White Collar Review

[kriadydragon]

*Happy sigh* Loved, loved, loved this ep :D Are you surprised ;)

Back storyyyyyyy!

OMG Neal has daddy issues! And legit daddy issues! His dad died when he was little and was a dirty cop. And it screwed with Neal's head and self esteem. Oh, Neal *hugs him* Poor boy really is broken. And he was raised by his mom, I totally called that one! :D Unless there was a step dad in the mix. In which case, it must not have gone over well or Neal would have said something, right?

And virtual cookies to all those who called it that Neal's dad was probably in law enforcement. I loved that there was more to it. See, this is why I didn't want to touch Neal's back story, because the possibilities were endless. Though I pondered the idea of Neal's dad being a cop briefly, I totally did not see the dirty cop thing coming. This is what I love about this show - it's unpredictable :D

Neal needs to change his shirt more often :D And make fake diamonds more often ;) Yum!

Mozzie giddy over the machine. He's so adorable.

Awww, Peter helps Neal steal something legally :D I love that we're seeing them work together more. We're seeing Neal becoming more of a good guy, and Peter daring to not only think outside the box but step outside it as well.

Heeeee! Did Neal's mom wear hats. Oh, Peter :D

Hmmmm. Think I'll watch this ep again. And probably again :D

Comments

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Neal really pushes the "alleged" card but personally I don't think that's him so much lying to Peter as simply protecting himself. Of course he's going to deny various crimes - he has to. But when it comes to the personal aspects of his life that is when he's either vague with Peter or, eventually, straight with him. We've seen plenty of vague, elusive Neal with Peter, but not really all out, one-hundred percent lying to him. Plus even when he is denying his alleged crimes, he's still being fairly honest since he's actually talking to Peter about them.

I do think the cop story is true, but I think Neal left a few things out. After all, he told Peter what his mother told him - not lying, just passing on what someone had said to him. Neal is good at being honest without actually telling the truth, if that makes sense, so I'm thinking that, maybe, Neal's dad isn't dead. Either that or something nefarious happened to his dad (like he was murdered). I do think Mozzie was talking about Peter when he mentioned "he" and that maybe Neal is either looking for his dad or trying to find out what happened to him. In which case Peter would be useful. I totally agree that this story isn't over.

And if Neal's dad is alive, I could totally see him having caved completely to a life of crime.

I had no idea they were going to make Neal's father a cop. I've pretty much been avoiding spoilers.

[swanpride.livejournal.com]

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...