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aislynnI got the chance to catch the first 3 episodes of "Alcatraz" (the 2 hour pilot and the episode after that) and I enjoyed it. Is anybody else watching?
From executive producer J.J. Abrams (FRINGE, “Lost,” “Star Trek,” and the recent blockbuster “Super 8”) comes ALCATRAZ, a thrilling new series that follows a unique trio investigating the mystifying reappearance of 302 of Alcatraz’s most notorious prisoners and guards, 50 years after they vanished.
When San Francisco Police Department DET. REBECCA MADSEN (Sarah Jones) is assigned to a grisly homicide case, a fingerprint leads her to a seemingly impossible suspect: JACK SYLVANE (guest star Jeffrey Pierce), an Alcatraz inmate who died over 30 years ago. Given her family history – both her grandfather and surrogate uncle, RAY ARCHER (Robert Forster), were guards at the prison – Madsen’s interest is immediately piqued. When the enigmatic, knows-everything-but-tells-nothing government agent EMERSON HAUSER (Sam Neill) tries to impede her investigation, she becomes doggedly committed to it.
Madsen finds herself working with an unlikely partner, Alcatraz expert and comic book enthusiast DR. DIEGO “DOC” SOTO (Jorge Garcia), to help piece together the inexplicable sequence of events. The two discover that Sylvane is not only alive, but he’s loose on the streets of San Francisco, exacting decades-old revenge and leaving bodies in his wake. And strangely, he hasn’t aged a day since 1963, when Alcatraz was ruled by the iron-fisted WARDEN EDWIN JAMES (Jonny Coyne) and the sadistic ASSOCIATE WARDEN E.B. TILLER (Jason Butler Harner).
Detective Madsen and Soto must team with Hauser and his associate, LUCY BANERJEE (Parminder Nagra), to stop Sylvane’s vengeful killing spree. By delving into Alcatraz history, government cover-ups and Rebecca’s own heritage, the team will ultimately discover that Sylvane is only a small part of a much larger, more sinister present-day threat. Because even though he may be the first, it quickly becomes clear that Sylvane won’t be the last to reappear from Alcatraz.
During the course of the investigation, Madsen and Soto will learn that Hauser has been awaiting the prisoners’ return for nearly 50 years. Soto will witness his life’s work – the history of Alcatraz – come alive, while he and Madsen fight to keep the country safe from history’s most dangerous criminals.
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I liked Rebecca and Doc's chemistry, I could definitely ship 'em *pause for shocked gasps because I NEVAH ship characters, right?* :P but I also enjoy them as friends. ♥!
It doesn't hurt that Rebecca occasionally reminds me of Starbuck (probably it's the hair most of all but still... ;) ). It's going to take a lot for me not to think of Doc as a version of Hurley (he SO very carefully does not say "dude" at any time but I really kept hoping he would, lol ;) ) but, well, that's not a bad thing to me since I love Hurley! ;)
Now, Jack Sylvane ended up being a source of conflicting feelings for me. At various points in the pilot, I thought he was going to end up as a main character working with the good guys, a potential romantic lead for Rebecca, AND an irredeemable bad guy. The bottom line is... I dunno. He did some pretty bad guy things in the pilot yet every time I get a glimpse of him, I'm all "Yay!" *conflicted!fangirl is conflicted* I guess it will mainly depend on where the show takes him. If they start redeeming him, he'll go into the sort of anti-hero section of my fangirl heart. If they don't and he stays bad, he'll go into the "villains I don't necessary want to see win but darned if I don't still like 'em anyway" section. ;) He definitely has the potential to go either way, so I'm interested in seeing how that plays out.
And I definitely am feeling the shippy Rebecca/Jack vibes. But you knew that already, right? ;)
Anyway, if you're interested in checking this show out, the eps can currently be seen depending on country blocking, of course, grr) free and legal at:
Hulu
Fox's official site
Get 'em while they're hot! ;) They're counting them as 3 eps and Hulu is only showing 5 eps at one time, so they'll start falling off the schedule in a couple of weeks.
In the meanwhile, if you're looking for a show comm, please pop over to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
alcatraz_on_fox and have a look about. It's just setting up shop but there are already a few icon posts, discussions and the like showing up. The more, the merrier makes it a party, after all! ;)
♥♥♥!!!
