It is going to be quite difficult to review the premiere of the new season of White Collar without giving out spoilers, but I´ll try my best.
First of all, I will only talk about the first ten minutes, so you will still need to watch Season Premiere of White Collar Tuesday July 10th 9/8 C on USA for the premiere episode called Wanted, who got Mekhi Phifer as a guest star chasing Neal, and other guest stars as Judith Ivey, Mia Maestro, James Rebhorn and Gregg Henry. Continue reading
White Collar is airing Season Three Finale and it came with several cliffhangers. So, if you haven´t watched it or not want to be spoiled, this is a good moment to stop reading because I am going to list all the best moments and quotes from Judgement Day, also known as White Collar´s season three finale.
White Collar left last summer with a jaw dropping mid season finale in which we didn´t know if Elizabeth Burke was dead or alive when she got kidnapped.
And now White Collar comes back with six new episodes starting on Tuesday, January 17 10/9 C on USA Network. (While at it, you can enter my White Collar contest and giveaway until Jan 25)
Mark your calendars, for Season three of White Collar returns with six edge-of-your seat episodes on Tuesday, January 17 at 10/9c.
Remember in the summer finale, Peter Burke’s (DeKay) world crumbled to pieces when he found out Neal (Bomer) was in possession of the stolen Nazi treasure and his wife Elizabeth (Thiessen) was kidnapped as a result. Now with an uncertain future and both his personal and professional life at stake, what will Peter do? What has happened to Elizabeth? And will Neal choose a side?
Diana: We´ll find her Peter
Peter: You have the treasure
Neal: I didn´t steal it
Peter: You son of a bitch, I don´t care, you have it, and Keller knows. You are going to give it to him so I can have my wife back
Neal: Yes, whatever you need
Elizabeth: Hi hon (So, no, Elizabeth Burke is not dead to start the episode,but Keller has her)
Peter: Hi hon, are you ok?
Neal: What did she say?
Peter: She could´ve said anything, and she asked me about Satchmo
Peter: There he is, I love my wife
Peter: Take me to the treasure
Neal: I didn´t ask for it
Peter: You could´ve walked away
Neal: I could´ve walked away. I should be paying for this, not Elizabeth
Peter: You will pay for this, just not right now
Peter: Where is it?
Neal: It was here. I swear Peter it was here. He must have moved it already
Peter: He? Who? Mozzie? You better call him
Neal: I tried
Neal: It´s Elizabeth, no lies, I don´t know
Peter: Mozzie can be anywhere in the world. We have less than twelve hours to find him
Neal: Peter, we are gonna get her back
Peter: And we start by getting Mozzie
Peter: What were you two arguing about?
Neal: Mozzie wanted to leave New York. I didn´t
Peter: Why not?
Neal: You, Elizabeth, Sarah. That window; stepping off that elevator Monday. I have a life here.
Neal: He doesn´t know but another life needs to be saved.
Diana: Boss, is there anything I can do for you?
Peter: Exactly what you are doing. There´s nobody in the world I´d trust more to spearhead this than you and Jones.
Peter: The less you know, the better right now Diana
Keller: Not even Neal can pick this lock.
Keller: Unless you have a drill hiding in your blouse, you are staying here.
Keller: Shoot her in the foot if she tries anything.
Peter: We´ve been playing by Keller´s rules. Let´s change the game.
Neal: Picturing you shooting Keller?
Peter: No, I just wanna smash his face
Mozzie: It´s a storage facilities, for honorable thieves. The kind who won´t steal from other thieves.
Keller: No such thing sweetheart.
Peter: We can do this without the commentary.
Keller: You did this
Peter: I wouldn´t play games with my wife´s life
Peter: The three of you do the best you do. Steal it
Keller: The three of us? The four.
Peter: I´m an FBI agent.
Keller: Caffrey you are a terrible host.
Neal: That´s because I don´t want you hear to begin with.
Peter: No, no killing, even more, no guns on this one.
Mozzie: Is there anyone in this room you didn´t try to kill?
Keller: You. Yet. But it´s starting to cross my mind Mozzie.
Keller: This is gonna be fun. Who´s excited? You? Anyone?
Keller: Why didn´t you leave?
Neal: You´ve seen what I have here. Where would I go.
Keller: Well, everybody would know you betrayed them.
Peter: Are you saying you care?
Mozzie: About Mrs Suit.
Neal: We have fifty five minutes to load everything up
Keller: What is it?
Neal: Apparently they skipped lunch.
Peter: Jones, we need to find her now. Every second counts.
Neal: Just like old times.
