All language subtitles for The Hustler S01E05 How To Spot A Liar

- Welcome to my wondrous study,

filled with books, maps,
and other rare antiquities

the art director discovered

from a prop shop in Burbank.

Tonight, this is the site
of a mystery,

a mystery where one poor soul
may be exposed,

and nobody wants to get exposed
on national television.

The fine alone takes
all the fun out of it.

I'm Craig Ferguson,

and this is "The Hustler."

[fraught orchestral music]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

Good evening.
Welcome to "The Hustler."

The five of you might think
you're appearing

on a normal, everyday
quiz competition

that takes place
in Craig Ferguson's study,

but that is not true.

There's more to it than that.

Tonight, you five
will be working together

to answer ten trivia questions

worth $10,000.

Well, you're not all
working together.

One of you
is secretly the Hustler.

[dramatic music]

The Hustler already knows
every answer

because all of the questions

are inspired
by the Hustler's life

and experiences.

The Hustler's goal

is to remain undetected
for the entire game

and take away
all of the money.

However, if the final two
of you

can both catch the Hustler,

then you'll split
that final payday.

You heard me right.

You won't all make it
through the game

because the Hustler has
the power

to eliminate two of you.

Karen...

- Yes.
- Where are you from?

- I'm from Miami, Florida.

- Miami!
That's my favorite part

of Florida.
What do you do in Miami?

- I sell real estate.
I'm also an investor

and real estate developer.

- Wow.

So you do a bit of hustling
in your real life.

- Every day, I'm hustling.
- Yeah.

Are you hustling today?
- Maybe.

- Mm.
What do you think, Eric?

- Maybe.

- Is that Texas on your ring,
by the way?

- Yes, sir.

- That's almost the same size
as Texas, that ring.

That's an enormous ring.
You're from Texas, then.

- I am.
I'm a pig farmer

from Fort Worth, Texas.

- Mm-hmm.
All right.

Peter, do you know that Craig
is actually Gaelic for Peter?

My name means Peter
in Scottish Gaelic.

Did you know that?
- I thought we had

a little something going on.

- Yeah, yeah.
Are you the Hustler?

- I am not.
However, I would have liked

to have been.

- You believe that, Eugene?

- Yeah.
- You do?

- Seems like an honest guy.

- Well, that's good.

You seem like
an open, friendly customer.

Are you the Hustler?
- I am not.

- What do you do for a living?

- I work
in the investment industry.

- Do you believe him, Eric?

- Absolutely not.

- That's probably a good way
going in,

but you guys are gonna have
to work together.

Geraldine.
Are you the Hustler, Gerry?

- I don't know.
Am I?

- Wow, okay.
What do you do for a living?

- I'm retired.

- What did you do for a living?

- I was
a office clerical worker.

- Yeah?
You guys are all being

very cautious right now.

I think that's probably wise.

One of you has the nerve

to lie to me in my own study,

'cause I've asked you all
if you're the Hustler.

Here's the thing.
I truly don't know

who the Hustler is.
I don't know.

I do have some tidbits
about the Hustler's life,

though, that I can share
with you.

Let's look at the first one,
shall we?

The Hustler won $1 million

from
a scratch-off lottery ticket.

Ah.

Somebody in here
is already a millionaire.

Karen, you said you were rich.

Do you play the lotto?

- Uh, not often enough,
apparently.

- Anybody here play the lotto?
- I do.

- Did you win
a million dollars?

- Absolutely not.

- Aye.

- I'm just still trying
to digest that

somebody--somebody here

won a million dollars off a--

- And yet they would still be
on this show.

Is that--that's
your implication.

- Give somebody else a chance.

- Yeah, yeah, no, I hear you.

[laughter]

Here is your first
of three questions

before the Hustler makes
their first elimination.

You have to agree
on the answer.

You have one minute.

Discuss it.
Let's go.

- We gotta build a pot, right?

- I think it's Tom Cruise,
'cause--

- How could it be Tom Cruise?
Think about it.

A million--a stack of ten--

- A million $1 bills.
A stack of 20 is...

- I would rule out giraffe

and Tom Cruise
right off the bat.

- $50,000 is about five inches,
six inches tops.

- Right.
- So if you do the math on it--

- It's gotta be one or two.

- Yeah, it's not giraffe
or Tom Cruise.

- What's Matterhorn mountain?

- No, it's--
that's way too tall.

It's gonna be Statue of Liberty
or giraffe.

- I would say
Statue of Liberty.

- I feel like it's a giraffe.
- Giraffes are all

different sizes.
How could it be giraffe?

- Yeah, it just says a giraffe,

so it could be a baby giraffe.
- I say a giraffe.

- I'm gonna go
with Statue of Liberty.

- I would say
Statue of Liberty.

- It has to be.
- I agree with that.

- Well, I don't know
if I agree with it,

but I'll go with it.
- Statue of Liberty.

- A million $1 bills
is pretty tall.

- Statue of Liberty.
- Statue of Liberty.

- Statue of Liberty.

You all think
Statue of Liberty.

All right, a stack
of 1 million $1 bills

would be just slightly taller
than which of these?

You all think it is
the Statue of Liberty.

Is that the correct answer?

It is the correct answer!

