Once again, saving someone's butt lands David a place to stay, this time with a newsstand vendor who was being robbed when our hero happened by. The vendor, Harry is also a former con man who resolved to quit. When David gets a winning lottery ticket, naturally he can't turn up to collect his $250,000, so he has Harry do it in exchange for half the winnings. But Harry can't resist the urge to use the money to pull off one last con, his biggest yet.
This episode has a nice meaty plot, and the developments come along at a pleasing rate, without any of the local color filler seen in so many of the episodes. Harry's scam is naturally played for humor, but this is pretty much limited to his doing what has to be one of the worst fake Latin American accents ever. Still, what Harry lacks in comedic value, he more than makes up for likability. Even though you know David is right to object to Harry's conning rich fat cats, you can't help but root for him to pull it off.
On another pleasant note, this is one of the few episodes (maybe even the first so far? I can't remember for sure) where both times that the Hulk makes the scene, he only serves to screw things up. It's a nice change of pace, and works well with the plot, which is quite well-constructed. The only sticky point is why Harry doesn't let David in on the full details of his scheme, but I'll let that slide because the final stroke took both David and me by surprise. It has its weak points, but this is a delightfully fun episode which still manages to carry a message.