Alcatraz starts off straight from conspiracy central, and come on we all love a little bit of 'what if that actually happened' ness. What if when the prisoned closed down in 1963 no one left the island they all just vanished. If you are one of those believers in the Alcatraz ghost stories or love a good old conspiracy thriller this show is defiantly for you.
I think first up I should mention that I am very intrigued by Alcatraz as it is, a prison that has help some of the most notable criminals from back in the Mafia prohibition days etc, but also its an island. One day I defiantly want to visit San Francisco and do the tour of Alcatraz. Mind you from the amount fo footage shown of the prison on the show I don't know if an actual visit is still needed, only joking!
So I am now 4 episodes in and I am a little bit hooked on this show, so much so I have been in my dreams investigating the Alcatraz prisoners along with Dr Diego Soto (Jorge Garcia) and Det Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones). Immediately you are drawn in as they are, we the audience are in just the same loop as these two characters so it can make us feel we are with them in this.
The story goes as follow - In 1963 Alcatraz was closed down and all the prisoners were transferred, or so we thought to believe. When the guards came to transfer the prisoners they found Alcatraz empty, no prisoners and no guards. Now in the modern day these disappeared of Alcatraz are starting to reappear, and now being free are going back to their criminal ways whilst helping the unknown source that kept them hidden for the past 50 odd years. The big shocker though is that they all look the exact same as they did in 1963. Madsen and Soto became involved, by being well a little big too inquisitive but also having the knowledge they do, Madsen who looks a little deeper than everyone else and Soto who is a criminology expect on the Alcatraz prisoners, and published author. The man in charge of the 'capture the Alcatraz guards and prisoners' is Emerson Hauser (Sam Neil), who seems to be keeping a lot more hidden than what he is sharing.
With being four episodes in quite a bit has happened and some AMAZING shockers along the way, which had me shouting at the screen, I don't want to ruin it too much more by going into detail. For those of your who think this is kind of Lostesque, that might have something to do with eh fact that its another JJ Abrams show, so you do feel the Fringe and Lost vibe in it but its is a very different show, and set in the city (and surrounding areas) of San Fransico.
I highly recommend this show to well mostly everyone, there is a little bit of everyone, sci-fi, drama, action thriller, mystery etc. I hope you enjoy it as much as me :D.
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