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[elegant music]

- Good evening.

The table is set

for a peculiar test of intelligence.

It begins with a taste of mystery

and ends with a peppery confession.

The middle is filled with sweet deceit,

salty insinuation,

and spicy revelations.

At stake are thousands of delectable dollars.

I'm Craig Ferguson, this is "The Hustler,"

and I am really hungry right now.

♪ ♪

[suspenseful orchestral music]

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

Welcome to "The Hustler,"

America's number one undercover trivia game

that takes place in a study.

[laughter]

Tonight you're going to work together

to answer ten trivia questions,

and each one is worth $10,000 a pop.

That could be a lot of money

to share amongst newfound friends,

but that's not the goal of the game.

One of you is the Hustler,

a secret competitor

who already knows the answers

to all of the questions.

If the Hustler can remain undercover

until the end of the game,

then they'll win all of the money.

However, if the final two of you

can agree on the Hustler's identity,

then you'll snatch away the payday for yourselves.

I see your ears perked up at "the final two."

Yes, at some point,

the Hustler will eliminate two of you.

Why?

Because that's what the Hustler does.

[soft laughter]

Itzel, what do you do for a living?

- I'm a social media manager for a nonprofit.

- For a nonprofit? - Yeah, in San Francisco.

- All right, so you're charitably Twitter-y.

- Yeah, exactly, exactly.

- Charitably Twitter-y. That's nice.

Are you the Hustler, Itzel?

- No, I'm not. - No. Okay.

Ryan, what do you do for a living?

- I'm a law student.

- A law student, eh?

Are you also a Hustler, Ryan?

- No, I am not.

- No. Okay.

Do you have a dog? - No.

- You don't have a dog. - They won't let us have one.

- So you hate America.

[laughter]

- We wanted a dog when we moved to our current apartment,

but they wouldn't allow us to have one.

- "We" wanted a dog?

- My husband and I. I'm married.

- Ah, right. Okay.

Kevin. - Hello.

- What do you do for a living? - I'm a librarian.

- Is your library as cool as this?

- It's not quite as snazzy. We don't have a piano.

- Are you the Hustler, Kevin?

- No, I'm not the Hustler, no.

- You're not the Hustler.

Holly, are you the Hustler?

- No, I'm not the Hustler. - What do you do for a living?

- I'm a homeschool mom to three kids.

- Three kids? - Yes.

- All yours? - Yes.

- Okay. Just checking.

And finally, John.

You the Hustler, John? - No, I'm not the Hustler.

- You look like you might be. - [laughs]

- What do you do for a living? - I'm a touring musician.

- Whoever the Hustler is,

they have just done a fantastic job

of denying that they are the Hustler.

I'm thoroughly confused about who to believe,

because I legitimately don't know

which one of you it is. I don't know.

[tense music]

All right, let's get the game started.

Before our first question,

let's start off

with a clue about the Hustler.

Take a look at this.

While playing high school football,

the Hustler broke a player's nose.

♪ ♪

What do you think, Itzel?

Did you ever play high school football?

- [laughs] No.

- Hmm.

Were you a high school football player, Ryan?

- No, I don't play any sports. I'm really bad at all of them.

- John, you look like you might play a bit of football.

- I did play football, but I broke somebody's arm.

- Broke somebody's arm?

[groans] Okay.

Did you play football?

- I-I don't know what any

of those words up there mean, so no.

- And, Holly, of course, you never played football.

- No. - All right.

Here is your first of three questions

before the Hustler makes their first elimination.

In a classic episode of "The Brady Bunch,"

who famously broke Marsha's nose?

Was it Jan, Alice, Bobby, or Peter?

You have one minute to figure out the answer,

starting now.

- I think it's Peter. - It would have been Peter.

Bobby was too little. - He was throwing the football.

- Okay. - Yeah.

- If Greg was up there, I would've been confused,

but it's gotta be-- Bobby's the little one,

so it would've been Peter. - My initial was Jan,

because I feel like she's

always, like, the butt of all the jokes,

but if y'all thought it was Peter,

I'm fine with...

- Yeah, the boys were roughhousing,

and it was Peter. - Yeah, it would've been weird

for the girls to be throwing a football.

- Have you all agreed? - Yes.

- Okay. In a classic episode

of "The Brady Bunch," who famously broke

Marsha's nose? You guys said Peter.

The correct answer, is, of course...

Peter! $10,000!

[cheers and applause]

And the game begins.

Now there's $10,000 on the table.

Now you're starting to play for money.

Now the arm-breaking will begin.

[laughter]

The next clue about the Hustler is...

[easy jazz music]

The Hustler lived in an ashram for three years.

♪ ♪

I'm not entirely sure I know what an ashram is.

Kevin, what's an ashram?

- I think it's a place where you pay money

to go and not talk for a long time.

- I think that's a brothel.

[laughter]

- It's like In--they have them in India, and, like, you go,

and you, like, meditate.

It's very "Eat, Pray, Love."

