The worst episodes of Hustle
Ranked by viewer rating, lows first. Lit marks on the season rail place this list across the run. Vote on a placement to back it or contest it.
- 01
With a new team in place, Mickey decides to con intellectual property experts Carlton and Harry, whose ruthless business practices have led to a suicide.
- 02
It 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?
- 03
Mickey and the team find themselves thrust into a daring heist to retrieve some stolen diamonds which are buried beneath a busy police station.
- 04
As One Flew Out of the Cuckoo's Nest, One Flew In
The Hustlers visit sunny Los Angeles for their first con without old leader Mickey. New boss Danny is out to prove himself and talks them into a scam, which might prove to be way over their heads. In the land of movies and stardom, can the gang get away with selling the famous Hollywood sign from high in the Hollywood hills?
- 05
Back 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 team are expecting. Dickie Brennan, a ruthless porn baron, is keen to own a prize-winning horse and the gang of con artists are willing to oblige, despite knowing nothing about horses. While all this is going on, will anyone take any notice of Billy Bond, who'll stop at nothing to join the gang?
- 06
Clarissa Bartwell is an immoral woman with a passion for fashion. Using the story of the emperor's new clothes as inspiration for the con, Billy steps up to play the inside with Danny. However, there's someone hanging around who's threatening to blow their cover unless Billy hands over 20,000 pounds in cash. Can Billy keep the threat at bay until the con is complete?
- 07
Mickey 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 developers, the con is back on.
- 08
The 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 running a scam. However, the mark, Howard Jennings, has a habit of sending con men to jail, so the risks for the gang are high. It doesn't make them feel any better to discover that Danny plans to convince Jennings, a savvy property developer, that there's a goldmine in the heart of London.
- 09
Danny 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 their latest scam, which involves a rare bank note and a greedy collector. If they pull it off it could be very lucrative, but can the new addition to the team handle the pressure of the long con?
- 10
Stacie gets a shock when her estranged husband, former short con artist Jake Henry, appears. He has reinvented himself as a poker professional, so the gang decide to take him on at his own game to try and win back some of the money he took from Stacie's savings account when he ran out on her. However, Stacie is central to their plan, so will she be able to stop herself falling for Jake all over again?
- 11
It'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 sure this one's for them. Can Mickey convince his team and still allow enough time to put their plan together?
- 12
When 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 legendary con James Whittaker Wright III, who's come to town to look for a crew of great hustlers to take on greedy merchant bankers Cornfoots and avenge the death of his grandpappy, a great 19th century con artist. But isn't the greatest con of all to con another con?
- 13
When 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.The crew are going after ruthless mark Francis Owen, the editor of The Sunday World, by selling him a fake story. They set out to convince him that the late Queen Mother actually died during World War II and, rather than reveal the truth, the powers that be replaced her with an impostor.Just as it looks like the gang will pull the con off, Owen has a trick up his sleeve. Will the gang succeed in conning Owen, or will their faces be splashed all over a national tabloid instead?
- 14
The grifters' favourite barman, Eddie, is in trouble, with the owner of his father's nursing home holding him to ransom. Veronica Powell is a ruthless businesswoman but she has a weakness - her wine collection. However, she's more wily than most and time is running out for Eddie's father. Can Danny think of a decent con, or will the team go bankrupt trying to convince her?
- 15
The gang is celebrating another successful and lucrative con, but the fun soon ends when they are taken hostage on their own territory, Eddie's bar, by a man who accuses them of dishonouring his family. This time it's personal, not about the money. Have they gone too far, or can they find a way of negotiating themselves out of it alive?
- 16
The 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 Johnny's eye - the Big Daddy fruit machine with its $5m jackpot. Can they find a way of robbing a casino that never closes and is under 24/7 security without getting caught or even killed?
- 17
The team decides to con a greedy judge, but Albert's parole is jeopardised when the prison governor catches him running a betting ring.
- 18
When 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.
- 19
And This Little Piggy Had Money
Just as the team are finishing with one genius con, Albert is out finding and priming the next unsuspecting mark - ex-banker Piggy Richardson.
- 20
Albert 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.
- 21
Desperate for cash, the team set up an insurance scam involving a wannabe playboy, a life-sized gold tiger and an impenetrable museum vault.
- 22
Emma 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 con.
- 23
Mickey 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.
- 24
Just 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 officer.
- 25
When Eddie's niece gets scammed by ruthless modelling agent Wendy Stanton, the gang put their plans on hold to come to the rescue.
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