The Lesson - S2-E3
Plot hole: At the end of the episode Trevor Speed sits with his face in his hands looking like the world has stopped turning. In fact he has just sold a worthless plot of land for £450,000. Okay, he was conned out of £150,000 of that by the grifters, but he is still £300,000 up. A grifter like him would be over the moon - he is used to taking elderly ladies for the occasional short con making him £80 or so. He's just won the lottery. He'd be happy.
Plot hole: At the end of the episode Stacie says that she has cashed the bank draft used to purchase the forged comic book artwork. Not a chance. The auctioneers establish that the artwork is a forgery within minutes of the sale going through and they would be onto their bank immediately ensuring a stop order was put on the draft. Bank cheques and drafts can be stopped after issue - it happens all time. In fact, simply by presenting the draft Stacie has opened herself up to a world of legal problems - the bank's computers are going to light up like a Christmas tree and the police will be there within minutes.
Plot hole: Stacie's entire con on Jake being successful at the end of the episode when she leaves the bar relies on Eddie both noticing her taking a bundle of fake cash and also his mentioning this to Mickey - and also Mickey's then correctly guessing her plan from this. There are way too many chances for that to go wrong, particularly with Eddie not noticing/not mentioning Stacey's behaviour - as the series shows repeatedly, he is neither particularly observant nor particularly well-versed in cons.
Plot hole: The early seasons of Hustle reiterate at length how legendary a grifter Albert is, how long-established in London he is, and how longstanding a relationship he has with Mickey. They also reiterate that Eddie's Bar is a common bar for con artists to hang out in. Why then does Jake (a well-established London con artist who knows Mickey well) not recognise Albert, nor does he get suspicious that the poker tournament is being held in Eddie's Bar?