And you, like, find your center,

all that kind of stuff.

- Hmm, all right.

Do you think--do you see anybody here

looks like they might be in an ashram?

♪ ♪

Ryan, ever been to an ashram?

- I am taking Kevin's word for it on what it is.

It sounds vaguely like that,

but no, I've--I've never been to one.

I don't know what it is or where I'd go.

- Of course not.

Holly, you're very quiet,

like someone who's been in an ashram, perhaps.

- Well...no, I haven't been.

- Okay.

The Hustler lived in an ashram for three years.

Here is the question.

The Beatles composed the majority of what album

while staying in an ashram in India?

Was it the Beatles' "White Album,"

"Help!,"

"Magical Mystery Tour,"

or "Let it Be"?

- I'm almost positive,

but you guys tell me what you think.

- Well, you're the musician, so yeah.

- I know, but I'd like to hear what you guys think.

- This is way before my time. I have no idea.

I don't--I'm really not into the Beatles.

- I'm--I'm not sure.

- I'm gonna let you tell us what you think.

- You all-- - I don't know the Beatles.

- I'm almost positive it's "The White Album."

I could be wrong, but "Dear Prudence" and all that,

you know, they brought out the sitar on some songs.

They brought out all that. - Which songs had

the sitar in it?

- On "The White Album"?

- Well, any song, because that's Indian,

so, like, that would make sense that it would be there.

- Right.

- I think "The White Album" makes sense.

I think that'd be around the right time,

'cause I think two of them are too early.

- "Let It Be" is too early. "Help!" is too early.

"Magical Mystery Tour" is the only other one

I would say might be it.

- Yeah.

- That sounds like it could be too.

- Five seconds.

- "The White Album." - Yeah. I'm fine with that.

That was your first instinct.

- Right. - Are you all agreed?

- Sure, yeah. - Yes.

- Yeah.

- So you guys think

that the answer is the Beatles' "The White Album."

The correct answer is...

♪ ♪

The Beatles' "The White Album."

$20,000.

[applause]

$20,000! Tensions are beginning to rise.

A lot of money is on the line,

and the Hustler is still hiding in plain sight.

[dramatic music]

- [strumming harp] Yeah.

Let's keep this game going, shall we?

You guys have answered two questions correctly

in the first part.

You have $20,000 on the table.

You have two for two.

Our next clue about the Hustler is nigh.

The Hustler raised monarch butterflies

in the living room of their apartment.

Really?

That's interesting.

What kind of a person raises butterflies

and breaks the nose of someone they're playing football with?

Kevin, what do you think? - Serial killers.

- [gasps] How dare you?

Oh, I know what you're thinking about:

"Silence of the Lambs." - Yeah.

[laughter]

- The Hustler raises monarch butterflies.

Hmm. All right.

Well, here is the next question.

Monarch butterflies taste with their feet

and detect smells mostly through which body part?

Through their wings, their antennae,

their abdomen, or their legs?

- The feet are with the legs, right?

- And if they taste with their feet...

- There's nothing in the legs that's...

- And I don't--I don't think abdomen sounds right.

I'm thinking antennae. Yeah.

- That's what I would do, yeah.

- Okay, so two antennae.

- Yeah, I mean, it-- - It makes the most sense.

- So we're saying antennae?

- Yeah, I would definitely go with that.

- You've agreed? All right.

Monarch butterflies taste with their feet

and detect smells mostly through which body part?

Is antennae the right answer?

You said antennae.

Antennae is the right answer!

$30,000.

$30,000. That's--that's real money.

Since you entered the study,

you've all been watching each other.

You're trying to figure out who the Hustler is.

'Cause the Hustler's been watching too,

so for protection,

they're going to eliminate one of you right now.

In the table drawer in front of you,

you will find a secret ballot.

I want you to mark the name of the player

you want kicked out of here,

but the only selection that really matters

is the Hustler's.

All right, when you're ready,

pop it in there, and I'll send it off.

Thank you. Thank you.

There you go, Itzel. Thank you very much indeed.

Now watch this.

All right, put it in there.

[pneumatic tube hisses]

[laughs]

All right, that information is now in the magical bookcase.

[dramatic music]

One of you will be eliminated.

Which player's game is over?

♪ ♪

John!

What? - Eh.

- Oh, my word. John, what happened, man?

- You know, I don't know. I guess I didn't answer right.

- Why do you think the Hustler got rid of you?

Do you have any idea who you think it might be?

- I don't know exactly who it might be.

I think I may have been looking too much at people

when I first started the game,

so they saw me scoping people out, maybe, or--

- You look like you might be a detective as well.

- I don't know that, but-- - And then you said

that thing about breaking people's arms,

and everyone was like, "Get rid of him."

Yeah, I get that. No, he's scary.

Well, I'm terribly sorry that that happened,

but you have to leave.

Please, come this way.

Just stand over there by the ladder.

All right? That's it.

Just look at me. Look at me.