From executive producer J.J. Abrams (FRINGE, “Lost,” “Star Trek,” and the recent blockbuster “Super 8”) comes ALCATRAZ, a thrilling new series that follows a unique trio investigating the mystifying reappearance of 302 of Alcatraz’s most notorious prisoners and guards, 50 years after they vanished.
When San Francisco Police Department DET. REBECCA MADSEN (Sarah Jones) is assigned to a grisly homicide case, a fingerprint leads her to a seemingly impossible suspect: JACK SYLVANE (guest star Jeffrey Pierce), an Alcatraz inmate who died over 30 years ago. Given her family history – both her grandfather and surrogate uncle, RAY ARCHER (Robert Forster), were guards at the prison – Madsen’s interest is immediately piqued. When the enigmatic, knows-everything-but-tells-nothing government agent EMERSON HAUSER (Sam Neill) tries to impede her investigation, she becomes doggedly committed to it.
Madsen finds herself working with an unlikely partner, Alcatraz expert and comic book enthusiast DR. DIEGO “DOC” SOTO (Jorge Garcia), to help piece together the inexplicable sequence of events. The two discover that Sylvane is not only alive, but he’s loose on the streets of San Francisco, exacting decades-old revenge and leaving bodies in his wake. And strangely, he hasn’t aged a day since 1963, when Alcatraz was ruled by the iron-fisted WARDEN EDWIN JAMES (Jonny Coyne) and the sadistic ASSOCIATE WARDEN E.B. TILLER (Jason Butler Harner).
Detective Madsen and Soto must team with Hauser and his associate, LUCY BANERJEE (Parminder Nagra), to stop Sylvane’s vengeful killing spree. By delving into Alcatraz history, government cover-ups and Rebecca’s own heritage, the team will ultimately discover that Sylvane is only a small part of a much larger, more sinister present-day threat. Because even though he may be the first, it quickly becomes clear that Sylvane won’t be the last to reappear from Alcatraz.
During the course of the investigation, Madsen and Soto will learn that Hauser has been awaiting the prisoners’ return for nearly 50 years. Soto will witness his life’s work – the history of Alcatraz – come alive, while he and Madsen fight to keep the country safe from history’s most dangerous criminals.
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I liked Rebecca and Doc's chemistry, I could definitely ship 'em *pause for shocked gasps because I NEVAH ship characters, right?* :P but I also enjoy them as friends. ♥!
It doesn't hurt that Rebecca occasionally reminds me of Starbuck (probably it's the hair most of all but still... ;) ). It's going to take a lot for me not to think of Doc as a version of Hurley (he SO very carefully does not say "dude" at any time but I really kept hoping he would, lol ;) ) but, well, that's not a bad thing to me since I love Hurley! ;)
Now, Jack Sylvane ended up being a source of conflicting feelings for me. At various points in the pilot, I thought he was going to end up as a main character working with the good guys, a potential romantic lead for Rebecca, AND an irredeemable bad guy. The bottom line is... I dunno. He did some pretty bad guy things in the pilot yet every time I get a glimpse of him, I'm all "Yay!" *conflicted!fangirl is conflicted* I guess it will mainly depend on where the show takes him. If they start redeeming him, he'll go into the sort of anti-hero section of my fangirl heart. If they don't and he stays bad, he'll go into the "villains I don't necessary want to see win but darned if I don't still like 'em anyway" section. ;) He definitely has the potential to go either way, so I'm interested in seeing how that plays out.
And I definitely am feeling the shippy Rebecca/Jack vibes. But you knew that already, right? ;)
Anyway, if you're interested in checking this show out, the eps can currently be seen depending on country blocking, of course, grr) free and legal at:
Hulu
Fox's official site
Get 'em while they're hot! ;) They're counting them as 3 eps and Hulu is only showing 5 eps at one time, so they'll start falling off the schedule in a couple of weeks.
In the meanwhile, if you're looking for a show comm, please pop over to
alcatraz_on_fox and have a look about. It's just setting up shop but there are already a few icon posts, discussions and the like showing up. The more, the merrier makes it a party, after all! ;)♥♥♥!!!
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