- If you like trivia,
then this is the game for you.
And if you like cat-and-mouse games,
then this is also the game for you.
However, if you're not too sure about Craig Ferguson,
then, well, go back, watch some of my earlier stuff.
I--I really think you'll come around,
and then you'll see
this is definitely the game for you.
This is "The Hustler."
[dramatic string music]
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
Good evening.
Good evening to you and welcome to "The Hustler,"
a game that's a puzzle wrapped in an enigma
that's tattooed in mystery.
Tonight, I will ask you ten trivia questions,
each worth $10,000,
and you will work together to solve them.
However, one of you is secretly the Hustler.
That person already knows the answers to every question
because they are all inspired
by the Hustler's life and interests.
Now, the Hustler doesn't want to be found out,
because if they can remain undetected until the end,
they'll take home all of the money.
But if the final two of you
can undercover the Hustler's identity,
then you'll split that final paycheck,
and the Hustler won't get a penny.
I say "final two,"
because the Hustler will eliminate two of you
along the way.
Before we kick this off, though,
how about we all meet each other?
Troy, if that's your real name...
- [laughs]
- Is that your name, Troy? - It is my real name.
- What do you do for a living, Troy?
- I am a salesman.
- Are you the Hustler, Troy? - No.
You know, I could be, but so could all of them,
and that's the fun of this game,
isn't it, is to figure that out?
- That's my job, man. Knock it off.
- [laughs] - That's what I do.
What do you do for a living, Til?
- I'm a success coach. - A success coach?
- Yes, I work with
first-generation college students
and low-income college students
and help them become successful.
- Now, that's not... [applause]
Well, hold on.
Hold on, we don't know if he's telling the truth.
That may be a whole lot of... - [laughs]
- That may be a whole lot of hustle going on there.
Tena. - Yes?
- What do you do for a living? - I am a math consultant.
I consult teachers who teach math.
- You teach teachers to teach math?
- I teach them how to teach it, not math,
but I teach them how to teach math.
- What a time to be alive, Tena.
- It is! [laughter]
- All right.
Tim. - Yep.
- Did you shave before you came here today?
- I did. It grows that fast.
- It grows that fast, does it? - Yeah.
- What do you do for a living, Tim?
- I work construction.
- Are you the Hustler? - No.
- Mm. All right, young lady.
You are Bri?
Do they call you Bri? - Bri, yep.
- After the cheese? - Yeah.
- Okay. Are you the Hustler?
- I guess we'll find out. - Is that a yes?
'Cause that would--that would be a really quick game
if you went, "Yeah, it's me."
- I'm not admitting a thing. - Okay.
Well, you all come across as very sweet people,
although one of you is lying through your teeth.
But who is it?
Let's give you some help with this first clue
about the Hustler.
Magical Bookcase, reveal the first clue.
"The Hustler isn't on any social media."
Well, it's definitely Troy. Good night, everybody.
[laughter]
Are you on social media, Troy? - Oh, yeah.
- Oh, you are? - Oh, yeah.
- Oh, okay. What, you got the "tweeties"
and the Myspace and stuff? - No, I don't--I don't tweet.
I Facebook.
- All right. - Yep.
- Everybody here is on social media, aren't they?
- Most definitely.
I'm on Instagram, all that stuff.
Yep. - All right.
What do you think, Tim? Any of these people
look like they might not be on social media?
- Well, he already said what he's on and more,
and his eyebrows went up
when you first mentioned the Hustler.
So I already got my eye on him,
but that might not--not mean anything.
- So we're going for an eyebrow-based game, are we?
- Well, it was very subtle, but the eyebrow went up.
- Quick to accuse on that one, though.
- I--I have to say, though, Tim,
that's the right idea.
Look for the tells.
- Or to throw everybody off of ol' Tim over here.
- Right. - He's pointing that finger.
- Also very good, Tena. You guys don't need me at all.
All right, here is your first of three questions
before the Hustler makes their first elimination.
Remember, each question is worth $10,000.
"Which celebrity purchased Myspace in 2011
and later sold it?"
Was it Ashton Kutcher, Justin Timberlake,
Jay-Z, or Dr. Dre?
Remember, the Hustler knows the answer.
Begin now.
- Well, my-- - It's--I do know this.
- Is it Ashton Kutcher? - No, it's Justin Timberlake...
- Okay. - Because I remember when
the movie came out, "The Social Network,"
he was in it, and after, he wanted to buy Myspace.
There was a whole article. - Gotcha.
- I'm a teacher. I taught about it.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. - Okay.
- And so I remember this.
100% that's who it is. - That's the two--
I thought it was Ashton Kutcher or Justin Timberlake.
- Those were my two as well. - Yeah, so I agree.
- I'll go with that. - I agree as well.
- All right. - Justin Timberlake.
- You guys all agree? - Yes.
- The question was, "Which celebrity
purchased Myspace in 2011 and later sold it?"
You all believe it is Justin Timberlake, yes?
- Yes. - Yep.
[tense music]
- The correct answer, is it Justin Timberlake?
It is Justin Timberlake! - Whoo! Yeah!
- $10,000! - Money!
- And let the game begin.
Now that's good. - Bring in the money.
- But let's remember,
the Hustler knew the answer to that question.
Does that force Brianna into the crosshairs there?
Does it? - Yes, and she also led us
into the discussion, so now I'm kind of looking
over at Brianna like, "What else do you know, Brianna?"
