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Hustle

TV·2004–2012·8 seasons, 48 episodes·BBC One·Drama, Crime, Thriller·1h·8.0·Created by Tony Jordan

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Hustle is a series that follows a group of con artists who specialise in "long cons"—extended deceptions which require greater commitment, but which return a higher reward than simple confidence tricks.

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  1. 01Hustle S01E01The Con is OnS01E01 · 8.0Long con expert Mickey reunites his old team with the promise of one last score. The target is a greedy businessman tempted by the chance to make a fast buck on the stock market. The operation goes like clockwork, but is there one thing Mickey's missed?
  2. 02Hustle S01E06The Last GambleS01E06 · 8.0Mickey and his team attempt one of the oldest, most ambitious cons - 'the wire'. Although no grifter's tried it for 100 years, the wire is ideal for their mark, Anthony Reeves. A fat cat and recent recipient of a £500,000 golden handshake, Reeves also loves to bet on the horses. The team set to work on building a gambling club from scratch, but can they do it in time?
  3. 03Hustle S01E02Faking ItS01E02 · 7.7When Albert is viciously beaten up after cheating at cards, Mickey and the team are forced to wreak revenge the only way they know how: a long con. Although Frank Gorley, renowned bully and casino owner, has no discernible vices, the hustlers eventually find their bait. But can Danny Blue pull off his first con as inside man - playing a high-rolling, American movie producer?

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Episodes by season

Season01Best seasonEpisode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2004Aired 7.8Season avg
  1. S01E01Hustle S01E01Season's bestThe Con is OnFebruary 24, 2004 8.0Long con expert Mickey reunites his old team with the promise of one last score. The target is a greedy businessman tempted by the chance to
  2. S01E02Hustle S01E02Faking ItMarch 2, 2004 7.7When Albert is viciously beaten up after cheating at cards, Mickey and the team are forced to wreak revenge the only way they know how: a lo
  3. S01E03Hustle S01E03Picture PerfectMarch 9, 2004 7.7Mickey is convinced the team is under a jinx, so when Danny comes up with an art scam that could net them six figures, Mickey is reticent. N
  4. S01E04Hustle S01E04Cops and RobbersMarch 16, 2004 7.7Mickey crosses paths with Victor Maher, the only man who's ever 'beaten' Albert Stroller. A former Fraud Squad officer, now head of security
  5. S01E05Hustle S01E05A Touch of ClassMarch 23, 2004 7.7Desperate for a lucrative con, the team decides to try the 'Congreve'. Katherine Winterborn is perfect bait. Bitter, vengeful and rich after
  6. S01E06Hustle S01E06The Last GambleMarch 30, 2004 8.0Mickey and his team attempt one of the oldest, most ambitious cons - 'the wire'. Although no grifter's tried it for 100 years, the wire is i

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Season02Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2005Aired 7.2Season avg
  1. S02E01Hustle S02E01Gold MineMarch 29, 2005 7.0The gang are back in town and, against his better judgement, Mickey gives Danny a chance to employ his own unique brand of grift sense in ru
  2. S02E02Hustle S02E02Season's bestConfessionsApril 5, 2005 7.5Mickey and his team plan to con Johnny Keyes, a volatile celebrity chef. It falls to Danny to convince Keyes that he is his long-lost son an
  3. S02E03Hustle S02E03The LessonApril 12, 2005 7.0Danny makes a new friend - Trevor Speed - who also happens to be a short con artist. He persuades the others to let Trevor into the gang for
  4. S02E04Hustle S02E04MissionsApril 19, 2005 7.5The team enter the world of comic book fanatics when they plan to rip off an auction house. However, their con goes awry when corrupt copper
  5. S02E05Hustle S02E05Old AcquaintanceApril 26, 2005 7.0Stacie gets a shock when her estranged husband, former short con artist Jake Henry, appears. He has reinvented himself as a poker profession
  6. S02E06Hustle S02E06Eye of the BeholderMay 3, 2005 7.0It's the biggest score of all time: stealing the Crown Jewels. Mickey wants to know if the rest of the gang are up for it, but they're not s