Police Officer: Bunch of NeoNazis?
Keller: Above my paygrade.
Neal: What part of no killing didn´t you get?
Elizabeth: Go get him. Then come back to me.
Neal: Not a Raphael… you wouldn´t
Keller: Easy boy. I have the wife, remember?
Peter: Not anymore.
Peter: How did you make that shot?
Neal: Long Story.
Mozzie: What now?
Neal: Keller needs to go away forever and to make that happen, I need to give a full confession.
Mozzie: That means prison. Lot of it.
Neal: I know. I´ll turn myself in in the morning. That should give you twelve hours of head start.
Mozzie: I always have a contingency plan.
Neal: If you want a happy ending, it depends on where you stop the story.
Mozzie: Til the next chapter
Neal: Til the next chapter.
Peter: Are you willing to give away everything?
Neal: Yes.
Peter: I am glad to hear that.
Peter: I know what you were prepared to do, and it means a lot to me
Neal: What does it mean?
Peter: It means no anklet, no nothing. In three months you can be a free man
Will Neal Caffrey be free? Will he still be working together with Peter Burke? Five more episodes will still be on White Collar, so that means, it may end with precisely that cliffhanger. The moment where Neal becomes free.
Keller talked to Peter in the last minutes of tonight´s season finale of White Collar. (You can see my spoiler recap and quotes of White Collar season finale too).
But in the end of the episode, the cinematography was superb, with Peter numb going back home after talking to him, only to see Diana tell him that a neighbor saw a black van with jersey plaques taking Elizabeth alive.
Let´s all remember that White Collar finale last time had us wondering if Mozzie was dead, and turned out to be a no. Let´s also remember we are also left with a cliffhanger on Castle to see if Beckett is dead or alive, and we also have Dexter, where Rita was killed.
So, what´s the route White Collar is taking? Is Elizabeth Burke going to die? Is Elizabeth Burke just kidnapped by Keller?
My bet is this: Keller kidnapped Elizabeth Burke, but Elizabeth Burke is alive and that will help build up the tension between Neal and Peter, but they will eventually work together on rescuing Elizabeth from Keller, bringing them back once again.
What do you think? Did Keller kill Elizabeth Burke? Did Keller kidnap Elizabeth Burke?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments section.
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Tonight´s the night for White Collar´s third season mid-season finale, with an episode called Countdown who has Beau Bridges, Anna Chlumsky, Ross McCall and Jamie Harris guest starring.
I had the privilege of watching the season finale Countdown of White Collar ahead, so I could write a little about it.
And I have some light spoilers from White Collar third season midseason finale. Nothing big, just a couple of quotes from it and a couple of moments. Nothing after the fifteen minute mark, because trust me… you will want to watch White Collar midseason finale August 9 9/8 C on USA.
Mark my words… you will want to watch it.
First of all, the biggest non spoiler: The episode is a must watch
Neal and Mozzie must stay one step ahead of the the FBI while appearing to work with them in order to keep them from discovering that they possess the treasure.
The episode opens with a previosuly on sequence that shows Mozzie and Neal toasting for the big score they´ve done, and then Peter and Diana talking about the manifest.
We see Anna Chlumsky´s first appearance on the show and Peter´s suspecting face.
I know it´s a previously on scene, but Mozzie saying “You lied to me?” to Neal still gives me the chills.
Now it´s time for the actual midseason finale episode Countdown, that starts with Mozzie sitting on a bench in the park and Neal sneaking upon him to talk to Moz, since he´s angry and wouldn´t talk to him; Neal had to semi con him.
Neal: You have every right to be angry at me. I lied to you.
Moz: Why?
Neal: I have a life here
Moz: We have a dream
Neal: Well, dreams change
Moz: Come on Neal, this was the one… a perfect last score.
Moz: But that leaves a question… do you wanna stay?
Neal answers: (Hey, of course I won´t tell you this! You need to see the episode… tinsy bits and teases are ok… big time spoilers are kind of no no)
Beau Bridges enters the scene at the FBI as agent Kramer, Peter´s mentor! “I´m paraphrasing here, but I don´t think Socrates would mind”
Jones: A Degas!
Peter: Good eye Hones
Agent Kramer: What do you think, Neal?
Neal: Me? I think recovering this masterpiece would be incredible, sir.
Peter: Me too. So we are gonna find it.
Aaaand that´s about as much as I can tell you in the form of mini spoilers. For the rest, you´ll need to watch the finale of White Collar, and once again, believe me… you will want to.