Are you the Hustler? - I know a lot.
I'm just a smart girl. - Yeah, me too, Brianna.
I'm with ya, girl. - All right.
Let's look at the second clue
about the Hustler's identity.
Magical Bookcase.
"The Hustler has four chickens named
Mrs. Butterbean, Destiny, Riot, and Party."
- Oh.
[chickens clucking]
- These are the exact chickens.
- Where did you say you were from?
- I'm from Augusta, Georgia.
- Georgia? - Georgia.
- There's some--there's some farms
out in Georgia, aren't there?
- Do you have to have a farm to have chickens?
- I don't think so. Just 'cause I'm Southern
doesn't mean I've got chickens.
- Tim looks like someone who would name a chicken Riot.
- You know, I have to say, Tim looks like a guy
that might have a chicken. I'm--I'm just saying, Tim.
You do look--look... - I like chickens.
- That's not an insult. That's a nice thing.
All right, well, that's some information.
The Hustler keeps chickens.
Here's your next question.
[curious music]
"Which 'Muppet Show' character fell madly in love
with Camilla the Chicken?" - I know this.
- Was it Rowlf, Gonzo,
Fozzie, or Beaker?
- It's Gonzo. - You know--okay, you know?
- I'm a huge Jim Henson fan. - Okay.
- It's Gonzo for sure, 100%. - Are we sure it's not Fozzie?
- Gonzo is the one with the nose.
- No, it's Gonzo with the big nose,
and he carries his little white chicken.
- I don't watch the Muppets. - I love the Muppets.
- I can't help. I'm sorry. - Who's--who's Rowlf?
Rowlf? - Rowlf is a dog.
- Okay. - And Gonzo has the nose,
and he carries a white chicken.
I'm a 100% positive on this. - Tena seems pretty sure.
I think we should go with it. - That's Camilla the chicken?
- Camilla the Chicken. - Okay.
- I--I love Jim Henson. - All right.
- I'm gonna go with you. - I'm going with you, then.
Yeah, 'cause I don't know. - It's Gonzo.
- All right, if you guys all agree,
let's have a look at it.
You are saying it's Gonzo.
Is Gonzo the correct answer?
Gonzo is the correct answer! $20,000!
- Girls! Oh, yeah! - What a team!
All right, $20,000 has been bagged.
- Ooh. - Theories are being formed.
[suspenseful music]
The game is afoot.
Anything can happen.
♪ ♪
[cheers and applause]
- So far, you guys have answered two questions,
and you have put $20,000 in the bank.
That is very, very good.
We have one more question
before the Hustler makes their first elimination.
Here is the next clue about the Hustler's identity.
"The Hustler lost 55 pounds on the keto diet."
What is the keto diet? I don't know.
I'm guessing none of you know either.
Well, somebody does 'cause somebody here
lost 55 pounds.
And I'd like to say, hats off to you,
whoever you are, 'cause that isn't easy.
Hmm, nobody wants to fess up to it, though.
- It's low-carb. I know that.
- I know it's no bread.
My brother was looking into doing it,
so I know it was low-carb... - No bread.
- And sugars or something.
- Hmm, all right. Well, here's the next question.
"Which of these foods has the highest number
of net carbs per ounce?"
Veal, Muenster cheese, oysters, or eggs?
- I'm thinking eggs, right? Eggs.
- I have no idea. - Eggs are really low-carb,
and eggs-- - Yeah, I don't understand
'cause cheese is low-carb. It's high-fat.
- So is it oysters? - I do know that.
- Okay. - But all of those things look
low-carb to me, so I'm not sure.
I don't know anything about veal or oysters, though.
- Veal doesn't have that much fat, right?
- Yeah. - That's--what, is that carbs?
- No, fat's different than carbs.
- So things that make sugar make carbs,
but Muenster cheese--I eat Muenster cheese all the time,
and I am not skinny.
So I'm gonna say maybe that has high carbs or oysters.
I don't know. I would think oysters, eggs,
and veal are all meats. I don't know.
both: Yeah. - I mean, cheese is
the only thing that's not--
- But--but you can have cheese on low-carb diets.
Maybe Muenster's different. I don't know.
- I'll need you to agree on something.
- I will agree with whatever the group agrees with.
I have no clue.
- I, uh--I eat veal, eggs.
- The Hustler knows. - Cheese is good.
I don't eat oysters.
That's the only thing I don't know about.
- Okay, time's up. - What do we think?
- Yes, anyone--throw an answer out. We'll go with it.
- No one knows about oysters. You want to go with oysters?
- Oysters, oysters, yes. - Oysters, okay.
"Which one of these foods
has the highest number of net carbs per ounce?"
You guys said it was oysters.
Is oysters the correct answer?
It is...
the correct answer!
- Golly! I had no idea.
- Wow.
- That's a lucky guess, if I've ever--
- Again, again, that-- - No clue.
- That was the last thing you said there.
- Yeah, yeah, I--I was gonna say,
it seems like an unusual fact to know, Til.
- Well, I don't think that I knew it.
I was kind of following off of Troy,
because when I said eggs originally,
everybody shot it down.
But Troy was listing facts
throughout the whole question. - Right.
'Cause remember, of course,
the Hustler knows the answer, so the Hustler wants
the correct answer to get through.
- So yeah, I definitely didn't know that as a fact.
- All right, $30,000 in the bank, which is fantastic.
