 Cal Sweeney When a bank robbing criminal returns from the past and things go wrong in the present, Rebecca has to break him out of the hostage-filled bank before people can find out who he is. 2012-01-30
5 Guy Hastings Guy Hastings, an Alcatraz guard, reappears. Although a good man, Hastings is being asked to do bad things and will come face-to-face with an old acquaintance. 2012-02-06
6 Paxton Petty When Hauser, Madsen, and Soto track former inmate Paxton Petty, a landmine bomber who has returned and is placing bombs throughout populated areas of San Francisco, methods of the past are applied to the present. 2012-02-13
7 Johnny McKee Madsen and Hauser hunt down Johnny McKee, a former Alcatraz inmate and vicious killer with a background in chemistry. It’s a race against time before McKee horrifically poisons more innocent victims. Meanwhile, more details emerge about Madsen’s grandfather. 2012-02-20
8 The Ames Brothers Herman and Pinky Ames, who almost escaped in 1963, return to Alcatraz in the present day and find something strangely wrong 2012-03-05
9 Sonny Burnett Sonny Burnett, a man with a dark side, who became extremely violent while at Alcatraz reappears 2012-03-05
10 Clarence Montgomery Clarence Montgomery was the only innocent man in Alcatraz but he's returned and is committing crimes. This episode was scheduled to premiere on February 27, 2012, however it was postponed due to the weather delay of the 2012 Daytona 500. It is available online. It will air again on March 12. 2012-03-12
11 Webb Porter Rebecca, Doc, and Hauser set out to capture musically-inclined serial killer Webb Porter (guest star Malek), an unknown ’63 that returns more violent than ever 2012-03-19
12 Garrett Stillman Doc and Rebecca close in on a man who may be the key to revealing the secrets behind all the returning criminals. Meanwhile, Hauser makes a discovery beneath the halls of Alcatraz that brings him ever closer to the truth. 2012-03-26
13 Tommy Madsen Revealing doors are opened and lives hang in the balance as Rebecca will stop at nothing in pursuit of the man who killed her partner. 2012-03-26