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Hustle

The Road Less Travelled

Season 5, Episode 6, Aired 2/12/09

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In the season finale, past victims of the gang's cons team up to bring down the team and get their money back.

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Matt di Angelo

Sean Kennedy
Kelly Adams

Emma Kennedy
Robert Vaughn

Albert Stroller

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The team are faced by their past when former marks band together to exact revenge.

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By Razza1090, Feb 15, 2009 Report Abuse

An ingenious twist to the series' premise kicks this episode of perfectly. The team have met their match, and on the face of it, it seems they've lost.

But as fans of Hustle know, the team are always one step ahead. Which is why this episode would have been so much better if it had been placed in an earlier series. By now, the viewer knows that no matter how hopeless things seem for the team, they are always in control.

Nevertheless, we always wonder how they can possibly make something out of this scrape. Here, all hope seems lost. It seems there is no possible loophole, although we know there must be one. So when all is revealed, we are inevitably impressed.

Much of the tension from the episode is generated by Mickey's struggle to push ahead with the plan, suspecting that something foul is afoot. But why does he struggle to make these decisions when he is in control and knows exactly what is happening? A rare flaw.

Of course, the ending of the final episode of a series of Hustle is always great. Here, it's Carlton's reaction to the team's revelation that makes this one really shine. We can only hope that he and Harry return in a future episode. They are just too good to only appear in two episodes.

Ultimately, this episode works well, although much of the dramatic tension does not work when it becomes inconsistent with events within the story. Nevetheless, this episode is intelligent and, as with all the best Hustle episodes, just great fun.moreless

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- Alfie: Trouble is mommy is allergic to them. Carlton: You mother is allergic to lions? Alfie: No, plebs. Edit
- Sean: So you've laid the bait. That's where the fixer comes in. He makes sure wherever the mark looks, the story holds up. Ash: In other words, I'm a genius whose job it is to make you Flash Harrys look good. Mickey: Ash is prone to exaggeration. Ash: Look whose talking. Edit
- Mickey: She cheated on me. Emma: Sorry. So you split up? Mickey: Yeah, had to really. I beat the guy half to death with a baseball bat and got sent to prison for three years. Emma: You beat someone with a baseball bat?! Mickey: Why so surprised? Emma: Um…...because it's quite out of character! Mickey: What, did you expect me to con him to death? Edit
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