Nothing bad is happening. [weakly] Ah, oh, no!

[laughter]

♪ ♪

[sighs] Well!

The Hustler has made their first cut,

but is their identity any safer?

♪ ♪

One player is gone.

Can the other three catch the Hustler,

or will the Hustler get away with it?

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

- Well, a lot has happened so far.

One player has been eliminated by the Hustler.

$30,000 has been banked.

And we have three more questions

before the Hustler claims their next victim.

Let's keep this thing moving.

On to the next clue.

The Hustler spends more than $200 a week on takeout.

Not a chance. Come on!

Look at you. You're all thin and healthy.

That doesn't make any sense.

None of you look like you eat takeout food at all.

- That's a lot of money. - That is a lot of money.

- I mean, he's a lawyer,

so at least he has the expendable income.

- I eat close to that every week.

- Oh, really, you do? - I'm fine admitting that.

- Okay. - I'm a terrible cook.

I don't cook well at all,

so yeah, close to that.

- Oh, we're getting close. All right.

- Did he just flat-out admit to being the Hustler?

- I'm just putting a pin in that for now,

because that was very-- - Oh, maybe that could be

the old double-bluff, though. Yeah, I don't know.

Okay, the question is this.

Chinese takeout boxes are also designed to do what?

Become seedling pots, keep tea warm,

unfold to become plates, become lanterns?

- There was something recently about, like,

newspapers having seeds in them

but not Chinese takeout boxes. - No.

- I feel like they're trying to trick us with that.

- Definitely becomes plates.

- I've seen this on Facebook.

- They become plates. - They unfold to become plates.

- Yeah, I've seen that too. - They unfold to become plates.

- I was just gonna say, yeah. - Yeah, I have no idea

how to make it happen, but I know it can happen.

It's possible. - Yeah, 100%.

- Unfold to become plates. - That's it.

- You've agreed? - Yes.

Oh, I do beg your pardon. That was quick.

All right, then.

Chinese takeout boxes are also designed to do what?

"Unfold to become plates" is your answer.

You all agree on that? all: Yes.

- The correct answer is...

they unfold to become plates!

Look at the magical painting on the wall.

$40,000.

$40,000 is on the table.

- Oh. - Let's see what this next clue

tells us about the Hustler.

The Hustler hates shopping

and hasn't bought clothing from a store

in over a decade.

♪ ♪

- How is that possible?

- Yeah. - I don't know what you mean.

- How do you not buy clothes for over a decade?

What do you-- how do you do that?

- Wow, boy, that's-- that was really fast

to come in there and defend yourself.

- I'm, like, looking at what everyone's wearing.

No, I just-- - No, you're all

very well-dressed, I agree.

- [laughs] - I was gonna say,

we're all, like, staring at each other.

- What do you do? Do you sew your own clothes?

Well, she's a social media manager,

so she's gotta be doing a lot of online shopping,

'cause that what-- she's at the computer

the whole time. - I'm online all day long.

- Yeah.

And so maybe if it doesn't count as a store,

then that's--between that, the takeout,

like, that's a whole-- the butterflies.

It's a whole lifestyle. [laughter]

- Or like Goodwill or something, you know.

Not always--I guess it's still a store, though.

- Yeah. - I don't know.

- All right.

Let's take a look at the question.

Which of these was the original name

for online retail giant Amazon?

Was it Cadabra, Inc., Kazam, Inc.,

Pocus Inc., or Open Sesame, Inc.?

- Well, Cadabra's, like, jumping out to me,

but I'm not 100% sure.

- Kazam seems obvious. - Kazam, like...

- Could it be? - That sounds like...

- Open Sesame doesn't sound right,

'cause if it's gonna be in, like, an Internet thing,

you wouldn't have the space. That would just be weird

to spell. Pocus doesn't really make sense

without "hocus" in front of it.

So I would narrow it down to Cadabra or Kazam.

- "Cadabra" sounds like "cadaver."

I don't think they'd want that for the--

unless that's why they changed it.

- Do we want to do Kazam, then?

- It seems obvious, but maybe it's--

that's why it's there.

- What do you-- I'm fine with Kazam.

- Yeah, I'm fine with Kazam. - I say Kazam.

Kazam. - Okay.

- Okay, I'm fine with that.

- Yeah. - All right.

Which of these was the original name

for online retail giant Amazon?

You guys agreed on Kazam?

- Yeah. - Kazam, Inc. is your answer.

The correct answer is...

not Kazam, Inc.

Oh!

The correct answer is...

Cadabra, Inc.

- Cadabra.

- Now, you don't get the $10,000,

but you do get a lot of information.

Remember, the Hustler knew the answer to that question.

The Hustler had to let that go

because the Hustler felt

that he or she was in danger of revealing themselves.

Did any of you guys notice anything like that?

Because it's all been chummy-chummy so far,

but you've got to start looking at, you know...

- Yeah. - These people are not

your friends, Itzel. - Yeah.