That's the maximum you can get at this point.
And one of you will definitely not see a penny of it,
because right now, the Hustler...
is about to make their first elimination.
In the table in front of you
are ballots with all of your names on.
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.
When you're done, give it to me,
and I'll send it to the powers that be.
There you go. All right.
Now watch this.
I take this, I put it here, and...
[dramatic music]
- Ooh. - Yeah!
- Magic.
- The Hustler has made his or her choice.
That information is now in the Magical Bookcase.
♪ ♪
One of you will be eliminated.
♪ ♪
The eliminated player is...
- [gasps] - Troy!
- Oh. - Whoa! Oh, Troy.
My dear boy.
I really thought it was you. - Well, you know,
it--it's not, obviously. - Yeah.
- And I hope they catch Tim before it's too late.
- Oh, you think it's Tim? - Ooh.
- Why--why would he get rid of you?
'Cause you--you-- you were on to him?
- He thinks I'm on to him, obviously.
- Is that true, Tim? - No.
- He's hiding behind that beard.
- Well, only his chin.
- This beard offers a lot but-- - He might be hiding.
You think he's hiding behind that beard?
- I--I don't think so.
- He had a lot to say to Til too.
- Oh, me? - You're still on my radar.
Yeah. - Oh, okay.
- I came here with a smile on my face.
I'm gonna leave with a smile on my face.
- Troy, you're a-- you're a good person,
and at least we know you're honest.
- Well... - Thank you, Troy.
Come on, pal. Come on.
Don't worry. It--it won't hurt or anything.
Just stand there. Look at me, Troy.
Look at me. Nothing bad's gonna happen.
both: Ah!
- Bye, Troy. [applause]
- Now listen.
[curious music]
Now I'm pissed, 'cause he was a nice guy.
He was the nicest one of all of you.
[laughter]
Ah, anyway.
$30,000 is in the bank.
Your overall picture of the Hustler
may be a little hazy at the moment,
but more clues will be coming your way.
- Welcome back.
You have $30,000 in the bank.
You better keep an eye on each other
because there's only three more questions
until the Hustler eliminates another player.
Let's see what our next clue tells us
about the Hustler's identity.
"The Hustler writes poetry."
Well, well, well.
Anybody here look like they might write poetry?
Come on!
- I was thinking Til.
Til looks sensitive. Look at him.
- Yeah, he does. - He got sensitive eyes too.
- Oh, man, what the-- - Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Different show. Different show. - Oh, sorry. Sorry.
- You do have sensitive eyes, though.
You do. - Why, thank you so much.
- Do you write poetry with those sensitive eyes?
- I do not write poetry. - Okay.
- You write anything? - I write music.
- Oh, isn't music--music's somewhat poetry.
- Ah, yeah, but I feel like poetry and music
are two different art forms. - Oh.
- It's still art, though. - Well...
- Ehh. - Bri, you're keeping quiet.
Keeping very quiet, Bri.
- I'm using that brain and thinking.
- I don't know. If I've learned anything on this show,
it's, uh, be careful about the quiet ones.
all: Oh. - Just saying.
- That's a good point. - 'Cause she spoke up
a little bit earlier but has kept quiet so far.
- It's true, that first question.
- All right, well, we know the Hustler writes poetry.
- I don't know.
- Let's go to the next question.
"What is the birth name of poet and musician Bob Dylan?"
Is it Robert Allen Moskowitz,
Robert Allen Zimmerman, Robert Allen Liebermann,
Robert Allen Grossman?
- Moskowitz sounds like the name of--
of a composer, correct? - It's the first
or the second one. I'm not sure which one it is.
- I swear I've heard Zimmerman before.
- I thought it was one or two.
- I was thinking it was Zimmerman too, to be honest.
So I-- - I feel like I heard it
somewhere on the radio, so--you know,
"Oh, did you know his name was--was this?"
- I do. I feel like-- - 'Cause Moskowitz,
wouldn't you, like, remember that more?
Like, for me, it seems like it would be more...
- Right. - I mean, if everyone's going
with Zimmerman, you know, I'm okay with that.
I really don't know, though. - But you write music.
- It's one of the two. - I mean, but--I mean,
I'm not even sure of this genre, honestly, but...
- Bob Dylan?
- You're our mu-- you're our musician.
[dramatic music]
- I never said I was a musician...
- Ah, dang it. - But, uh...
- You write music, yeah. - I said I write music. Yes.
- Well, what kind of music-- - Ten seconds, everybody.
- How do you write music without being a musician?
- I'll need an answer. I need consensus.
- How do I write? What--what is the answer
to the question? - I say Zimmerman.
I'm going Zimmerman. - I'm going Zimmerman.
- Time's up. What do you say? - Zimmerman. Zimmerman.
- I say--I vote with y'all. - Zimmerman?
- Yes. - Zimmerman, yes.
- I'm hearing Zimmerman. All right.
You said it was Robert Allen Zimmerman.
Is that the correct answer?
♪ ♪
It is the correct answer!
- My heart is racing. - $40,000!
- Whoo-hoo-hoo! - The maximum available score
at this point, $40,000.
- Oh, my gosh. - Who pushed that through?
Did everybody know the answer to that?
- Who put Zimmerman on the table?
'Cause I definitely didn't know that.
- I heard that on the radio somewhere.
- And I recognized it a little.
I'm gonna be honest, I recognized it.
