Thief (TV series)

Thief
Andre Braugher in Thief
Created by	Norman Morrill
Starring	Andre Braugher Mae Whitman Malik Yoba Yancey Arias Clifton Collins, Jr.
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Running time	44 minutes (60 including commercial time)
Production company(s)	Pariah Television Sarabrande Productions Regency Television Fox Television Studios
Release
Original network	FX
Picture format	480i (SDTV), 720p (HDTV)
Original release	March 28 – May 2, 2005

Thief is an FX television mini-series which debuted on March 28, 2005 (see 2005 in television).

Andre Braugher stars as Nick Atwater, the leader of a robbery crew balancing his personal life with the planning of a major heist. The crew is being targeted by a relentless cop and the Chinese mafia every step of the way, while Atwater struggles at home with his teenage stepdaughter (Mae Whitman). Braugher won his second Emmy as Best Actor in a television series in 2006 for his work on Thief.

The pilot was originally ordered by FX back in 2002, but didn't move forward until Braugher signed on. Despite critical acclaim, the show failed to garner significant ratings and FX declined to extend the series.

Air date: March 28, 2005

The team breaks into a bank vault in San Francisco's Chinatown. Changing the plan at the last moment, Nick permits them to take a large stack of cash in addition to the bearer bonds they were there to find. While they are in the vault, Nick gets a phone call from his wife, telling him that her daughter, Tammi, is at the police station. Nick says they will discuss the situation later. Outside the bank, Izzy, who is in charge of bypassing security, loses focus and allows the bank's alarm to sound. Hearing the alarm, Vincent, a Chinese mobster, spots Nick leaving the bank. After the getaway, Nick tells Izzy he is out of the crew until he can quit the drug habit that caused his mistake.

Arriving at Roselyn's house with the take from the robbery, Nick is told that the money belongs to the Chinese mob and will have to be returned. Unbeknownst to them, the Chinese mob is not content with the return of the money, and Vincent is sent to find and kill the members of the team. The crew is extremely disappointed at having had to give up the money, and they urge Nick to find another heist to make up for the low earnings from the bank job. As they are discussing their plans, Nick gets a call that his wife has been in a car accident. She eventually dies at the hospital, leaving Nick to care for his stepdaughter.

Meanwhile, Detective Hayes of the New Orleans Police Department is under investigation by Internal Affairs. His wife is about to leave him, but he assures her he will come up with a way to make things right.

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