Hustle Season 6

Cafe Society
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Hustle, the BBC TV Show about a group of con-artists is back for it’s 6th season. Hustle is one of the shows that really demonstrates the advantage of a 6 episode season in the UK. Each plot is intricate and packed full, like a well made watch with no spare parts. It’s a pleasure watching each plot unfold & seeing all of the clever twists that fall out at the end.

I think the addition of the female cop to the cast is a good move. It’ll be refreshing for them to have a nemesis which is in lock step with them and I look forward to seeing how this season will play out.

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I recently purchased the Season 1-4 boxed set. I haven’t seen season five yet; has it been aired in the US and I missed it?

This is one of my favorite shows. I’m a sucker for well-run cons, particularly ones where it looks like the con is falling apart but they pull it off anyway.

3

Hustle is great but it does take more than a little suspension of disbelief.

Much as I loved the con story, I did wonder at the policewoman’s willingness to just let him walk out so quickly. It’s not as if they had no evidence at all; they had Sir Edmund’s testimony, and I can’t recall whether the two disguised team members were wearing something to prevent fingerprints on either the fake wire or Sir Edmund’s house. They could easily have held him - and picked up his associates - while they dug for more evidence.

But that would have been tedious to watch.

4

I thoroughly enjoyed seasons 1 and 2, but I lost interest an episode or two into season 3, when Micky left. Has it gotten any better since then?

5

Mickey came back in Season 4 but Danny & Stacie left in Season 5. The replacements are, IMO, not as good but still watchable.

6

Yeah I miss Danny and Stacie. I think the storyline with Emma being all up in Mickey’s grill about other women is all played out. For real!

I dug Mickey’s American accent in this episode, and then when he was messing with the banker he was brilliant as well :smiley:

I loves me some Ash!

7

I just watched episode 5 and wanted to talk about it.

possible spoilers

I enjoyed it for the most part.
I thought the mark was a really fun character (although he did ultimately become a david brent clone). The Dragon’s Den scene would be over the top for any other series, but appropriate for this series and this character, and I liked little touches like the Andy Warhol style self-portrait in his office.

The Curse thing didn’t really work for me. Mickey wouldn’t believe such a thing and people only repeatedly roll snake eyes in TV Land. (Unless The Curse is real of course, but this requires too much of a suspension of disbelief even for Hustle)

And the end was out of keeping for the characters too. Screwing over the barkeep’s business is very far from the honourable thief.

8

It warmed the cockles of my heart to see the old potato bug killer scam again. The old ones are still the best.

But yes, screwing Eddie always strikes me as unnecessarily cruel. The odd small con is one thing, but that was over the top.