There are some shows that should only be one season. Heroes and Prison Break would have made pretty good one season shows, as they quickly lost their way after the first season. Damian Lewis had his own short lives series, Life, which should have been left off at one season. The first season of Homeland had a lot of promise. A forgotten POW is found in a locked room after being held hostage for eight years, but is he a hero or a villain? That’s the big question our hero, an ambitious CIA agent, has to answer. We are shown…
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Alcatraz
Alcatraz is the story of time traveling murders and the people who want to catch them before they kill again. It’s a good show on many levels, the actors are great, the production values are high, and who doesn’t long for a glimpse of the good old days of prison life in the early 1960s? The problem with all new Sci Fi shows is that the Sci Fi fan base has a very long memory and it’s all but impossible to come up with something completely new. Alcatraz has the look and feel of Fringe, The X-Files, Prison Break, LOST, The…