"Alas, All Thinking"
| S - | Ep - | |
| Short Story | - min | |
A brilliant scientist is given a glimpse of humanity's future as purely mental creatures. Only 36 humans remain, and they live in dusty cubicles, engaged in constant meditation. Three of them turn to look at him and their necks snap under the weight of their heads. Horrified at their "monster"-like bodies and useless lives, he eventually kills them all, leaving alive Pearl, the most "worldly" of the group, with whom he intends to create a "revised" race. Although Pearl never seems to forgive him for killing the "beautiful souls," and she believes that thinking itself is beautiful and is therefore useful, she asks him to mate with her. They engage in an awkward courtship, during which she also asks him to woo her in "the manner of a twentieth century novel" (Bleiler). He attempts this, but she is drawn into an extended period of analysis whenever he makes an unfamiliar gesture. Eventually, she retreats into meditation completely. Using her time machine, he travels to the future to find her degenerating into a mushroom-like creature. At the conclusion, he kills her with the help of two friends.
Alcatraz
13 Episodes, 1 Season
| S - | Ep - | 2012/01/16 |
| TV Series | 60 min TV-14 | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
Years ago when the most dangerous prisoners of Alcatraz mysteriously disappeared, they resurface in the present day as part of a larger conspiracy, leaving a police detective, an expert on Alcatraz and an FBI agent to track them down. On March 21, 1963, the inmates and guards at Alcatraz prison mysteriously disappear. To cover up the problem, the government reports to the public that the prison has been closed because of unsafe conditions. A secret government unit was set-up to find the prisoners. Now, in the present-day, the inmates begin returning - un-aged and unaware of where they have spent the missing decades - and continue their criminal ways. They are acting out of character and appear to be searching for specific objects. A federal agent employs a police officer and a conspiracy theory novelist to help track them down.
Alcatraz
Pilot
| S 1 | Ep 1 | 2012/01/16 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
Years ago when the most dangerous prisoners of Alcatraz mysteriously disappeared, they resurface in the present day as part of a larger conspiracy, leaving a police detective, an expert on Alcatraz and an FBI agent to track them down.
Alcatraz
Ernest Cobb
| S 1 | Ep 2 | 2012/01/16 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
The next returning Alcatraz inmate is Ernest Cobb, a crack-shot who shot series of crows and people in different cities all over he US before being arrested. He deliberately shot a guard in the leg to be relocated to Alcatraz, hell-bent on a quiet, private cell. Warden Edwin James sadistically kept denying him isolation, leading to more inside crimes. Diego 'Doc' Soto's knowledge proves invaluable to catch Cobb before he makes his third victims batches before moving to another time, but the stress and danger of the chase make him doubt if he's fit as SFPD partner. ...
Alcatraz
Kit Nelson
| S 1 | Ep 3 | 2012/01/23 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
The third monster returning from Alcatraz is the most despised yet: threefold convicted child murderer Kit Nelson kidnapped young Dylan Callahan from his bed, terrifying kid brother Liam to silence. Diego 'Doc' Soto realizes his MO is to spend the weekend with him and return the corpse home and breaks emotionally when Emerson Hauser heartlessly sets up a trap there, but finds them himself, although that doesn't go well either. In 1960, Warden Edwin James heaped his cruelty on top of customary abuse by fellow inmates and prison doctor Milton Beauregard.
Alcatraz
Cal Sweeney
| S 1 | Ep 4 | 2012/01/30 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
Cal Sweeney, the next Alcatraz prisoner to mysteriously reappear, resumes his MO of robbing banks, where he seduced a female teller clerk, limiting himself to the private boxes, not the safe, and returning with his loot to one client. Alas he is now more violent, once being surprised, next at a home. He's caught by helping him escape before a SWAT attack after his last robbery is detected. In 1960, Cal ran the prison's semi-condoned black market, training junior cell neighbor Harlan Simmons to become his deputy. After deputy warden E.B. Tiller confiscated the empty ...
Alcatraz
Guy Hastings
| S 1 | Ep 5 | 2012/02/06 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
The next man 'returning' from 1963 and hurting an Alcatraz island ranger is no prisoner but most senior guard Guy Hastings, who was in charge of training recruits. One of those, Ray Archer, seemingly was the pointless butt of convict Tommy Madsen, but actually a loyal relative. Dr. Diego Soto helps Rebecca work out her father-substitutive uncle's more significant position. Meanwhile Guy takes him hostage to look for his elusive heritage, is surprised to see his now adult daughter Annie has kids and grandkids and allows Hauser to bring him into the secret section.
Alcatraz
Paxton Petty
| S 1 | Ep 6 | 2012/02/13 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
The next reappearing convict is Paxton Petty, a sick Korean war veteran who became a serial landmine murderer. He was tortured in Alcatraz by the brutal doctor and made a deal with Dr. Lucy Banerjee for the whereabouts of the last bomb. Now he wants revenge, especially on Hauser, whom he manages to lure into a minefield. The team must crack the clues in a poem preserved in his prison file.