Update: Now that the episode has aired we can actually do the full recap of White Collar midseason finale:
Neal: Take Peter add years of experience and less inclination to cut as slack
Neal: He know enough of our Degas to scare the hell out of me
Agent Kramer: You are awful close to the person you suspect took the Degas
Agent Kramer: When this happens you are not putting cuffs on a criminal. You are taking down a friend. Peter, you need to protect yourself.
Agent Kramer: If Neal is a suspect, you need to treat him like that.
Neal: Must be nice having someone trust you
Peter: Never gave him a reason not to
Rusty: This is genetics… that shirt is a choice
Agent Kramer: Your boy is very helpful for our lead suspect
Peter: So it seems.
Melissa Matthews: You can call me Melissa after last time
Neal: Can I trust you?
Melissa: What´s wrong
Neal: Melissa, can I trust you?
Melissa: Try me
Neal: What I´m about to say… damned, you are not authorized
Melissa: Authorized for what?
Neal: Doesn´t matter, there´s no time. There´s a mole in the White Collar division here in New York.
Melissa: Chris…
Neal: Call me Neal.
Neal: I owe you another Martini.
Neal: That´s Agent Kramer talking. He´s the devil on your shoulder.
Neal: Prove it
Peter: Be careful what you wish for
Neal: Then good luck
Neal: We have a problem
Mozzie: We maybe have to copyright that phrase
Elizabeth: Neal really did it, didn´t he?
Peter: What got you so convinced?
Elizabeth: You. The last time you obsessed that much, you caught him
Mozzie: We have a problem
Neal: You are right. I shoould copyright that phrase
Mozzie: You have a plan…
Mozzie: Oh, I´m sorry, I thought you had a good plan
Agent Kramer: That doesn´t mean he´s not planning something
Peter: Oh, he is.
Neal: Oh come on Peter you cannot lock me in here
Neal: See you on the other side, Moz
Peter: So it´s a forgery?
Peter: I thought for sure it was out there.
Agent Kramer: The hardest thing to do is admit you´re wrong.
Agent Kramer: I can tell he wants to be here.
Melissa: You really are Neal Caffrey
Neal: Welcome to White Collar
Mozzie: It´s time for you to make a choice. Do you want to leave or not?
Neal: No. There are things about this life that I´m not ready to give up.
Mozzie: I´ll see you around Neal.
Peter: He took my wife
Is Moz leaving White Collar? My bet is again no. I already bet he was not dying last finale.
But what happened to Elizabeth on White Collar season finale? Is she dying? Let´s theorize in the comments section.
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How great is White Collar? A lot! Well, and in this new episode called Taking Account Neal invites Sara to move in, so that´s huge, but let´s review the best moments of the episode
Peter: I remember when Elizabeth moved in
Neal: No, this is temporary
Peter: Yeah, so was El…
Neal: Now there´s only one question: How will we spend 100 million dollars
Sara: So Peter knows about it?
Neal: Let´s say he won´t be surprised
Sara: So you are not skipping town?
Neal: Let´s get your money back
Sara: The thief can see the account but he can´t touch it
Neal: Let´s give him something to look at
Diane: Do you think DuPont has a partner with expensive taste?
Peter: I think I have a partner with expensive taste
Peter: Someone is going to prison for this. You are going to help me make sure it´s the Vulture and not the two of you. Ok?
Neal: I wouldn´t be so concerned. Mozzie is all about boundaries
Mozzie: Consider that a lesson in modesty
Mozzie: Wow
Neal: No, don´t
Mozzie: But did you see her?
Peter: Put your hand in the cookie jar without taking the cookie
Peter: That´s the way FBI does things
Neal: I´m impressed, but my way is more fun
Mozzie: You are an expert online, but you are in my world now
Neal: What if I told you we could keep living like this?
Sara: What? Reach without measure?
Neal: Maybe daydreams can come true
Sara: I never cross any line that I cannot come back from
Neal: As a rule… you shouldn´t explain your jokes
Peter: Could they pull it off?
Neal: Well, you picked the right two misfits to try
Mozzie: Big Brother here, we are always watching
Neal: You got yourself a girlfriend
Sara: Neal, what did you do…
Recap by MikeSaros, jabell, nancygailus for IMDB.com
Open with Neal (Matt Bomer) and Sara (Hilarie Burton) walking down the street talking about getting away. She tries to make a withdrawal from the ATM. She is stunned to find her account empty.
At the office, Peter (Tim DeKay) tells the team a virus hit Sara’s bank, stealing $120 million from customers. A thief then left a rambling message on the website. It wasa statement about finance. Someone named Cameron DuPont (a cover) had the exact amount stolen deposited in his Swiss bank account.