When you kind of said the first two,
I was like, "Yeah, Zimmerman made sense to me."
- I mean, I thought it was the first two right away.
- Yeah.
- All right, well, everyone's still
friends then, I guess. - I don't know.
- All right.
Here's another clue. - Hmm.
- "The Hustler has watched 'The Fifth Element' 80 times."
- Whoa. - That's a lot of times.
- That's a lot of times to see that movie.
I mean, I'm on the fence with that movie anyway.
- What is that? - I've never seen the movie.
- That's obsessive.
- Yeah, but if you're not on social media...
- What are you doing all night? Right.
Watching "The Fifth Element." - What's it about?
'Cause that might help us...
- It's a science fiction movie. - It's--yeah, science fiction.
- Set in a dystopian-- well, Tim,
tell 'em what it's about, would ya?
- I know--I definitely know the movie.
Bruce Willis, um, aliens, good versus evil.
- Okay. - Every Bruce Willis movie,
basically, it sounds like. - Yeah.
- Oh, great. - So you said you've seen it,
Tim, right? - I've definitely seen it.
- How many times? - Not 80 times.
Nobody would see that movie 80 times.
If you've seen it once, that's enough.
- It's dystopian future
with nihilist poetry over there.
Somebody's a downer.
[laughs] Definitely not me.
- All right. Here is your next question.
"'The Fifth Element' is actually a foreign film.
What country produced the movie?"
Was it Great Britain,
Canada, South Korea, or France?
- I have no idea. - It's definitely not--
or--or--I was thinking North Korea.
- Well, I was gonna say, a lot of movies--
a lot of things are made in Canada.
- I was--yeah, I was gonna say that too
'cause Canada hosts a lot of our television from Hollywood.
So that's the only guess,
but I've never seen this movie, so that--I'm not helpful,
and I'm really sorry. - Yeah, I don't know
what the background looks like.
- "The Fifth Element" is science fiction?
- Science fiction, yeah. - So I mean--
- Is there mountains? - Yeah, like,
what's the scenery? - What does it look like?
- City? - It's space.
all: Oh. - A lot of space and then--
then alien planets and stuff. - So like, green screen?
- Well, I don't think a lot of things are made in France
because they have very high taxes.
- Wait, what? - It doesn't--it doesn't feel
like a France movie, but... - They do.
- So maybe Canada or Great Britain.
Is that our top two, and do we just guess?
- I just feel a lot of things are made in Canada.
But I will go with whatever you want
because I have literally never seen this.
- I--I'd go Canada.
- I would go with Canada too
'cause I--same reason as you, but I've--
- Right. - Ten seconds!
- What do you think, Til?
- I mean, I'm kind of-- I'm bouncing off of all y'all.
Everybody says Canada.
- I need consensus or you don't get the money.
- We should go with Canada. - Let's just go with Canada?
- Remember, the Hustler knows the answer.
- Hopefully we get good luck again.
all: Canada. - Canada?
"'The Fifth Element' is actually a foreign film.
What country produced the movie?"
You said Canada.
Is Canada the correct answer?
It is not. [all groan]
- Remember, the Hustler knows the answer
and yet allowed that to go through.
The correct answer is, of course...France.
- It was France! - It's a Luc Besson movie!
- But when I said France, Tena kind of knocked
France off the table. - I really didn't think
it was France. - So I kind of knocked it off
when you did, so that's very interesting.
- I go to Saint-Martin a lot on the French side,
and I just know it's not good.
- Is 40 enough for her?
- Mm, mm. - 40 enough for me?
- I don't know. - Hmm.
- You could talk to my creditors; it isn't.
[laughter]
- I don't know. You're very quiet, Brianna.
- More observing 'cause, to be honest,
I'm--I'm pretty confused.
Because I have a different reason
why I think each one of you is the Hustler,
and it jumps every time.
- Wow. I see.
All right, let's keep the game rolling with the next clue.
"These are the Hustler's last three Amazon purchases."
Let's take a look at them.
The Hustler bought a 30-can cooler,
a half-moon tambourine with 20 jingles on it...
- What?
- And a professional
deep muscle massager.
- Ooh. - So this is
someone who enjoys beer,
parades, and powerful devices.
[laughter]
I think it's me. [laughter]
Does that help anybody?
- I remember Tim saying earlier
he worked in construction, so I could see him using
the massager after a long day.
- But the tambourine--I don't see you shaking a tambourine.
- Well, I will definitely say
you haven't worked construction,
'cause if I showed up with that...
that wouldn't be good, yeah. - Not good?
- No. - And Til was into--
Til's into music.
- Very true. - That was my first
initial thought, but isn't that
almost too easy?
That's the only thing. It--
- It's kind of obvious. - It almost seems such
an easy connection that that--
my gosh, I'm so stuck.
- All right, let's take a look at the next question.
♪ ♪
"Approximately what percentage of online shoppers
abandon items in their cart?"
30%, 50%, 70%, or 90%?
Now remember, the Hustler knows the answer to this.
- Well, it's definitely not 30%.
It has to be higher than that. - We've all done it.
- I think--I think it's got to be lower than 90.
So don't you think we can eliminate 30 and 90, maybe?
- It's gotta be that 50 or 70, I think, in that middle range.
- Or maybe--I don't know if 90--90% of people
definitely couldn't abandon their shopping cart.
You think? - I would say it's higher
than 30 and 50.
