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Heist is an American crime drama television series that premiered on NBC on March 22, 2006, but was almost immediately canceled on April 19, 2006, due to low ratings.[1] The series was from director Doug Liman and revolved around professional thief Mickey O' Neil (Dougray Scott), who created a team of experts to try to pull off the biggest heist in history — to simultaneously rob three jewelry stores on Rodeo Drive during Academy Awards week. Meanwhile, Amy Sykes (Michele Hicks), lead detective for LAPD's Robbery Division, led the task force investigating a series of thefts committed by this new crew. Under high pressure from her superiors, she had to figure out not only who was behind the crimes, but also what larger job they were leading up to.

Heist
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Genre	Crime drama, heist
Created by	Mark Cullen Robb Cullen
Directed by	Doug Liman
Starring	Dougray Scott Michele Hicks Steve Harris Marika Dominczyk Seymour Cassel
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	7 (2 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Mark Cullen Robb Cullen
Production companies	Cullen Bros. Television Dutch Oven Productions NBC Universal Television Studio Sony Pictures Television
Release
Original network	NBC
Picture format	HDTV 1080i
Original release	March 22 (2006-03-22) – April 19, 2006 (2006-04-19)

Cast

• Dougray Scott as Mickey O'Neil
• Michele Hicks as Amy Sykes
• Steve Harris as James Johnson
• Seymour Cassel as Pops
• Marika Dominczyk as Lola
• Billy Gardell as Detective Billy O'Brien
• David Walton as Ricky
• Reno Wilson as Detective Tyrese Evans

Reception

Metacritic gave the series 51 out of 100, from 22 reviews.[2] Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times found "the story lines and characters are layered and more intricate than in most detective series" and compared Heist to the British show Hustle.[3] Matthew Gilbert of The Boston Globe, in reviewing the two new shows premiering that night, Heist and The Evidence, declared "Heist is the better of the dramas." He likened both series to the work of Quentin Tarantino, saying they "have Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs in their DNA."[4] Tim Goodman of The San Francisco Chronicle found "the writing in Heist is self-consciously forced", further describing it as "painful to hear". "Heist is either the best inside joke about appeasing the masses for a monolithic network or, sadly, two guys who needed to pay the rent and buy mama some shoes."[5] Tom Shales of The Washington Post describes this serialized drama as "confusingly shot and edited, populated with snarlingly cranky characters, and crowded with cheap tricks designed to alleviate the show's prevailing pall."[6]

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code
1	"Pilot"	Doug Liman	Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen	March 22, 2006 (2006-03-22)	101
Note: Based on the Brian Douglas Wells incident.
2	"Sex, Lies, and Vinny Momo"	Andy Wolk	Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen	March 29, 2006 (2006-03-29)	102
3	"Strife"	Andy Wolk	Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen (story) Evan Reilly (teleplay)	April 5, 2006 (2006-04-05)	103
4	"How Billy Got His Groove Back"	Ed Bianchi	Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen	April 12, 2006 (2006-04-12)	104
5	"Bury the Lead"	Ed Bianchi	Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen (story) Chris Mundy (teleplay)	April 19, 2006 (2006-04-19)	105
6	"Ladies and Gentlemen... Sweaty Dynamite"	Guy Ferland	Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen	Unaired	106
7	"Hot Diggity"	TBA	Mark Cullen, Robb Cullen	Unaired	107

References

External links

• Heist at IMDb

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