Peter tells Sara what happened. She correctly guesses if the guy isn’t caught, her money is gone forever. Neal invites her to stay with him.
Mozzie (Willie Garson) doesn’t love the idea of Sara crashing with Neal. He offers his assistance in finding the crook, in part to get her out of there. The plan is to create a person called DuPont and start spending his money in the hopes of flushing the true culprit.
Sara brings up Neal’s fake passport. He tells her there are a number of reasons he’d need an alias, calming her fear he’s leaving town.
Jones (Sharif Atkins) is able to figure out the thief is a well-known hacker named The Vulture.
Neal, Mozzie and Sara run a scam which gets them access to the bank’s computer. This allows Sara to feed Neal the answers to the DuPont account’s security questions. The result is the thief can no longer access the money, but he can view the balance.
Neal and Sara buy four $20 million helicopters and various expensive clothes, jewelry and art.
Diana (Marsha Thomason) tells Peter the Swiss bank reported strange activity on DuPont’s account. Peter immediately guesses Neal is responsible.
A furious Peter shows up at Neal’s place. Peter demands Sara lay low and Neal come with him.
Neal points out to Peter theft was never The Vulture’s thing.
Mozzie (familiar with The Vulture) is brought in by Peter for help with the case. He contacts the Vulture via a website. A meeting is scheduled.
At the meeting site, a text is sent through Peter’s SUV: “I am innocent.” The Vulture is a woman (Lena Headey), who asks Mozzie to meet her. When Mozzie leaves, the car bullets start flying. Diana grabs The Vulture on her way out, but Jones missed the sniper. The Vulture says they are looking for Kurt Brower, who she helped design the virus that robbed the bank.
The Vulture (who calls herself Sally) says she doesn’t know what Brower looks like. She helped him with the bug, but had no interest in the money. She wanted to publicize corruption.
Peter tells Neal of a plan to use Neal’s image as bait to draw out Brower.
Mozzie visits Sally and tells her she’s in danger. She doesn’t seem concerned, but lets him add a few security features. This leads to them hooking up.
Neal hints at the possibility of them living without concern for money. He’s about to show Sara the treasure until she says she doesn’t like the idea of spending money she didn’t earn.
Brower didn’t show up at the PO Box where they pretended Neal would be. He left a flash drive. When they place the drive into a computer, it allows him to access the DuPont file, changing back the personal information so he can access the remaining money. He must go to a bank to get the money. Neal thinks he’ll be in the wind once he does so. Mozzie and Sally hack the bank to access security footage. They find video of Brower entering the bank and leaving via cab.
Peter and his team arrive at the Port Authority. Peter’s idea is to “deputize every single person in this terminal.”
Mozzie and Sally hack the video screen and cell phones over everyone in the terminal, placing a huge picture of Brower next to an FBI warning sign. Immediately, Brower is located. Brower tells Peter he’s a hero “to my people.” Jones grabs his laptop which he guesses will have the evidence they need to put him away.
Outside Peter admits just before he caught Neal, he bluffed him out of a hiding place of which the feds were not aware.
June (Diahann Carroll) tells Sara to “give Neal time” before she can expect to be let in on his secrets. Sara calls Neal and asks him to explain what he meant earlier. Neal doesn’t tell her the truth.
Mozzie hints to Neal he is dating Sally. They talk around the idea of never leaving. “And be closet billionaires?” Mozzie asks. He sets Sally’s phone number on fire to cut ties. However, as Neal reminds Mozzie he has a photographic memory and has already committed her number to memory, he admits it was basically a gesture.
Back in Neal’s apartment Sara guesses the password for the closed circuit camera: “Neal what did you do?”
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Wow! Just Wow! there´s no other way to start an article about Season 2 finale of White Collar other than say Wow. I have to say. White Collar is probably one of the best written shows nowadays. Hats off to Jeff Eastin.
If you haven´t watched season 2 finale of White Collar, do not read this article, since it´s filled with White Collar finale spoilers.
The episode is called Under the Radar, but that´s not exactly what you see in the episode, you see a bang, a big bang way over the radar, but you can´t stop it. It just blows you away.
In an episode where Neal gets closer to finding out the truth about Kate’s death we get the chance to see Alex played by Gloria Votsis back, hot as ever, and yes, Alex kisses Neal Caffrey… but that´s jumping a little ahead. After Sara kissed Neal last episode, one has to admit the guy has swagger.
Peter: Carrying around evidence is considered valuable field experience
Sara: You look well
Neal: Thank you
Sara: If we are going to continue working together we should definitely not ignore the other night
Diana: When did that happen?
