[s3e9] The Three-card Monte Job -

In Season 3, Episode 9, " The Three-Card Monte Job ," the team faces a deeply personal challenge when they discover that Nathan Ford's father, Jimmy Ford (Tom Skerritt), is the mastermind behind a scheme blackmailing small business owners into committing crimes. The Story: A Game of Shadows

: The episode heavily uses the metaphor of the Three-Card Monte , a street scam where the mark must find a "queen" card that the dealer ensures is never where it seems to be. [S3E9] The Three-Card Monte Job

Watch Alec Hardison break down the team's discovery of the bad guys and the high stakes involved in this job: In Season 3, Episode 9, " The Three-Card

: Jimmy's plan uses fake bank robberies as a "Three-Card Monte" style distraction to clear police out of their station so the Russians can rob the evidence locker. : Nate soon realizes the man directing the

: Nate soon realizes the man directing the Russians is his own father, Jimmy, who has just been released from prison.