a5c7b9f00b Switching between eras, Alcatraz focuses on the Alcatraz prison, which was shut down in 1963 due to unsafe conditions for its prisoners and guards. The show&#39;s premise is that both the prisoners and the guards disappeared in 1963 and have abruptly reappeared in modern-day San Francisco, where they are being tracked down by a government agency. On March 21, 1963, the inmates and guards at Alcatraz prison mysteriously disappear. To cover up the problem, the government reports to the public that the prison has been closed because of unsafe conditions. A secret government unit was set-up to find the prisoners. Now, in the present-day, the inmates begin returning - unaged and unaware of where they have spent the missing decades - and continue their criminal ways. They are acting out of character and appear to be searching for specific objects. A federal agent employs a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist to help track them down. I stumbled across this show by a complete freak accident and was hooked from the pilot. The characters were believable and likable … I loved the character of Doc played by Jorge Garcia, such a lovable person and Sam Neill was a perfect person for Emerson Hauser and I loved how each person had their own back story. I am just devastated that it only lasted one season. It just kills me that I will never know what happens to Madsen and her family. How did it happen? Where is the warden? Did her grandfather kill her parents? Oh my God I need to know. Why was this show canceled? It won some awards….. why wasn&#39;t it promoted more. why did it not get picked up by a different channel?? 13 episodes was not enough. The story is idiotic and for 10 year old kids, people from 50 years ago are rocking in this world,they don&#39;t have problem with any of the new age gadgets,computer is no problem naturally, a prisoner learning violin in no time, character Soto is disaster, knows each prisoner&#39;s number.<br/><br/>Finding people is no problem for these guys, one of them was kidnapping the right person on the road. Not to mention that there is no dynamic in the episodes. All in all disaster. The only thing this serial is good is for sleeping, you will fall a sleep in 10 minutes. I&#39;m very disappointed I watched this
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