Season 1 • Episode 23
LatestSPOILER ALERT - FOR THOSE AMERICAN VIEWERS WHO DO NOT WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE ENDING OF THE EPISODE, DO NOT READ THE NOTES BELOW THIS SYNOPSIS In the aftermath of the Godfather's assassination, the team comes close to breaking up, but the arrival of a top-notch assassin who not only is gunning for the Director but used to WORK for the Director (pre-Murphy and Camier) keeps them together. Li Ann is ready to believe in Michael again, who is working with the Director, but Mac is having his reservations. Mac finally does reach out to Michael, only to have it all blow up in his face.
Once a Thief is a 1997 Canadian television show inspired by the 1996 film of the same name.
Direction
John Woo's gun-fu choreography on a TV budget, somehow.
Acting
Victoria Pratt carries the emotional weight while looking flawless.
Creator
John Woo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1996 film starred Chow Yun-fat; the series recast with North American actors but kept Woo's visual signature intact.
This was John Woo's only North American television venture, essentially exporting Hong Kong heroic bloodshed to Canadian cable.
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