Alcatraz (TV series)

Television series
German title	Alcatraz
Original title	Alcatraz
Country of production	United States
original language	English
year	2012
Production company	Warner Bros. Television , Bad Robot Productions , Alcatraz Films
length	42 minutes
Episodes	13 in 1 season ( list )
genre	Mystery , science fiction , drama , thriller
idea	Elizabeth Sarnoff , Steven Lilien , Bryan Wynbrandt
production	Athena Wickham, Robert M. Williams Jr., Robert Hull
music	Michael Giacchino Andrea Datzman Chris Tilton
First broadcast	January 16, 2012 (USA) on Fox
German-language first broadcast	September 19, 2012 on RTL Nitro
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Alcatraz is an American mystery series with science fiction elements by Elizabeth Sarnoff , Steven Lilien and Bryan Wynbrandt , which was produced in 2011/2012 by Warner Bros. Television and Bad Robot Productions for the US broadcaster Fox . It is about a 50-year-old incident on the prison island of Alcatraz , in which a group of convicts and guards disappeared without a trace and now reappears in the present. It started on January 16, 2012 with a double episode on Fox.

concept

"On March 21, 1963, Alcatraz officially closed due to rising costs and decrepit facilities. All the prisoners were transferred off the island. Only that's not what happened. Not at all."

German version: “On March 21, 1963, Alcatraz was officially closed. All prisoners were moved from the island. However, that's not the truth at all. "

With these introductory words, originally spoken by Sam Neill , every episode of Alcatraz begins . In the individual episodes, so-called flashbacks are shown, which illuminate the previous history of the returnee. In the German version, the episodes are titled after the person you are looking for in this episode. In the original the title sequence is an exception, it is simply called "Pilot".

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In an incident almost 50 years ago, more precisely on the night of March 20, 1963, all 302 people on the prison island of Alcatraz, including 256 convicts and 46 guards , disappeared without a trace. When these reappear in the present, the FBI is investigating the case. First of all, the returnees have to be tracked down and recaptured. In addition, the FBI tries to explain the sudden disappearance from then and the return now.

The federal agents are supported by the comic lover and Alcatraz expert Dr. Diego Soto and Detective Rebecca Madsen of the San Francisco Police Department.

characters

Rebecca Madsen

Rebecca is a young and clever woman who was a stubborn detective at the police station in San Francisco and is engaged to Jimmy. After her parents died, her father's friend, Ray, raised her. Since her grandfather and surrogate father were guards in Alcatraz, she quickly developed an interest in the Alcatraz case. She later learns that her grandfather, Tommy Madsen, was not a guard, but an inmate who also disappeared. She also finds out that Ray is her great-uncle and therefore Tommy's brother. In the series finale, she is fatally injured by Tommy.

Dr. Diego "Doc" Soto

Diego, simply called Doc by everyone, is an intelligent scientist and comic book store operator. He's a mix of geek and hippie and also an expert in the history of Alcatraz, on which he has written several books. He studied in addition to the history of Alcatraz and criminal justice , in which he the academic degree Ph.D. owns.

Emerson Hauser

Emerson is a former San Francisco detective and is now the head of a secret special unit for the FBI. He has an extraordinary exuding authority and a penetrating mind. As it turns out in the course of the investigation, he is familiar with the secret history of Alcatraz, as he was a guard himself, and even expected the arrival of the prisoners.

Lucille "Lucy" Banerjee

Lucy is Emerson's lab technician and has been a member of his task force for some time. We learn that she worked as a psychologist on Alcatraz in the 1960s and, like the 302 people who disappeared, has not aged.

Ray Archer

Ray is a retired Alcatraz detective and warden and Rebecca's surrogate father after their parents die. After retiring, he now owns and operates a police bar where he works as a bartender . As it turns out, he's Tommy's brother and thus Rebecca's great-uncle.

Edwin James

Edwin was Alcatraz's prison director in the 1960s. Until the closure of the maximum security prison in 1963, he worked closely with EB as director in Alcatraz. Because of his strict and sometimes unscrupulous approach, he was feared by most of the inmates. He's been dead for a few years now.

Elijah Bailey "EB" Tiller

Elijah was Edwin's right-hand man and a ruthless prison guard on Alcatraz in the 1960s. He started as a guard in the maximum security prison when he was 18 years old. He not only enjoyed his position of power, but also played it off over and over again with the inmates. In the present, he is murdered at the beginning of the series by a returnees named Jack Sylvane, because he previously suffered agony in prison.

