Episode Reviewed: Alcatraz Guy Hastings

Alright, just a little warning, this review contains massive spoilers. This week we see the return of Alcatraz guard Guy Hastings. He reappears and seeks out Ray Archer, another Alcatraz guard who we learned in the pilot raised Rebecca. Flashbacks show Hastings training Archer, as well as interact with, guess who, Tommy Madsen, Rebecca's grandfather. We learn they're actually brothers, but Ray changed his last name so he could work at Alcatraz. We don't actually know what Hastings wanted Tommy for, but we do learn that Tommy is key player in what's happening. He seemed to know what was going to happen to him before it happened, and Ray seems to know something, too. This actually focuses less on Hastings and more on the Madsen clan. We also learn a bit about what the guards may have experienced when they... vanished off the rock. Now, what the guards experienced wasn't necessarily what the prisoners experienced, but it seems like something... biological, especially because Hastings says he was told he and other guards were contaminated, and we mention, yet again, that prisoners, especially Tommy Madsen, were having blood taken out of them regularly for something. Another thing is that Hastings has some fuzzy memories of what happened to him, but Jack Sylvane (you remember him, right?) had no recollection. There was also a mention of seismic activity when Hastings returned, which fits in with something we were told last week if you have that much imagination. Overall, the plot thickened. This was vast improvement over last week, much better plot, and there finally getting to what i came into the show in the first place for: the overall story of what the hell is actually happening. Plus, it was nice to see Rebecca finally give a crap about how Tommy killed her partner. Final Rating: 90%