- 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.
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.