White Collar 2x03: 'Copycat Caffrey'...

[fajrdrako]

I loved many things about White Collar 2x03 Need to Know, but where was the Peter/Neal interplay? Peter was absent from the screen way too much of the time; Neal without him isn't nearly as much fun.

Moreover, each of the first two episodes this season have given us delightful Peter/Neal moments. In "Withdrawal", it's the moment when Neal tells Peter that he turned back right before the plane exploded, because he wanted to stay. In "Need to Know", it's when Neal told Peter he had never directly lied to him. What I love is that it's clear in each case that telling Peter these things is important to Neal.

We didn't even get much of Diana this time, and nothing of Elizabeth. No Satchmo, no June, least of all no Christy or Cindy. I don't like Alex and Mozzie nearly as much - I liked Mozzie better last season - and I'm rather hoping this is the last we'll see of Alex.

Still: Peter and Neal were individually great, especially when Peter is teasing Neal and proud of him at the same time. I loved Neal's glee at being notorious enough to have a copycat criminal, and at being famous enough to be studied in college.