I'm--I'm looking at 70 and 90. - I'm kind of feeling
the 70 with him because I've done it a lot,
where, like, you kind of play online,
and then you're like, "Yeah, let me think about it."
- But 90's way too much. - 90 seems, like, too high.
- Is it way too much, though? - I don't know.
- 'Cause think about it.
You only really drop it
when you're ready-ready to get it.
- I mean, that's true. - And we always,
always are looking. - Mm.
- I don't think--I think 90's too high.
- I think--I would--my vote's gonna be 70.
That's my thought, but if someone
has a better thought process... - Ten seconds, you guys.
- I'll go with it. - I agree.
I think 50 is too low. - Gonna need an answer.
- So you think 70? - 50's too low. 90's too high.
70's the number. - Stick with 70.
- 70. - Okay, I'll go with that.
- You guys think it is 70%.
Is 70% the correct answer here?
[tense music]
- It is the correct answer. - Oh, my word.
- Good job, guys. - Ooh-hoo-hoo.
- Wow. - Teamwork on that one.
- You have added another $10,000 to the bank.
You now have $50,000!
We are at the halfway point.
It's time for our second elimination.
Again, in the table, please take out the envelope,
mark the person you want to see leave the game,
and then again realize it's a completely futile gesture
unless you're the Hustler.
The only choice that matters
is the Hustler's.
When you're finished, uh, put that in there.
Now I shall send this off
to be interpreted.
- The magic tube. - Yeah.
- Excellent. - [laughs]
- Now we will find out
who else the Hustler is sending home.
One player's time in the game is almost over.
♪ ♪
- The Hustler has made their decision
about who will now be removed from the game.
[dramatic music]
I'm afraid it's now time to find out who that is.
The eliminated player is...
- Oh. - Tena.
- Ooh. - Dang it.
- I thought you were the Hustler.
- No. - Oh, shoot.
Now I'm real confused.
- Dang. - [groans] Boy.
- Huh. - I'm so sorry, Tena.
- It's all right. - Why do you think
the Hustler decided to get rid of you?
- 'Cause I'm smart. - Yeah? Who do you think it is?
- I think it's Til.
- Til? - Really?
- Me? - It could be Bri.
- Moi? - I don't think it's Tim.
- You don't think it's Tim? - No.
- Okay. - It's one of the two.
- Yeah.
I feel bad, but-- - I do too.
- I don't feel bad enough to let you stay...
- That's okay. - But I feel bad.
- Well, just put me in a nice part in that bookcase.
- Okay, well, you wanna go in the special side?
- Yeah, take me over there. - Okay, you win the nice side.
Say bye-bye to Tena, everybody. - All right. Thank you.
Bye, guys. - Come on, Tena.
- Bye. - Over this way.
Stand right there. It's not gonna hurt.
I'm just gonna do this,
and then this is gonna open up.
And you're gonna--oh, no!
[applause]
This is it till the end of the game now.
You made it to the final three. Congratulations.
$50,000 is in the bank,
but don't celebrate just yet
because the Hustler is still on the loose.
Let's see what this next clue reveals to us
about the Hustler.
"The Hustler performed in a band called
Fiend Angelic."
Am I pronouncing that correctly?
[laughs] - Til?
- Anybody look like--well, you're a musician, aren't you?
- Yeah, I knew the flames were gonna come this way
after the question was read.
- [mouths words]
- But, uh, this is not my band. - What's the name of your band?
- I don't have a band.
- Do you play with other people?
- I do not.
- Do you produce music at all
or you just keep it for yourself?
- So pretty much what I do is I kind of just write
to myself and keep it to myself, so...
- She's asking you a lot of questions, Til,
and you don't have to answer them.
- I'm just watching the eyes and how they go away
when you ask him a question. - Okay.
- 'Cause usually it's hard
to look into someone's eyes when you lie.
- I love the way you frame yourself as,
"It's not me. I'm doing the detective work."
That's very clever if you are the Hustler.
- I had to wait a little bit, to the end,
to be able to do it because I didn't want
the Hustler to eliminate me in those first two rounds.
- No, that's good strategy. - So by going under the radar,
this is how I got this far. - No, I think that makes sense
either way, if you are the Hustler or if you're not.
All right, let's keep going.
Your next question is...
"In the New Testament, what is the name of the angel
that foretells the birth of Jesus to Mary?"
Is Uriel, Raphael, Gabriel, or Michael?
- Gabriel. - It's Gabriel.
Definitely Gabriel. - Yep, it's Gabriel.
- It's 100% Gabriel. - Easy enough.
Boom, Craig. We're ready to go.
- Oh, wow, I won't even walk away.
You guys--you're convinced it's Gabriel?
- Ready to get that money. - Yes.
- All right. You guys all agree that it is
the angel Gabriel?
Is that correct answer?
It is! - Good job, guys.
- It is the angel Gabriel.
And I bring forth another 10 grand to your bank,
which means you now have $60,000 in the bank.
But there was nothing-- we didn't learn anything there.
Everybody knew Gabriel right away.
- No, no, no. Yeah, my first question is, how'd you know?
- I actually went to, like,
Bible school a lot, growing up, and, like, I do Bible studies.
So... - That's very interesting.
Similar, I grew up in a Christian school as well.
So... - Yeah, all right.
Well, same here. So that's the end of that.
- Oh, so you're all good Christians
and yet one of you is really good at lying.
