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Hustle Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 2012 - 2012
Episode 1
Gold Finger
51 mins
The gang go after mouthy Dexter Gold (born Dexter Pratt) whose advertisements claim that he pays top prices for gold but cheats his customers,including Albert's friend widowed Vivienne. Furthermore he would seem to be a fence for several bullion robberies,laundering the proceeds to a German contact. The hustlers engineer an accidental meeting,claiming that they are renegade soldiers who stole gold bars from Muamma Gaddafi though only one bar is genuine. With an inside accomplice and the fortuitous intervention of the army Gold is easy to fleece. A harder task is making up to Eddie after they have childishly defaced the signed photo of his soccer god Ian Rush.
Episode 2
Picasso Finger Painting
58 mins
When a Picasso is stolen from East European mobster Petre Sava, the hustlers foolishly try selling him a forgery painted by eccentric Dolly Hammond,leading Petre to think they stole it from him so he abducts Micky and locks him in a car boot until his property is returned. The group learns that another gangster, Harry Holmes, has had the picture stolen to impress his upper class father-in-law and mount an operation to retrieve it. When both Sava and Holmes turn up,mob-handed, for the hand over Ash knows how to set them against each other.
Episode 3
Curiosity Caught the Kat
58 mins
A disgruntled victim of the cocky quintet bribes corrupt Inspector Fisk to bring them down as they prepare to reel in Linda Runcorn, who runs a hotel guide racket. Fisk blackmails Kat, an old flame of Sean, to join the gang in rooking Linda and to plant cocaine on Emma in an effort to nail Micky. With Emma in the cells, Fisk warns Linda that she is the victim of a scam and sets a trap. leading to Mickey's arrest. However, he has failed to recognise that his honest superior is actually in league with the hustlers to flush him out - and even Linda may not be all she seems to be.
Episode 4
Eat Yourself Slender
58 mins
'Doctor' Dean Deville and his wife Dana are an American couple who have made millions selling sham health food products from their Eat Yourself Slender plan but their bogus diet pills induce a heart attack in the hustlers' friend, con woman Carol. The grifters play on the Devilles' weakness, buying art treasures to sell at a profit, by stealing for them a priceless Faberge egg but this is just for starters as the main hustle involves burgling a research lab to rob a supposedly genuine slimming cure . It is, of course, a placebo--and a trap. Barman Eddie, however, finds romance with Carol.
Episode 5
Ding Dong That's My Song
58 mins
Dale Ridley, a former TV game show host sacked for corruption, is now an equally dishonest property developer, bribing his way into getting what he wants but clever enough to let his minions appear to be the twisters. When he demolishes Albert's favourite pub the hustlers decide to make him their latest mark. Posing as American businessmen Albert and Micky persuade him to buy into their consortium which is aiming to purchase London City Studios, the very building from which Ridley was sacked and which he is itching to bull-doze. The appearance of Ash's young godson Alfie, whom the grifters are minding, almost jeopardises the heist as Ridley steals back his money but the gang manage to retrieve it - apart from the wad to which Alfie helped himself.
Episode 6
The Con Is Off
59 mins
The final episode comes to a dramatic conclusion when Mickey proposes taking on their most dangerous "Mark" yet. In the Team's sights is Madani Wasem, who inherits his fathers Bahraini business. Unpopular with the Company directors, who have prevented him taking control, he operates using violence and threats to get what he wants. He has to prove he can make money for the Company before the Board will let him take control and this is what Mickey intends exploiting. Mickey and the Team risk everything to complete the con with a surprise or two along the way.