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Alcatraz (FOX) "Pilot" & "Ernest Cobb" *Spoilers!*

What did You Think Of The 2 Hour Premiere?


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Well if Alcatraz doesn't work out she(Sarah Jones) could always play Power Girl. :D

Seriously am I the only one who sees it? :shrug:
 
There is so much I want to say...but I will end up sounding like a pig...Okay OINK! Her chest is fine and with a costume tailored to her...it could work. Just one piggies opinion. ;)
 
I think she might be a bit short for the role Jetfire but agree she does look like a good candidate for Powergirl.
 
That was definitely her best feature. In fact she kind of looked like a curvier, bustier version of Katee Sackoff.
 
Well it's not only Lucy as a non-prisoner present in the present. The doctor is here, too.

Still, some mysteries already besides the obvious "How did they get here/Where have they been?" The cop's grandfather seems to spend a lot of time in the hospital ward, with them taking his blood. The prisoners, for seemingly not knowing anything, seemed to adapt to 2012 damn well. If Lucy and the doctor reappeared, they don't seem to be able to provide much info. Hauser looks mighty fit for 70+. Hurley's regained all the weight he lost on the island.

The bad guys are really shown as being awful, which is honest for them being sent to Alcatraz. Who couldn't identify as just being out for the day...when suddenly a sniper fires. Disquieting feeling watching that.

Oh, and they have that mystery key from Flynn (who was killed in the first ep), and elevators that require a key to access? Coincidenza?
 
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I'm wonder if Lucy and Dr. Beauregard are in 2012 not having aged a day if the warden is also here in the present and is running the faux Alcatraz where the prisoners are being held. Why is the doctor here? What's with all the blood tests? Are the prisoners time travelers, former suspended animation test subjects or could they be clones?

Hauser's very upset about Lucy. It's more than concern for a colleague...former lovers?

The guy playing Kit Nelson was very good just as he was on Fringe last season. Kit was a sick piece of work and I felt little sympathy for him when the prisoners kicked his ass while the guards stodd by and did nothing until ordered to stop it. While that's completely unacceptable I just don't feel sorry much for the guy.
 
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I think I would enjoy watching a period show about the Warden of Alcatraz. That is one sick little man. He alone makes this show for me.
 
I've been watching a lot of criminal minds recently, and watching these guys trying to find those felons is just so elementary level... Sigh.
 
I didn't see Sam Neill's name in the credits.

He has been replaced by a lookalike called Sam Neil.
Alcatraz_103_SamNeilcredit.jpg
 
One "L"... Pfff! :o

Just fucking with you. The nice people around J.J. Abrams actually put a second L there, it was just caught in the upload process.

Anyway, why is this a J.J. Abrams show, when the creators of the show are not him and there are also other producers? I guess it is just his name to draw some attention, like with Lost and Fringe, where he barely is involved anyway.
 
Good Episode.

Hey Mods, maybe you can change the name of this thread as an overall Season one discusion thread.
 
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