Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
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Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
By djariya at 2012-02-13
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Episodes 12 and 13 of 13
Last 2 episodes of the season. It's up to FOX now whether it comes back.
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Re: Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
Must buy a Ford...
So should fans of the show start sending rocks to FOX to try and save it? I'm not really concerned if it doesn't come back...overall it bored more. We just need J.J. to put Juggs on one of his other new shows.
So should fans of the show start sending rocks to FOX to try and save it? I'm not really concerned if it doesn't come back...overall it bored more. We just need J.J. to put Juggs on one of his other new shows.
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Re: Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
When does the finale air? All I saw was Ford commercials. Decent episodes though, weird ending that still answers nothing. I was hoping there was a raptor in the locked room.
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I came back for the finale just to see if the locked room was anything special or interesting. It wasn't and I won't be back as a viewer ever again. Almost all the scripts I saw might as well be from the same Mad lib with a different convict's name filled in.
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Re: Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
So i came here to see if i should pick this up again as i stopped a few peisodes in i can see by your posts i shouldn't waste my time with it.
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Re: Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
Every week the cases started to be a bit more dull to me.. I'm guessing the problem is, for me at least, that most crime shows have a "who done it?" element to them or at least a twisting "how did they do it?"... Where this show is pretty much that Inmate 45206 did a cut and dry simple crime in early 1950s/60 and then they chase him and catch him, or more like re-catch him in 2012..
leaving only the main story arc to keep in entertained and at this point I'm not sure I even care anymore.. Odds are this show now goes into my stunt casting pile, as in I only watch if some guest star they promo looks interesting..
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Re: Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
they should just have a season dedicated to the female lead (not Hurley) soaping up her large breasts with Alcatraz island in the background. Then and only then would I consider going back to this trainwreck.
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If the prisoners had her bra back in the day they could have used it as a boat to get across the bay.
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I'll admit, the last couple posts made me chuckle. I stopped after episode 3 and was checking in to see if it was worth coming back, and it sounds like the answer is no.
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Re: Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
I feel like they crammed 6 episodes of content into 42 minutes. I can't imagine if they were given a 22 episode order - the pacing, character development and plot reveals were handled very poorly.
At least we got an answer of what is behind the door to an extent. I'm at least intrigued by the questions raised in the finale.
If it comes back I'm sure super silver blood will fix Rebecca.
At least we got an answer of what is behind the door to an extent. I'm at least intrigued by the questions raised in the finale.
If it comes back I'm sure super silver blood will fix Rebecca.
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Re: Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
Haven't watched the final two yet, but I guess I'm alone in the fact that I've really enjoyed this show and certainly hope it returns.
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Re: Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
Disgruntled viewers are more vocal, that's normal.
I also enjoyed the show. I really hope we have a second season.
And yeah, before the show started I was expecting something else, but after the first 3 episodes I knew what kind of show it was, so I was able to enjoy the rest of the season.
I also enjoyed the show. I really hope we have a second season.
And yeah, before the show started I was expecting something else, but after the first 3 episodes I knew what kind of show it was, so I was able to enjoy the rest of the season.
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Re: Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
The series hit a ratings low in the finale. Most other boards are saying this show has no chance at renewal with those numbers.
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With her gun drawn on unarmed bad guys the main character is like 3 for 14
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Re: Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
Too bad Juggs didn't get stabbed every episode. Too bad it took her dying to get her into a more revealing situation.
I liked the show and hope it gets renewed. Pretty disappointed with the reveal though. I was hoping it would have been more interesting. 63's popping up across the country? Big whoop. I was really hoping the warden was going to show up at the end too. Oh well.
Here's hoping it gets a second season. If not, hopefully Juggs made some big purchases with the assumption that money from the second season would roll in and will have to turn to porn to pay the bills.
I liked the show and hope it gets renewed. Pretty disappointed with the reveal though. I was hoping it would have been more interesting. 63's popping up across the country? Big whoop. I was really hoping the warden was going to show up at the end too. Oh well.
Here's hoping it gets a second season. If not, hopefully Juggs made some big purchases with the assumption that money from the second season would roll in and will have to turn to porn to pay the bills.
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Re: Alcatraz -- 2 Hour Season Finale -- "Garrett Stillman/Tommy Madsen" -- 3/26/12
Really liked these last 2 episodes, Garrett Stillman a little more than the finale but both non the less. They did try and cram a lot in these 2 episodes but the key stuff has been around most of the season and we did see that Harlan character before although if he was going to be yin to the Warden's yang they should have given us more glimpses of him.
Juggs certainly lived up to her name these last 2 episodes.
Here's the problem though. The audience for this show wants mythology pretty much right from the start. The mythology even in small parts is going to scare off the CBS crowd so we're stuck with a show that doesn't know what it wants to be and can't afford to cater to it's built in audience because there just aren't enough of us. I fear that when this and Fringe die we won't see any more of this type of programming for some time.
Juggs certainly lived up to her name these last 2 episodes.
Here's the problem though. The audience for this show wants mythology pretty much right from the start. The mythology even in small parts is going to scare off the CBS crowd so we're stuck with a show that doesn't know what it wants to be and can't afford to cater to it's built in audience because there just aren't enough of us. I fear that when this and Fringe die we won't see any more of this type of programming for some time.
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The homage to Bullitt was kind of weak. Maybe if it was a bit longer it might have been better. The way her grandfather got the jump on her was also stupid. C'mon he was on the ground already; all she had to do was cuff him. Dumb ass bitch.
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The one in this finale was just terrible. She should die due to being such an idiot. I did like the salt in the wound by grandad driving away in her stang.