4.4/1028 votes#1 - Pilot
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/28/2001
The diamond heist that brings them together is a trap set by the Feds, who want to take advantage of their special ""skills."" In exchange for having the charges dropped, the thieves reluctantly agree to work for the Government. Their first mission: to steal, of course. An important videotape is missing, and the bantering pair will have to work together---hurdle No. 1---and use all their resources (legal or not) to recover it.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Jim Leonard
- 7.4/1010 votes
#2 - Dey Got de Degas
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/5/2001
Johnny and Rita dabble in forgery when they are asked to retrieve a stolen Degas painting. -from ABC site
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Jim Leonard
- 6.6/108 votes
#3 - Liver Let Die
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/12/2001
Johnny and Rita play doctor when they have to retrieve a stolen liver.
Director: Steven Robman
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/1020 votes
#4 - Bad Moon Rising
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/19/2001
Johnny and Rita are assigned to steal an African artifact back from a museum. Meanwhile, Rita finds herself attracted to a police officer.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#5 - The General
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2001
Johnny and Rita are dispatched to a Mexican resort to bring back a general who is scheduled to testify at a hearing.
Director: Keith Samples
Writer: Matthew Carnahan
- 6.1/1011 votes
#6 - Jack's Back
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2001
Johnny and Rita test a museum's security system by stealing gold coins. Also, Rita's new date comes as a surprise to Johnny.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: Natalie Chaidez
- 6.9/1013 votes
#7 - Casino
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2001
Johnny and Rita are assigned to steal a list of undercover agents from a man who committed murder to obtain the document.
Director: Steve Gomer, James Frawley
Writer: Natalie Chaidez
- 7.2/108 votes
#8 - The Long Con
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2001
Johnny and Rita have 24 hours to retrieve stolen evidence that is necessary to a racketeering case involving a champion horse breeder.
Director: James Frawley, Adam Nimoy
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/108 votes
#9 - The Green and the Black
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired Unknown
Johnny and Rita go after his old partner, who was able to steal a plate that prints U.S. currency by using a plan that Johnny had devised 10 years earlier.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/107 votes
#10 - Home is Where the Heist is
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired Unknown
When Johnny and Rita get an assignment to co-habitate in suburbia to recover a stolen virus, they discover just how comfortable life together could actually be. (ABC)
Director: Alan Myerson
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Thieves Season 1
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Two high-class thieves caught red-handed strike a deal with the FBI to avoid imprisonment: put their skills at the service of an inter-agency task force...
Genres:DramaCrime
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Pilot" is the best rated episode of "Thieves" season 1. It scored 4.4/10 based on 28 votes. Directed by James Frawley and written by Jim Leonard, it aired on 9/28/2001. This episode is rated 3.0 points higher than the second-best, "Dey Got de Degas".