The BEST episodes of Alcatraz

Every episode of Alcatraz ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Alcatraz!

In 1963, all the prisoners and guards mysteriously disappear from Alcatraz. In the present day, they resurface and a secret agency are tasked with re-capturing them.

Last Updated: 1/10/2024Network: FOXStatus: Ended
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Tommy Madsen
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7.84
3483 votes

#1 - Tommy Madsen

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/26/2012

Revealing doors are opened and lives hang in the balance as Rebecca will stop at nothing in pursuit of the man who killed her partner.

Directors: Aaron Lipstadt
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Guy Hastings
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7.75
4481 votes

#2 - Guy Hastings

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/6/2012

Guy Hastings, an Alcatraz guard, reappears. Although a good man, Hastings is being asked to do bad things and will come face-to-face with an old acquaintance.

Directors: Charles Beeson
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Paxton Petty
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7.66
4241 votes

#3 - Paxton Petty

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/13/2012

When Hauser, Madsen, and Soto track former inmate Paxton Petty, a landmine bomber who has returned and is placing bombs throughout populated areas of San Francisco, methods of the past are applied to the present.

Directors: Paul A. Edwards
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Webb Porter
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7.66
3539 votes

#4 - Webb Porter

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/19/2012

Rebecca, Doc, and Hauser set out to capture musically-inclined serial killer Webb Porter, an unknown ’63 that returns more violent than ever.

Directors: Jack Bender
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Garrett Stillman
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7.66
3604 votes

#5 - Garrett Stillman

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/26/2012

Doc and Rebecca close in on a man who may be the key to revealing the secrets behind all the returning criminals. Meanwhile, Hauser makes a discovery beneath the halls of Alcatraz that brings him ever closer to the truth.

Directors: Eagle Egilsson
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Clarence Montgomery
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7.65
3407 votes

#6 - Clarence Montgomery

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/12/2012

Clarence Montgomery was the only innocent man in Alcatraz, but he's returned and is committing crimes.

Directors: Jack Bender
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Pilot
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7.65
6351 votes

#7 - Pilot

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/16/2012

Years ago when the most dangerous prisoners of Alcatraz mysteriously disappeared, they resurface in the present day as part of a larger conspiracy, leaving a police detective, an expert on Alcatraz and an FBI agent to track them down.

Directors: Danny Cannon
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Cal Sweeney
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7.64
4664 votes

#8 - Cal Sweeney

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/30/2012

When a bank robbing criminal returns from the past and things go wrong in the present, Rebecca has to break him out of the hostage-filled bank before people can find out who he is.

Directors: Brad Anderson
Writer: Robert Hull
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The Ames Brothers
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7.57
2949 votes

#9 - The Ames Brothers

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/5/2012

Herman and Pinky Ames, who almost escaped in 1963, return to Alcatraz in the present day and find something strangely wrong.

Directors: Nick Copus
Writer: Robert Hull
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Sonny Burnett
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7.56
3673 votes

#10 - Sonny Burnett

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 3/5/2012

Sonny Burnett, a man with a dark side, who became extremely violent while at Alcatraz reappears.

Writer: Toni Graphia
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Kit Nelson
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7.55
5142 votes

#11 - Kit Nelson

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/23/2012

When child killer Kit Nelson, a terrifying kidnapper who always returns his victims home - after he's killed them - reappears from the past, the team is in a race against time to catch the man before he kills again.

Directors: Jack Bender
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Ernest Cobb
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7.54
5207 votes

#12 - Ernest Cobb

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/16/2012

When a sniper begins targeting young victims, the team is forced to retrace the steps of the past in order to solve this modern day mystery.

Directors: Jack Bender
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Johnny McKee
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7.44
4349 votes

#13 - Johnny McKee

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/20/2012

Madsen and Hauser hunt down Johnny McKee, a former Alcatraz inmate and vicious killer with a background in chemistry. It’s a race against time before McKee horrifically poisons more innocent victims. Meanwhile, more details emerge about Madsen’s grandfather.

Directors: Brad Turner
Writer: Toni Graphia
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