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Alcatraz: Season 1
  • Network: FOX
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 16, 2012
  • Season #: 1
Alcatraz Image
Metascore
63 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 29 Critics What's this?

User Score
6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 105 Ratings

Your Score
10 out of 10
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  • Summary: Fifty years after they vanished, some of Alcatraz's most notorious prisoners reappear and start committing crime once again. Emerson Hauser (Sam Neill), Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones), and Diego "Doc" Soto (Jorge Garcia) team up to investigate how this happened.
  • Genre(s): Action/Adventure, Drama

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 29
  2. Mixed: 16 out of 29
  3. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. People Weekly
    Reviewed by: Tom Gliatto
    Jan 13, 2012
    88
    The show has the makings of great--what else can I say?--escapist entertainment. [23 Jan 2012, p.39]
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  2. Zap2it (Inside the Box)
    Reviewed by: Rick Porter
    Jan 17, 2012
    60
    There's enough in the premise and the performances (particularly those of Garcia and Neill) to keep us watching, but to really hook us in Alcatraz needs to decide what kind of show it wants to be.
  3. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Jan 17, 2012
    60
    There is something to like in Alcatraz's smooth momentum. The show has a spirit that comes through in spite of the flavorless cheese crumbles piled atop it.

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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 38
  3. Negative: 6 out of 38
  1. imthenoob
    8
    Its well acted, It has a good plot that is nice to see unfold each week. However the huge flaw of the show is really lack of drama. You feel no real interest while watching it, Its a little disapointing. Still a good show though, Hated on far too much imo.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  2. JustinElliot
    5
    This was missing a lot. JJ can do so much better. It almost feels that he isn't even present except for there being a hutch in the jungle and numbers everywhere. I feel that Lost fans will hang on in order to fill that tv show void. Everything is just to convenient for this detective. So far she is a better detective than Batman. She is unrealistically finding evidence and making assumptions. It's not real enough for me to get connected and root for her. I'm upset to have a mixed review.… Expand
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  3. shepsii
    3
    Just really, really mediocre. The show's "goody" characters hide secrets from the audience uneccesarily, the dialog is terrible, simplistic and makes me feel like the writers are saying, "do you get what's happened here? No? Ok let us go over it for a 5th time!" As a fan of both Fringe and Lost I am horrifically disappointed by this effort.… Expand
    • 4 of 4 users said yes

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