Sara: If there´s anything between us, don´t lie to me
Neal: I wouldn´t ever
Sara: Yes, you would
Sara: Lunch tomorrow?
Neal: My place?
Peter: Painting it for your girlfriend?
Neal: Are you nine?
Peter: I´ll arrest who I want
Neal: Tell me about the last time you saw Alex
Peter: Watches?
Mozzie: Oh
Peter: Money?
Mozzie: What Money?
Peter: The three hundred dollars
Vincent: I can´t tell you how much pleasure to see you again
Vincent Adler: Neal, take off your anklet
Alex: Should I?
Peter: I think it´ll help
Slap!
Alex: This is part of the plan. You let yourselves get caught, then the FBI rescues you
Peter: You got the first part of the plan right
Peter: That was close
I still remember the last time I wanted to know what was inside a hatch.
Neal: Adler, are you seeing this?
Vincent Adler: Yes
Neal: Not anymore
Peter: That looks like a fractal. Bingo!
Alex: Shoot us Vincent
Vincent Adler: Ok. Shoot them. Then get them up or something
Mozzie: I´m not comfortable with this
Diana: We know… it´s not like we are abducting you
Mozzie: Can I come out?
Jones: No
Mozzie: Then it feels like an abduction
Sara: I don´t know why, but I like you
Neal: Adler is taking the whole archvillain thing seriously
Four words: Neal – mouth – Alex – cleavage: How did they do it and not seem cheesy or dirty? Beats me, but they did
Neal: You saved me again
Alex: You saved me
Aaaand there´s the kiss between Alex and Neal while Sara watches and slowly turns around the second Neal notices her. Classic.
Neal: (While going to talk to Sara) Jones, if I´m not back in ten minutes, send backups
Alex: You remind me of this treasure. Some lovely fantasy that is out of reach
Sara: You didn´t try to change him?
Elizabeth: No. Why would I?
Elizabeth: Neal is a lot of things, but when it counts, you can trust him
Vincent: All´s fair in love and war
Vincent: You are as close as a son as I ever had
Vincent: There´s nothing sadder than a conman conning himself
Peter: Where the hell´s Neal?
Neal: I didn´t steal the art
Peter: I think you did
Neal: Then prove it
But who stole the art in White Collar season finale?
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Season finale is getting closer and closer. We had nice interviews with Tiffany Thiessen and Hilarie Burton recently upped to series regular, and now, the newest episode of White Collar, called Power Play. In this episode of White Collar, Peter and Neal assume each other’s identities to uncover a collusion scheme The West Wing alum Richard Schiff guest stars on this episode.
In probably one of the best written episodes of the year all over TV, we get to see Peter and Neal at the top of their game. Hats off to Jeff Eastin and the great team of writers at White Collar.
Elizabeth: One thing I like about your boss is he knows what he wants
Elizabeth: Is everything alright?
Brooke: No, it´s not
Elizabeth: Neal has a calming smile
Peter: Ok, I will bring Neal and his calming smile
Neal: How was Argentina?
Sara: Hot, but interesting
Peter: Now this is personal
Neal: Hi, I´m agent Peter Burke. Hi hon
Elizabeth: Hi honey
Neal: Which one of us will tell Peter? I vote you
Elizabeth: Thanks
Neal: Hey hon
Elizabeth: Hi hon
Elizabeth: Actually this is Neal Caffrey
Brooke: Are you an agent too?
Peter: No, I wish I was. I´m just a consultant
Brooke: So how does that work?
Peter: Actually, I´m a criminal
Brooke: A criminal?
Peter: I´ve made a lot of really bad choices, which landed me in prison, but now I assist the FBI. As a matter of fact, had it not been for agent Burke here. I´d still be in prison, rotting.
Neal: You give me way more credit than I deserve
Peter: Oh, no, no, no. Don´t be modest Peter. You caught me, twice, and you can send me back any time you want
Neal: I know Neal seems intimidating, but he´s very useful in cases like yours. In fact, I think he´s the most valuable asset we have here in the bureau
Jones: Don´t you hate it when Neal makes you get him coffee?
Peter: You are getting me mocka lattes for the rest of the month
Peter: Do I wanna know?
Mozzie: Not yet
Elizabeth: You know it´s sexy watching you plan a heist
Elizabeth: Maybe you could wear a hat
Peter: If there´s a job, I´m your man
Peter: Like I said, I´m the best
Peter: Seriously? Kung Fu?
