- Network: FOX
- Series Premiere Date: Jan 16, 2012
- Season #: 1
- 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): Drama
- Show Type: Ended
- Season 1 premiere date: Jan 16, 2012
- Episode Length: 60
- Air Time: 09:00 PM
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 13 out of 29
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Mixed: 16 out of 29
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Negative: 0 out of 29
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88The show has the makings of great--what else can I say?--escapist entertainment. [23 Jan 2012, p.39]
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80For now, Alcatraz is a sinister bag of sinister pleasures.
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60There'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.
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60There 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.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 26 out of 39
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Mixed: 7 out of 39
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Negative: 6 out of 39
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