[laughter]
All right, let's move on to the next clue.
"The Hustler is proud of their homemade salsa."
- Hmm. - Stay right there.
This is the Hustler's recipe. - Oh.
- Perhaps the Hustler's salsa
is quite nice. I don't know.
Let me try.
[quirky music]
Okay, that's too hot.
[laughter]
♪ ♪
Actually, I'm lying.
It's not hot at all. - What?
- Oh, did that offend you?
- I thought you weren't part of the game.
- No, I don't have to be part of the game to lie.
I'm in show business. I can lie just like that.
[laughter]
All right, the Hustler is proud of their homemade salsa,
which I have to say is delicious.
I tasted it. It wasn't that hot.
It was lovely. All right.
Let's look at the next question.
♪ ♪
"Which of these condiments
has the least calories per teaspoon?"
Is it ketchup, tabasco sauce,
pico de gallo, or soy sauce?
- Okay, it's not ketchup 'cause it has a lot of sugar.
- Yep. - Right? So...
- Soy sauce is wicked salty.
- It is, but technically, salt does not have calories.
So that's why I'm thinking it could be soy sauce.
Maybe tabasco 'cause I cook decently healthy,
and I use those a lot.
Um, I don't know about the--
I don't know what pico de gallo is.
- I don't know why, but that's jumping out at me.
- Pico de gallo? - What is--what's in that?
- I don't know. I don't know what's in it.
I don't know what-- I don't know, but it's just
jumping at me. I don't know why.
So you said no to ketchup, no to soy sauce...
- It's definitely not ketchup, maybe no to soy sauce.
I don't know. I guess in between the two--
the two in the middle.
I thought pico de gallo was, like, a vegetable something,
kind of like a salsa.
- Well, I know-- - Ten seconds!
- What's in tabasco sauce? Put it that way.
It's only vinegar, right? I don't really like
tabasco sauce 'cause it is so vinegary.
- No answer, no money. Let's go. What do you agree on?
- I'm gonna go with tabasco sauce.
- All right. - Okay, tabasco.
I guess we're going with tabasco.
- "Which of these condiments
has the least calories per teaspoon?"
We went with tabasco sauce.
Is tabasco sauce the correct answer?
It is the correct answer. - Oh, my gosh.
Dang. - Oh.
- It's hard because I feel like we're good at guessing,
but I also feel like they're probably
just good at leading us that way.
I don't--you know what I mean? - Yes, you are.
- Well, yeah-- - Oh, am I, Tim?
- I said pico de gallo, and you both shut it down.
So now I'm looking at both of you kind of interested.
- Huh. - All right, well, you guys,
whatever you're doing, you're doing it right
because you have $70,000 in the bank.
Two questions left until we find out who the Hustler is.
Are they gonna go home empty-handed, the Hustler?
[curious music]
Or are they gonna go away with all of the money?
♪ ♪
- All right, my three study buddies.
You have already deposited $70,000 in the bank.
We're getting closer and closer to learning
the Hustler's true identity.
Here is our next clue about the Hustler.
"The Hustler tears up
when watching 'Say Yes to the Dress.'"
Okay, if I knew what that was, I would probably mock it.
Does anyone what it is?
- I do know what it is, and I wanna be this person's friend.
It's where you pick out wedding dresses.
I just got engaged, so I will be picking out one eventually.
- Oh, congratulations. That's lovely.
- Eventually. So, um,
I do watch this show. I'm not the Hustler.
I would, obviously, not admit that,
but I do think that's funny that the two guys
that I'm looking at that I have to pick--
one of them tears up watching this.
This is--this is amazing.
- You buying this? - That's a very good strategy
to jump out on this question because if everything is going
like you said, the guys wouldn't jump out.
So that was a very good defensive tactic
to pretty much say, "It's not me.
It's one of y'all." I like that.
I like it, Brianna. That's smart. I like it.
That's good. - I'm kind of surprised that--
I don't know. This does not help me choose
between you two. That's where I'm stuck.
- If you're not the Hustler. - Yeah.
That's an awful lot said. - Yeah.
- But why would I admit all that if I was?
- 'Cause you be playing the game.
- 'Cause that's your strategy.
You've had a strategy this whole time.
- Hmm! All right.
Let's look at the next question.
[mysterious music]
"Kleinfeld Bridal,
"the setting of 'Say Yes to the Dress,'
is based in what city?"
New York City, Chicago, London, or Atlanta?
- It's New York. I watch the show.
So I--I'm--I know it from just the show.
- So you know it's not London?
How do you know it's not Chicago or Atlanta?
Or just you just know it--
- I just know it's literally in New York
'cause I used to watch the show like crazy.
- Do you know what part of New York?
- But wouldn't you steer it wrong after saying
all that you just said?
- I guess that's-- - 70's a lot.
You might not need 80. - I guess that's true.
[laughs] - You know?
- No, I just--I know it's New York.
I--I don't, like--I mean,
I don't know how to explain other than
I've just seen the show, and I know it's New York.
I mean, that's where Kleinfeld is.
Like, all the rich people go there to buy dresses.
They're extremely expensive.
Like, I will not be buying my dress there,
but that's--it's, like, the number one dress boutique.
- If I had to guess, it would be London or New York.
But obviously, if she's seen it and is saying that...
- Ten seconds. You'd better agree soon!
- I'd go with what you're saying. I mean--
- I think we have to go with New York City.
