The Best Episodes of Alcatraz

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
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   8.1/10(617 votes)

   #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
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   7.8/10(514 votes)

   #2 - 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
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   7.7/10(615 votes)

   #3 - 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
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   7.7/10(531 votes)

   #4 - 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
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   7.6/10(614 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
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   7.5/10(1170 votes)

   #6 - 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
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   7.5/10(509 votes)

   #7 - 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(528 votes)

   #8 - 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
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   7.4/10(895 votes)

   #9 - 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
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    7.4/10(540 votes)

    #10 - 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
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    7.3/10(769 votes)

    #11 - 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
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    7.3/10(663 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
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    7.3/10(576 votes)

    #13 - 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