- You know what I'm saying?

- I kind of thought it was Kevin as the Hustler,

to be honest, and I feel like that

would be a decent opportunity to throw us off now,

'cause he was really certain about the first couple answers

and not that, but to be fair, I'm not--I'm not sure.

- You're very quiet, Holly. You're very quiet.

- I know. It's--

- You ever heard the expression "careful of the quiet ones"?

- Yeah. - Very quiet.

Why are you so quiet? Do you have any ideas?

- I'm just thinking about it

'cause, like, I know that you were answering some,

but then I think, too,

like, what he said with you just--

you--it's a lifestyle

that you have here going on.

- Well, let me just say this.

You four have been very friendly

up until this point. - Yeah.

- But I don't recommend that as a strategy going forward.

- Yes. - That's all I say.

And these socks are awesome, aren't they?

All right, one more clue is coming at you right now.

The Hustler is a love coach

to thousands of singles.

What? - Wow.

- Wow. Wait a minute.

This is a person who's broke someone's arm at football,

has got... [American accent] butterflies

in their--in their house...

[normally] and then they're a love coach?

This is a mysterious person. - Yes.

- Yeah. - Does it help?

Any ideas?

Anybody getting any ideas?

Ryan?

- The only thing I can think

is that if Holly's telling the truth

that there's no way, as a mom to three,

that you could be the Hustler.

- Have time to love coach thousands of singles?

- Yeah, I mean, she could be lying, though.

It's absolutely possible that, like--

- Moms can do a lot of stuff, though.

- Yeah, that's-- but thousands of singles?

I mean, we know she's not shopping,

so maybe she's got time.

- What does the coaching entail?

Does she just, like, send them, like...

- I'm just shocked that-- - I don't know, Kevin.

I'm not the Hustler. I'm not the Hustler!

I don't know the answer to the question.

- This is your den. I don't know.

- It might be my den--

it's actually a study, thank you...

- Okay, well, - But whatever it is,

this is my place, but I don't know the answers.

I don't know, but you guys better figure them out,

because it's coming at you thick and fast now.

The next question is...

which of these is not a dating website or app?

Farmers Only... [laughter]

Mullet Passions, Space Dates,

or Equestrian Singles.

- So Farmers Only is definitely one.

- Farmers Only is. I've heard the commercial.

I know that one. - Yeah, I've seen that too.

- Please, Mullet Passions can't be. Please.

I just don't want to believe it.

- And then Equestrian Singles--

- Equestrian Singles I bet is real.

- Equestrian Singles sounds classy enough to be real.

- It sounds legit.

So it's between Mullet and Space.

- It's gotta be the mullet one. That can't be real.

- 'Cause Space Dates could mean a bunch of things.

Mullet Passions--oh, my God. It might be real.

The world is so scary. It might be real.

- I mean, it might-- Space Dates could be--

- It could be real. - It could be people

who are, like, into Area 51 and aliens.

- Yes, yes!

- Like, UFOs. - Yeah, like, "I believe

in conspiracy theories" or something.

- All right, so Mullet Passions?

- I would do...

- Mullet Passions seems ridiculous.

- Oh, my God, I'm gonna be so sad if it's real.

- It's ridiculous. It cannot be Mullet Passions.

- I know. All right.

- We've locked in. Mullet Passions.

- Yeah, locked in. - Mullet Passions.

- You all agree that Mullet Passions

is not a dating website or app.

- We agree that it shouldn't be.

- [laughs] - Yes.

- The correct answer is...

not Mullet Passions. - What?

- Mullet Passions is a real-- is a real place.

Which one is the correct answer?

It is Space Dates.

- Space Dates!

- Space Dates! - Agh!

- Now, here's an interesting question.

You are in a committed relationship.

- Yes.

- You in a committed relationship?

- Yep, married. - You are too?

- Yes. - Are you too?

- Yes, I am. - So none of you

are on a dating we-- did any of you

ever use a dating website? Holly?

- We didn't have dating websites

when I was dating. - Really?

- Yeah, that was-- - When was that,

the 19th century?

- Well, in the '90s.

- In the '90s? - Yeah.

- How long have you been married?

- 13 years.

- All right, 13 years.

That's--that's--

you know, how long ago is that? Is that the '90s, Itzel?

- That wasn't the '90s.

That was still the 2000s.

- I'm just saying, in the '90s, I was, like, dating,

and it was in high school,

and I didn't need to, like, be on dating websites.

They didn't even have that. We didn't even have Facebook...

- She telling the truth? - I don't think so.

- Is she telling the truth?

You think she's telling the truth?

- I kind of don't. - You kind of don't?

- No. - Why not?

- Just, like, the numbers just didn't match up

just this second.

She said she's married for 13 years,

and then she was dating in the '90s.

- Well, I've been married longer--

I mean, I've been married 13 years,

but I knew my husband for longer than that.

- Well, let me just say this.

You, all four of you, have done an excellent job

working together, but it warms my heart

to see it all falling apart...

