If there is one creator that is currently making television series where I will give at least the pilot a try it would by J.J. Abrams. Okay I would also give Joss Whedon a chance, but he’s busy making “Avengers” and isn’t a mega producer like Abrams. So I was looking forward to “Alcatraz.” It involves a mystery full of flashbacks and focused on an island while starring a hilarious giant Hispanic guy. However it’s on Fox, the one channel that will kill something quickly, and it wasn’t going to premiere until January. Not a great way to start, so I was a little worried that the show wouldn’t start out strong enough.
The premise of “Alcatraz” sounds promising. It is about a team of investigators that track down criminals that disappeared from Alcatraz 50 years ago and are now popping back up as if they had never aged a day. Over the first two episodes we met the lead cop lady, who of course has a connection to Alcatraz. The Alcatraz expert that is also a nerd for comic relief and the mysterious person that won’t give out all of the details. It set up a nice mystery and a showed how they will able to do a weekly standalone story. It will be interesting to see how long this pattern lasts, they did this with both “Fringe” and “Lost” and they both quickly changed into a more serialized show.
Overall I liked the pilot and the second episode that was shown last week. The lead actress needs a few acting lessons, but she will eventually catch up. Jorge Garcia delivered a couple of funny lines but the tone of the show was a little too overwhelming and they fell a little flat. Sam Neil was a little too ominous as well. But the story and the action sequences were fun and I am pretty close to being sucked into the overarching story.
The 2 hour premiere gets a total of 3.5 out of 5 stars from me. But there is a lot of potential here. It definitely gets a season pass on my TiVo.
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