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It's NBC's 'HEIST'!  Dougray Scott and Steve Harris are leaders of a gang that plans to steal a billion dollars worth of jewelry in a daring Beverly H:ills robbery.
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NBC gambles on action
to get ratings moving
of TheColumnists.com
Take a deep breath,
flip on NBC Wednesday night, and get ready for some bam-bam,
action in NBC’s new midseason one-hour series “Heist.”
Taking over the time slot long occupied by “Law & Order,”
NBC is scheduled to give this great new entry 13 weeks to make
an impression. If the rest of the episodes are as good as the
first, the series definitely will make an impression. Simply
put, it’s the best drama the Peacock Network has put on
the air in quite some time.
Dougray Scott and Steve Harris lead a team of of professional
thieves planning a super heist. They plan to knock over three
top jewelry stores on Beverly Hills’ Rodeo Drive during
Oscar week and make off with a billion (yes, that’s billion
with a B) dollars worth of baubles.
But before they make that heist, they tune up by knocking off
a small jewelry store and a bank. Scott , Harris and the others
on their team of pros (Seymour Cassel, Marika Dominczyk and David
Walton) make the heist look all rather easy.
Investigating the robberties are three L.A. detectives, led by
the hard-driving and smart Michele Hicks, and two opposites forced
to work together--Reno Wilson and Billy Gardell.
In the one-hour opener, we are introduced to the characters,
learn a little about their personal lives. Hicks’ character
has a penchant for shoplifting and Cassel’s wife is suffering
from what appears to be Alzheimer’s.
The series was Created by Mark and Robb Cullen (FX’s “Lucky”)
and directed and executive produced by big screen director Doug
Liman (“Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and “The Bourne Identity”).
If you've seen and enjoyed either of those films, you have a
good idea of what you are going to see in “Heist.”
©2006 by Donna J.
Plesh. The photo is courtesy of NBC. This column first posted
on March 20, 2006.
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