Alcatraz (TV Series) Ernest Cobb (2012) User Reviews

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[ShelbyTMItchell · 8/10 · 6 June 2013]

I respect the first reviewer who put the first review out but despite liking Sam Neill as an actor as he is underrated. Still the guy creeps me out and really acts like a total jerk as wonder why Sarah Jones does not stand up to him despite being a boss.

Not just for being secretive and mysterious but also treating her and Diego like dirt. Every single time they close the case, Neill's Emerson is such a grouch.

As Jones while an improvement over Neill in this episode, you would think would have the guts to stand up to a jerk a*s boss like him. Only like Lucy who understands Neill's behavior and seems to be really likable. As both used to date and may be.

While Jorge Garcia love his character as the Alcatraz conspiracy expert. As he is so lovable yet so vulnerable! Team Lucy and Team Diego all the way!

Sam Neil makes this a winner!

[jumbopasatebos · 7/10 · 1 February 2012]

This episode is slightly better than the pilot and mostly because of Sam Neil's acting skills. While in the first episode he makes little more than pose and smile here he takes a more active role which helps the whole show look better.

The plot slowly advances and after accepting the silly initial premise it looks O.K. There are certain things I enjoyed like the fact that the first prisoner is not forgotten but remains part of the whole plot. The acting is good but could be a lot better because of the clichéd dialogue. I really think Sarah Jones is underrated here she does a good job, she just needs better dialogue. Also, I really enjoyed the series "villain of the week" more than the first time around. I really liked the scene where the Warden kills his silence in the isolation chamber by forcing him to share his cell with a loud talking insensitive prisoner. There are minor silly stuff like the red picnic sheet he uses before executing his victims but overall they are minor setbacks that do not damage the story. The ending revelation seems pretty pointless also. I mean, as it is, it adds nothing to the story, it's an element that could have been added anytime, there is no particular sense on why it should be there. I also like the fact that a team member gets hurt, the show needs to remember that most of the characters there are people not cyborgs. I also enjoy the way the old inmates are presented they really look like they belong in the 60's.

As it is, this episode fares better than the first one. What we need is more Sam Neil action, less absurd revelations and better dialogue for the leading characters and the show will do well, for now at least.

I wanted to like this...

[sysgoddess · 5/10 · 5 June 2024]

I wanted to like this but the lead actresses character is so wooden & cliched that it makes her unlikeable and her character unbelievable especially when they have her sweep a suspected location of the sniper with a civilian, go straight to a freshly ejected shell casing buried away from where the sniper fired from then pick it up with her bare hands and hand it to her 'partner'.

Additionally they seem to all have a uniform of sorts that they have worn in both episodes we've seen so far.

The pilot episode was interesting and showed such promise to me but this episode seems full of holes including where a member of the team is shot with a high powered sniper rifle at fairly close range in center of mass and should have been dead before she hit the floor but miraculously survives.

The lead character finally has to change her shirt but opts for a similar style under her leather jacket. Most of us tend to wear the same style clothes on a daily basis especially casual clothes but the costumes in this series don't seem to have been given much thought beyond the 60s era ones.