The Best Episodes of Alcatraz

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#1 - Tommy Madsen
S1:E133/26/2012
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 M. Johnson
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Director:Aaron Lipstadt
Writer:Jennifer M. Johnson
7.7/10(633 votes)
#2 - Paxton Petty
S1:E62/13/2012
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:Unknown
Writer:Jennifer M. Johnson
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Jennifer M. Johnson
7.7/10(550 votes)
#3 - The Ames Brothers
S1:E83/5/2012
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:Unknown
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Director:Nick Copus
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(528 votes)
#4 - Garrett Stillman
S1:E123/26/2012
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:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(632 votes)
#5 - Guy Hastings
S1:E52/6/2012
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
Writers:Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt
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Director:Charles Beeson
Writers:Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt
7.5/10(526 votes)
#6 - Sonny Burnett
S1:E93/5/2012
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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Director:Unknown
Writer:Toni Graphia

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7.5/10(545 votes)
#7 - Webb Porter
S1:E113/19/2012
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
Writers:Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt
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Director:Jack Bender
Writers:Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt
7.5/10(1194 votes)
#8 - Jack Sylvane
S1:E11/16/2012
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
Writers:Steven Lilien, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Bryan Wynbrandt
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Director:Danny Cannon
Writers:Steven Lilien, Elizabeth Sarnoff, Bryan Wynbrandt
7.4/10(559 votes)
#9 - Clarence Montgomery
S1:E103/12/2012
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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Director:Jack Bender
Writer:Unknown
7.4/10(915 votes)
#10 - Ernest Cobb
S1:E21/16/2012
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
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Director:Jack Bender
Writer:Alison Balian
7.3/10(594 votes)
#11 - Johnny McKee
S1:E72/20/2012
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
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Director:Brad Turner
Writer:Toni Graphia
7.3/10(683 votes)
#12 - Cal Sweeney
S1:E41/30/2012
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:Unknown
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Director:Brad Anderson
Writer:Unknown
7.3/10(788 votes)
#13 - Kit Nelson
S1:E31/23/2012
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 M. Johnson
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Director:Jack Bender
Writer:Jennifer M. Johnson