Alcatraz (TV series)
Episodes

Alcatraz (TV series)

Section Title: Episodes
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No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Production code	U.S. viewers (million)

1	"Pilot"	Danny Cannon	Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt & Elizabeth Sarnoff	January 16, 2012	296790	10.05

Years after every prisoner on Alcatraz mysteriously vanished, FBI Agent Emerson Hauser and Detective Rebecca Madsen are drawn into the case of Jack Sylvane, who is on a killing spree.

2	"Ernest Cobb"	Jack Bender	Alison Balian	January 16, 2012	2J6052	10.05

Ernest Cobb (Joe Egender), another Alcatraz prisoner, is now killing people using a sniper rifle. Madsen and Hauser try to stop him before he kills more, forcing them to try and deduce the motivation for his murder sprees.

3	"Kit Nelson"	Jack Bender	Jennifer Johnson	January 23, 2012	2J6053	9.03

A child killer, who would kidnap his victims and return their bodies home, reappears from the past, spurring a manhunt. Dr.

4	"Cal Sweeney"	Brad Anderson	Robert Hull	January 30, 2012	2J6055	8.44

A bank robber from the past causes mayhem in the present and puts Rebecca in a difficult position as she has to work out how to get him out of the bank without revealing the existence of the 63s.

5	"Guy Hastings"	Charles Beeson	Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt	February 6, 2012	2J6056	6.91

A guard from Alcatraz appears- acting in a far more violent manner than the team would have expected- and encounters Ray, whom Rebecca suspects the guard may be using to track down her grandfather.

6	"Paxton Petty"	Paul Edwards	Teleplay by: Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt & Robert Hull Story by: Jennifer Johnson	February 13, 2012	2J6058	6.24

A military land mine specialist resurfaces and plants bombs throughout the city. Rebecca, Soto and Hauser follow a series of clues to find his next targeted location.

7	"Johnny McKee"	Brad Turner	Toni Graphia	February 20, 2012	2J6054	5.98

Johnny McKee, another former Alcatraz prisoner, returns and begins to poison the people of San Francisco, particularly men who behave similarly to grade-school bullies.

8	"The Ames Brothers"	Nick Copus	Robert Hull	March 5, 2012	2J6059	5.82

When brothers Herman and Pinky Ames, who almost escaped in 1961, return to modern times, Soto gets caught and kidnapped by the ultra-violent duo as they follow a map in the hunt for a certain treasure, resulting in a tense confrontation in Alcatraz itself.

9	"Sonny Burnett"	Paul Edwards	Teleplay by: Toni Graphia & Robert Hull Story by: Toni Graphia	March 5, 2012	2J6060	5.47

Sonny Burnett, sent to 1960 Alcatraz for kidnapping wealthy people and holding them for outrageous ransoms, appears in the present, seeking revenge from Warden Tiller's treatment of him in the past.

10	"Clarence Montgomery"	Jack Bender	Leigh Dana Jackson	March 12, 2012	2J6057	5.07

After a woman is found dead on a golf course, killed in a similar manner to the murdered girlfriend of former Alcatraz inmate Clarence Montgomery, the team begins to suspect that the innocent Montgomery, who was falsely accused of and imprisoned for murdering his girlfriend, has returned, and is now committing crimes similar to that which he was imprisoned for.

11	"Webb Porter"	Jack Bender	Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt	March 19, 2012	2J6061	5.04

Sent to Alcatraz for killing his mother, who tried to drown him when he was younger, violin-playing former inmate Webb Porter resurfaces.

12	"Garrett Stillman"	Eagle Egilsson	Leigh Dana Jackson & Coleman Herbert	March 26, 2012	2J6062	4.78

Doc and Rebecca close in on a man who may be the key to revealing the secrets behind all the returning criminals.

13	"Tommy Madsen"	Aaron Lipstadt	Daniel Pyne & Jennifer Johnson	March 26, 2012	2J6063	4.75

Rebecca finds the man who killed her partner. The episode includes a recreation of the chase scene in Bullitt.

Sentence(s)

The Alcatraz series opened with over 10 million U.S. viewers, but for the season finale, it had decreased to 4.75 million U.S viewers, the series' lowest viewership.

final_sentence: The Alcatraz series opened with over 10 million U.S. viewers, but for the season finale, it had decreased to 4.75 million U.S viewers, the series' lowest viewership.