S02 E01

Episode summary from IMDB:

Back from their holiday, the team learns that an old friend and con artist, has been sent to prison. He tried to con businessman Howard Jennings in a stock deal but unfortunately for him, Jennings knew the game too well. Danny is very keen to take this fellow on and now has to devise a plan for the most difficult of marks: conning someone without them ever knowing they have ever been conned. So, they try to convince Jennings that there is possibly a gold mine in the heart of London.

Opening sequence before titles - Body Language - Ash Morgan

I'm going to focus on Ash, the fixer in the gang. His job is to arrange the technical side of things and make sure the con is as convincing location etc wise as possible. He is often relied heavily upon by Mickey. At the start of this episode he is pushing the trolley out of the airport and smoking. The cigarette shows he has the potential to get stressed, possibly as a result of his stressful job and sees it as a kind of relief from this but became addicted. When he is instructed to get a car. He picks up a briefcase, almost instinctively. This shows he's used to exactly what needs to be done to achieve this and how he is incredibly experienced in the field. The next shot shows him walking through arrivals in the airport. He is looking around a lot, showing he is assessing the situation and looking for the best option. However, he doesn't stop to look so shows he is really fairly confident in his abilities to get himself a car. He could also be looking around for security or police instinctively so he doesn't get caught. When he sees a driver holding a sign he likes the look of, he just goes straight towards the man without flinching and just handing him his briefcase. This makes the driver believe that he is the persons name he is holding up without questioning him at all. As they turn around to go to the car, Ash pats the driver on the back. This reassures the driver that he is a nice, honest person and prevents the driver turning round to be seen by the person that actually booked him. The pat also seems to usher the driver out of the queue as quickly as possible. As he gets out of the car, he stares up at the London buildings with a sort of familiarity, what he's been missing while he's been on holiday. As he walks in, he has his hand in his pocket. This signifies that he wasn't always used to wearing suits, his life is usually spent wearing much more casual clothing and being much more informal. When he goes to talk to Mickey, he calls him 'Mick', shows how the characters are very familiar with eachother and have a very close relationship. He nods towards the door where the manager of the hotel is standing. This also shows his relationship with Mickey. Mickey knows exactly what Ash means when he nods towards the manager and Ash trusts Mickey to know what to do to fix the situation. While Mickey is fooling the manager, Ash is standing watching, looking fairly puzzled. This helps create the illusion that Mickey is trying to portray to fool the manager into thinking they are high class, important people. He does this without Mickey saying anything at all to him which also shows how they are all on similar wavelengths and they almost know what eachother are thinking.