13. ‘Alcatraz’ (2012)

This mythology-heavy sci-fi/crime drama had potential. Star Lost") is always a welcome presence. But the complicated backstory (involving convicts from the long-shuttered island prison suddenly popping up 50 years later, not having aged, in present-day San Francisco) couldn’t rise beyond the show’s fugitive-of-the-week structure. Co-produced by Abrams, it lasted one season on Fox.

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