White Collar Review

[kriadydragon]

Now that's the White Collar we know and love :D Except for the new beginning. What do you all think? Personally I liked last season's opener much better. The new one is just kind of... meh (and I hate it when shows mess with a show's opening).

But on to the show! So much to love, listed incoherently out of order! Satchmo playing a part in one of Neal's schemes (he does love using dogs as accomplices ;)), Moz blaming poor Satchmo for things going wrong, Satchmo and his big floppy face you just want to moosh, Peter giving Neal free reign to scheme, Neal doing his thing, the book disintegrating but it actually working in their favor, Peter the astronomy nerd with his little sextet El gave him for his birthday. Peter, Neal, El and Mozzie all working together, Neal bugging Peter to come out and play, El asking Peter if he wants to go play with Neal and mirrors (adorable!), El encouraging all the eight-year-old enthusiasm of the boys, things with the loot getting hot, Peter trying to explain Neal's anklet to a little girl, Peter and Neal saving the day... I warned you the squee would be out of order ;)

Fun, fun, fun. Man, I love this show.

I was a little nervous that they were going to have Neal and art detective woman sleep together or something, because any other show that would have been the case within five seconds. Needless to say, my relief was mighty.

The cliffhanger ending was nice and I'm really starting to like where they're taking the treasure arc. You can't help but cheer Neal and Mozzie on, not because you want to see them leave with the treasure, but because you don't want to see things between Neal and Peter become horribly undone. I'm both excited and nervous about how the show will end the treasure arc, because there's so many possibilities.

Comments

[swanpride.livejournal.com]

The opening...meh! The old one had drive, it sounded like New York, like Neal running with Peter hot on his heels. The new one is a snooze! And I really don't get it...I would have understood if they had put an opening with more melody on it, something which you'll remember long after the show has run it's course, but why putting something at the beginning which is even less memorable?

Loved the episode overall, but there was one thing which really bugged me: The guest characters fell flat. I didn't even know who the guy was who kidnapped Savannah.

And, in a personal note: DeKay suddenly tends to slur his words...a lot. I sometimes have trouble to understand him.

[ultracape.livejournal.com]

The guy who kidnapped Savannah was someone who was hired to keep the security on the homes updated. Savannah was not afraid of him because he told her he was hired to keep her safe, which was the truth.

He didn't want to hurt Savannah at all but he was pissed that when he asked for help, he got advice, actually very good advice but he was desperate and wanted what he wanted, not a means to an end.

I also loved Peter's answer to Savannah about Neal's anklet. It could be understood by her and did not humiliate Neal, even after he only introduced Neal by his first name as if he were a child or a pet or a servant.

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

The opening made me cringe. I probably wouldn't have minded it if it didn't look so cheap. It looks like something they threw together last minute on the cheapest budget ever.

I forget who the actor who played the kidnapper's name is but he's been on a ton of shows. He often plays either a bad guy or a jerk, poor guy.

There is something rather slurry about the way Tim talks. Kind of the antithesis of Matt who you can tell is going all out to be as articulate as possible.

[swanpride.livejournal.com]

Cheap and uncreative...I've never been a fan of changing the opening theme of a show, but normally I at least understand why they did it. (i.e with Monk, both openings were good in their own way). But this time around...

The music is slow, it's boring, it doesn't stay in the head.
It really looks cheap, and, whats even worse, uncreative. A bad copy of the royal pains opening. (and this stone food with the anklet on it looks creepy).
And the gigantic name of the writer at the end...nothing against crediting, but this looks so inmodest. As if the head writer is more important than everyone else.

He played Valenti in Roswell...part of the reason I had so much trouble getting his role.

Yeah, Tim alway was a little bit slurry, but it has become worse. I never had so many problems to understand what he is about before. Until now, I never had the desire for subtitles.