- There you go!
See, process of elimination.

- It is the correct answer!

Well done.
$10,000 goes into the bank.

Now, who was pushing that?

Think about that.
Anybody--

- I think it was unanimous.

That was...
- Yeah?

Oh, so it definitely
wasn't you.

- Not really.
- It's worth remembering

that the Hustler knows
the answer to every question,

so if the questions become
a little more difficult,

you might want to look and see
who's trying to steer it

to the right answer.

Let's have a--a look
at the next clue

to the Hustler's identity.

The Hustler saved three years
of their nail clippings

to sell in case
they became famous.

- Oh, my God.
- Oh, God.

- Come on.
- Oh, that is gross.

- Disgusting.
- That is gross.

Also, by the way,

who buys

famous people's fingernails?

That is ridiculous.

I mean, look, three years'
worth of nail clippings?

It would look like this.

That's what it would look like.
- Oh, gosh.

- Now, these are not
the Hustler's nails.

This are actually
Tom Cruise's nails.

I bought them
when he became famous.

No, they are not.

Does anyone here look
like they might cut

and save
their own nail clippings?

Think about that.
- Let me see your...

- I got working hands.
- Very nice.

- I mean, I bite my nails,

but that's a bad habit
I'm trying to quit.

- All right, let's have a look

at the next question.

Not all fingernails
were created equal.

Which fingernail
tends to grow the fastest?

Is it the index finger,

the middle finger, the thumb,

or the pinky finger?

- I'm gonna go
with either pinky or thumb.

- I'm gonna go with thumb,

because I have my nails done
all the time, and I--

- It seems like your thumb is--

- I feel like my thumb,

but I don't have
any scientific proof.

I don't really know.
I'm just--

- Every time I clip
my fingernails,

when I'm ready to clip them,

it seems like it's
my index finger.

That's the one
that bothers me the most.

- You seem to use it a lot,
so I f--I don't know.

- You don't know for sure
when you get your nails done?

- I have literally no idea.

- You--do you bite your nails
all the time?

- Well, he bites his nails,
so it doesn't matter.

- I bite my nails all the time.
They're all the same.

- Which one do you bite
the most?

- I don't know.
- What are we gonna do,

thumb or--or pinky?

- I--make the call.

I have no idea.

- I'm with the thumb.

- Go with the thumb.
- Okay, time's up.

- We're gonna say thumb.
Thumb.

- All right, you agreed

it was the thumb

that grows the fastest.

Is the thumb
the correct answer?

The thumb is not
the correct answer.

- I'll bet you it's the pinky.

- What is
the correct answer, then?

It is the middle finger.

- Middle finger.
- Oh!

- Now, the Hustler knew
the answer to that question

and let it go through.

You were very quiet
during that, I noticed.

- I wanted to assess
the situation.

- Were you disappointed

that they didn't get
the correct answer?

- I mean, it's strategy.

The Hustler's getting
the wrong answer on purpose.

- That's right.
Well played...

whoever you are, Hustler.

So far, you have put $10,000

into the bank.

Your overall picture
of the Hustler

may be a little hazy
at the moment,

but more clues
will be coming your way.

- So look at this.

Look at this.

Pete, stand up, please.
Eugene, stand up, please.

Both of you, stand up.
Put your feet up there.

Look what I noticed.

Isn't that great?
- I like yours best.

- Mine's are
a little more pizzazzed,

but yours are pretty good.
You've gone discreet.

That's good.
Sit down.

All right, so far,
you have banked $10,000.

Let's try to add a little more
to that, shall we?

Here's the next clue.

The Hustler took a job
with an airline

to get free flights
to Dallas Cowboys games.

Oh, ho, ho,
Mr. Texas ring,

pig farmer
from piggly-diggly in Texas.

Where are you from
in Texas again?

- In Bedford.

It's right outside
of Fort Worth,

so I certainly don't need
to fly there.

- Right, okay.

I don't know much
about your big city ways,

but sometimes I believe
the football team

plays away
from their own stadium.

- Not the Dallas Cowboys.

- All right.
[laughter]

Are you a Dallas Cowboys fan?

- Man, it's hard right now,
but I am.

- Okay.
- It's real tough.

- Okay.
You a Cowboys fan?

You watch football?

- I'm from Jersey.
Big Blue, Giants.

- What about you, Gerry?
- Giants.

- Karen?
- I actually like the...

Jets or Giants.

- What about you, Eugene?
You a sports fan?

- Titans.
I live in Nashville.

- So the only person
that follows the Dallas Cowboys

is Eric, and he lives
so close to the Dallas Cowboys

that he wouldn't need
to fly there.

That's what we're saying.

Okay, here's the next question.

- Come on, Tex.
What do we got?

- Not that big a fan,
first of all, okay?

- Come on.
- I just live there.

- Well, they beat the Steelers.

- Steelers.

- I know nothing
about football.

I like the Giants 'cause that's

who my husband roots for,

so I have--
- They beat the Broncos,

I'm pretty sure, right?
- I think.

Eugene, what do you think?

Are you a foot--
- I have no idea.

I'm one of those bandwagon fans

'cause I moved to Nashville.
- He is too quiet.

I would say Dolphins or Colts.

