Tuesday 6 November 2012

‘Not to worry Jack you won’t be lonesome long’ - Emerson Hauser (Alcatraz)


The final words of Emerson Hauser as the pilot episode of Alcatraz comes to end…and all I’m left with is one question, what the fuck?! I have just watched the first episode of Alcatraz and somehow am left wondering what the hell is going on, I’m already questioning the characters and their motives, who is good and who is bad. The most intriguing character for me was Hauser, my opinion of him kept changing throughout the episode; first I thought he seemed like an idiot, then like he had something to hide, then I felt like he was a good ally to main character Rebecca Madsen, and then this his closing line made me feel like he has something to hide. I am intrigued by this series, I felt like this pilot was kind of all over the place…yet it still had my attention. To me it seems like a mix between prison break and CSI, a new crime/ prisoner to hunt down each week, all with a back story, all linking back to the Alcatraz prison. The series also has an interesting cast; the guy from Jurassic Park, the girl (not Kiera Knightly) from Bend it Like Beckham, and the fat guy from Lost, they all team up to hunt down the missing prisoners of Alcatraz. This series seems to have an interesting story with a lot of scope; there are many routes which the writers can take with each of the characters. Because of all the characters and the story so far, I will be interested to see where the series takes us, and for that reason I will continue to watch Alcatraz.

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