Hard Time Alcatraz Fox, Mondays, 10 PM “Jack Sylvane” Written by Elizabeth Sarnoff & Steven Lilien & Bryan Winbrandt Directed by Danny Cannon “Ernest Cobb” Written by Alison Belian Directed by Jack Bender “This is Alcatraz. No one forgets” – First Guard So. Here we are again: a mystery island, underground bunkers, and Jorge Garcia. Reruns of Lost? No, this is JJ Abrams’ newest excursion into weird TV, Alcatraz, which is supposed to be a police procedural with a time-travel twist. I’m not sure these ingredients are going to work this time around, because they’re in a different context. First of all,…
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The X-Files: “Shadows”
Shadows by Sarah Stegall Copyright 1993 by Sarah Stegall Writer: Glen Morgan and James Wong Director: Michael Katleman I gave myself an extra day to review this episode of “The X-Files” because it took me that long to figure out what it was that I didn’t like about it. Although Glen Morgan and Jim Wong deliver a tight, crisp script and director Michael Katleman gives us snappy pacing and good visuals, the heart of “Shadows” is hollow. Mulder and Scully are called in by a pair of unidentified operatives to give their opinions on two mysteriously dead corpses, still warm…