FOX’s new midseason sci-fi crime thriller created by Lost’s executive producer J.J. Abrams has viewers buzzing. Based of the infamous prison on Alcatraz Island on the coast of San Francisco, California, which harbored the nations most dangerous criminals, this new show adds a twist, as the criminals from the past haunt threaten the present and future.

After its close in 1963, Alcatraz’s prisoners disappeared before they could be transferred to other prisons around the country. Abrams uses this history to begin the show with a crime being committed in the exact same way as a previous convicted prisoner from Alcatraz. Although it begins very confusingly, Abrams’s prestige in the Entertainment industry warrants a chance to be taken on the show. With FOX’s sci-fi thriller Fringe coming to an end this year, Alcatraz will be taking its place.

Alcatraz stars Sarah Jones as Detective Madsen and Jonny Crove as Wardin James and airs Mondays at 9 p.m. If you’re interested in this new show, check out its pilot on FOX.com.