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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!

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
8.4
S1
S2
S3
S4
E1
E2
E3
7.5
8.0
8.3

Best Episodes Summary

"Guy Hastings" is the best rated episode of "Alcatraz". It scored 9/10 based on 2 votes. Directed by Charles Beeson and written by Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt, it aired on 2/6/2012. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Clarence Montgomery".

  • Guy Hastings
    9.0/10(2)
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    #1 - 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

  • Clarence Montgomery
    9.0/10(2)
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    #2 - 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

  • Tommy Madsen
    9.0/10(2)
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    #3 - 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

  • Cal Sweeney
    8.5/10(2)
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    #4 - 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

  • Paxton Petty
    8.5/10(2)
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    #5 - 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

  • Johnny McKee
    8.5/10(2)
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    #6 - 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

  • Sonny Burnett
    8.5/10(2)
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    #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

  • Webb Porter
    8.5/10(2)
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    #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

  • Garrett Stillman
    8.5/10(2)
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    #9 - 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

  • Kit Nelson
    8.3/10(3)
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    #10 - 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

  • Ernest Cobb
    8.0/10(4)
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    #11 - 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

  • The Ames Brothers
    8.0/10(2)
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    #12 - 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

  • Jack Sylvane
    7.5/10(6)
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    #13 - 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