[laughter] - Into name-calling

and accusations now.

You've put $40,000 in the bank, which is amazing,

and there's no better way for the Hustler

to celebrate this accomplishment

than with a second elimination.

[dramatic music]

Again, in the table,

you will find a ballot

with all of your names on it.

I want each of you to mark the name of the person

that you want to leave, and again,

we will pay no attention to your selection

unless you are the Hustler.

All right, pop it in there. In you go.

Thank you, Ryan. Itzel, thank you.

And again,

let's send that off.

[pneumatic tube hisses]

♪ ♪

The Hustler's reign of terror

continues.

The second elimination has been locked and sent in.

Who will it be?

Hmm, tensions are rising.

Who is the Hustler gunning for next?

- All right.

The Hustler has decided

one of you needs to leave.

[dramatic music]

You won't have the chance to unmask their identity,

and you definitely won't have the chance

to win a portion of the bank.

The Hustler has decided to eliminate which player?

Holly! Oh, no!

Holly.

Oh, no!

No, no way. You really are a mom

with three kids? - Yes, I am.

- Oh, no, I feel terrible. - I know.

Yes, I definitely homeschool my three kids.

- Oh, that--I feel so bad. - It's okay.

- Do you have any idea who you think it might be?

- Well, I don't know.

I don't know. I--

- Why do you think the Hustler got rid of you?

- I think it was 'cause it was starting to get

like it was me,

and maybe I was too much competition.

- You--you seem quite shocked, Kevin.

- I'm--I'm just shocked in general.

I don't-- - I really thought it was you.

Like, I was lying earlier

just so you wouldn't eliminate me.

- Yeah. - Who did you think

it was, Itzel?

- I thought it was Holly.

- Oh, you did, did you? Yeah, that's interesting.

All three of you thought it was Holly,

and yet you can't all be telling the truth...

- Well, someone didn't think it was Holly.

- 'Cause one of you is not telling the truth.

[intriguing music]

Holly, I feel so bad.

Come with me. - It's okay.

- Nothing bad's gonna happen. It's all right.

You're just gonna leave with no money.

- Right. - It's all right, though.

And just look at me.

Just look. Think happy thoughts.

All right? Think happy thoughts.

Think happy thoughts.

Oh! Oh!

[applause]

All I can say is this.

Whoever the Hustler is,

the Hustler is a monster.

That is a very nice woman.

- [laughs]

- However, the bank is up to $40,000.

There are no more eliminations

and a lot more money to earn.

Are you three ready?

- I'm ready. - Yeah.

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

The Hustler is an only child

but has 50 first cousins.

♪ ♪

Wow. 50 first cousins.

That means, like-- how does that work

if you're an only child?

I'm not a genealogist. Any of you guys--

- Yeah, wait, how does that work?

- I have no idea how it works.

How can you have 50 cousins and be an only child?

- Lots and lots of aunts and uncles.

- Aunts and uncles. - Yeah.

- Aunts and uncles,

and they will all have children, of course,

and they'll be your cousins.

I knew--I knew there was a system.

All right.

Well, here's the next question.

On average,

first cousins share how much DNA?

Is it 6.25%, 12.5%,

25%, or 50%?

Time starts now.

- It wouldn't be 50%. - Can't be 50%.

- Um... - Why?

- Because you'd only share 50 per--

you would only get--

your parents give you half your DNA,

so only your siblings would be that close to you.

It's too high a number.

And then...

I think maybe it would be 12.5%.

I don't think-- 25% seems too clean a number.

- Well, 25% would be--I mean, if it's literally, like,

you share a grandparent,

which is what first cousins are,

that would be 25%, because-- - You and your--

'cause you and your cousins share--

your parents are siblings,

so your parents give you half.

- Right. - They would share

almost exact DNA with their sibling.

Oh, my God, I'm so bad at math.

- I know. It's like a math problem.

- This is a nightmare. - I'm with you.

It's one of the middle two, 12.5% or 25%.

- It's either 12.5% or 25%.

- I think. That makes more sense.

- Maybe--I think it's--

I think I'd go with the 12.5%.

- I mean, it intellectually feels to me

like 25% makes the most sense...

- Because of the grandparents. - Because of the grandparents.

- It's such a clean number, though.

- But I like that argument. - Time's up, everybody.

You gotta check. - I like that argument.

- You gotta make a decision. Time's up.

What is it? - 25%. 25%?

- 25%. all: 25%.

- Remember, the Hustler knows the answer to this.

You guys are saying the average DNA share

for first cousins is 25%.

The correct answer is...

not 25%.

The correct answer is...

12.5%. - See?

- You know what was interesting about that?

Remember, the Hustler knows the answer.

The Hustler had to let that one through

to protect their identity.

Hmm.

All right, let's move on to the eighth clue.

The Hustler has saved the ticket stub

from every movie they've seen.

- [laughs] - Hmm.

- Wow. - Oh, my God.