- Five seconds, or I take the money away.
- It's New York. - New York.
New York City. - New York? All right.
"Kleinfeld Bridal, the setting of
'Say Yes to the Dress' is based in what city?"
You said it was New York City. That's what you said it was.
Is that the correct answer, New York City?
It is the correct answer. Well, well, well.
- She tells the truth.
- Man. - I do.
- It is the correct answer.
- I'm pretty honest.
You can ask me just about anything.
I will--I will tell you anything.
- Well, you know what I think? I think we gotta
think about this a little minute
because she could legitimately know that.
I mean, if it's a show you watch,
that doesn't make you the Hustler, does it?
- Sure, sure. - You know, I mean--
- But the tactics behind it, right, like--
- Well, she's just got engaged, though.
She's gonna watch a show
about wedding dresses. - Yeah.
- I mean, unless she didn't really just get engaged,
and the whole ring thing is a--
- I don't know, man. I'm--I'm looking at Brianna.
Everything she says makes sense,
but at the same time,
if it is not true,
Tim let it go through without really,
um, battling with it.
So I think he feels comfortable because he knew the answer
'cause he possibly might be the Hustler.
So I'm looking at both of these two like--
I'm not really--I'm--ugh! I don't know. I don't know.
- You're the only person that doesn't know.
- Oh, I really don't know. I'm telling the truth.
- All right, all right, all right.
Well, congratulations, everyone.
You have $80,000 in the bank. - Wow.
- Now that is huge. - It's crazy.
- But for our final question,
I'm gonna raise the stakes a little bit.
If you answer it correctly, which you should,
'cause the Hustler knows all of the answers,
I will double your final cash total
to $160,000.
- Wow. - However...
- That's crazy. - If you get the answer wrong,
I will slice it in half.
It will go down to $40,000.
Mm-hmm. All right.
Let's look at our final clue about the Hustler.
"The Hustler drinks 12 shots of espresso every day."
- What? - Whoo!
- Who's having heart attacks? - That is someone who--
- How are you not dead? - That's a lot of coffee.
- That's a lot of coffee, Brianna.
How do you cope with all that?
You drink a lot of orange juice?
- I don't drink that much espresso.
I'm--I'm an iced coffee girl, not gonna lie.
I don't usually do espresso. I'm, like, iced coffee.
- You drink coffee? - I do not.
I'm a morning person. I'm just up and at 'em
when I wake up. - What?
- Til, you are a wholesome guy.
[laughter]
You're up writing songs, playing your little tambourine.
- I... [laughter]
- You really look like a guy that drinks coffee.
- Oh, I definitely drink coffee.
- All right, okay. - Yeah, my genes
aren't good enough to handle that every day.
- Mm, I don't know. - That's a lot.
- All right, let's look at the last question.
The last question is:
"A caffeine buzz is caused in part by blocking
what brain chemical that causes drowsiness?"
Is it adenosine, glutamate,
adrenaline, or dopamine?
Remember, the Hustler knows the answer to this question.
This is for double or halving the money.
Go for it.
- Okay, well, we know adrenaline gets you, like,
excited, right? - Yeah.
- And dopamine's, like, the happy.
So it's not one of those.
I've never heard of the first two, though.
Adenosine and glu-- the other one.
- I don't even know-- I don't even wanna--
I don't even--yeah.
I agree with you on adrenaline.
I feel like I--what you're saying about dopamine,
I also agree with, but it's a toss-up
between the top two. What--what do you say, Tim?
- I have no idea what the first two are.
- Oh, my gosh.
- Well, I mean, what's the one we're gonna say?
We have to put an answer on the table.
- Yeah, let's do it. - This is the money.
Let's get the money. - I know. I know.
- This is the most important thing.
- All right, well, let's-- let's--let's narrow it down
so you can make a better decision.
- Do it quick. You got ten seconds.
- A or B?
'Cause we're both-- we're all saying
C and D is out, yeah? - Yeah, it's not the last two.
- So A--A or B?
- What do you agree on? - Someone spit it out.
I don't know. - What do you agree on?
- A, adenosine?
- A. A it is. - Go with it. I don't know.
- A? You say that that chemical
that causes drowsiness is adenosine.
Is adenosine the correct answer?
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
It is! - Oh, my gosh.
- Oh, my God. - Oh, ho, ho.
- Oh, my gosh. - Oh, ho, ho.
Oh, ho! [laughs] - Nice.
- Oh, ho.
That's $160,000 you're playing for.
- My heart's racing right now. - Well, well-played, Hustler,
whoever you are. Good Lord.
'Cause I really believed that none of you
knew the answer, but one of you did.
One of you did.
[mysterious music]
- Mm. - Who was it?
♪ ♪
Who pushed it through?
- Well, obviously, I pushed it through,
but I--it was a lucky guess.
I don't even know what adenosine is.
- I--but I don't know. I--
you said something. I went for it.
She kept quiet.
- I--I had to agree
'cause I--I just knew it was the top two.
- Well, both of you were very comfortable
not saying anything, which I--I don't understand.
- I was kind of hoping the Hustler would just jump in.
- Well, maybe the Hustler did. Who knows?
Let's keep moving on.
You three have banked
$160,000.
All that's left to learn is the Hustler's true identity,
and who's taking home that giant check.
♪ ♪
[applause]
- The trivia section of the game is complete,
and you have amassed
$160,000 in the bank.
That is a lot of money.