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  Sarah Jones (2012)

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  Jorge Garcia (2012)

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  Sam Neill (2009)

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  Parminder Nagra (2012)

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  Robert Forster (2012)

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  Jonny Coyne (2012)

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  Jason Butler Harner (2011)

Main cast

Role name	Actress	Main role	Voice actor
Rebecca Madsen	Sarah Jones	1.01-1.13	Rubina Kuraoka
Dr. Diego "Doc" Soto	Jorge Garcia	1.01-1.13	Gerrit Schmidt-Foss
Emerson Hauser	Sam Neill	1.01-1.13	Wolfgang Condrus
Lucille "Lucy" Banerjee	Parminder Nagra	1.01-1.13	Sonja Spuhl
Lucille "Lucy" Sengupta
Ray Archer	Robert Forster	1.01-1.13	Roland Hemmo
Warden Edwin James	Jonny Coyne	1.01-1.13	Jörg Hengstler
Elijah Bailey "EB" Tiller	Jason Butler Harner	1.01-1.13	Axel Malzacher

Supporting and guest cast

• Leon Rippy as Dr. Milton Beauregard
• David Hoflin as Thomas "Tommy" Madsen
• Jeffrey Pierce as Jack Sylvane

Charisma

Logo of the Fox television station on which the series premiered

United States

After Alcatraz was officially ordered as a series in May 2011, the station Fox initially announced a slot in the midseason. It finally started on January 16, 2012 with a double episode. The pilot episode and the subsequent second episode reached a total of just over 10 million viewers and a rating of 3.3 in the advertising-relevant target group . After the ABC fairy tale series Once Upon a Time - Once Upon a Time ... together with Revenge it is the second best drama series start of the 2011/2012 season. The remaining eleven episodes were part of a new episode of the medical drama Dr. House and partly again in double episodes until March 26, 2012. Due to the steadily falling audience ratings in the course of the broadcast, Fox announced the cancellation of the series in May 2012.

Germany

In Germany, RTL Group has secured the broadcasting rights as part of its output deal with the production studio Warner Bros. Entertainment . The German-language first broadcast of the 13 episodes began on September 19, 2012 on the special-interest broadcaster RTL Nitro . On average, the ratings were exactly on RTL Nitro's channel average, with 90,000 viewers (0.3 percent) watching the short-lived series and 50,000 viewers (0.4 percent) between the ages of 14 and 49.

International

In Canada , Alcatraz is broadcast on Citytv , in Spain on TNT Spain , and in Latin America on Warner Channel . It has been broadcast in Spain since January 30, 2012 on the local pay-TV channel Premium Crime , and in Great Britain on Watch since March 2012. In France the series was broadcast on NT1 and in Australia on Nine Network . In Poland , the series was offered on VOD Seriale a week after it was broadcast in the US .