Mozzie: I´m preparing you
Peter: Give me my twenty dollars back or I´ll arrest you
Mozzie: Oh, you are gonna be a difficult student
Neal: Peter knows
Mozzie: Ok, listen up sausage fingers. We don´t have the whole day
Mozzie: Understatement is the key
Sara: I like the mistery
Sara: I know what is like to have a lot of questions
Sara: I never found the answers I was looking for
Mozzie: You, Peter Burke are ready to commit a crime
Peter: You don´t give me the be careful speech… I invented the be careful speech
Neal: Go out there and make me look good
Peter: I´m in
Sara: Did Neal send you to sit with me?
Sara: I do want you Moz
Mozzie: Please, control yourself
Peter: As my wife´s husband
Neal: This is my lovely wife Elizabeth
Peter: You married up
Elizabeth: So this is undercover work, huh?
Neal: I´m sure Peter´s hating every second of it
Peter: If I´m right, he´s gonna try to kill us both
Peter: Like he said: FBI has you surrounded
Peter: You enjoyed being me?
Peter: Being Neal Caffrey has its charm
Mozzie: The urgency trascends the awakwardness
Mozzie: You missed a button
Big White Collar Spoiler: Neal and Sara kiss!
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Good TV is back! Well… set your calendars, since White Collar comes back on Tuesdays 10/9 C on USA. (It´s a new time slot).
We had nice interviews with Tiffany Thiessen and Hilarie Burton recently upped to series regular, and now, the newest episode of White Collar, called Payback.
U.S. Marshals ask Peter and Neal to track down an FBI agent accused of selling witness locations.
White Collar Spoiler Theory Alert: I don´t care about plane explosions. I really think Kate is alive on White Collar. You heard me: Kate´s not dead!
Reese Hughes: Sometimes we make deals with ConMen
Neal: It´s always a pleasure seeing you… behind bars
Peter: Yeah, that could have gone better
Peter: The worst part it is. When she left this morning I didn´t call her hon
Neal: Have you ever seen an actual fight?
Peter: It´s our own little abbrevation for I love you
Peter: Now all we need to say hon
Keller: Of course it´s a game. Life´s a game. But if you stopplaying. Burke dies
Neal: Peter´s been taken
Neal: He´s a chess player. He sees ten or twelve moves ahead
Neal: What do you want me to do?
Elizabeth: Whatever it takes for you to bring him home
Mozzie: Any idiot can rob a bank
Mozzie: Are you really willing to give that up for the suit?
Neal: Keeping Peter alive´s more important than holding a candle for someone who isn´t
Elizabeth: I don´t know nothing and it´s killing me
Mozzie: Seriously, this is about dry cleaning?
Mozzie: My longest relationship lasted eleven days…and then she deflated.
Neal: You are not driving very green
Peter: Keller´s late. I wonder what he´s planning
Jones: I´ve got Burke on the line
Peter: And some creepy looking mannequin
Neal: I´m thinking Peter
Peter: Think faster Neal
Jones: There´s a team on the way
Peter: There´s no time
Peter: I´m out
Neal: There he is… the escape artist extraordinaire Peter Burke
Peter: Hey hon
Elizabeth: Hey hon
Keller: I couldn´t escape without you
Neal: I´m gonna find you Keller
Recap by MikeSaros for IMDB
Open with word abou Matthew Keller (Ross McCall), recently sentenced to 20 years in a SuperMax for manslaughter. He’s told the feds he has national security information he’ll only share with Peter (Tim DeKay). We learn Keller was an old rival of Neal’s.
A doubtful Peter and Neal (Matthew Bomer) visit Keller in prison. While he plays Neal in chess, Keller tells them he wants to remain in his current minimum security facility in exchange for information on fake passports given to terrorists and smugglers. He gives them the name Jason Lang (Adam Goldberg).
Peter and Elizabeth (Tiffani Thiessen) have an argument related to his forgetting to pick-up dry cleaning.
Both Mozzie (Willie Garson) and Neal want Keller to find his way to maximum security. He is scheduled to be transferred later that day.
Peter has found out Lang and Keller used to be partners. The relationship ended when Lang shot him. He and Neal think the story is probably bogus, but they still need to look into it.
Neal looks down his nose at Peter’s “fight” with Elizabeth, but Peter is bothered.
Photographer/artist Lang tells Peter he makes enough money as a legit photographer not to need a “side business.” Neal notices the equipment to make passports is on-site and that Lang uses holograms in his artwork. Lang makes a dash for it. Peter goes after him. It turns out to be a setup. Peter is blindfolded and stuffed in a van before Neal can get there. A phone lying on the ground starts to ring. Neal answers it. It is Keller, saying unless Neal plays along Peter will die.
