Any fans of the BBC show "Hustle"?

[Groo The Perverted]

I love love LOVE this show. It's like Leverage, but it was out first, and much better.

Stars Jaime Murray (Lila in Season 2 of Dexter), Robert Vaughn and some other characters.

Great show. I especially liked how they address the camera and kinda wink when you see that they're getting over. Especially when they're taking advantage of poor old Eddie. lol

The only thing I don't like about shows like this is that they tend to "cheat".

The Unit used to do that as well, where they'll pull off some con or whatever, and then they flash back and show you how they pulled it off, and often they'll show a scene you saw, only this time they're doing something that you flat out know they didn't do in the scene you saw.

Perfect example is in Season 2 Episode 3 "The Lesson" of Hustle.

[Show spoiler]Danny Blue is crossing the street with this kid, and this car comes by, and in the 1st scene it shows him placing his hand on the kid's chest to stop him from walking into the street as it passes by.

The camera shows his complete hand still against his chest, and then when they flash back they see his fingers dipping into his jacket and taking the envelope with the rare bank note "The Yankee Green".

It's little things like that that sort of cheat, I think. I still love the show though.



PLEASE NO SPOILERS FOR SEASON 3 on. I kinda accidentally found out that a major character is no longer in the season from season 4 on, and I'm pissed I saw that (just from the box art for a Season 4 set).