8.1/10604 votesLoading...#1 - Tommy Madsen
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 3/26/2012
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 Johnson
7.8/10502 votesLoading...#2 - Garrett Stillman
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 3/26/2012
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 a discovery beneath the halls of Alcatraz that brings him ever closer to the truth.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10604 votesLoading...#3 - Paxton Petty
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2012
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: N/A
Writer: Jennifer Johnson
7.7/10521 votesLoading...#4 - The Ames Brothers
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/5/2012
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: N/A
7.6/10603 votesLoading...#5 - Guy Hastings
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/2012
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
Writer: Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt
7.5/101,160 votesLoading...#6 - Jack Sylvane
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2012
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
Writer: Elizabeth Sarnoff, Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt
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7.5/10497 votesLoading...#7 - Sonny Burnett
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2012
Sonny Burnett, a man with a dark side, who became extremely violent while at Alcatraz reappears.
Director: N/A
Writer: Toni Graphia
7.5/10516 votesLoading...#8 - Webb Porter
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/2012
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
Writer: Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt
7.4/10886 votesLoading...#9 - Ernest Cobb
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2012
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
7.4/10528 votesLoading...#10 - Clarence Montgomery
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2012
Clarence Montgomery was the only innocent man in Alcatraz, but he's returned and is committing crimes.
Director: Jack Bender
Writer: N/A
7.3/10758 votesLoading...#11 - Kit Nelson
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2012
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 Johnson
7.3/10652 votesLoading...#12 - Cal Sweeney
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2012
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: N/A
7.3/10565 votesLoading...#13 - Johnny McKee
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2012
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
The Best Episodes of Alcatraz
Every episode of Alcatraz ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Alcatraz!
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,...
Genres:MysteryAction & AdventureDrama
Network:FOX
Episodes
13
Avg. Rating
7.5
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Best Episodes Summary
"Tommy Madsen" is the best rated episode of "Alcatraz". It scored 8.1/10 based on 604 votes. Directed by Aaron Lipstadt and written by Jennifer Johnson, it aired on 3/26/2012. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "Garrett Stillman".
