Hustle - Season 1 Episode 4

Mickey finds himself being blackmailed by a former cop-turned-bank security manager, Victor Maher (a man whose career at bringing down grifters, was a great success), who threatens to send Danny to prison if Mickey doesn't help him to catch a bank robber.

The robber, it seems, has targeted various branches of the bank that Maher works for, all across the country, and is soon expected to hit the London branch.

Albert warns Mickey not to comply with the ex-cop, as he fears Mickey is falling into a trap; Albert had been one of the grifters, Victor had caught, and knows better than Mickey does.

But when Mickey discovers that the bank robber lost his father, a diamond cutter, to the bank's crooked ways, thanks to a major debt they had, the matter becomes complicated.

The robber reveals, that having sought back every penny stolen from him, his last target holds a valuable family heirloom, an uncut diamond, which the bank took and kept for themselves to write off the debt, despite the fact that the gem was worth more than the debt was.

Mickey decides to help but finds himself needing a plan to outsmart his blackmailer, and it's not easy when you don't keep your team in the loop.

• Select a category

  9