- I'ma say Colts.
- They beat--

did they beat the Steelers?
'cause that's a good team.

- They beat the Steelers.
That was...within 20 years.

- But was that
in a Super Bowl?

- Yeah.
Bill Cowher.

They beat Bill Cowher.
- Yeah, yeah, okay.

- What do you think, Karen?

- I--I would just say
Miami Dolphins

just because.

- What do we think?

- We think the Colts.
- All right.

Which team have
the Dallas Cowboys

not defeated in a Super Bowl,
the Steelers,

the Dolphins,
the Colts, or the Broncos?

You guys all think
it is the Colts.

Is that the correct answer?

It is...the correct answer!

- Oh, thank you!

- $20,000.

- All right.
- Good!

Now you have $20,000.

Now that's quite interesting.

Now, who was steering
that discussion?

I mean, obviously,
Eric is gonna be

pretty well-versed in this,

am I right?

- That's who I turned to first.

- But is it
too on the nose?

And also, Peter,
you turned to him.

Why?
So that you could deflect

attention from yourself?

Is that possible?
- Sure.

- Okay, well, you're all
about to see

just how ruthless
the Hustler can be,

because it's time
for the first elimination.

In the table in front of you,
in the drawer,

you will find a ballot
with all of your names.

I want you to mark the player

you want to see gone
from the game.

But despite who you choose,

the only decision
that actually matters

is the Hustler's.

All right, put it in there.

Thank you.
Thank you, Eric.

Thank you, Gerry,

and thank you, Pete.

All right.

Now watch this.

I put it here, and...

[pneumatic tube hissing]

- Ooh!
- Yeah!

- Magic.

- The Hustler has made
their choice.

♪ ♪

So we're about to find out

who's definitely not
the Hustler.

[suspenseful music]

The Hustler has decided
to eliminate...

♪ ♪

Eugene!
- Ah!

- Oh!
- Oh, no!

- I know who it is.

- Oh, you do?
- I know who it is.

- Really?
Who is it?

- I am very confident
that it's Peter.

- Really?
- Hmm.

- Why?
- Very, very confident.

- Why?
- Why?

- 'Cause as soon as we
were writing down names,

glanced up at me,
glanced up there.

The football team--
Peter was the one

that actually named
whatever the two options were,

the Colts or the...

- I know a thing or two
about football.

[laughs]

That question
was kind of easy.

- Oh, yeah?
- I narrowed it down

between two, and, um,

Eric and I were confident
it was--it was the Colts.

We answered that question.

- It wasn't rocket science.
- To be fair to Peter,

you can't see Eric, really.

Why would the Hustler
get rid of you?

- The entire game,
he's right in front of me,

so he's getting intimidated
by me looking at him.

- Maybe they're getting rid
of you

'cause you bring nothing
to the table.

- Ooh!
- Maybe.

- How do you feel
about being accused, Peter?

- Right?
- What's that?

- I'm a little offended.

- A little offended?
- Yeah.

- Well, come on,
come on, Eugene.

Come on.
This won't hurt at all.

I'm sorry to see you go, pal.

Just stand here, relax.

Nothing bad's gonna happen.
Watch.

Oh, no.
Oh.

[cheers and applause]

Well...

- He finally had
something to say.

- Well, yeah.
I mean, you got rid of him

because he was quiet.
Why?

- Evidently, I guess.
- Yeah, I guess.

Karen, was he right
about Peter?

- Um, I'm just confused,

which is just a normal emotion
for me.

- Oh.
[laughter]

- Are you buying that?

- I--I have it narrowed down
to two people.

- Okay, who do you think it is?

- Now, I don't see
Geraldine's reactions.

I see the two people in front
of me.

- Right, right.
- So I believe,

naturally, it's gonna be
one of them over there.

- Right.

- Can't judge a book
by its cover.

- Yeah.
I tell you who's playing it

really fabulously well
right now.

Who hasn't said anything
this entire bit?

How you doing, Tex?

- I'm doing fantastic.

I love this.
- Yeah, you all right?

Yeah, you're watching
everybody,

watching it all fall apart
in front of your eyes?

- Hey, there's nothing wrong
with being observant,

watching the non-assuming...

- Yeah.
- So I agree with whoever

the Hustler is.
- Yeah, listen.

I'm here to win money.

If I--I'm gonna talk my way
through a--

through an answer, you know.

That's why we're here.

- Yes, you're absolutely right.
- And whoever it is,

and you guys say it,

don't give away $10,000.

Come out with it.

- Absolutely.
- Worry about it later.

- You're right, Pete.
He's right.

You have to get as much money
as you can.

There's $20,000 in the bank,
and that's good,

but there's still
a lot more to earn

before we finally uncover

who is the Hustler.

- [playing harp glissandos]

All right, so...

there are
only three questions left

until the Hustler removes
one more player from the game.

You have $20,000 in the bank.

It's a great start.
Let's try to up that number,

all right?
Here is your next clue.

The Hustler sleeps
with a night-light.

Mm.

Anyone here look like
they might need a night-light?

I think that kind of works
against--

a little bit against Eric,
don't you think?

He looks to me like,

[Texas accent] "Lights out.
All the pigs go to bed.

