Once A Thief - Episodes
Episodes


EPISODE #EPISODE TITLEAIR DATEPHOTOS
Pilot TV Movie"Violent Tradition"24/08/97Pilot Movie Photos
Episode 1"Little Sister"07/03/98
Episode 2"The Big Bang Theory"15/09/97Big Bang Theory Photos
Episode 3"Wang Dang Doodle"20/10/97Wang Doodle Doodle Photos
Episode 4"Trial Marriage"29/09/97Trial Marriage Photos
Episode 5"Art of Death"06/10/97Art of Death Photos
Episode 6"Mac Daddy"13/10/97Mac Daddy Photos
Episode 7"Rave On"22/09/97Rave On Photos
Episode 8"Drive, She Said"10/11/97Drive, She Said Photos
Episode 9"Jaded Love"17/11/97
Episode 10"It Happened One Night"27/10/97
Episode 11"This Old Gang of Mine"24/01/98This Old Gang of Mine
Episode 12"Wedding Bell Blues"17/01/98Wedding Bell Blues Photos
Episode 13"Politics of Love"28/03/98
Episode 14"The Last Temptation of Vic"31/01/98Last Temptation of Vic Photos
Episode 15"Mama's Boys"07/02/98
Episode 16"Shaken Not Stirred"21/03/98
Episode 17"Li Ann's Choice"14/02/98
Episode 18"True Blue"21/02/98True Blue Photos
Episode 19"Kangaroo Court"28/02/98
Episode 20"The Director File"14/03/98
Episode 21"Family Reunion"25/04/98
Episode 22"Endgame"02/05/98


Pilot Movie

 Since they were children, Mac Ramsey (Ivan Sergei) and Li Ann Tsei (Sandrine Holt) have worked as thieves for their godfather (Robert Ito), the head of the powerful Tang family mob in Hong Kong. Michael (Michael Wong), Tang's true son, also works with the pair. Although Mac and Li Ann are deeply in love, Michael wants Li Ann for himself--not necessarily her love, just her. When Mac and Li Ann try to rob the Tang family's cash storage to finance their runaway, they are intercepted by Michael. In the ensuing firefight, the lovers are separated. Li Ann believes that Mac is killed in the explosion. After spending 18 months in a Hong Kong prison, the Director (Jennifer Dale) comes to recruit Mac for her crime-fighting task force. Because Mac has little choice, he agrees to relocate to Vancouver and join the unit. Once he arrives, he finds that Li Ann is also working for the agency. But unfortunately for him, she has moved on and is now engaged to Victor Mansfield (Nicholas Lea), a fellow agent. To say that Mac and Vic hate each other is putting it mildly. The Director soon informs Li Ann, Mac, and Vic that they will be the unit's lead action team. Their first case involves the protection of wealthy banker Robertson Graves (Alan Scarfe), a behind-the-scenes criminal financier. Apparently, Graves has been scared by someone very powerful, a rare occurrence. The Director wants to her team to find out who that someone is. The trio soon finds that Michael himself has come to secure the Tang's foothold in Vancouver, and that it is something the team must now prevent.

The Big Bang Theory

 After the Director throws Mac out of the team, he is left without a job and without a purpose. But he soon finds a seductive young Chinese woman who convinces him to steal a computer disk for her. What Mac doesn't know is that the disk contains a list of Chinese dissidents who will be executed if the Chinese government gets it.

Rave On

 The agents take turn "babysitting" a troublesome young party-girl--who has a personal tie to the Director--to find the people responsible for killing a number of teenagers.

Trial Marriage

 Mac and Li Ann go under cover as a married couple bidding to buy a deadly virus while Vic tracks down the man who created it. After a taste of marriage, Li Ann announces to Victor that she no longer wishes to get married.

Art of Death

 The team must work with a blood-thirsty Japanese agent, McCoy Matsumoto (George Takei), to track down a woman who sees death (and near-death) as the ultimate art. But Mac and Li Ann are biased against Matsumoto because he had once arrested them when they were younger.

Mac Daddy

 The trio are assigned to conduct surveillance on a reported arms shipment. But upon inspection of the cargo, they find that it's human organs that are being shipped. Meanwhile, Mac is visited by his estranged father, who has a proposal to make and a secret to keep.

