The art of pool hustling is dying out, according to Ava Do, mostly because of the current prevalence of social media. Hustlers used to be able to travel from town to town, consistently taking home huge winnings; today, if somebody takes a photo of a hustler, and it makes it onto
the internet, a hustler's chances of being able to operate undetected are automatically reduced.
According to show creatives, Luka Delchev is the Keyser Söze of Sneaky Pete Season 2; his reputation precedes him and you hear a lot about him before you get to see him.
The idea that Luka Delchev's signature weapon is acid came from stories about the Bosnian War of the 1990s and the lingering claims that Serb forces dissolved the bodies of Muslim victims in acid to cover their tracks.
Ava Do brought notorious pool hustler Joe Moves in to meet with the creative team while Season 2 was being developed.
Show creatives have said they wanted to show Marjorie attempting to go legit and leave the con world behind in Season 2; nevertheless, in Episode 205 we see her with an old book and a precision craft knife. According to the creative team, individuals who engage in counterfeiting sometimes use paper from vintage books to create documents that seem as if they're from a previous era.