S1E13 Tommy Madsen
Revealing doors are opened and lives hang in the balance as Rebecca will stop at nothing in pursuit of the man who killed her partner.
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🏆 Top Episodes
#2
S1E12
Garrett Stillman
Doc and Rebecca close in on a man who may be the key to revealing the secrets behind all the returning criminals. Meanwhile, Hauser makes a discovery beneath the halls of Alcatraz that brings him ever closer to the truth.
#3
S1E6
Paxton Petty
When Hauser, Madsen, and Soto track former inmate Paxton Petty, a landmine bomber who has returned and is placing bombs throughout populated areas of San Francisco, methods of the past are applied to the present.
- 4. S1E8 "The Ames Bros."
- 5. S1E5 "Guy Hastings"
- 6. S1E1 "Pilot"
- 7. S1E9 "Sonny Burnett"
- 8. S1E11 "Webb Porter"
- 9. S1E2 "Ernest Cobb"
- 10. S1E10 "Clarence Montgomery"
📉 Bottom Episodes
#13
S1E7
Johnny McKee
Madsen and Hauser hunt down Johnny McKee, a former Alcatraz inmate and vicious killer with a background in chemistry. It’s a race against time before McKee horrifically poisons more innocent victims. Meanwhile, more details emerge about Madsen’s grandfather.
- 12. S1E4 "Cal Sweeney"
- 11. S1E3 "Kit Nelson"
- 10. S1E10 "Clarence Montgomery"
- 9. S1E2 "Ernest Cobb"
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4 Standouts
3 Infamous
4 Hidden Gems
2 Forgettable
Top Standout: S1E1 Pilot
Most Infamous: S1E2 Ernest Cobb
Best Hidden Gem: S1E12 Garrett Stillman
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