I'm going to bed."

What do pigs do all day?

- Uh, they eat, sleep, and...

- Just like people.
- Yep.

- Do you get scared
of the dark, Gerry?

- Oh, I sleep with the TV on.

- How about you, Karen?

- Um, I like
a good night-light.

- Oh, you do.
- Yes.

- You sleep with a night-light?

- Sometimes.
- Yeah.

Peter.

- If I slept
with a night-light,

I sure as hell
wouldn't share it

with you guys,

not where I work.

- Where do you work?

- I'm a firefighter
in Linden, New Jersey.

- Yeah.

Yeah, you don't need
a night-light, do you?

- No, no.
- No.

But maybe.
You never know with people.

Do you know what I mean?
Sometimes people surprise you.

- Mm.
- Okay,

let's look
at the next question.

What color night-light

can help you sleep better?

Is it white, red, green,
or blue?

- So statistics show blue.
Statistics show blue.

- I think red is off the table.

- Red is off the table.
- Blues are calming.

- I think blue or that--
in that coloring,

like if you go
for a massage or that,

they usually have, like,
that coloration.

- So I'm real...

- You're confident.

- I'm overly confident
with blue

because of my wife,
what she does for a living.

I would answer blue,
personally.

- Karen?
- I would go either blue

or green,

definitely not red
and definitely not white.

- Well, could be a soft white.

- Green is sort of a color
that they use in hospitals,

so I'm not sure
if that, you know...

- My initial thing was white,
like white noise,

but I know that's like--
- Yeah, white noise

or a soft white bulb,

'cause they have, like,
different kind of whites.

- But we know it's not red.

- Yeah.
- You need a consensus.

- You're confident.
Then let's go with blue.

- I'm confident with blue.
- We'll go with blue.

We can go with blue.

- What color's
your night-light?

- I can't tell.

- All right.
What color night-light

can help you sleep better?

You think blue
is the correct answer.

Is blue the correct answer?

- Come on, please be correct.
- Come on.

- Is it?
It is not!

- What?
- Come on, Tex!

- What is the correct answer?

- Don't say white.
- Correct answer is red!

- What?
- Red.

- No, absolutely not.

- No.
- Wow!

- You know, that's
a little tricky, isn't it?

- That was tricky.

- Yeah, that'd be
a little tricky, but yet,

the Hustler knew that
and let it go

in order to conceal
their identity.

Did anyone ask for red?

- I'm shocked that it's red.

- All right.

Let's keep the game rolling
with the next clue.

The Hustler is terrified
of insects,

especially stink bugs.

Do you get them in Texas--
stink bugs?

- Believe so.

- Yeah, I think
you probably do.

You're not afraid of bugs.
I don't buy it.

But then again,
people surprise you.

People surprise you,
don't they?

What do you think, Karen?

- Um, I built a place
in Costa Rica,

so I am not afraid of bugs,
very large bugs.

- Right.

All right, let's take a look
at the question.

What insect is responsible

for the most deaths per year?

Is it the fire ant,
the black widow,

a mosquito, or tsetse fly?

- I know this.
- Tex thought he knew it.

Tex was 100%
on the last question.

- Mosquito, mosquito,
mosquito, 100%.

- What makes you say that?

- Because it kills more people.
I've already figured this out

'cause I'm a little crazy.
- It carries the Zika virus.

Carries the Zika virus.
- West Nile, all that.

- It is the most deadly animal,

is the mosquito.

I know this for a fact.

- Yeah, I'm with you on that.
- Um...

I would think the black widow
is the most deadliest.

- No, mosquito,
because they carry

all sorts of insect diseases
and whatever.

- Yeah.
- I know 100%.

I am very confident.
- In South America--

- All right.
That's what we want to hear.

- I'm 100% with you on that.

I'm good with that.
- Okay, so we'll go

with mosquito.
- All right.

Are you all...

- Yep.
- You're all agreed?

Okay, what insect
is responsible

for the most deaths per year,

fire ant, black widow,

mosquito, or a tsetse fly?

Let's take a look.
You guys said mosquito.

Was mosquito
the correct answer?

Mosquito is...

the correct answer!
Well done.

You did know the answer.
Well done.

- All right.
Let's go.

- Yes!
Black widow's a spider.

That's not even an insect.
It's an arachnid.

- Oh, didn't know that.
- My thoughts exactly.

- Yeah.
[laughter]

But you knew that right away.

- Well, that's good.
If you know it,

if you just happen
to get one that you know,

let it go.
- Let's win the money.

- It doesn't mean
you're the Hustler.

Let's build a pot.

- That's exactly right.
Build the pot.

- I'm with you.
- Work together.

- Go, teams.
- Okay.

How much have they got,
magical painting?

$30,000 in the pot.

Let's find out a little more
about the Hustler.

The Hustler

loves Bette Midler
and considers "Beaches"

to be her finest work.

- [laughs]

- Are you laughing at the idea

of "Beaches" being
her finest work?

How dare you, Eric?
It is a great piece of work.

- It's gonna be
an old-school person

sitting here.

- You think?
- From New York,

who's very quiet.

- And I love Bette Midler.

- I love Bette Midler.
- Good.

- I like Bette Midler.
Doesn't make me the Hustler.

