Thanks to the Fox marketing department and the fine folks at Frontier
Airline, I got a chance to watch the first half of the two hour premiere of
“Alcatraz” as I winged my way to Milwaukee a few days ago.
With the proviso that I haven’t seen the second hour and reserve the
right to change my mind once I have, I thought I’d give y’all my initial
impressions of the JJ Abrams produced drama. Spoilers abound ahead.
I swear I went in with the highest of hopes for “Alcatraz.” Love me
some Jorge Garcia (and he is, unsurprisingly, the best thing about the first
hour). I dig the hell out of “Lost” and “Fringe,” and the setting of Alcatraz
Island is just a phenomenal place to center a TV series around. Throw in the unsettling presence of Sam
Neill and character actor extraordinaire Robert Forster and it should be a
great mix of mystery and badassery.
So why did I finish that first episode with such a feeling of
disappointment?
