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The Best Episodes of Hustle

Every episode of Hustle ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Hustle!

A motley group of London con artists pull of a series of daring and intricate stings.
Genres:ComedyCrimeDramaMystery
Network:BBC One

Best Episodes Summary

"The Henderson Challenge" is the best rated episode of "Hustle". It scored 8.9/10 based on 326 votes. Directed by Otto Bathurst and written by Tony Jordan, it aired on 3/17/2006. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Con is Off".

  • The Henderson Challenge
    8.9/10326 votes
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    #1 - The Henderson Challenge

    Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 3/17/2006

    After two seasons of clashes of methods, Mickey and Danny finally put it all on the line. In a head-to-head competition, the two men are dropped naked in the middle of London and must use all of their skills as con men to make it through the day - whomever has acquired the highest monetary value of goods wins. The rub is that if Mickey loses, he declares that he'll hand over the role of leader to Danny. Are big changes a foot? Will Danny's moxie ultimately win him control of the crew?

    Director: Otto Bathurst

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • The Con is Off
    8.9/10252 votes
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    #2 - The Con is Off

    Season 8 Episode 6 - Aired 2/17/2012

    Mickey believes that he has found the ultimate mark in multi-millionaire businessman Madani Wasem. The stakes end up being much higher than usual as Wasem is extremely dangerous and the kind of mark they usually try to avoid dealing with.

    Director: Alrick Riley

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • The Lesson
    8.7/10264 votes
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    #3 - The Lesson

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 4/12/2005

    Danny has found a potential new member of the gang, Trevor (played by Lee Ingleby). He's a short con artist, who's very good at what he does, but his marks are not always the greedy; he also targets the elderly and the poor...

    Director: Alrick Riley

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • Eye of the Beholder
    8.6/10253 votes
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    #4 - Eye of the Beholder

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 5/3/2005

    Mickey's got a plan and this one is like no other. They're going to steal the Crown Jewels. Will he be able to get the others to join him on such a dangerous mission?

    Director: John Strickland

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • The Last Gamble
    8.4/10280 votes
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    #5 - The Last Gamble

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2004

    The crew picks a greedy fat-cat as their mark for a con using his two secret weaknesses- gambling and prostitutes- but the situation is complicated by a previous mark who seeks payback for them claiming to sell him the London Eye.

    Director: Rob Bailey

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • Law And Corruption
    8.4/10213 votes
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    #6 - Law And Corruption

    Season 3 Episode 6 - Aired 4/14/2006

    The Hustle crew find themselves under the thumb of DCI York, an unconventional cop set on catching "The Ghost" - the legendary thief Adam Rice. DCI York blackmails the gang into helping him, so they make contact with Rice and talk their way into his latest scam. While stealing from a country-house, they try to arrange for Rice to get caught red-handed. Can the Hustle gang escape this dodgy copper, or will York nick them all?

    Director: S.J. Clarkson

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • New Recruits
    8.4/10188 votes
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    #7 - New Recruits

    Season 5 Episode 2 - Aired 1/15/2009

    The team con two intellectual property experts whose practices have caused a suicide.

    Director: James Strong

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • The Road Less Travelled
    8.4/10199 votes
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    #8 - The Road Less Travelled

    Season 5 Episode 6 - Aired 2/12/2009

    The team hope to con upper-class twit Alfie Baron, but all is not as it seems.

    Director: Martin Hutchings

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • And This Little Piggy Had Money
    8.4/10179 votes
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    #9 - And This Little Piggy Had Money

    Season 6 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/2010

    Just as the team are finishing with one genius con where Emma is posing as pop princess Kylie, Albert is out finding and priming the next unsuspecting mark - ex-banker Piggy Richardson who has been hounded by the press after a very public pension scandal. However, just as the plan starts to fall into place, a mysterious woman enquires about Mickey's whereabouts and throws their plan into disarray. Mickey hasn't got a clue who she is or what she wants but when she invites him out for dinner, he's intrigued. That is until the mystery lady turns out to be the beautiful, DCI Lucy Britford. Never one to shy away from a challenge, Mickey is certain that he can outsmart Britford, after all, no one's managed to catch him yet!

    Director: Iain B. MacDonald

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • Missions
    8.3/10250 votes
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    #10 - Missions

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 4/19/2005

    The team's plan to con an auction house with a comic book forgery goes awry when corrupt copper, Sam Phillips (played by Fay Ripley), decides she wants in on the play.

    Director: Alrick Riley

    Writer: Howard Overman

  • Lest Ye Be Judged
    8.3/10181 votes
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    #11 - Lest Ye Be Judged

    Season 5 Episode 3 - Aired 1/22/2009

    Albert's parole is jeopardised when the prison governor catches him running a betting ring

    Director: Julian Simpson

    Writer: Fintan Ryan

  • The Hush Heist
    8.3/10150 votes
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    #12 - The Hush Heist

    Season 6 Episode 6 - Aired 2/8/2010

    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. It seems the team might be in a spot of bother. Mickey and the team are arrested and unceremoniously thrown in the slammer. Things look like they have gone from bad to worse when Nigel Chambers and the beautiful Jennifer Hughes from MI6 arrive to question Mickey. The pair has a proposition for him and, unfortunately for Mickey, these two don't play by the book.