- She was good in "Seinfeld."

- She was good in "9 to 5."
Was she in "9 to 5"?

- That's Dolly Parton.
- Dolly Parton.

Oh, it's like you knew.

[laughter]

All right,
the next question is...

Bette Midler won
the Best Actress Tony

for what musical?

Was it "Gypsy,"

"Annie Get Your Gun,"

"Hello, Dolly!"

or "Sunset Boulevard"?

- I don't remember her
being in "Hello, Dolly!"

I don't even know
what "Sunset Boulevard" is.

- You don't know she was
in "Hello, Dolly!"?

- I've never even been
to a musical.

- I don't know if she was
in "Hello, Dolly!"

I don't--like--
- All of these she's in.

- But I like her more
for her music,

her vocal music,

like her singing performances,

not necessarily--
- "Hello, Dolly!" is really

the only one that I recognize.

- "Gypsy" I recog--
I think it's "Gypsy."

- I don't recognize
any of them.

- I don't really know
what "Sunset Boulevard" is,

and Annie--

- It's "I'm ready
for my close-up, Mr. DeMille."

- Oh.
And I don't know about--

- But we're from New York.
Well, I'm Jersey

and New York.

"Hello, Dolly!" was big.

She was in "Hello, Dolly!"
on Broadway.

- Was she?
- Yeah, absolutely,

for a long while.
- I don't remember that.

- I think she was in "Gypsy."

I'm almost positive
she was in "Gypsy,"

and I like her
for her musical vocals

and not for her Broadway.
- Wait, first you said

you think it's "Gypsy,"
then you just--

you just said you don't know

if she was in "Gypsy."

- No, I said I don't know--
I meant--I'm sorry

I don't know if she was
in "Hello, Dolly!"

- It was long running
on Broadway.

- Ten seconds.
I'm gonna need consensus,

or I take the money away.
- I go to Broadway.

I do Broadway shows.
- I first thought "Gypsy."

- I thought "Gypsy" too.

- I would say "Hello, Dolly!"

- I've never been to a musical.

You--you like 'em.
- I know a little bit

about Broadway shows.

I go to a couple a year,

and that was longstanding
with Bette Midler in it.

- "Hello, Dolly!"?
- Yes.

- Yeah.
- Okay.

- I think "Hello, Dolly!"
- Bette Midler won

the Best Actress Tony
for what musical?

You guys went
for "Hello, Dolly!"

Is that the correct answer?

"Hello, Dolly!"
is the correct answer!

- Oh!
- Good job.

- Yes.

- Don't blurt out
if you're not sure.

- Wow!
- Don't blurt out

if you're not 100% sure.

- But I wasn't 100% sure--

- You were 100% sure
with the mosquitos.

- Right, but this--
- That was good.

- But then I went with--
it wasn't consensus,

but I went with somebody
when I wasn't 100%,

and that's how we got it.
- Let's analyze.

Let's discuss, because I--

- Never heard of any of them.

This is all brand-new to me.

- You're a pig farmer.
- I know.

- Or are you?

- Ooh.
- Or is he? Very good.

- Players, you have
$40,000 in the bank.

$40,000.

You're working together
very well.

I mean, really, I think
you nailed it,

but you managed to get
everybody together

and say, "Look, let's just make
as much money as we can,"

and it's been beautiful
to watch,

but let's put a stop to it,

because now it's time

for the Hustler's
final elimination.

Select a person

you would like to see
leave the game.

The final say
on who's eliminated

belongs to the Hustler,
of course.

All right, there you go.
Thank you, thank you, Eric.

All right, well, Pete,
you can do that.

Thank you, my friend.
Thank you, Gerry.

There you go.

All right.

Let's send that off.

[pneumatic tube hisses]

- No.

- And now...
- Please don't be me.

- Your fate is sealed
in a canister.

One player's time in the game

is almost over.

- The Hustler has selected
one of you

to leave the game.

[suspenseful music]

And that person is...

♪ ♪

Gerry!
- Oh, no!

- Gerry!

I... [laughs]

Why do you think the Hustler
got rid of you?

- It could be Eric

because he's sporting
that really nice ring.

- Yeah.
It's a lot of information

coming at you there.

- Bad choice of wearing.

- He says he's
a pig farmer,

but I think he's more
like militant type,

so I don't know.
Like...police or...

Police.
Eh.

He's got nice cowboy boots.
- He is wearing--

he is wearing cowboy boots.

- That doesn't mean anything.

I have five pairs
of cowboy boots,

and I live in New York, so...

- Girl.
- [laughs]

- What about Karen?
- But I really think

it's Karen.
- You really think it's Karen?

- That's who I really, really
think it is.

- Why?
- The night-light situation.

She wouldn't say what color
her night-light was.

- Yeah.
- The night-light has

a little bit of a femininity
to it.

- Mm-hmm.

- She said she's done
some work in Costa Rica.

She's an investor.
That all takes money.

Somebody won a million dollars.

- Mm-hmm.

- I think she tried
to throw everybody off

by saying that confusion
was like an emotion for her.

- Is that helping?
- I feel bad for her,

but I'm glad it wasn't me.
- Well! [laughs]

- I kind of knew it was gonna
be me.

