New Prime Video thriller Steal is a heart-stopping high-stakes cash heist — but stick with the sloppy middle to get a gratifying payoff

Steal is likely the strongest TV thriller we've got to look forward to this January, but it might struggle to be remembered in the long-run. Sophie Turner gives it all she's got, but if the middle episodes were a spice, they'd be flour.

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  Sophie Turner delivers her best performance to date

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  When the series does lag, it's Anna Maxwell Martin to the rescue

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  A near-flawless first episode

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  Intriguing premise

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  Genuinely high stakes

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  Could easily have been four episodes rather than six

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  Episodes 3-4 fail to offer up anything different

What would you do if you worked a mundane finance job with middling pay in the city's banking district, only to find that when you arrived at the office, you were taken hostage by a terrifying team of armed strangers? Unluckily for Zara (Sophie Turner), that's exactly her Monday morning in the new Prime Video ...