Alcatraz
Johnny McKee
| S 1 | Ep 7 | 2012/02/20 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
70-fold murderer Johnny McKee returns and reverts to his horrible MO, assuming menial jobs so he can slickly organize terminal toxic tragedy for groups of clients in a bar, a club's swimming pool and even the subway. In Alcatraz, he was forced to collaborate in Dr. Sengupta's 'therapy'. Don and the cops look for clues, also working with the picture among his belongings, of the former belle of the class which includes his first 40 victims after a trauma.
Alcatraz
The Ames Bros
| S 1 | Ep 8 | 2012/03/05 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
Next fiends to return are giant Pinky and smart Herman Ames, twin brothers who ruthlessly mounted a rare, nearly successful escape in 1963. Also back is Alcatraz jailer Donovan, their accomplice then, who poses as an island Ranger to trick the team. Doc, Hauser and Rebecca each get in danger while they work out that the three are after a treasure, Civil War gold, which the warden kept locked up.
Alcatraz
Sonny Burnett
| S 1 | Ep 9 | 2012/03/05 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
Sonny Burnett a man with an incredible dark side who became ultra-violent during his stint at Alcatraz, returns.
Alcatraz
Clarence Montgomerty
| S 1 | Ep 10 | 2012/02/27 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
The team soon believes the next man to return, Clarence Montgomery, a gifted cook to the warden's taste, may well have been innocent of the bloody, senseless murder of his white girl friend on a country club golf course. He was the first subject of Dr. Milton Beauregard perverse crime stimulation experiment, but in the present he copycats his own alleged crime.
Alcatraz
Webb Porter
| S 1 | Ep 11 | 2012/03/19 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
It takes a while until Hauser recognizes the MO of Webb Porter, who drowns women in their bathtubs at home and auditions as violinist. He suffered from tinnitus since his mother tried to drown him as a young child. Dr. Lucy turned the frightened mental wreck into a self-confident musician. Dr. Milton Beauregard tells Hauser how Webb may save Lucy's life if caught in time, Doc and Madsen help track him down.
Alcatraz
Garrett Stillman
| S 1 | Ep 12 | 2012/03/26 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
Doc and Rebecca close in on a man who may be the key to revealing the secrets behind all the returning criminals. Meanwhile, Hauser makes a discovery beneath the halls of Alcatraz that brings him ever closer to the truth.
Alcatraz
Tommy Madsen
| S 1 | Ep 13 | 2012/03/26 |
| TV Series Episode | - min | |
| ACT CRI DRA | USA | |
Revealing doors are opened and lives hang in the balance as Rebecca will stop at nothing in pursuit of the man who killed her partner.
The Alcoa Hour
The Stingiest Man In Town
| S 2 | Ep 7 | 1956/12/23 |
| TV Series Episode | 60 min | |
| DRA | ||
Version of "A Christmas Carol"
Alexia and Graham Bell
| S - | Ep - | 1986// |
| Short Story | - min | |
An intriguing story of cause and effect as Alexander Graham Bell fails to invent the telephone, although his descendent, Graham Bell, does. The belated invention reverberates through time, causing people to lose track of their own history, eventually coming to believe that the telephone did exist since Bell's time.
Alf's Button Afloat
| 1938/10/17 | ||
| Film | 89 min | |
| COM | UK | |
Alf discovers that one of the buttons on his uniform is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. When he cleans it a genie appears.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The West Warlock Time Capsule
| S 2 | Ep 35 | 1957/05/26 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min TV-14 | |
| CRI DRA MYS THR | USA | |
Taxidermist George Tiffany has domestic trouble when his wife's visiting brother Waldren overstays his welcome. George Tiffany is not just a taxidermist -- he's an artist. And his work is good enough that the city is accepting his unique donation. He's stuffing Napoleon, a horse that was the city park's chief attraction for many years. Napoleon will be stuffed with a time capsule to be opened one-hundred years hence -- in 2057. If only George's private life were going as well as his professional life.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Party Line
| S 5 | Ep 33 | 1960/05/29 |
| TV Series Episode | 30 min TV-14 | |
| CRI DRA MYS THR | USA | |
Helen Parch shares a party line telephone with several others. She likes to talk on the phone quite a bit but also listens in on others... Helen Parch shares a party line telephone with several others. She likes to talk on the phone quite a bit but also listens in on others. She's warned by the police one day that a Mr. Miller, with whom she once shared the party line, has broken out of prison and that her life may be in danger. Years before, Miller needed to contact a doctor when his wife was ill and Helen refused to get off the line. Miller's wife died and he turned to a life of crime. Now he may be after Helen.