Wang Dang Doodle

 The team must track down and stop three innocent people who are part of an agency experiment gone wrong. Their time grows shorter when the agency orders Murphy (Greg Kramer) and Camier (Julian Richings) to eliminate the gang despite the Director's strenuous objections.

It Happened One Night

 Li Ann is assigned to protect an Arabian prince who is targeted by two kidnappers from his home country. Meanwhile, Mac and Vic are ordered to improve their working relationship. However, they get into a situation that lands Mac in jail and Vic in great peril.

Drive, She Said

 Rivals Mac and Vic are forced to go into hiding in Mac's apartment under the watchful eye of Dobrinsky (Howard Dell). Li Ann and the Director, along with Murphy and Camier, try to track down Nicholas Love (Nigel Bennett), the Director's former commander, who has been killing the agency's male operatives.

Jaded Love

 A woman from Vic's past turns up and asks for his help. The trouble centers on a stolen Thai national treasure. Vic finds himself in the middle of a vicious triangle: in one corner, a woman (who claims to have sold it legitimately); in another, a ruthless art collector (who claims that it was sold to him first); and in the third, Thai government agency (that will do anything to retrieve it).

Wedding Bell Blues

 The director sends Mac undercover to work for a beautiful young woman suspected of stealing the plans for a small nuclear explosive device. But during the investigation, Mac and the woman falls in love and eventually decide to get married. Meanwhile, Vic and Li Ann trace the other side of the deal to a vampire cult.

That Old Gang of Mine

 Captured by an alluring young mob boss (Vicky Pratt) during a routine mission to steal information from a local mob, Mac improvises and uses the Tang family name to pave his escape. But when the Tang Godfather (Robert Ito) finds out that someone has been using his name, he personally comes to uncover the imposter.

The Last Temptation of Vic

 Vic gets tangled in a mob war after the Director suspends him for dereliction of duty. Meanwhile, Mac and Li Ann find out that former mob boss Jackie Janczyk (who they recently arrested and put into jail) has come back to the surface.

Mama's Boys

 Mac falls for a young woman who is part of an off-beat family of jewel thieves. Against the Director's orders, Mac and Vic infiltrate the family. Meanwhile, Li Ann and Jacky try to track down the man behind the scenes.

Li Ann's Choice

 With both Mac and Vic in grave peril, Li Ann chooses to aid Vic first. Even though Mac manages to get out of trouble himself, he questions Li Ann's choice. The Director sends Mac and Vic off on a different assignment while Li Ann is ordered to take a vacation.

True Blue

 Vic crosses paths with the corrupt cops who ruined his police career by framing him for dealing narcotics. Meanwhile, Mac has his hands full protecting a pretty fashion designer.

Kangaroo Court

 The entire team is on the hit list of an underground justice system, run by a warped judge who has an affinity for electrocuting those who have escaped punishment in conventional due process.

Little Sister

 Vic runs into his homeless little sister and is forced to take her in. Meanwhile, the team must find the group responsible for a number of bombings in the city. But things become complicated when Vic's little sister gets herself involved.

The Director File

 The Director becomes the victim of a fellow director who is planning to use her to assassinate the "Head" of the agency. The trio, along with Jackie and Murphy and Camier, must put a stop to the plot. Meanwhile, a pair of Federal agents visit Agency librarian Nathan (James Allodi) to investigate an "alien abduction" near Blackwater, Ontario.

Shaken Not Stirred

 The trio must work with an aging British agent to track down an Irish bomber. But tensions rise when Mac and Vic suspect that Li Ann and the agent are getting too closely involved.

Politics of Love

 A love-struck politician (who sits on the government council that funds the Agency) insists that Mac be assigned for his protection after an assassination attempt. Meanwhile, Mac wrestles with his inner desire for Li Ann.

Family Reunion

 The team is shocked to find Michael Tang not only alive but appointed by the Godfather to take over the new legitimate Tang enterprises. The Tangs' top lieutenant, feeling betrayed, decides to usurp the vacuum of power by killing the Tang family.

Endgame

 The Director finds herself stalked by a professional assassin who once worked for the Agency even before Murphy and Camier. The team finds an unlikely ally when the Director seeks the assistance of Michael Tang to flush out the assassin. But when it all comes down to a mission where the Director voluntarily puts her life in danger, Mac becomes greatly concerned that Michael may have his own agenda.