It could had been a great series but is full of mistakes, bad sponsor placement and clichés. The errors between scenes are a special case: there are no continuity: keys change case and placement, mobiles change from horizontal to vertical, actors move all around, same car appears over and over in action scenes, etc, etc... The idea is great but it is executed as a "B" series from 80's. My question is simple: today, with so many good professionals, equipment, technology, technique and experience available in the market, how it goes to air with so many mistakes? Ah, Special effects are another joke too.Otherwise it's OK.

This show is one of the best on TV in a long time. Starts out slow but got incredibly interesting and intriguing after a couple episodes. Watched every one and can't wait to see the next season. Give it a chance and watch at least a few episodes before condemning. The story line becomes intense as different characters keep popping up when different prisoners return from the past. They do a great job getting into the back story of each new character without taking away from the ongoing plot. Their are many parts of the story to follow and it keeps you guessing as everything's you think you have a part figured out it switches it up on you. I really love a show that keeps you thinking, to many today are mindless entertainment (if you can call it that) with no intelligent storyline. Definitely worth your time.

This is a show that shows all the same sort of promise and excitement that Prison Break showed a few years back. Sadly, with the network axing it before we even get a sniff of a conclusion, there is little point in watching this.Over zealous American Network bosses doing what they do worst - judging shows on the dollar bills in their pockets. No wonder the USA doesn't have the same cult shows that the UK produces so regularly. It helps to keep up the poor reputation of American Television though.If you have nothing better to do, then watch this - but I warn you, you'll be disappointed when the series ends abruptly and leaving you wanting more.

Most of the other reviewers have picked out similar veins of thought, but to add my tuppence I would state that this mini-series had so much potential, perhaps as a film rather than a series, but did not deliver.The main fault was predictability. You knew in each episode that each prisoner would wither get locked up or killed. The way the 'tecs found solutions was laughably fortunate, the lead detective was unlikeable, Sam Neill was badly cast mainly due to it being impossible to believe he could have been old enough to be on Alcatraz, and poor Parminder Nagra was woefully miscast as a doctor (an Indian female doctor, in Alcatraz - and an attractive one at that!).So many obvious story lines, it became painful watching. But a big finale! I was looking forward to it! And it didn't arrive!!!! Doubt there'll be a season 2, and even if there is, I won't be watching.