- Wow. - Look at this.

Look, this is quite interesting.

Look at these movie-- movie stubs.

- What movies have they seen? - Yeah, what movies

have they seen? - I can't tell!

- And look, and what-- - What is on there?

- What movie theaters have they been to?

- I ca--I know. I can't see.

- Yeah, you can't really tell from this distance.

- Like, Century.

- Well, they go to the movies a lot,

but then the three of you look

like you do go to the movies a lot.

- Kevin, where are you from?

- I'm from Rhode Island,

and I don't think we have any of those up there.

- Oh, really? - No.

Ryan, where are you from?

- Originally Tampa,

but I'm in Boston right now. - Okay.

- But I lived in New York for a long time,

and there's an Angelica in New York.

- That would be a lot of different movie tickets.

- Yes. - Well, yeah, I don't know.

I'm originally from Glasgow in Scotland,

but I've been at the movies all over the world.

I don't know why you-- - But you don't save

the tickets. - Yeah, I don't.

Itzel's very quiet. Why are you very quiet?

Beware the quiet ones.

- I was interested about--

- Do you enjoy movies, Itzel? - I do like movies.

- What kind of movies do you like?

- I like stupid comedies.

That's my thing. - All right.

- Ryan, would your husband be mad if your living room

was full of butterflies and movie tickets?

- [laughs] He would be a little bit irritated, yes.

- Okay. - All right, look.

Let's look at the question. What's the next question?

An average movie ticket costs over $9 today.

But what was the average price 50 years ago?

Which is 25 years before I was born.

[laughter] Was it 15--

How dare you?

Was it 15¢, 75¢,

$1.55, or $3.20?

Decide. - Okay.

- I don't think it would have been so cheap

it would have been 75¢.

- 15¢ sounds absurd.

- Yeah. - Like, that's not it.

- That's, like, when they invented movies.

- I'm just trying to imagine, like, in--

so in "Grease,"

they went to go see a movie,

and I think they had bills.

I'm trying to imagine the scene

when they, like, put stuff down.

In other words, like, I agree with you.

I don't think it's one of the, like, really cheap ones.

- I feel like they weren't that expensive

when I was a kid. I feel like it's only recently

that they've gone crazy.

So, like, even $3.20

is more modern, I think,

so maybe the $1.55.

- I think that's fine. - Yeah.

- I don't feel strongly about it,

but I think it's fine. - $1.55?

- Sure, yeah.

- So the average movie ticket

50 years ago--

you're saying it was $1.55.

The correct answer is...

$1.55.

$50,000 on the table.

- Whoo! - Thank you.

- Have you noticed how many questions

that Kevin has gotten?

I'm just saying. - I have noticed

how many questions Kevin's gotten right.

- No, I've also--I did not know about mull--

I did not know mullets people were looking for love on apps.

- Do you have an idea who you think the Hustler is?

- I was leaning toward Kevin, 'cause all the answers.

- Mm-hmm. - And that's still in my mind,

but I thought it was interesting

on the movie ticket guess

that Ryan had said, like, in "Grease,"

they paid bill--like, he was, like, such a movie buff

that he remembered

the payment format of movie tickets in this movie.

- I'm thinking through it.

Originally, I thought it might have been Kevin,

but I'm actually retreating a little bit,

and I'm kind of thinking that it's Itzel,

'cause you're being really quiet too much,

and, like, I--so I feel like-- - Wow.

- Kevin, so you've been giving good answers.

You've been talking through things.

- Talking it out. I have reasons.

- And I feel like that kind of talks to me

about what I'm playing, which is, like,

actually trying to get the right answer.

- Yeah. - All right, listen.

There are only two questions left,

and one of them is a total game-changer.

[suspenseful music]

[cheers and applause]

- Well, well, well. We having fun yet?

[laughs]

With only two questions remaining,

the three of you have banked $50,000,

but even more money is up for grabs.

Let's see what the next clue brings us, shall we?

What is it?

The Hustler has a law degree

from New York University.

[mysterious music]

♪ ♪

Any lawyers in the room?

♪ ♪

What is one of the conditions you must have to be a lawyer?

- Conditions? - Law degree! Law degree!

Would it be a law degree? - Yes.

- What do you think, Itzel? Too obvious?

Too on the nose? - I don't--I'm--

I-I don't know.

- Am I sitting here with two lawyers?

This is very uncomfortable. - Oh, I don't know.

I mean, you are a glib talker.

You can talk, and you can spin it--

I can see you on a bus station ad.

- I am a mild-mannered librarian.

- "Accidentes." I could see you being that guy.

- I could catalog

every one of your fake books right now if you--

- Kevin, what was your degree in?

- My degree? So I'm a librarian,

but I have an English degree,

plain English degree-- - From where?

- From Rhode Island College.

Yes, where I live. - And you're a librarian

in Rhode Island? - Yes.

I'm telling you, they're lawyering me right now.

This is what... [laughs]

- I am lawyering you.

