Alcatraz - Dissecting the Mysteries

Thanks to Darthlocke for the heads up.

TVGuide.com turned to executive producers Jennifer Johnson and Dan Pyne to answer some of the questions we've been keeping track of. For instance: Who are the powers that be that are behind the '63s' disappearance? We may be meeting one of them soon!

Will the reason why Tommy Madsen is so important come to light soon?
Dan Pyne: Yes. Everything's building towards that in midseason. That would be the question that's answered in the last episode.
Jennifer Johnson: A lot of things are going to come together having to do with the inmate's blood, Tommy Madsen and what's behind the Warden's door.

Is there a particular reason why Alcatraz prison became the focus point of the disappearance?
Johnson: Yeah. There are theories that our characters have. We'll talk about what those theories are by the end of the season, but they may not be the real ones. We'll understand what Hauser thinks about it and what his think-tank thinks about it, but that's really just the tip of the iceberg. We may meet a character by the end of the season who does know that specific answer, who probably has a lot more answers than any of the characters we've met so far.


Will we learn who the powers that be are and what their motives are this season? Or is that a series arc?
Pyne: Well, it's a little of both. I think by the end of [Episode] 13 we'll have an understanding of who that might be.
Johnson: That's the character that we were referring to. He might be part of the powers that be.
Pyne: But definitely by the end of the season there will be more of a sense of the game that's afoot. We won't be coy about it and keep holding back. There will be a better sense of what's going on. We may not understand what the endgame is, but at least the players will become a little bit clearer.
Johnson: It's complicated because they don't all have the same goals, which we're going to hit upon before the end of the season. There's almost a secret war happening between the '63s, too. That all interplays with what their relationships were in the past when they were imprisoned or working on Alcatraz.

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