Hustle

The Con Is On

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired 2/24/04

Episode Summary

Mickey "Bricks" Stone has just been released from prison, having served a sentence for attacking his wife's boyfriend. An expert at the "long con", he assembles his old team of fellow hustlers to pull off one last con before he retires for good.
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''His team is diverse, ranging from old hand Albert Stroller, to the alluring Stacie Monroe, and the jack-of-all-trades Ashley "3 Socks" Morgan. Their "mark" is a greedy business man and with the con all going to plan, short con player Danny Blue enters the picture to try and join the team and could jeopardize the score.
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''With the police hot on their trail, will Mickey and his crew be able to pull off the con successfully, or will Danny bring it all crashing down? One thing is for sure - the con is on.moreless

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Robert Vaughn

Albert Stroller
Robert Glenister

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Jaime Murray

Stacie Monroe

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*** Spoiler-free *** Sweet entertainment inside the box

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"Fair"

By goa103, Jun 17, 2011 Report Abuse

Sawyer, the con artist who convinced me to check out Hustle. Indeed like Kate Austen he grew on Lost's fans for 6 seasons so a show featuring a team dedicated to his art seemed irresistible. Well received by the critics and praised for its creativity it still took me a while to watch its pilot. Entertaining but not interesting, it could sum things up. First I found the characters too stereotyped and even if Jaime Murray (Lila Tournay in Dexter) was charming as Stacie Monroe she and the other performers played way too much in their comfort zone, making the acting a little bland. Second it was refreshing to see the cons smiling at the camera while stealing or tricking someone but beside one bullet time sequence I didn't notice anything original enough to blow my happy neurons. Third there was nothing much exciting about the story. A greedy rich man who seduces younger woman with his money ? Dj vu. Worst despite a skilled writing I was able to predict the end quite early. An other disappointing element was the format. Episodic ? I read something about a long arc but beside the hasty appearance of a wife and their inevitable chasing game with the cops I found nothing enough intriguing to convince me to give Hustle an other chance. Don't get me wrong it wasn't bad but I was definitely looking for something more special. In the end it tasted like candy and you won't think about once you have switched off your TV.moreless

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Really clever start to a great new series.

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By seani1984, Jun 03, 2007 Report Abuse

Really clever start to a great new series. With a varied cast and stylish camerawork, Hustle bursts onto our screens with snappy dialogue and a clever opening story to boot.

The varied cast work well together with each of their charcters having their own nuances, without being stereotypes and still managing to appear as a 'family' of sorts, each character also has depth and a backstory for each is proposed without giving it all away in a contrived manner. Snappy editing and a sly glance at the camera from certain characters lets us in on the con, yet witholding enough to keep us guessing until the end. Snappy dialog, that oozes cool, somewhat unusual for a british drama, well delivered by the cast, particularly Marc Warren whose character Danny is the young new guy joining the old gang.

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WOW this is a great first episode. You really need to pay attenion in order to get all the details.

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By nicklinus, Jan 22, 2006 Report Abuse

This TV show is amazingly well written, It has tons of detail. You have to pay attenion or you will get lost easily, which is a good and a bad thing. If you are paying ation and have full focus you can understand the story or plot alot more. The TV show is all about coning people. They talk about the difference between a big con and a little con. This show is deffentily going in for the big con. I would highly recomend takeing a lokk at it. I hope you enjoy the show as much as I did.moreless

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What a treat! A television show you need to pay attention to in order to catch the flow.

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By sanlynn, Jan 15, 2006 Report Abuse

I REALLY like this show! The cast is expertly played and seem like a real ensemble effort. The plot is a bit complicated but very worth following. Of course, knowing there are weekly episodes takes a bit of suspense out of the show as you KNOW the characters come back next episode. Still, it's well done, well written and well acted. I love the stop action bits, too, where the main characters do these asides - or break into song and dance. For once, a show that is NOT an insult to the audiences' intelligence. Keep them coming, AMC.moreless

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Trivia
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- Goof: Mickey is supposedly shot in the head. Whilst there is a very lifelike explosion as the bullet exits, there is absolutely no sign of any bullet having entered from the front. His face is completely unscathed, and it seems odd that none of the armed police or even Danny for that matter wouldn't find something wrong with that. Edit
- Goof: Toward the end of the episode, when Danny has been hit in the face, we see that he has blood clearly coming out of one side of his lips. The appearance and amount of blood changes from shot to shot, from a deep red to a smear to then disappearing and reappearing again. Edit
- The Rules Of The Con: 1. You Can't Con An Honest Man 2. Feed The Greed 3. Always Give The Mark An Out 4. Never Give A Sucker An Even Break 5. It's All In The Detail 6. Don't Have Anything In Your Life You Can't Walk Away From In A Second 7. Always Look Out For Number One 8. It's Not Just About The Money Edit
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- This episode aired in the US on the AMC network on January 14th, 2006 at 10PM EST/EDT. Edit
- When AMC began promoting "Hustle" for their U.S. launch, the music that they used was by Spoon. The song was 'The Way We Get By' off of the Kill the Moonlight album. Edit
- This episode is Jamie Murray's first appearance on television in a lead role. Edit
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- Danny: It's not all about the money is it Mickey? Mickey: Here endeth the first lesson. Edit
- Mickey: (after Ash has just been hit by a car performing a "flop con") Ash, there are easier ways to make a living. Edit
- Ash: When do we start? Mickey: Already have. Albert's got a mark, but first things first. Can you swing a hotel? Ash: Can Pavoritti sing? Edit
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- Mickey: You know the sweetest con of all? To con another grifter - one who should know better. A Grifter is another name for a con man, which is someone who makes a living by defrauding people out of their money. Grifter's a most known for their gentle touch in being able to use a sharp wit, or a skilled hand to separate a mark from his money. Grifters do not resort to violence, or force to achieve their goals. Edit
- A Con: A slang term for "confidence trick", or "confidence game". A con is an attempt to intentionally trick someone out of their money. Sometimes called a scam. Edit
- Going All In: When you bet all the money you have on a hand of Poker. Edit