Thief

The five-finger discount is Nick Atwater's (Andre Braugher) bread and butter, but the trife-life gets more complicated when one is trying to handle a cheeky 14-year-old stepdaughter, the Chinese mafia, and crooked cops all at the same time. Nick runs his felonious crew—filled out with screen vets like Capote's Clifton Collins Jr. and Malik Yoba—with the type of dark intensity The Shield's Vic Mackey would punch someone for. The family struggle is defining and sincere, but the thefts are true grit thanks to the lax censoring of FX (keep up the good work, boys). As one episode ends, you'll be counting down to the next week like it was payday.