Episode list

No.	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script	Odds (USA)
1	Jack Sylvane	pilot	Jan. 16, 2012	19 Sep 2012	Danny Cannon	Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt & Elizabeth Sarnoff	10.05 million
When the former Alcatraz prison guard Elijah Tiller is found dead in his house, the young criminal investigator Rebecca Madsen finds the fingerprints of a certain Jack Sylvane, a former Alcatraz inmate who, according to the records, died decades ago. She then gets help from Alcatraz expert Dr. Diego Soto and together they find a secret room under Alcatraz, from which Emerson Hauser leads a special unit . Meanwhile, the wanted Sylvane found a certain Flynn, stole a large key from him and then killed him. After escaping Madsen in a car chase, he visits his brother and forces him to come with him. At the grave of Jack's late wife, Madsen and Hauser are finally able to arrest Sylvane, admitting that the operation was an assignment from someone. Madsen and Soto are then accepted into Hauser's special unit. At the end, Hauser brings Sylvane to an underground prison, which is constructed identically to Alcatraz.
2	Ernest Cobb	Ernest Cobb	Jan. 16, 2012	26 Sep 2012	Jack Bender	Alison Balian	10.05 million
Alcatraz prisoner Ernest Cobb kills three people with a sniper rifle in the presence . While trying to put him in a boarding house, Cobb shoots Banerjee, who then falls into a coma. It becomes clear to the viewer that Banerjee worked as a doctor on Alcatraz in the 1960s and was also responsible for Cobb when he was imprisoned there. So she is also one of the 63 . Madsen and Soto are not aware of this fact.
3	Kit Nelson	Kit Nelson	Jan. 23, 2012	Oct 3, 2012	Jack Bender	Jennifer Johnson	9.03 million
Alcatraz inmate Kit Nelson, a multiple child kidnapper and murderer, kidnaps a boy. Soto suspects that the victim is still alive, but that his kidnapper will kill him after two days. A race against time begins, with Soto using his knowledge of Nelson to predict his behavior and track him down.
4th	Cal Sweeney	Cal Sweeney	Jan. 30, 2012	Oct 10, 2012	Brad Anderson	Steven Lilien, Bryan Wynbrandt & Elizabeth Sarnoff	8.44 million
Cal Sweeney, breaking into bank lockers, kills an employee with a nail gun. This comes as a surprise to Soto and Madsen because he used to avoid violence. A little later, the owner of a compartment that is in the bank and was broken into by Sweeney is killed in the same way.
5	Guy Hastings	Guy Hastings	Feb 6, 2012	Oct 17, 2012	Charles Beeson	Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt	6.91 million
Former prison guard Guy Hastings knocks down a man in his former official residence on Alcatraz and escapes. Rebecca is surprised that she is dealing with a guard this time. It turns out that he only wants clues about the whereabouts of Tommy Madsen and therefore wants to track down Ray Archer. Because Guy was Ray's instructor at Alcatraz when Ray started there as a guard. Rebecca finds out that Ray and Tommy are brothers and that Ray is her great-uncle. When Rebecca and Hauser find Guy and Ray in a house Tommy could live in, they arrest Guy. At the end of the episode, Tommy Madsen comes into Rays bar and talks to him, but doesn't want to kill him. He says it's weird to be a grandpa at his age.
6th	Paxton Petty	Paxton Petty	Feb 13, 2012	Oct 24, 2012	Paul Edwards	Teleplay : Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt & Robert Hull Story : Jennifer Johnson	6.24 million
Paxton Petty, a former US soldier and specialist in mine management, was once imprisoned on Alcatraz for attacks with mines and is now continuing his work. While Rebecca and Soto search for Paxton, Hauser tries to figure out where he will carry out his next attack. In doing so, he can fall back on preliminary work by Banerjee, who already dealt with Paxton in the 1960s.
7th	Johnny McKee	Johnny McKee	Feb 20, 2012	Oct 31, 2012	Brad Turner	Toni Graphia	5.98 million
Johnny McKee, who once killed dozens of people with poison and self-made chemical warfare agents, continues to carry out attacks in quick succession even after his reappearance. Rebecca and Soto have to stop him quickly.
8th	Clarence Montgomery	Clarence Montgomery	Feb 27, 2012 (Canada) Mar 12 2012	Nov 7, 2012	Jack Bender	Leigh Dana Jackson	5.07 million
Clarence Montgomery of color, who was in Alcatraz for the murder of his white girlfriend, murders a young woman on a golf course. In the course of the investigation it turns out that he was innocent at the time. So the question arises why he is actually killing today.
9	Herman and Pinky Ames	The Ames Bros.	5th Mar 2012	Nov 14, 2012	Nick Copus	Robert Hull	5.82 million
The brothers Herman and Pinky Ames, who were sitting in Alcatraz for bank robbery, tried in the 1960s with the help of a guard to steal the gold allegedly stored there since the Civil War , but were caught. In the present, they try again, when Rebecca and Soto get in their way.
10	Sonny Burnett	Sonny Burnett	5th Mar 2012	Nov 21, 2012	Paul Edwards	Toni Graphia & Robert Hull	5.47 million
Sonny Burnett once forced 14-year-old Helen to help him with kidnappings and ransom extortions. But she betrayed him, and he came to Alcatraz, where he initially had a difficult time, until he learned that he could only survive with severity and brutality. Now he's back and wants revenge on Helen.
11	Webb Porter	Webb Porter	19 Mar 2012	Nov 28, 2012	Jack Bender	Steven Lilien & Bryan Wynbrandt	5.04 million
Webb Porter was a patient of Lucy Banerjee during his time in Alcatraz and was treated by her with music. Since then he has developed a virtuoso violin playing. In the present day he kidnaps women to use their hair on the bow of his violin. After he is caught, Hauser and Dr. Beauregard used his blood to bring Lucy out of a coma. At the end of the episode she opens her eyes again and seems to wake up from the coma.
12	Garrett Stillman	Garrett Stillman	26th Mar 2012	Dec 5, 2012	Eagle Egilsson	Leigh Dana Jackson & Coleman Herbert	4.78 million
The highly intelligent robber Garrett Stillman once ensured, on behalf of Director James, that his fellow inmate Harlan Simmons was released on parole before the 63s disappeared. Simmons built a financial empire in the decades that followed. Now Stillman is back, taking control of several armored vehicles belonging to a security company and robbing a shipment destined for Simmons' company that contains a key. Meanwhile, Hauser's employees find a hidden room under Alcatraz, which requires three keys to open. Hauser already has two.
13	Tommy Madsen	Tommy Madsen	26th Mar 2012	Dec 12, 2012	Aaron Lipstadt	Daniel Pyne & Jennifer Johnson	4.75 million
Rebecca, Soto and Hauser finally track down Tommy Madsen, who is looking for the third key. You can track him down, but he escapes. Soto finds the third key, and Hauser and Banerjee can open the door to the hidden room on Alcatraz. Rebecca follows Tommy and is stabbed by him. She is seriously injured and taken to the hospital, where her vital functions fail at the end of the episode.

Web links

• Alcatraz in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

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