- Oh, come on, Gerry.

Let's get you out of here

before Pete sugar-talks me
any more.

- Good luck to whoever.

- Say bye-bye to Gerry,
everybody.

- Bye, Gerry!

- Bye, Gerry.
- I'm sorry, Gerry.

Okay, we're just
gonna put you in here.

[wails weakly]

[applause]
All right.

We gotta talk.

We gotta talk, you guys.

Gerry was a nice woman.

I feel like whoever
the Hustler is,

and it's definitely
one of you three,

that was
unnecessarily cruel.

- [laughs]

- All right, congratulations.
You have made it

to the final three.

You're playing the game
to the end.

You have already banked
how much, magical painting?

$40,000.
- All right.

- That's pretty good.

And the possibility

for a lot more is on the way.

Let's keep going
with the next clue.

Let's find out a little more.

The Hustler does

one random act of kindness
every day.

- Aww.

- Well, it wasn't
when they eliminated

poor Gerry, was it?

- [laughs]

- Do you do one random act
of kindness every day, Eric?

- I try to--I try to--
- You nice to your pigs?

- I'm nice to everybody.

I like--kindness is key.

- Pete, you seem
like a kind guy.

- Very giving.
- Yeah.

And of course, Karen.
- [laughs]

- Lovely Karen,
who wouldn't hurt a fly,

but maybe a stink bug.

You know what I'm saying,
Petey?

Mm-hmm.
All right.

Let's look
at the next question.

Writer Anne Herbert
coined this phrase.

"Practice random kindness
and" blank.

"Watch the world
pay them forward,"

"set them free
into the world,"

"thankless gifts,"

"senseless acts of beauty."

- So I like "kindness is key,"
okay?

That's not gonna be up there.
- It's not gonna be up there.

That we know.

- But I do like
"thankless gifts."

- As a writer, I think
a more eloquent way to say it

would be "senseless acts
of beauty."

- "Random acts of kindness,"

"senseless acts of beauty"

seem synonymous.

- Thank--thankless.

If you read that,

"practice random acts
of kindness and

thankless gifts,"

the rest of them are too--
that's too much.

- But you don't practice
thankful gifts.

They're--that--

- I like what she said.
- Ten seconds.

I need consensus.

- Let's go with
"senseless acts of beauty."

- I-I--

- I'm gonna go
with y'all on that.

- All right.
Writer Anne Herbert coined

the phrase
"practice random kindness,"

and you all believe it is

"senseless acts of beauty."

Is that the correct answer?

It is...

the correct answer!

$10,000 into the bank.
- Good job, good job.

- Takes you up to $50,000.

- That--look out, look out.
- Good job.

- $50,000 now.
- Excellent.

- Did everybody know that?
- I just went with them.

I went with the crew
on that one.

- Aw, shucks.
You never even heard

of Anne Herbert, right?

- I don't know anything
about that or Bette Midler.

[laughter]

- That's what the Hustler
would say.

- I don't know if he knows
anything about Bette Midler,

but that ring he's wearing's

got a whole lot of fancy
on it, doesn't it?

Someone who likes Bette Midler

might wear a ring
just like that.

But maybe not.

What do you think, Karen?

- Um...

I'm so confused.

[laughter]

- Shocking.
- Wow.

I don't know.

I don't know
if I'm buying that, Karen.

All right.

Let's have a look
at the eighth clue.

The Hustler has flipped
20 homes.

Wow.
Is that too on the nose?

I mean, you said you were
a real estate developer.

- Yeah!
[laughs]

- It's gonna be a tough one
to get out of, Karen.

- Uh...
- You better get

the answer right.

- Hmm, yeah, okay.

Hmm, interesting.

- Mind you, is it a home
for humans, or a home for pigs?

- [laughs]

- Pigs gotta live.
- I live in a mobile home,

all right?

One mobile home.

- All right, let's have a look
at the next question.

[mysterious music]

♪ ♪

Is it earnest money,

sincere money,

secure money, or blood money?

- I was hoping
it was more difficult

to see if you could answer it.

- We're all good
at earnest money, right?

- Yeah, earnest money, 100%.
- Yes, earnest money.

Let's put it in the bank
and move on.

- Okay, which of these

is a term
for a good-faith deposit

put down to show intent
to buy a home?

Earnest money is your choice.

Is earnest money
the correct answer?

Earnest money
is the correct answer!

Another $10,000
onto the table.

$60,000.
- All right.

Okay, now we're talking.
- Now, I gotta--

I gotta ask, though.

It's time to really start
thinking about this.

Who do you think
the Hustler is?

Karen, who do you think it is?

- I don't know.
I can't tell.

- Hmm.
I think--

maybe I'm wrong, but I think
you're being played.

What do you think, Karen?
You playing these guys?

[suspenseful music]

She playing you?

Okay.
Well, $60,000 in the bank.

I mean, it's
some proper money now,

and we're approaching
the climax of the game,

a final showdown

that will change
absolutely everything.

- All right, you three.
You've done some nice work

banking $60,000.

We are down
to our final two questions.

Let's see what this next clue
teaches us about the Hustler.

The Hustler does yoga
nearly every day.

Uh, you guys know
anything about yoga?

