Thief

FX series shows bad guys have families, financial woes, and personal problems, too | Gene Edward Veith

He's in the middle of a busy day at work when his cell phone rings. It's his wife. "This is not a good time," he says. But she's calling from the school. Their teenage daughter got in trouble. He talks to the teacher as he multi-tasks at his job. Only in this case, he is rummaging through a bank vault he has just broken into. As the members of his gang yell in profane celebration for getting the cash, the concerned father explains, "I'm in a meeting" and lectures the girl to improve her attitude.

It's a good scene from Thief (Mondays, 10:00 p.m. ET, FX), a series dedicated to the proposition that bad guys too have families, financial woes, and personal problems. Whereas The Sopranos on HBO shows this with an affluent Mafia family and plays it with ironic humor, Thief is a serious take on a working stiff who happens to steal for a living.

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