- I know! He's lawyering me.

You're an actual lawyer!

- That's true, yes.

- So now the only way he's not the Hustler

is if I believe that she secretly has a law degree.

- Or you're the Hustler. - Or you're the Hustler.

- I am not the Hustler. - Yeah, oh, come on.

- I'm not the Hustler.

- No, no, I didn't--

this is not my first day in town, Kevin.

- No. - All right.

The next question is...

which of these well-known people

did not graduate from NYU law school?

Nancy Grace, Judge Judy,

Amal Clooney, or Rudy Giuliani.

- Ryan, you went to NYU. Where did--

which one of these people did not go to--

- I did not go to NYU,

but I did teach law at New York Law School,

which is not NYU law school,

and Judge Judy is a graduate of New York Law School.

I am 100% confident.

I graduated from law school in New York,

and I'm currently getting my LLM,

my second degree in law,

'cause I want to become a law professor.

All right. - I know the answer

is Judge Judy. I am 100% confident.

- So if he's this sure but it's not the answer,

then he's definitely misleading,

so we should just go with it,

'cause then either it's the right answer,

or he's misleading. - Okay, I like it.

I like it. - I don't know who any of the--

I don't know the other ones, but I--

- So it's Judge Judy did not go to NYU?

- She went to New York Law School,

which is a different law school from NYU.

- All right, we're going with Judge Judy.

- Okay.

Which of these well-known people

did not graduate from NYU law school?

You guys agree that it is Judge Judy.

The correct answer is...

Judge Judy!

Judge Judy.

- But at least there's money. - $10,000 into the pot.

$60,000 on the table.

Wow.

And now it's time

for the final question of the evening.

How about we make things a little more interesting?

How about...

if you answer the last one correctly,

all right,

I'll double the bank to $120,000,

$120,000?

But if you get it wrong,

I'll cut it in half to $30,000.

- Oh.

- Right, remember, the Hustler knows the answer.

- Here we go.

The last clue of "The Hustler."

[suspenseful music]

The Hustler was once recruited

by the Secret Service.

Wow.

This is someone that collects butterflies,

was recruited by the Secret Service.

- Is Forrest Gump the Hustler?

Like, what--how--

how could one person do all this in one lifetime?

- I have no idea.

This is someone who is clearly very skillful.

Not only do they have a law degree,

but this is someone that is so good at what they do

that the Secret Service wants their skills.

- They never called me,

so I'm not good enough for that.

- All right, well, let's look at the final question now.

The Secret Service was originally founded in 1865

to combat what crime?

Was it mail fraud,

bootlegging, counterfeiting,

or office gossip, which is a terrible crime?

[laughter]

For $120,000 if you can get the answer right,

you have 60 seconds. Go.

- I want to know what Itzel thinks it is,

'cause I know the answer to this.

- I don't--well, obviously, not office gossip.

I don't think it's bootlegging.

That--that just doesn't seem like it would make sense.

Um...

mail fraud is prosecuted by what agency?

- Itzel, you don't have to tell him

anything he asks you.

He doesn't--he's not your boss, Itzel.

- I'm deposing her. It's great.

So it's counterfeiting. I'm 100% confident.

So this is right after the bank was founded

in the early 19th century.

The whole point of it originally was counterfeiting.

Then it changed. - To what?

- To, like, protecting the president.

- Protecting the president. That's the weird thing

is that it's not any of those things.

- Well, if it was founded in 1865,

it'd be a bit late to protect

that particular president, wouldn't it?

- There'd be no point in bootlegging

until Prohibition was in-- which was in the '20s.

- That's right. - And mail fraud--

I don't know why it isn't mail fraud.

I just know that it is counterfeiting.

- It's counterfeiting. - Five seconds.

- I am 100%. - Okay.

So we're going with counterfeiting.

- Yes, definitely. - So you've all agreed

it is, in fact, counterfeiting?

- Yes. - You think the Secret Service

was founded in 1865 to combat counterfeiting.

The correct answer is...

[dramatic music]

Counterfeiting!

$120,000 in the bank!

Oh, ho, ho!

Oh, my, my.

- Oh, God. - $120,000 in the bank.

Somebody's gonna win it,

and we're about to find out

the Hustler's identity.

The only question is now,

does the Hustler get that money

all to themselves,

or is it split between the other two?

♪ ♪

[cheers and applause]

- My dear--I think I can call you friends now,

because my friends are evil and unscrupulous.

You guys have managed to put $120,000 together

on the table. All I know is this.

Whoever the Hustler is,

they're good.

And if the Hustler is able to conceal themselves

for another few minutes,

then that money is theirs,

but if the other two of you can agree

on the Hustler's identity,

you will split that $120,000,

taking home $60,000 each.

Let's recap what we've learned about the Hustler.

Right?

The Hustler broke someone's nose

playing high school football.

They lived in an ashram for three years.

The Hustler is a love coach.

They have a law degree from NYU.

