As some of you have noticed, I've often mentioned Criss' uses of stooges and how it weakens the effect and blah blah blah. Now for something completely different from me! (and him!)
I would HIGHLY recommend you all view this in whichever way you can.. wait for it on TV, borrow it from a friend, download it, use your time machine to go into the future and buy it on dvd.. whatever.
In my opinion, this was probably one of the best episodes. Which is quite funny.. because he didnt really do any magic! It was all about scams and cons and how to avoid them. He did do a lot of pickpocketing but obviously he gave the stuff back to the people
If you enjoyed his pickpocketing and sleight of hand with the police in season 1, you will LOVE this. Its actually scary how well he does it 
The ep starts off with a nice little pickpocketing clip (obviously setup, purely for entertainment purposes). He pickpockets someone and the wallet then gets passed around about 20 different people and eventually back to Criss who then puts it back in the "Victims" pocket. I thought it was quite funny and well made
It then shows clips of him pickpocketing various members of the public. Some of them he is talking to, some of them he is just passing by and asks a quick question and steals their wallet in the process.
He also gets someones sunglasses and a guys watch who wanted a photo with him
Johnny Thompson then shows the 3 Shell Game and exposes it afterwards
Next, Criss scams all the viewers out of $1 and tells everyone to make sure they send it to him. I would send it to him but I think he has enough
The next segment is about "Psychic Surgery" which I've never heard of before, however it was VERY interesting to watch. Criss shows how real it can look and it does look VERY real. He explains what items he uses and reminds everyone that it is an illusion and its not real.
Next up we have Penn and Teller who do a wonderful little cups and balls routine. They then repeat the trick but with clear cups and they explain how its done. They do it quite fast so its not a "learning" tool, just exposure (will they get banned from the forums for this?!?!
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And for the finale? Criss pulls off his own "scam" (his words, not mine!) and melts through the side of an armored truck full of money. This is definately a step-up from a lot of the tricks and illusions he's done so far in this season and I was quite impressed with it.
Overall, one of the best episodes of the season. The only other episodes I REALLY enjoyed were the "Walking on Water" episode (ep 4) and the "Sleight of Hand" episode (ep 7)