- [laughs]

- Why, you don't do yoga
out there with the pigs?

- Absolutely not.
- Okay.

What about you, Pete?
Don't you have to stay in shape

for your job?

- I can't bend over
and touch my toes.

- Hmm.
Karen, I imagine

you probably have done yoga
in your life.

- I have done yoga
once or twice in my life.

- Type of yoga do you do?

- I've done some hot yoga,

some...regular yoga,

a little bit of--
but I'm not that familiar

because I do not do it
every day.

- All right.
Next question.

Which of these
is not a yoga pose?

[laughs]
Is it bow pose,

camel pose, salmon pose,
or dolphin pose?

- Karen, do you know
of any of these poses?

- Yeah.
A bow pose I do know.

- Okay, so that's not it.

What about you, Tex?

Come on, now.
Fess up.

Come on.
- All right, so only thing

I'm gonna say--I've never heard
of a dolphin pose

so I think--
or a salmon pose.

- How could you do a dolphin
or a salmon pose?

- Well, I don't know.
Or a camel.

- If it was only one fish
up there,

I would say that one.

- Well, there is actually

something called a fish pose,

I think.
- All right.

- I think salmon pose.
It's too weird and specific.

Instead of fish pose,
salmon pose.

Like, a camel pose
may be the hump,

a dolphin pose
might be something,

but a salmon pose sounds weird.
- I'm gonna say dolphin

because that's too weird.
- "Too weird" is incredible.

That's credible,
what she's saying.

I think I'm going with her.

- All right, I'm going
with her, then.

- All right, you guys agree.
What is the pose

that you agree
is not a yoga pose?

- You know what I'm saying?
Like...

- Yeah.
- Salmon pose.

- Salmon pose?
Are we happy

with salmon pose, everybody?
- Indeed.

- We'll be happy
if it's the right answer.

- All right.
[laughter]

- You all have agreed

that salmon pose
is not a yoga pose.

Is that the correct answer?

Salmon pose
is the correct answer!

[all cheer]

- Yes!
- Good job, good job.

Excellent.
- $70,000

marked in my magical painting
right here.

$70,000 in the bank.

All right.

We've reached
our final question

of the night.

I think it's time

to up the ante a little
on you guys.

Right now, you have
$70,000 in the bank.

That's a lot of money,

but I'll tell you what I'll do.

If you get
the last question right,

I will double the money
to $140,000.

- Ooh-hoo-hoo!

- $140,000.
But...

if you get it wrong,

gonna halve the money

down to $35,000.

- Hell, yeah.

- Remember, we know
the Hustler knows

the answer to the question.

[suspenseful music]

Here is your final clue.

The once took a course

called "How to Spot a Liar."

- [laughs]

[laughter]

- Take a course?

- Yeah, taking a course, Eric.

You ever taken a course, Eric?

- I barely graduated
high school, okay?

- Yeah.
- I never had to take that.

I'm always pretty good
at locating them.

- Karen, you buying
any of this?

- I don't know.
Now I'm confused again.

[laughs]

- Okay.
All right.

Your final question is...
William Marston,

the self-declared
father of the polygraph,

is the creator
of what comic book character?

- [gasps]
- Is it Wonder Woman,

Superman, Batman, or the Joker?

You get this right,
the bank goes up to $140,000,

and remember, the Hustler
knows the answer.

Go for it.

- Let me guess.
You have no clue.

- What the hell
does that mean?

Why you--have no clue?

- Trying to--oh,
if you know it, then tell us.

- No, but I--I'm gonna say
the Joker, because that's--

- The Joker is not a comic,
though.

Batman, Superman,
and Wonder Woman are comics.

The Joker I don't think
is actually a comic.

He may be a character
in a certain comic--

- Yeah, I think--
I think you're right.

Okay.
- Oh, what about Wonder Woman

with that truth lasso?

- The who?
- The truth lasso, remember?

She used to take people

and put them
in the truth lasso.

She'd lasso them
with the gold thing

and make them tell the truth.
- Did she fly?

- Did you have a TV
in the '70s and '80s?

- No!

Man, I'm in a rural part
of town, son.

- Ten seconds, everybody.

- I think it's Wonder Woman.

What do you think?
- Do it.

- 140, or 35?
What's it gonna be?

- I don't know anything
about it.

- Yes, Wonder Woman?
- Yeah.

- Truth lasso.
Yeah, let's do it.

- All right.
William Marston,

the self-declared father
of the polygraph,

is the creator of what
comic book character?

You all agreed
it was Wonder Woman.

Is Wonder Woman
the correct answer?

The correct answer
is Wonder Woman!

- Yes!

- [chuckles]
- Yes!

- I won, and I know nothing
about this.

Yes!
- Wow.

- This is fantastic.

- Wait, how did she--

how do you know those answers?

- I don't know.

Karen, you playing dumb
a little bit?

- Maybe.
- Yeah?

You've got $140,000
in the bank.

That's a lot of money.

The only question is now,

does the Hustler get that money
all to themselves,

or is it split
between the other two?

[dramatic music]

- Well, well, my friends.

It all comes down to this.

There is $140,000

available to win.

Two of you players
correctly identify the Hustler,

you will split that money
right down the middle,

70 grand apiece.

