Alcatraz Season 1: Episode 7: “Johnny McKee” Welcome back to procedural mode, everybody! This was a filler episode if I’ve ever seen one, so here is your brutally short recap: A douchebag orders drinks for his friend’s engagement and tells off the bartender for quoting Verne. He ominously says he’ll make something “extra special” (the least subtle way someone in the service industry can alert you that they’re about to fuck with your drink)....
Alcatraz Season 1: Episode 6: “Paxton Petty” Much like this past weekend, Alcatraz was a bit of an emotional haze this week, featuring Paxton Perry as the chronologically-challenged convict-du-jour. The thing about Perry is that he likes land mines… more specifically, he likes killing people with them. A successful spree is what got him landed in Alcatraz. Paxton jumps to the present in a mausoleum, and begins going back to work with material he...
Alcatraz Season 1: Episode 5: “Guy Hastings. ” The show dove a little deeper this week, introducing Guy Hastings (Hoyt from True Blood!), the first guard to emerge from the 63s. After he pummels the hell out of a park ranger after breaking into his “house” in the Alcatraz barracks, he grabs a gun and gets to the mainland. Weird for a guard, right? Oh, he’s also the one who killed Becca’s partner in...
Alcatraz Season 1: Episode 4: “Cal Sweeney” Alcatraz continued its procedural-vibes in its fourth episode, introducing Cal Sweeney as the time-traveling-inmate du jour. The thing with Cal is that he robs banks (the safety deposit boxes, specifically) frantically in search of something. (Sound familiar?) In present-day, he is able to knock off one bank and find the home of a box’s owner. By the time Becca and Soto have caught up with him, he’s...
Alcatraz Season 1: Episode 3: “Kit Nelson” “I think I’m gonna take my chances.” Shifting from the expository-mode of the pilot, Alcatraz went straight up procedural this week. The show raised its emotional quotient by endangering a child. Other than kicking a puppy, there is no faster way to get your audience emotionally involved. The kidnapping also got our ghost-fighting team grappling with their own mortality. As Lucy lay in a coma, Doc relieved...
Alcatraz Season 1: Episode 1: “Pilot” “This is Alcatraz, no one forgets.” My understanding of prison is based entirely off repeat tear-filled viewings of The Shawshank Redemption and True Life: I’m an Inmate episodes that I watch with the pulsing intensity of a drug addict. That said, I wasn’t sure that a show focused on this world would be my jam. Then, I watched the pilot and found that J.J. Abrams’ familiar string crescendo...
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