Yeah, I'm slowly (very slowly but it's happening) coming to terms with this being a show that's going to spark quite a few volatile reactions. Especially where the cliffhangers are concerned.
Yes, precisely. Heh, and I got into White Collar straight out of Highlander fandom, which was even more so (although with the simmering-down of tensions that comes from the show having been off the air for ten years -- though given how much tension there still is, I can only imagine what the fandom must have been like in its heyday). It's a similar situation, though: a canon that frequently has cliffhangers or sudden reversals of the audience's expectations, and a certain amount of moral ambiguity in the characters - it seems to lead to a volatile, somewhat divided fandom.
Okay, the spoiler - and it really is a little thing, but ... apparently someone asked on Jeff Eastin's twitter if we would ever find out why Neal doesn't like guns, and Eastin said that the answer will be plot-relevant in season four. (I can't remember the exact phrasing now - the way I remember it, he said that we will find out in season four and it'll be related to the main plot, but I might be remembering part of that inaccurately.)
Anyway, it made me immediately jump to the conclusion that the main plot in season four will involve Neal's dad and/or his past. :D No one has actually said so, of course, which means that I could be completely mistaken, or maybe Jeff Eastin is just messing with the fans a little. But it seems very likely to me! And it also seems like the next logical step to take, now that they've explored Kate, Adler, and Neal's recent history as a con man about as thoroughly as it is possible to do (at least in terms of a story arc).
While rewatching episodes, I couldn't help noticing that he does not actually say that his dad is dead in "What Happened in Burma". In fact, he very carefully does not say that; he phrases everything to give Peter the impression that his dad died when he was two, while never actually saying so.
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Yes, precisely. Heh, and I got into White Collar straight out of Highlander fandom, which was even more so (although with the simmering-down of tensions that comes from the show having been off the air for ten years -- though given how much tension there still is, I can only imagine what the fandom must have been like in its heyday). It's a similar situation, though: a canon that frequently has cliffhangers or sudden reversals of the audience's expectations, and a certain amount of moral ambiguity in the characters - it seems to lead to a volatile, somewhat divided fandom.
Okay, the spoiler - and it really is a little thing, but ... apparently someone asked on Jeff Eastin's twitter if we would ever find out why Neal doesn't like guns, and Eastin said that the answer will be plot-relevant in season four. (I can't remember the exact phrasing now - the way I remember it, he said that we will find out in season four and it'll be related to the main plot, but I might be remembering part of that inaccurately.)
Anyway, it made me immediately jump to the conclusion that the main plot in season four will involve Neal's dad and/or his past. :D No one has actually said so, of course, which means that I could be completely mistaken, or maybe Jeff Eastin is just messing with the fans a little. But it seems very likely to me! And it also seems like the next logical step to take, now that they've explored Kate, Adler, and Neal's recent history as a con man about as thoroughly as it is possible to do (at least in terms of a story arc).
While rewatching episodes, I couldn't help noticing that he does not actually say that his dad is dead in "What Happened in Burma". In fact, he very carefully does not say that; he phrases everything to give Peter the impression that his dad died when he was two, while never actually saying so.
So there's my speculation, anyhow. :D