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Once a Thief

Action & AdventureDrama

Once a Thief is a 1997 Canadian television show inspired by the 1996 film of the same name.

Sep 29, 19961 seasons23 episodesEndedEN

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Victoria Pratt

Jackie Janczyk

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Nicholas Lea

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Jennifer Dale

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Ivan Sergei

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Sandrine Holt

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Kari Matchett

Claire Holland

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Seasons

Season 1

23 episodes

Premiered Sep 29, 1996

Episodes

1–6 of 23

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Ep 1

Pilot

Sep 29, 1996

60m

An underground crime lord known as The Godfather, who resides in Hong Kong has three professional criminals who has raised and trained - his son Michael Tang, his foster daughter Li Ann and the white Mac Ramsey. Mac and Li Ann are lovers, but when Li Ann is promised to Michael and Mac is doomed to a life in a job he hates, they set about in order to escape from Hong Kong. However, the Godfather and Michael find out about his plans and alhthough Li Ann escapes unharmed, the building which both Michael and Mac are in is blown up and they are both presumed dead.

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Ep 2

The Big Bang Theory

Sep 15, 1997

60m

It is three months since the event of the pilot episode. Mac, in particular, is not happy. He is still working for the vixen known as the Director and Li Ann is still in love with Victor. The trio are sent to get a computer disk off a criminal. Unfortunately he is killed before they can, and in the heat of the moment - Mac quits. Surprisingly, the Director lets him go. Li Ann goes to find him but he refuses to come back when he realises she still loves Victor. The Director tells the agents remaining, that the disk contains the names of the people who helped get dissidents out of China after the Tienamen Square massacre. If that disk gets to the wrong hands, those people will be killed. The Tang family is on that list. Mac's new flame is working for a crime syndicate against her will and has to steal the disk. She asks Mac to help her and he does. However, after she doublecrosses him, he is soon back with the agents. All three must retrieve the disk which they do after Mac's friend doub

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