Heist

Chicago Sun-TimesDoug Elfman

"Heist" is good TV -- not great yet, but good -- from the cast to the suspenseful pacing and a cool musical score.

Hollywood ReporterBarry Garron

Fun to watch, cleverly written and filled with engaging characters.

Miami HeraldGlenn Garvin

Highly entertaining.

NewsdayVerne Gay

Far and away the best new pilot on NBC this season.

The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley

The story lines and characters are layered and more intricate than in most detective series.

USA TodayRobert Bianco

A comedy-laced caper requires a light, sure touch. Heist tends to plod.

New York Daily NewsDavid Hinckley

As silly concoctions go, it's rather tasty.

Boston GlobeMatthew Gilbert

It's worth keeping an eye on the show, in case it finds somewhere to go that's both intricate and unusual.

Pittsburgh Post-GazetteRob Owen

It's an entertaining enough diversion if you're not expecting much.

Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm

A caper that's as clever and grandiose as any TV series has presented in a long time. And fun.

Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker

An hour of snide cleverness--especially one in which you can predict all the plot twists--gets tired fast. [24 Mar 2006, p.59]

San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa TimesCharlie McCollum

It may be that in the long run, "Heist" proves to be something you can admire simply for its pure entertainment value. But right now, it's a show that looks good on the surface but is empty at the core.

Detroit Free PressMike Duffy

In between the sardonic wisecracks and tangled storytelling, it's easy to lose interest.

Los Angeles TimesRobert Lloyd

Although we are meant to regard its dishonest protagonists as the epitome of contemporary cool, they come off as self-satisfied and pretentious.

Orlando SentinelHal Boedeker

The flippant tone grows tiresome and clashes with harrowing bursts of violence.

VarietyBrian Lowry

[The pilot] works a little too hard at establishing a fun-loving, "Swingers""Swingers"-type tone, though at least that represents something of an alternative to "CSI: NY" and ABC's new procedural "The Evidence."

TV GuideMatt Roush

Heist is a tiresome mess.

Seattle Post-IntelligencerMelanie McFarland

All the clever, sexy banter in this thing cannot cover up its utter lack of believability, from the casting to the excessively hip repartee.

Chicago TribuneMaureen Ryan

Employing the kind of overly clever, self-consciously "witty" dialogue that unfailingly announces a lack of real ideas on the part of the writers, "Heist" is by far the least compelling of these new crime-life series.

SlateTroy Patterson

The pilot episode of this caper series is cheaply derivative, generally condescending, and largely hollow. It is also swank and busy enough to create the occasional illusion that it is entertaining.

San Francisco ChronicleTim Goodman

The writing in "Heist" is self-consciously forced, as if the writers are breaking their backs to be quick-witted and clever. It's painful to hear.

Washington PostTom Shales

"Heist" seems derivative of an imitation of a copy of a clone -- so plastic-coated and phony that it's hard to tell what it's ripping off.