We just need to find out who of you is the Hustler,
and who's gonna win this game.
Now let's recap what we've learned
about the Hustler.
The Hustler is not on social media.
They lost 55 pounds going keto.
The Hustler has seen "The Fifth Element" 80 times.
[curious music]
They tear up watching "Say Yes to the Dress."
♪ ♪
The Hustler drinks 12 shots of espresso every day.
♪ ♪
There is a tile in front of you.
I want you to show me who you believe the Hustler is.
Please, go ahead.
♪ ♪
- [sighs] - Go on.
♪ ♪
All right.
Brianna, you think it's Tim?
- I do.
- Tim, you think it's Til?
- It's obviously him.
- But, Til, you think it's Tim.
- I do.
- So you two think it is Tim. - How?
- Tim, if they're right,
you get nothing if you're the Hustler.
But if you're wrong,
that means one of those two has fooled everyone--
is gonna leave here with the entire
$160,000.
You have two minutes to discuss it.
- Convince me because I thought it was him the entire game.
I just kinda started switching to you.
- Here's--so, well-- - I don't--
- Half the same to you. At first, I thought it was him.
Then I definitely thought it was you with all your planning
and whatnot, but at the end,
I don't see how you can't jump in--
I mean, we had the same idea. - Yeah.
- Wait till the person says the number.
- Yep. - I mean, 80 to 160 is huge.
- Yeah, yeah.
- I don't--that's my--
that's my thought on--that's why I jumped back to him.
- Yeah. - Brianna, I'm not gonna lie.
The whole game, I was watching you.
Every question that was asked,
you were the one that was kinda leading.
"Okay, guys, what are we gonna do?"
"Okay," this or that, but it was the last question--
I'm like--I jumped off because after I said it,
you didn't move,
and only the Hustler would be calm enough
not to do anything as I was saying the answer,
'cause I honestly didn't know.
I don't think you would give away "Saying Yes to the Dress,"
all those different things.
I think you do watch those TV shows.
You've been very reserved.
I think you take those 12 shots of espresso
because you're in construction.
You have to stay up.
You look like somebody that would do poetry,
and I'm just sticking with my gut.
- No way. - I'm going with Tim.
And you gotta be the Hustler. - No way.
There's no way you leave-- you leave that hanging
between the--between the--
- You're stumbling, Tim. - [stammers]
Yeah, yeah!
It's a lot of money on the table.
[stammers] You knew that.
You know where you're sitting right now.
He's sitting pretty right now because he's--
he knows what he's got.
- See, I get flustered even when I'm telling the truth,
so I'm starting to agree with you because--
like, if all of a sudden you guys were choosing me,
I'd be trying to convince you with, like, getting--
because it's-- it's a lot of money.
It's scary, so I honestly--
because you do seem more chill over there,
and Tim, like--
- Brianna, listen to me.
Do not be fooled because I am just calm.
Look, like, that's just who I am as a person.
Don't--stick with your original choice.
- Who needs the 12 shots.
- I--I don't drink coffee.
He works in construction all day.
He needs the espresso. - Time's up, my friends.
You gonna stay with your original position?
Time's up. - Oh, God.
- Til, you think it's Tim?
- I know it's Tim. - Bri, you think it's Tim?
- Tim, you think it's Til? - We're gonna win this.
- Brianna, stick with your gut.
- I...[sighs] - What's happening?
- Don't--oh, my God. - Final choice.
Here it comes. - We're gonna win this.
- If you change, you change. If you don't, you don't.
Once it goes, it goes.
- Hey, you're giving him the game, Brianna.
Stick with your gut. - 80.
[dramatic music]
- I'm not the Hustler.
- Okay, final choice is made.
- Oh, I don't feel good about that.
- Til and Bri both believe that Tim is the Hustler.
If they are correct,
they're walking out of here with $80,000 each.
But if they're wrong,
the Hustler's fooled everyone
and is walking out of here with $160,000.
Hustler, whoever you are,
you have played a fantastic game.
- [sighs]
- For $160,000,
Hustler, please.
Stand and reveal yourself.
[tense music]
♪ ♪
Oh!
- We got it! - You did it!
- We did it! - You did it.
They got you. Wow.
You played a hell of game. - Oh, my God!
- Wow! - Oh, my God!
- Yeah!
- Oh, my God! - Come here!
- Congratulations. That's awesome.
- Congrats, man. - Come on over, Bri.
- Oh, man. - Wow.
- Oh, my God. - What a game.
Well done.
- You did good, you did good. - Oh, my God.
- Say yes to a more expensive dress.
- I'm getting a wedding! - That's fantastic.
Congratulations.
$160,000 between the two of you.
$80,000 apiece.
You played a hell of a game, Tim.
That's the Hustler, everybody.
We'll see you next time. Good night, everybody.
Good night.
Unbelievable. - I know.
- I thought I played a great game.
I thought it was mine. For sure I thought it was mine.
I guess now I just go home to my fiancée,
watch a little "Say Yes to the Dress,"
and cry it out.
Oh!
- Hey, man, Tim can have his chickens, his poetry,
his 12 shots of espresso,
and I wish nothing but the best for him.
He played a great and excellent game.
- I won $80,000!
Like, I just--I don't-- I cannot believe it.
- The Hustler got hustled.
But I know I can always go home to my ladies.
The chickens are always there for me.
- He did a great job, you know?
I--I just think we played it better.