Peter tells Lang that Keller will betray him. He realizes Lang must need him for something and wants to work something out. Lang tells him he’s not interested in any deals.
Neal goes to see Keller, facing transfer to a maximum security facility where he will be in grave danger because of a $2.5 million debt he owes to the Russians. Keller mentions something Neal acquired six years earlier which is worth that amount. He gives Neal three hours to get it back. Neal calls Diana (Marsha Thomason) to update her.
Hughes (James Rebhorn) organizes the mission to get Peter back. Hughes tells Neal they will not negotiate with Keller, adding Keller is still on his way to the SuperMax. Mozzie calls Neal. He’s gotten a call to set up a meeting. Neal tells him to bring a hammer. Elizabeth arrives at the bureau. Neal tells her Keller is prepared for everything the FBI is doing. He asks Elizabeth what she wants him to do. She responds: “Whatever it takes to bring him home.”
Neal assures Diana that Peter will be killed if he doesn’t intervene. She agrees to help.
A half hour before the exchange, Neal and Mozzie go to a park and use a chisel to get a ring out of a statue. This is what Keller said would take care of the Russians.
Using a safety pin left on his suit by the dry cleaner, Peter works on his handcuffs. Before Lang leaves for the exchange, Peter figures out the intention is to break Keller out during the exchange and eventually kill Peter.
Mozzie goes to see Elizabeth. He assures her Peter will come home safe. He gives her a bug so she can hear the progress.
Neal and Lang sit down. Neal won’t give him the ring without proof Peter is alive, so Lang calls and allows him one texted question. The question is which cell phone number Neal used the last time he called. Peter glares at his kidnapper’s cell phone and gives a number.
Neal decodes Peter’s message: “No transfer.” Diana calls Jones (Sharif Atkins), following the bus and tells him to try and stop the convoy. At that exact moment, Keller is broken out of the bus. Jones and several other agents give chase but Keller escapes.
While Lang waits for Keller to arrive, Peter picks his handcuffs and goats Lang into trying to shoot him. Peter takes the gun from him, knocks him out and works on taking his phone.
Hughes is upset with Neal for dealing with Keller and sends him away. On his way out, Peter calls and asks to talk to Neal. Peter describes his cell, then asks Neal to figure out a way for him to escape. Neal talks him through the process, the final stage of which involves using the cell phone battery. After losing their phont connection, it works and Peter calls, with Lang at gunpoint.
The team arrives at Peter’s location. Keller never shows and Neal wonders if that was his plan all along. Peter tries to give back the ring, but Neal doesn’t take it.
Peter and Elizabeth have a reunion. Keller calls Neal and says they should leave each other alone for a while. Neal promises he’ll find him.
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Good TV is back! Well… set your calendars, since White Collar comes back on Tuesdays 10/9 C on USA. (It´s a new time slot).
We had nice interviews with Tiffany Thiessen and Hilarie Burton recently upped to series regular, and now, the newest episode of White Collar, called Countermeasures and starring Billy Dee Williams, AKA Lando Calrissian. When an old friend of June’s late husband shows up at Neal’s doorstep, Neal suspects he’s looking for more than a trip down memory lane.
Matt Bomer and Billy Dee Williams sing together in this episode as Neal and Ford.
Neal: Nice work
Mozzie: Work implies I have a job
Neal: Partners in crime
Ford: Something like that
Diana: Afraid to lose that nice roof of yours
Peter: I´m sorry
Elizabeth: Good boy
Peter: Thank you
Neal: Rigging cards in your own joint, that´s risky
Ford: She sees us for who we really are
Neal: Are you really here for that
Ford: I´m here looking for a second chance
Neal: That´s good, I thought you may be here for something else
Neal: How do you feel about dinner parties
Peter: I hope this is a non sequitor
Peter: Neal, I said no, find another way
Mozzie: Are you having a party over there? Without me?
Neal: Come with me, right now
Mozzie: What´s old becomes new again
Peter: I´m not comfortable with this
Peter: You look like a twelve years old who just found the lingerie section of the Sears catalog
Ford: You two really work together
Ford: He was protecting me from myself
Ford: I came back to protect her
Ford: Old Habits
Peter: It´s like they are speaking criminese
Ganz: Can you trust the kid?
Ford: Hell no, but what choice do I have?
Peter: You can either be a con or a man, you canpt be both
Peter: Neal, it´s me
Mozzie: You are too late
Ganz: Are you for real sweetheart?
Diana: Is that real enough for you sweetheart?
