Oh, excellent theory :D I do think there is more to it but maybe along the lines of Neal wanting details about his father. As I've said to others - mostly as an example - maybe his father was murdered and Neal wants to know why. I just get the feeling this isn't the end of that particular plot point (at least I hope not, as there's a lot of great episode potential there).
Neal and Peter are totally rubbing off on each other and I love it :D As you say, they're meeting half way. I think Neal wants to live a straight-laced life but doesn't know how to. At least not yet. And I think Peter realizes this, as well as realizes that, sometimes, Neal's methods do have merit, and as long as it doesn't cross the line of completely illegal Peter can eventually bring himself to just go along with it for the sake of justice.
Something I observed after viewing the episode a second time and that I found interesting was that, in a way, Neal really isn't like his father. Neal's father was good guy turned criminal. While Neal is a criminal turned good guy. Neal's methods may not be legal but, if you think about it, pretty much everything he does he does for someone else.
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Date: 2011-02-03 08:04 pm (UTC)From:Neal and Peter are totally rubbing off on each other and I love it :D As you say, they're meeting half way. I think Neal wants to live a straight-laced life but doesn't know how to. At least not yet. And I think Peter realizes this, as well as realizes that, sometimes, Neal's methods do have merit, and as long as it doesn't cross the line of completely illegal Peter can eventually bring himself to just go along with it for the sake of justice.
Something I observed after viewing the episode a second time and that I found interesting was that, in a way, Neal really isn't like his father. Neal's father was good guy turned criminal. While Neal is a criminal turned good guy. Neal's methods may not be legal but, if you think about it, pretty much everything he does he does for someone else.