Season 2 ranked & reviewed

Season03Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2006Aired 7.3Season avg
  1. S03E01Hustle S03E01Season's bestPrice for FameMarch 10, 2006 7.5Strapped for cash after a spell in Las Vegas, the gang of long con artists are back. When Albert's intended mark dies of a heart attack he s
  2. S03E02Hustle S03E02Albert's ChallengeMarch 17, 2006 7.5When Danny and Mickey's bickering reveals some underlying discontent about the gang's leadership, Albert offers up a possible solution: The
  3. S03E03Hustle S03E03Ties That Bind UsMarch 24, 2006 7.0When the long con experts are all taken for a ride by an American con artist, they must find out who he is and what he wants. Turns out it's
  4. S03E04Hustle S03E04A Bollywood DreamMarch 31, 2006 7.5At his leaving do, one of Albert's long time concierge contacts, Harold, asks him to target a man who's caused a lot of suffering in the Asi
  5. S03E05Hustle S03E05The Hustler's News of TodayApril 7, 2006 7.0When an old friend of Stacie's tries to commit suicide because a tabloid ran a false story about her, Stacie is determined to get revenge.Th
  6. S03E06Hustle S03E06Law and CorruptionApril 14, 2006 7.5The gang are on a high from a successful con when ambitious cop DCI Matthew York arrests them on false drug charges and it looks like they'r

Season 3 ranked & reviewed

Season04Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2007Aired 6.8Season avg
  1. S04E01Hustle S04E01As One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, One Flew InMay 3, 2007 6.5The Hustlers visit sunny Los Angeles for their first con without old leader Mickey. New boss Danny is out to prove himself and talks them in
  2. S04E02Hustle S04E02Signing Up to WealthMay 10, 2007 6.5Back in the UK, Danny is convinced the team needs a new grifter and begins interviews, but the candidates aren't quite what the rest of the
  3. S04E03Hustle S04E03Season's bestGetting EvenMay 17, 2007 7.0The grifters' favourite barman, Eddie, is in trouble, with the owner of his father's nursing home holding him to ransom. Veronica Powell is
  4. S04E04Hustle S04E04A Designer's ParadiseMay 24, 2007 6.5Clarissa Bartwell is an immoral woman with a passion for fashion. Using the story of the emperor's new clothes as inspiration for the con, B
  5. S04E05Hustle S04E05Conning the ArtistsMay 31, 2007 7.0The gang is celebrating another successful and lucrative con, but the fun soon ends when they are taken hostage on their own territory, Eddi
  6. S04E06Hustle S04E06Big Daddy CallingJune 7, 2007 7.0The team fly out to Las Vegas when they find out Albert has been beaten up by mafia boss, Johnny Maranzano. The revenge is the apple of John

Season 4 ranked & reviewed

Season05Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2009Aired 6.9Season avg
  1. S05E01Hustle S05E01Return of the ProdigalJanuary 8, 2009 6.5Mickey returns to London to find that the gang's members have gone their separate ways. When Albert, now behind bars, tips him off about two
  2. S05E02Hustle S05E02New RecruitsJanuary 15, 2009 6.0With a new team in place, Mickey decides to con intellectual property experts Carlton and Harry, whose ruthless business practices have led
  3. S05E03Hustle S05E03Lest Ye Be JudgedJanuary 22, 2009 7.0The team decides to con a greedy judge, but Albert's parole is jeopardised when the prison governor catches him running a betting ring.
  4. S05E04Hustle S05E04Diamond SeekerJanuary 29, 2009 7.0When a deal goes wrong and the team are left with a priceless diamond, they are forced to take on their most dangerous mark to date.
  5. S05E05Hustle S05E05Season's bestPoliticsFebruary 5, 2009 7.5Caught out while posing as lawyers, the team promises to bring down a corrupt MP, Rhona Christie, and save a community centre under threat.
  6. S05E06Hustle S05E06The Road Less TravelledFebruary 12, 2009 7.5The team set out to con an upper-class twit, but all is not as it seems. With their largest ever convincer on the line, could this be the en

