Pulling Moves — Season 1, Episode 5: Spousal Arousal
Comedy, Drama • 30 min • 1 season, 10 episodes • ★ 6.0/10
Episode synopsis
The lads are hired to take on the role of Private Investigators. They're paid to tail Mick Bad News' wife as Mick thinks Tara is cheating on him. They follow her to a trendy hotel where she seems to be chatting up various men. They video the evidence and when they tell Mick the bad news he insists one of them act as a honey trap in order to catch his wife in the act. The boys can't decide which one of them should make the move and so Shay decides that they should get Hoker to do the job. Hoker takes the money but doesn't keep to his part of the bargain, much to Wardrobe's disgust. Darragh refuses as he's in the doghouse with his ex and he's just found out she has a new partner. Ta draws the short straw. Meanwhile, Ta's partner Una has been growing increasingly suspicious of Ta as she has smelt cheap perfume on his clothes. (In fact the perfume has been supplied to the boys to flog for a quick buck). Una decides to bug his mobile phone to find out what he is up to and, when she hears hi
About Pulling Moves
Pulling Moves was a Northern Irish television programme set in Lenadoon, West Belfast. It follows the exploits of four friends: Wardrobe, Ta, Shay and Darragh. Wardrobe is the leader of the group, who only loves one person, his 'wee ma' and he would do anything for her. Ta lives with Una, the mother of his kids. She is always on his case, trying to get him to leave the group, get a respectable job and make a living for her and the kids, but his nature stops him from doing this. Darragh is always trying to impress his ex-wife to allow him to keep seeing his son. Shay is the youngest in the group, and the one who always makes the mistakes. He is always getting into trouble and his mother always hopes that one day he will be able to get a job and be sensible like his wee sister Niamh. Each episode follows the guys trying different scams to earn money. These schemes vary from nobbling pigeon-racing to dog-breeding, and always with something funny happening to the group. They are joined by other various characters, including "Hoker," an anti-social element who can get anything from stolen cars to lost dogs for the crowd. Wardrobe doesn't like this guy, but Hoker is a friend of Shay's, and he's useful now and again. Crazy Horse is the local wino, he's always drunk and sitting outside the butcher's shop, and finally, Tiny Tim, who owns a pet salon, who the guys help out now and again.