Alcatraz
2012 · TV Series · TV-14 · 60 min · ★ 6.3 · 61% critics
A federal agent, a police officer, and a conspiracy theory novelist investigate the shocking reappearance of Alcatraz’s notorious prisoners, decades after they vanished. As the team tracks the returns, they must uncover how the past keeps breaking into the present and why the government is so determined to recapture them.
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Details
- Years
- 2012
- Release date
- 2012-01-16
- Network
- FOX
- Language
- English
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 60 min
- Critic score
- 61/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.3/10 (296 votes)
About
If you enjoy mystery-driven procedurals with a sci-fi twist like Manifest or The 4400, Alcatraz may hook you—Not for you if you need a fully satisfying wrap-up or prefer tightly resolved answers.
Pros: intriguing time-twist premise; compelling cast; must-see mystery | Cons: canceled too soon; unanswered questions; plot execution uneven
Themes
- san francisco, california
- alcatraz prison
- time travel
- disappearance
- police detective
- escaped prisoner
Cast & crew
Sarah Jones
as Rebecca Madsen
Sam Neill
as Emerson Hauser
Leon Rippy
as Milton Beauregard
- DH
David Hoflin
as Tommy Madsen
- JG
Jeananne Goossen
as Nikki
- MC
Michael Ching
as Ranger Bob
- JD
Jeremy Dangerfield
as Old E.B. Tiller
- BF
Brendan Fletcher
as Joseph Limerick
- CS
Camille Sullivan
as Sonya
- PM
Paul McGillion
as Alan Sylvane Jr.
Directed by Jack Bender, Aaron Lipstadt, Nick Copus +4 more
Created by Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt, Elizabeth Sarnoff
Episodes1 season · 13 episodes
Season 113 episodes
- S1E1Jack Sylvane43m
- S1E2Ernest Cobb43m
- S1E3Kit Nelson43m
- S1E4Cal Sweeney43m
- S1E5Guy Hastings43m
- S1E6Paxton Petty43m
- S1E7Johnny McKee43m
- S1E8The Ames Brothers43m
- S1E9Sonny Burnett43m
- S1E10Clarence Montgomery43m
- S1E11Webb Porter43m
- S1E12Garrett Stillman43m
- S1E13Tommy Madsen43m