- Hmm.

- But if the Hustler managed
to convince just one of you

to vote for somebody else,

then they will win

all the money.

To help everyone make
their final decision,

let's revisit
what we've learned

about the Hustler.

The Hustler won
$1 million on the lottery.

They saved their nail clippings
for three years.

The Hustler loves Bette Midler.

They've flipped 20 homes.

They do yoga almost every day.

On the table in front of you
are tiles.

I want you to show me

who you believe
the Hustler is.

On you go.

Show me who you think it is.

The name facing out,
who you think it is.

[intrigue music]

♪ ♪

Peter thinks it's Karen.
Karen thinks it's Peter.

Eric?

♪ ♪

Okay.

Peter.

Both Eric and Karen think
you are the Hustler.

Now is your final chance
to change one of their minds.

Your shot at taking home
any of that $140,000

hinges on this.

You have two minutes.

I wish you good luck.

- Dude, I don't do yoga.
It was--if you're--listen.

- I know a lot of firemen

that do some weird stuff,

and you are at the top
of the list now, partner.

- There in Texas--
- I'm telling you,

clipping your fingernails.
You're probably barbecuing,

doing yoga, and listening
to some show tune.

So I think
that you're doing that.

You're not gonna change
my mind.

- Karen, I'm just gonna ask you
one question.

If you're not the Hustler,
then change that,

because we have $70,000 each.
It's him.

I'm telling you, it's him.

I mean, there's no way that's--

Karen, are you just happy
to be here,

or do you want to walk away
with $70,000?

- I want to walk away
with the money.

Therefore, I'm keeping it
with Peter.

I feel very confident.
- You're making a mistake.

You're making a mistake.
- I feel good.

Whoever it is

out of you guys,
you're making a mistake.

- You're good.

- Tex, I'm telling you.
[laughter]

- You're good.
- I still don't know.

I thought it was Karen.

- No.
- Dude, I'm telling you.

- I know a guy in Fort Worth--
- Do you want 70 grand?

- That's fine.
I want all of it, whatever.

But I know a guy
that's a fireman...

- See?
Oh, my God, he just said it.

- That is a barbecue--
he barbecues--he does some

of the weirdest stuff.
- Forget about what takes place

in wherever you live!
Who cares?

- But that's what
I'm talking about.

- That's your buddy.

- No, no, that's firemen.

- [scoffs]

Oh, my God,
you're making a mistake.

You are making
the biggest mistake.

You're making
a $70,000 mistake.

- You might want to work
on that side of the fence.

- She won a million dollars.

How do you think
she got started in real estate?

- You have fancy socks on,

some weird shoes...
- Oh, fancy s...?

Your ring is the size
of Montana!

- It's fake.
Hey, look here.

You don't even button
your buttons.

Real eccentric people
win money, clip fingernails,

yoga, listen to some music

that's not so mainstream.

That's 1972 Bette Midler, man.
Come on.

- Oh, my God, dude,
you--you're shot.

You are shot.
Your reasoning

is completely off.

You're gonna lose.
You're gonna make us lose.

If you're not the Hustler--
- I think it'll be us.

We're gonna make us win.

- Time's up, everybody.
- Oh, my God.

Time's up.

- Oh...

- Let me just ask you
one more time.

Final answer.

Final answer?

- Yep.
[laughs]

- Final answer, Peter?

Okay.

This is where we ended up.

Eric and Karen, you believe
Peter is the Hustler.

If you are right,
you'll each get $70,000,

but if Peter
is not the Hustler,

that means one of you two
has fooled everyone,

and you will win
the entire $140,000.

Hustler,

please stand
and reveal yourself.

[suspenseful music]

♪ ♪

Oh, you got it!

Oh, man!
- Yeah! Yeah!

- Man.
- Did you think it was me?

- No, no, I did not.

- You thought it was her?

- I thought it was her.

- Wow.
Congratulations.

- Good job.
- Nice job, buddy.

- Well done.
- Thank you!

- Congratulations.
- Oh, you're awesome.

- Well, you caught the Hustler.
Well done.

You're each leaving
with $70,000.

Well done.
Congratulations.

- Good job.
- All right.

- But I did win
a million dollars,

so I'm not hurting.

- That's our show.
Good night, everybody.

Good night.
- Yeah!

- Wow.

Wow.
- Pretty great.

- I had a game plan i--
in my head.

I stuck with it.

In fact, I thought
I was deflecting very well.

Karen was answering
most of those questions.

That's why I was shocked

that Eric didn't say it was
her.

He just felt it was too obvious

for it to be Karen,

so it has to be me,

which is not really
the way to think,

but he was--
he was 100% correct.

- So people may think
that I am dumb,

but I'm dumb as a fox.

- I'm not a pig farmer.

I'm a private investigator.

But if you're coming in
to get hustled,

and you're not the Hustler,
guess what.

You'd better come up
with a different job,

and you'd better hustle
everybody on the set

if you want to win,

and what did we do today?

We won.

- Sitting chair position.

- It's a little of this.

It's a little of this.

- If I'm famous enough
from this,

then yes, I still have

some toenail clippings
that are for sale,

so if you would like some,
you know where to find me.