June: It´s ok, I´ve always known the kind of man he was
June: Maybe I want to go dancing again
Neal: May I?
Mozzie: The true love? Yeah, that´s the biggest con of all
Recap by MikeSaros
Open with Neal touching base with Mozzie who is working on the fractal.
Neal meets a man who calls himself Ford. He is friends with June. She’s given him things and this bothers Neal. Ford says he’s an old friend of June’s husband but doesn’t elaborate.
Neal goes to Diana for help fingerprinting a coin Ford tossed him.
The coin comes back with the fingerprint of a murder suspect and career criminal named Jonas Ganz. The only problem is that the man in the file is not Ford.
It turns out Ford was a real estate crook and roommate of Ganz’ in the joint. 20 years earlier Ford did time with June’s husband for running an illegal casino on the floor of June’s house where Neal now lives.
Neal finds June in his room looking through some old pictures. She says Ford had been asking about a suit her husband wore in one of them. When she leaves Neal finds the suit and grabs a receipt out of one of the pockets. Ford knocks on his door and tells Neal he hopes he would be understanding of an ex-con. He says that he ran several poker games in the room Neal lives in while also being a crooked dealer. June comes up and they ask Neal to dinner. She leaves and Ford says he’s looking for a second chance.
Mozzie tells Neal he thinks Ford is trying to scam June and agrees to hang around the house and watch June. Peter calls with word Ganz is putting together a crew for a new heist. Peter wants to question Ford but Neal thinks the better way to play it for him and Elizabeth to join him at dinner.
Peter is at dinner under the pretense of being a former criminal partner of Neal’s. After dinner Neal leaves to answer a call from Mozzie. Word on the street is that Ford is well-respected and smooth. Mozzie has enhanced the receipt. It is for one of June’s coffee tables and it has had some custom work done. While Neal’s gone they start looking through photo albums. Upstairs Neal opens a secret compartment in the table and finds what looks like plates for making counterfeit $100 bills. Neal brings Peter up to see it but they are already gone. They walk outside and learn Ford is gone as well.
Neal and Peter discuss that Ford would need to steal paper in order to make the bills. While wondering if that might be what Ganz’ crew was going to do Diana tells them Ford was grabbed outside Ganz’ place.
Ford tell Neal and Peter that he told Ganz about the plate while they were inside in exchange for protection. June’s husband stole the plate from Ford in order to protect him for getting in trouble. Ford said all he was doing was giving the plate to Ganz so he wouldn’t go near June looking for it. He has told Ganz what he’ll need to print the bills. Ford scrapes his fingertips every morning to remove prints.
Peter doesn’t trust Ford. Neal isn’t sure. Peter wants to put Neal and Ford undercover.
Under the pretense of Neal being a replacement forger, he and Ford meet with Ganz. All goes well (Neal is asked to pick the fake among some IDs) until Ford makes a comments that reveals he knows more than he should about Ganz’ last forger. Guns come out and Peter’s team prepares to move in. Neal quickly covers for Ford. Ganz says Neal will be handling the job without Ford.
Peter and Neal think Ganz’ next move will be getting paper. Using the name from one of the fake IDs they locate a likely spot where Ganz will look to steal the paper.
Mozzie and Neal doubt that Ford will be able to resist the temptation of a last big score.
Cut to Diana telling Peter that Ganz and Ford are off the grid. Peter hears the paper they believe will be stolen is in transit and we see Ganz show up at Neal’s place and grab him.
Ganz (without Ford) wants Neal to ID which paper they should take off the truck. They pull over the truck and Neal takes the paper.
Ganz and Neal show up at the counterfeiting location and we see Ford waiting for them. He’s been in on everything from the beginning. Neal starts making money for them.
Peter asks Mozzie for help finding Ford. Peter remembers there was a photo album Ford seemed nervous about during dinner. They spot a likely location.
Cut to a police car showing up outside the counterfeiting spot. A nervous Ganz leaves and Ford reveals the cop was there for a cat-in-tree call and this was Ford’s way of getting rid of Ganz. He has given Ganz a case without the plates. But after Ganz leaves Peter and his team show up. Ganz is arrested and we see his case contained money. Inside Ford grabs a gun and a case, presumably containing the plates. Neal tells Ford it’s not too late for him if Neal backs his story. Ford says to tell June he’s sorry and leaves out the back.
Cut to Ford opening the case in a nearby alley and seeing that it contains only blank paper.
June tells Neal she knew what kind of man Ford was. She thinks she gave him another shot to recall the past.
Neal and Mozzie talk about the future and it’s revealed the plate may have found its way back into June’s table.
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