And the Hustler was once recruited

by the Secret Service.

On the count of three,

I want you to show me

who you think the Hustler is.

One, two, three.

[intriguing music]

♪ ♪

All right.

Ryan and Kevin think it's Itzel.

- [scoffs] - Itzel thinks it's Ryan.

They're saying that you're the Hustler.

Can you change their mind?

You have 90 seconds.

Go at it.

- I just thought it was interesting

that Ryan was so confident

about the doubling question

and actually, in the one before that, too,

with the Judge Judy.

It was just, like, an interesting time

to get very-- - So I think it's--

it definitely has to be Itzel, and the reason

why I think it has to be is because of this.

So back

when the other contestants were here,

the only ones who were opposed to each other were us

because I purposely told her, like,

"Oh, no, I think it might be Kevin,"

because I didn't want her to, like, kick me out,

and I feel like Itzel kept us

because we're the only two

who were gonna keep attacking each other.

- Uh... - She's also been quiet

the entire time and at the very end

got us to the right answers.

But I'm 100%--

I think it's Itzel. - Where do you live?

- I live in Oakland, California.

- Okay. - And I don't--

- I think that's probably true. - I don't know how--

I mean, I can't, like, figure the body types out,

like, playing football

and also being recruited by the Secret Service

to protect the president, apparently, but--

- Do either of you have siblings?

- I do. I have three siblings.

- Do you-- - I have a sister, Damaris.

- Okay.

So then one is lying about the only child,

'cause I have two brothers.

All right.

- I'm happy with my vote. - So I just...

- Wait, what's your sister's name?

- Damaris. - What's your siblings' names?

- Nick, Brett, and Sarah. - Five seconds.

- Oh, my gosh.

- Time's up. - I don't--agh.

- Time's up.

Itzel,

Ryan and Kevin

believed at the beginning of this process

that you were the Hustler.

Have you changed your mind, gentlemen?

[suspenseful music]

$120,000 is on the line.

♪ ♪

Anybody want to change their vote?

Anybody want to change their mind?

You still can.

- All right, wait. - Oh, oh, okay.

[laughing] Whoa! Okay.

- I'm flipping. - All right, all right.

Well... - Why--

- Kevin and Itzel now believe

that Ryan is the Hustler.

- I swear to God, I'm not the Hustler.

♪ ♪

- Okay, final choice is made.

Itzel and Kevin believe Ryan is the Hustler.

If you are right, you'll each get $60,000,

but if Ryan is not the Hustler,

that means one of you two has fooled everyone

and will win the entire $120,000.

Good Lord. Hustler, please stand up

and reveal yourself, would you?

♪ ♪

Oh!

Oh-ho-ho, you are a very bad person!

Congratulations.

You just won 120 grand.

$120,000! - I'm sorry.

- Whoo! Feel okay?

- Whew.

- How--how do you feel?

Do you feel all right? - I feel good.

- Yeah, yeah. How do you guys feel?

You feel okay? - Oh, God, I'm an idiot.

- No, not feeling so good? - Better a minute ago.

- Yeah, I know. It was a great game, though,

everybody. I'm so sorry.

I thought it was you.

I thought it was you.

You really broke someone's nose at a football game?

- It was a complete accident.

It was powder-puff football, no helmets.

- Oh, that can get rough, the powder-puff.

- Yeah. - Kevin, you changed your mind

just at the last minute. W-why?

- You know, she looked--

she looked really, like, frustrated

when I was, like, really in on Ryan and it looked like--

and--now it's frustrated

'cause she was gonna lose $120,000.

- She was playing you. She was playing you.

How do you feel? - Yeah, she just--

oh, man, I--ugh.

- Ah, well, I'm sorry for you guys,

but I'm delighted for you, Itzel.

$120,000.

Well done. Congratulations.

Good game, everyone.

Very good game. I didn't know.

You fooled me.

Thank you for coming to my study.

I'll see you next time on "The Hustler."

I'm Craig Ferguson. Good night, everybody.

Good night. That was fantastic.

- [laughs] - It really was fantastic.

- I feel like the dumbest person on Earth.

- I fooled them all, except Ryan,

and--but that's all I needed to do to win.

- Totally gullible,

totally, like, went against my better judgment.

- I thought it was Holly for the first half of the game,

and if Itzel had not gotten rid of Holly,

I probably would've targeted her at the end.

- I really got recruited by the Secret Service

when I was in high school,

and the condition of being successfully recruited

was to not tell anyone they were trying to recruit me,

so I think I blew it. [laughs]

- I got conned. I got hustled.

- I really raised butterflies.

I had--was talking to a friend

who told me it was so cool

to see a butterfly come out of its cocoon,

and I'd never seen it before, so I thought, "You know what?

Why don't I just raise some at home?"

- Itzel deserves the money.

She absolutely worked her magic on Kevin.

- I just won $120,000 on "The Hustler."

- Itzel, if you feel like donating to a librarian--

or a library; up to you--

reading is very important.