Season 5 ranked & reviewed

Season06Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2010Aired 7.0Season avg
  1. S06E01Hustle S06E01Season's bestAnd This Little Piggy Had MoneyJanuary 4, 2010 7.0Just as the team are finishing with one genius con, Albert is out finding and priming the next unsuspecting mark - ex-banker Piggy Richardso
  2. S06E02Hustle S06E02The Thieving MistakeJanuary 11, 2010 7.0Albert has decided it's time for a break so he's off to Sin City to try his luck at the casinos, leaving the crew to fend for themselves.
  3. S06E03Hustle S06E03Tiger TroublesJanuary 18, 2010 7.0Desperate for cash, the team set up an insurance scam involving a wannabe playboy, a life-sized gold tiger and an impenetrable museum vault.
  4. S06E04Hustle S06E04The Father of JewelsJanuary 25, 2010 7.0Emma and Sean are shocked to see their dad, who walked out on them 25 years ago. Determined to even the score, Sean targets him with a new c
  5. S06E05Hustle S06E05Conned Out of LuckFebruary 1, 2010 7.0Mickey is conned by a lowlife who sells him a useless mobile phone. On a run of bad luck, he steps aside and the conning baton passes to Ash
  6. S06E06Hustle S06E06The Hush HeistFebruary 8, 2010 7.0Just as the gang are about to close another successful deal, a cruel twist of fate reveals one of the marks to be an undercover police offic

Season 6 ranked & reviewed

Season07Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2011Aired 6.9Season avg
  1. S07E01Hustle S07E01Season's bestSilent WitnessJanuary 7, 2011 7.0When Eddie's niece gets scammed by ruthless modelling agent Wendy Stanton, the gang put their plans on hold to come to the rescue.
  2. S07E02Hustle S07E02Old Sparks Come NewJanuary 14, 2011 7.0When Emma finds out that an ex-boyfriend faces eviction, the team travel to Birmingham to take on the owner of an unscrupulous law firm.
  3. S07E03Hustle S07E03Clearance from a DealJanuary 21, 2011 7.0Albert has an old family score to settle with an American casino owner; can the team really beat the world's most unconnable mark?
  4. S07E04Hustle S07E04Benny's FuneralJanuary 28, 2011 7.0Mickey and Ash think they have found their next mark when their old grifter mate Benny reveals he is in debt and running for his life.
  5. S07E05Hustle S07E05The Fall of Railton FCFebruary 11, 2011 7.0Ash learns that his old football club has gone into administration, brought down by a corrupt football agent. It's time to get revenge.
  6. S07E06Hustle S07E06The DeliveryFebruary 18, 2011 6.3Mickey and the team find themselves thrust into a daring heist to retrieve some stolen diamonds which are buried beneath a busy police stati

Season 7 ranked & reviewed

Season08Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode6Episodes2012Aired 6.8Season avg
  1. S08E01Hustle S08E01Season's bestGold FingerJanuary 13, 2012 7.0The grifters pose as a renegade army unit to take on Dexter Gold, the greedy, smooth-talking owner of a corrupt gold exchange.
  2. S08E02Hustle S08E02Picasso Finger PaintingJanuary 20, 2012 7.0The team face a race against time to locate a missing Picasso and rescue Mickey, who has been kidnapped by a notorious gangster.
  3. S08E03Hustle S08E03Curiosity Caught the KatJanuary 27, 2012 7.0The gang plan an inheritance scam to bring down their latest mark, but are unaware that they're being targeted by corrupt cop DI Fisk.
  4. S08E04Hustle S08E04Eat Yourself SlenderFebruary 3, 2012 7.0Mickey implements an unorthodox con to target two sham health product salesmen by selling them a fake diet treatment.
  5. S08E05Hustle S08E05Ding Dong That's My SongFebruary 10, 2012 7.0The team think they have found their next mark in Dale Ridley, an arrogant property developer who has spent years bribing people.
  6. S08E06Hustle S08E06The Con is OffFebruary 17, 2012 6.0It is the end of the road for Mickey and the gang, but will they go out in a shower of money or a hail of bullets?

Season 8 ranked & reviewed

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