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The Best Episodes of Alcatraz

Every episode of Alcatraz ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Alcatraz!

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A unique team, consisting of a federal agent, a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist, investigate the shocking reappearance of Alcatraz's most notorious prisoners, fifty years after they supposedly vanished.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 13 - Tommy Madsen
    8.0/10(628 votes)

    S1:E13

    Revealing doors are opened and lives hang in the balance as Rebecca will stop at nothing in pursuit of the man who killed her partner.

    Director:Aaron Lipstadt
    Writer:Jennifer M. Johnson

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  2. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 6 - Paxton Petty
    7.7/10(632 votes)

    S1:E6

    When Hauser, Madsen, and Soto track former inmate Paxton Petty, a landmine bomber who has returned and is placing bombs throughout populated areas of San Francisco, methods of the past are applied to the present.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Jennifer M. Johnson

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  3. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 8 - The Ames Brothers
    7.7/10(547 votes)

    S1:E8

    Herman and Pinky Ames, who almost escaped in 1963, return to Alcatraz in the present day and find something strangely wrong.

    Director:Nick Copus
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 12 - Garrett Stillman
    7.7/10(526 votes)

    S1:E12

    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 a discovery beneath the halls of Alcatraz that brings him ever closer to the truth.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 5 - Guy Hastings
    7.6/10(630 votes)

    S1:E5

    Guy 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.

    Director:Charles Beeson
    Writers:Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt

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  6. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 1 - Jack Sylvane
    7.5/10(1191 votes)

    S1:E1

    Years ago when the most dangerous prisoners of Alcatraz mysteriously disappeared, they resurface in the present day as part of a larger conspiracy, leaving a police detective, an expert on Alcatraz and an FBI agent to track them down.

    Director:Danny Cannon
    Writers:Steven Lilien, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Bryan Wynbrandt

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  7. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 9 - Sonny Burnett
    7.5/10(523 votes)

    S1:E9

    Sonny Burnett, a man with a dark side, who became extremely violent while at Alcatraz reappears.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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  8. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 11 - Webb Porter
    7.5/10(543 votes)

    S1:E11

    Rebecca, Doc, and Hauser set out to capture musically-inclined serial killer Webb Porter, an unknown ’63 that returns more violent than ever.

    Director:Jack Bender
    Writers:Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt

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  9. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 2 - Ernest Cobb
    7.4/10(912 votes)

    S1:E2

    When a sniper begins targeting young victims, the team is forced to retrace the steps of the past in order to solve this modern day mystery.

    Director:Jack Bender
    Writer:Alison Balian

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  10. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 10 - Clarence Montgomery
    7.4/10(556 votes)

    S1:E10

    Clarence Montgomery was the only innocent man in Alcatraz, but he's returned and is committing crimes.

    Director:Jack Bender
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 3 - Kit Nelson
    7.3/10(786 votes)

    S1:E3

    When child killer Kit Nelson, a terrifying kidnapper who always returns his victims home - after he's killed them - reappears from the past, the team is in a race against time to catch the man before he kills again.

    Director:Jack Bender
    Writer:Jennifer M. Johnson

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  12. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 4 - Cal Sweeney
    7.3/10(681 votes)

    S1:E4

    When 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 bank before people can find out who he is.

    Director:Brad Anderson
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Alcatraz Season 1 Episode 7 - Johnny McKee
    7.3/10(592 votes)

    S1:E7

    Madsen and Hauser hunt down Johnny McKee, a former Alcatraz inmate and vicious killer with a background in chemistry. It’s a race against time before McKee horrifically poisons more innocent victims. Meanwhile, more details emerge about Madsen’s grandfather.

    Director:Brad Turner
    Writer:Toni Graphia

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Best Episodes Summary

"Tommy Madsen" is the best rated episode of "Alcatraz". It scored 8/10 based on 628 votes. Directed by Aaron Lipstadt and written by Jennifer M. Johnson, it aired on 3/26/2012. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Paxton Petty".