    Director: Luke Watson

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • Cops and Robbers
    8.2/10287 votes
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    #13 - Cops and Robbers

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 3/16/2004

    Mickey crosses paths with Victor Maher, ex-fraud squad officer, now head of security at a bank. Victor blackmails Mickey into doing something he normally wouldn't do.

    Director: Minkie Spiro

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • The Hustlers News of the Day
    8.2/10213 votes
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    #14 - The Hustlers News of the Day

    Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 4/7/2006

    After a completely false exposé in a newspaper, one of Stacie's friends attempts suicide out of shame the article caused. To help right this wrong, the Hustle crew decide to take down the men responsible - the editor Frances Owen and reporter Tim Millen. The con? To convince these two muck-rakers that they have the biggest Royal scoop ever and that they'll be making headlines. Of course if Mickey and the gang have their way, their headlines will be a little different than the way they intended.

    Director: S.J. Clarkson

    Writer: David Cummings

  • Getting Even
    8.2/10193 votes
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    #15 - Getting Even

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 5/2/2007

    Eddie is getting the squeeze and it's up to the "Hustle" gang to set things straight. Although not an official grifter, Eddie is more than a bartender, he's a member of the crew. So when his father is held ransom by the owner of his Father's nursing home - it's personal.

    Director: Lee MacIntosh

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • The Con Is On
    8.1/10462 votes
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    #16 - The Con Is On

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/24/2004

    Long 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?

    Director: Bharat Nalluri

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • Big Daddy Calling
    8.1/10211 votes
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    #17 - Big Daddy Calling

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 5/23/2007

    It's back to the US for the crew as they seek some revenge of their own. Mafia boss Johnny Maranzano has beaten up Albert and to settle things the gang decides to pick the apple of Johnny's eye - the Big Daddy fruit machine and its $5 Million dollar jackpot. Las Vegas may be grifter heaven, but it's going to take a miracle to devise a con to steal from a casino that never closes and is under 24/7 security. The stakes are high, because it's not about not getting caught, it's about not getting killed.

    Director: Alrick Riley

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • Return of the Prodigal
    8.1/10218 votes
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    #18 - Return of the Prodigal

    Season 5 Episode 1 - Aired 1/8/2009

    Mickey returns to London to find that the gang have all gone their separate ways.

    Director: James Strong

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • Diamond Seeker
    8.1/10165 votes
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    #19 - Diamond Seeker

    Season 5 Episode 4 - Aired 1/29/2009

    A priceless diamond leads the team to take on their most dangerous mark to date.

    Director: Julian Simpson

    Writer: Tom Butterworth, Chris Hurford

  • As Good As It Gets
    8.1/10162 votes
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    #20 - As Good As It Gets

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2011

    Mickey and his team have a wealth of potential marks lined up, but when Eddie's niece gets scammed by ruthless modelling agent Wendy Stanton they put all that on hold to come to the rescue. Wendy is the ultimate ice-queen, and the team will need an ambitious plan to get her to pay out. With modelling shoots, lifestyle coaches and even a meeting at the Diplomatic Office of America, could this be the gang's toughest con yet?

    Director: John McKay

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • Clearance from a Deal
    8.1/10140 votes
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    #21 - Clearance from a Deal

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2011

    Mickey and Albert visit the first Wendell Casino to open in in the country. The Wendell family are well known for their strict policy on cheaters and have a rogue's gallery on show of anyone who has ever been caught. Albert isn't happy when he sees a picture of his grand father Charlie Stroller up on the wall. Albert is determined to do what ever it takes and clear Charlie's name even if it means that the whole team's pictures end up hanging up on the wall.

    Director: Roger Goldby

    Writer: James Payne

  • Curiosity Killed the Kat
    8.1/10132 votes
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    #22 - Curiosity Killed the Kat

    Season 8 Episode 3 - Aired 1/27/2012

    The gang plan an inheritance scam to bring down their latest mark, but are unaware that they're being targeted by corrupt cop DI Fisk.

    Director: Roger Goldby

    Writer: Ryan Craig

  • Picture Perfect
    8.0/10316 votes
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    #23 - Picture Perfect

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 3/9/2004

    Mickey Bricks and his team of con artists decide to dabble in the world of art this week, when they set up an elaborate scam to swindle a greedy gallery owner, by faking an early Mondrian painting.

    Director: Bharat Nalluri

    Writer: Matthew Graham

  • Gold Mine
    8.0/10262 votes
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    #24 - Gold Mine

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 3/29/2005

    The gang are back and despite his better judgement, Mickey gives Danny a chance to run his own scam. However, the object of the scam has a habit of sending con men to jail so the risks for the gang are high. And it doesn't make them feel any better to discover that Danny plans to convince the man, a savvy property developer, that there's a goldmine in the heart of London.

    Director: Otto Bathurst

    Writer: Tony Jordan

  • Whittaker Our Way Out
    8.0/10229 votes
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    #25 - Whittaker Our Way Out

    Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 3/24/2006

    Fellow con-man James Whittaker Wright III enlists the help of the Hustle crew to avenge his legendary grifter grandfather's treatment by Cornfoots Merchant Bank. Posing as enterpreneurs and investors they try to get back at the bank by a massive con. But have the Hustle crew forgotten just how devious James Whittaker Wright III can be?

    Director: Colm McCarthy

    Writer: Steve Coombes