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Switching between eras, Alcatraz focuses on the Alcatraz prison, which was 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.
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- 01
PilotDetective Rebecca Madsen and Alcatraz historian Dr. Diego "Doc" 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. - 02
Sonny BurnettSonny Burnett a man with an incredible dark side who became ultra-violent during his stint at Alcatraz, returns . - 03
Guy HastingsGuy 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.
Cast
Episodes by season
Season01
- S01E01Season's bestPilotJanuary 16, 2012Detective Rebecca Madsen and Alcatraz historian Dr. Diego "Doc" Soto team up with a secret agency that is dedicated to finding and catching
- S01E02
Ernest CobbJanuary 16, 2012When a sniper begins targeting young victims, Detective Rebecca Madsen, Alcatraz historian Doctor Diego Soto and enigmatic government agent - S01E03
Kit NelsonJanuary 23, 2012When child killer Kit Nelson, a terrifying kidnapper who always returns his victims home - after he's killed them - reappears from the past, - S01E04
Cal SweeneyJanuary 30, 2012When 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 ba - S01E05Guy HastingsFebruary 6, 2012Guy 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
- S01E06
Paxton PettyFebruary 13, 2012When our unlikely trio tracks former inmate Paxton Petty, a sick landmine bomber who has returned only to place bombs throughout populated a - S01E07
Johnny McKeeFebruary 20, 2012Madsen and Hauser hunt down Johnny McKee a former Alcatraz inmate and vicious killer with a background in chemistry. It's a race against tim - S01E08
The Ames BrothersMarch 5, 2012Two of Alcatraz's most violent brothers, Herman and Pinky Ames, who were notorious for nearly escaping in 1963, find something mysteriously - S01E09Sonny BurnettMarch 5, 2012Sonny Burnett a man with an incredible dark side who became ultra-violent during his stint at Alcatraz, returns .
- S01E10
Clarence MontgomeryMarch 12, 2012Clarence Montgomery, the only innocent man in Alcatraz, returns to present day, but is now committing crimes. Why? - S01E11
Webb PorterMarch 19, 2012Rebecca, Doc, and Hauser set out to capture musically-inclined serial killer Webb Porter, an unknown '63 that returns more violent than ever - S01E12
Garrett StillmanMarch 26, 2012"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 - S01E13
Tommy MadsenMarch 26, 2012Revealing doors are opened and lives hang in the balance as Rebecca will stop at nothing to pursue the man who killed her partner.
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