Hey everyone! Sorry for the lack of recap last week. Since SB encouraged us to go ahead and do double posts for this week and last, that’s what I’m going to do.

This week was the last White Collar episode of the season. I have to say that for the most part, I am glad I watched this show, and I’ll check it out this summer as well.

But first, let’s talk about last week’s episode: “Front Man”.

One thing I thought was interesting was that it was described on my TV as “The daughter of Neal’s friend is a kidnap victim”, but in my opinion, that’s not really how it played out. I really liked that both the Lindsey Gless’s dad AND Ryan Wilkes were BOTH basically enemies of Neal. I thought it was a great example of Neal’s past catching up to him despite his inherent good nature.

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You guys, I think I must be the worst at re-capping this show. I am always surprised by things, and honestly, I am not sure if that means that I am just not paying attention to details or what. It always makes me feel stupid to bring them up, kind of like how about five days ago, I logged on to Facebook to see that it had changed. I hadn’t been on FB for awhile, and it was clear that it was WAY too late to be all “Hey, what’s up with the new Facebook format” right? It would be like going into a McDonald’s and asking why they don’t sell pizza anymore.

But anyways, back to this episode. Did we know that Neal was playing chess against a mystery person? If so, I have totally missed that thread of him getting postcards with moves on them. Also, has Neal always had his own desk at the FBI? I like that he does, I just have never noticed those things.

Despite those two things, I really enjoyed the cold open for this episode. I’m still trying to get a feel for Neal’s reactions to Peter. If he can play so smooth and charming to everyone, then why is he so intimidated by Peter? Or is THAT just another act? Hopefully this is an underlying plotline and not just flip-flopping on his character. It’s “Analyzing Characters’ Motives” Week here on OCTV! Ha.

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So sorry for the delay, darlings! Is everyone staying warm? My life has been very crazy, but I’ll spare you all the details. I’m going to have to blurb it up this week, which sounds gross.

I want to start off with a list of things I really enjoyed; just open up the floor for discussion. This episode really brought the sexy back. Discuss.

1. Girl Alex. Thoughts? I liked her. I think NEAL likes her, which is cool. He might be obsessed with Kate, but I wonder if he even likes Kate at all.

2. Know what else is sexy? Men wearing gun holsters.

3. Even sexier? Neal figuring out codes using a Scrabble board. First he reads Warrant Law shirtless in bed, and now this? Are you kidding me?

I liked this case. Murder is always interesting. What did you think of the Odd Couple vibe between Peter and Neal? At first, I was kind of annoyed, because Peter seemed kind of ridiculous, and it was kind of out of character for him to be like that. So I liked that once Neal was out of the apartment, Peter got back to his snoopy self. But that backfired later when Neal found out, and friends, I think we had our first real fight between our crime fighting pair.

Of course, they made up with a meaningful look of trust across the room.

One last thing, I LOVED Dan! Neal and Peter kind of need a mascot, and Dan would be a perfect one.

Thoughts from you?

I found myself really looking forward to this episode, and here’s why. In the past two episodes, Peter has shown us that he’s not bad, but he can be badass, and that is JUST what the show needed to land it in the ‘interesting’ pile.

The case idea of mortgage/inheritance fraud didn’t strike me as that interesting at first, you? I mean, I certainly liked Mr. Sullivan and his daughter Allison as characters, but he said the FBI was his last chance. Last chance, really? Who works with local officials and then when nothing happens says, “Well, I guess I’ll just head on over to the J. Edgar Hoover building and talk to some federal investigators.” I mean, do I dream of going there and running into Seeley Booth in a three piece suit? Yes, I do. But that is not what Mr. Sullivan had in mind. I guess I understand that they needed a storyline to get Peter and Neal on the trail of the corrupt judge, and her connection with Fowler, but still, that general premise felt kind of weak.

Here is something else that annoyed me; why did Peter mention that New York had won like 4-3? It’s not baseball season, and while I can certainly understand that a show would film eps and then be at the mercy of the network as far as when they are aired, the show should know better.

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HUGE thanks to Seels, who is going to be taking on White Collar indefinitely–at least as long as I can keep her tamper-proof anklet on her!  Give her lots of comment love and let her know how awesome she is! –SB

Okay, so White Collar welcomed us in to 2010 by answering some of the questions we had.

1. Is Kate evil? Yes, probably. Not just too much eyeliner evil either, like real, honest to goodness (or badness) evil. Does this make her marginally more interesting? Also a yes.
2. Is Peter evil? Hmmm…probably not. But he does seem pretty damn smart.
3. Is a chess metaphor cliché? Yes, yes it is. But you know… Matt Bomer is back on our screens, so …

I like how the show shoved us right on in to what is happening. Mozz is funny and he lays it on the line (and/or chessboard) to Neil on the fact that whether or not Neil thinks so, it’s possible that Peter isn’t on his side.  The next scene doesn’t dispute this when Peter convinces another FBI agent, Agent Landry, that he wants Neil on a boiler room case. Peter later tells Landry all about Neil’s situation, and in hindsight, it was a smart way to recap the premise of the show for the winter premiere. But Peter also tells Landry that Kate is ‘no longer an issue’. Interesting!

I don’t know enough about FBI speak, so are all boiler room cases about stocks?

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Hey peeps!  As I suspected I might be, I’m totally behind on my TV watching for the weekend.  I was just too busy being awesome and watching the Colts being awesome, what can I say?  I haven’t seen this episode of White Collar yet, an issue I hope to resolve by tomorrow, but in the meantime Seels has very graciously offered to write this post so everyone who has seen it can get a jump on discussing it.  She’s totally awesome, right?  So go get started in the comments, and I’ll join you as a regular viewer as soon as I get it watched!

First off, who doesn’t love a CLUE reference, right? Amazing game, amazing movie. But speaking of amazing games, this episode finds Peter and Neal in an artifacts and smuggling ring. Toss in the State Department and some crying women, and we’ve got ourselves a pretty good story.

I love how Neal was like “We have clerks for that.” Uh, that ‘we’ you are referring to is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I like when Peter is like “I’ve got you.” Ha!

As far as the bad guy, Ames, any law man that says something like, “I’m glad to know justice will prevail,” is pretty much obviously a tool and guilty. I didn’t see how the journalist will get off scot free, so it was nice when justice DID prevail in the end, even if it was aided by Mozz running over people in limos.

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