The Spoiler was just that Neal's father would be mentioned, nothing more. The cop theory was just flying around in the net.
Now, after having had time to digest the episode, I think that the truth is that Neal's mother told him that his father was a cop hero who died when he was two, and that Neal was playing police officer because of that. But this story was a lie (so Neal's dad may be still alive or died much later...maybe he was in prison?) which Neal discovered later on. So the only real truth we got to hear about his father was that he was a dirty cop, and that Neal used to admire him before he knew that.
But I still think that we didn't see the end of this. the "He could be usefull" sounds really omnious to me...
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Date: 2011-02-02 10:27 pm (UTC)From:Now, after having had time to digest the episode, I think that the truth is that Neal's mother told him that his father was a cop hero who died when he was two, and that Neal was playing police officer because of that. But this story was a lie (so Neal's dad may be still alive or died much later...maybe he was in prison?) which Neal discovered later on. So the only real truth we got to hear about his father was that he was a dirty cop, and that Neal used to admire him before he knew that.
But I still think that we didn't see the end of this. the "He could be usefull" sounds really omnious to me...